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    Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community —Frank Filz
   (...) I used to be on the side of encouraging clubs to not have age requirements, however, under more consideration, I'm more open to the idea. In my opinion, the biggest reason is the way our country handles child abuse allegations. Because of the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
   
        Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community —Tim Courtney
     Hey Frank - Wish I could devote time to replying to this inline -- but gotta get moving on other stuff tonight. I totally understand the concerns with this. I'm not sure our club's approach to handling this, save the parents' involvement with the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
   
        Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community —William R. Ward
   (...) I think it depends on what kinds of activities the club participates in. I understand that some clubs have meetings in the private homes of their members. I can totally see how you might want to exclude minors in such a situation (or at least, (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
   
        Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community —David Laswell
     (...) Any organization that allows both adults and minors to participate in the same capacity has to be _very_ careful about this sort of thing. It's not enough to simply know that nothing's going on. You need to make sure that noone has any reason (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
   
        Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community —Frank Filz
   (...) Libraries are certainly a pretty safe way to hold meetings open to minors. At a library, you have the advantage that they hold most of the responsibility for any unaccompanied minors. A pizza parlor would be somewhat riskier, but still, the (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
 

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