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Re: Lego club Question
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Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:16:20 GMT
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Excellent and comprehensive list Kerry

In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
I don't know about NZ but in Australia it is hard to find venues outside of
people's homes to meet as there is either a fee or, if it is free, there is
often a requirement you have your own public liability insurance. However,
if you ask around, you can sometimes find places. For larger functions (e.g.
long weekends where you invite people from all over the country), we've
found a hotel who let us use their function room for free in return for
asking people to buy their meals from their bistro (so there's a sort-of
payment back to the hotel, but not a fixed charge).

Down in Melbourne, we do a mix of private/public locations. We have found
Community halls, and scout halls can be books for a small fee (Usually a gold
coin donation), This enables us to have meets in different areas around
Melbourne which allows greater numers to arrive. Being near public transport is
also a plus (A lot of AFOL's do not drive, go figure :) ), being near toy stores
/ Shopping centres is a big Bonus .

best of luck with your first meet, start small, but make sure you announce it in
advance to give people time to organise for it. also creating a mailing list is
a great way to get people interested and informed.

Aaron



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(...) Thanks, I didn't think about booking a scout hall... and I gave a weeks notice.. thank you for your input (17 years ago, 25-Jun-07, to lugnet.loc.au)

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Most of the lego clubs here in Australia are informal. Local meetings are usually just a case of someone saying "everyone come over to my house on <SuchAndSuchADate>" where the activities can be things like: * bring whatever new MOCs you have * (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jun-07, to lugnet.loc.au)

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