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Re: How about a Brickfest West?
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:12:46 GMT
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in article GGLICz.GA1@lugnet.com, tom wrote:
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> > A Seattle fest would attract people from Oregon, Washington, Canada, and
> > some of the other Northwestern states. Seattle is about 3.5 hours north of
> > Portland, and 2 hours south of Vancouver, BC.
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> And a S. Cal. event would attract people from all over Cali, Arizona,
> Nevada, and even Mexico, maybe even Texas!
Really? Maybe it's a silly assumption to make, but I don't see any LUGs in
Nevada, Arizona, or Mexico.
My point was that we have SEALUG, VicLUG, VLC, NALUG, and PNLTC all within a
reasonable proximity to Seattle. Where there are LUGs, there are AFOLs.
> > It would take me 14 hours just to drive to San Francisco, to say nothing of
> > making it all the way to Carlsbad. So I would *have* to buy a plane ticket
> > just so I could have time to be at the 'fest, as would almost anyone else
> > who doesn't live in California.
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> And the flip side for the people in S. Cal, it would take them an amazing
> amount of time to go up to Seatle, or to Portland.
Yes. My point was that there are several LUGs fairly close together in the
Northwest, and therefore you maximize the number of AFOLs who could come to
your 'fest, yes?
> It may not guarantee a greater attendance, but it most likley will.
Well, that's an opinion we could argue about all night.
> Heck,
> somebody flew all the way out here from AUS to attend a wedding that was
> going to be held at LL.
Yes, I know. I was there. I met him. I'm pretty sure the main impetus of his
visit was the wedding, and not LLC.
Speaking for myself, I went to meet people, not to spend the weekend at LLC.
But we still spent the better part of a day at LLC. You get a bunch of
people down there for the first time, and there goes your attendance. See
below.
> And as far as LL taking away time form festing, why not just have a day to
> be spent at LL, you can rent space from them, if it is in the winter time
> there could be an after hours get together, just tink how cool that would
> be, having LL just for us! Or, if it was in the summer time, LL is open
> late, more than enough time to fest in the am and explore LL in the
> afternoon/night. Miniland is amazing when its all lit up like a real city.
Yeah, it's pretty neat. I think I'll defer to Frank's report on what happens
to your attendance when there's a big LEGO related activity outside your
'fest happenings:
http://news.lugnet.com/events/?n=339
> And I do like the idea of a rotating fest, this would solve this problem
> pretty much, but will they be willing to give it up back east for a few years?
Nope. I can say that with a fairly high degree of certainty.
IMO, this isn't about taking Brickfest from the East Coast... it's about
giving us West Coast folks a fest that's a bit more local. Speaking for
myself, I don't intend to compete with Brickfest, only to parallel it.
In any case, I'll try to attend a 'fest, wherever it is decided we hold it.
~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) <snip> (...) Ya, I know - but maybe that just means there is nobdy that wants to be the one to organize the club, and maybe you are right. I have no idea. But, I do know of 9 AFOLS in Arizona :) lol (ok, i know that is a sad #) (...) Yes. But (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)
| | | Re: How about a Brickfest West?
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| (...) But AFOLs do not REQUIRE LUGs. You make it sound like LUGs are a requirement for a Fest. They're not. They're helpful, they increase the chance of attendees, but they're not required. And you shouldn't have mentioned PNLTC with your (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)
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| (...) I am assuming that he meant there are alot more people in S. Cal. than the areas you mentioned. Granted way up north wold attract people from more states, but the states up there are alot smaller. And, there are alot of other things to do in (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)
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