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Re: Assistance from LEGO to local groups (was Re: S@H catalogue)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Date:
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Thu, 4 Sep 2003 00:21:43 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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Things I wish Lego Australia would do: -snip-
2.more work with fan groups in all states
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-snip-
Jake and LEGO Direct have experience working with fan groups - LEGO Australia
do not (AFAIK).
Now we have a offer from Jake to
listen to our ideas, I think the ball is well and truly in our court to
respond with a reasonable plan.
I don’t think that a plan will come from the STUDS (I could be wrong, there,
though), so it’ll be up to another group planning a public (I presume) event
to ask.
LUGOZ/BRICKSMEET 2004 is another possibility for asking for support (although
the potential benefits to LEGO are less clear, unless it’s a public (or
partly public) event).
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The pertinent question here is: What kind of work would we like LA to do with
adult fans?
The situation here in Aus is totally different to the US in that a)we are a much
much smaller group b)we don’t have local people involved in things like Ldraw
and LUGNET at anything more than a user level, and c)our events are much less
like the large meetings/conferences such as Brickfest and more like a few mates
getting together to play with Lego over a few beers.
With that in mind we need to generate ideas more approriate to our situation.
Trying to emulate what happens in the State will only end in tears.
Personally, I think that trying to get LA’s involvment at purely an adult fan
level is a bit selfish. If we try to remember that Lego is aimed at kids and
come up with ideas to encourage kids to get a lifelong interest in building with
the brick LA will jump at the chance - they’d be fools not to. Our role as adult
fans could be as volunteers working with LA to hold workshops/events where kids
are involved either privately or as part of the school system.
I understand Lego theme parks have workshops for school groups with a decidedly
educational bent. I’m not sure what goes on in these workshops, but I’m sure
given appropriate prompting and an offer to run them LA would be willing to
provide source material and possibly even enough bricks that we could hold some
sort of educational event once or twice a year in each capital city.
If we aim to guide kids in expanding the possibilities of the brick it’ll
a)engender a deeper love of building with Lego, b)show them that it’s ok to keep
playing with lego beyond the age of 12 raising up a new generation of adult fans
and c)generate more sales of Lego. In otherwords, everone wins.
Of course it would mean some amount of work on our part, but the rewards would
be worth it I think, and merely expecting LA to do stuff for us without offering
anything in return is, as I said, a bit selfish.
Allister
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