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RE: We should draft an "official" letter to Lego Australia
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 26 May 2000 03:56:18 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Low [mailto:stinglessbee@hotSPAMFREEmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 1:44 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: We should draft an "official" letter to Lego Australia
>
>
> In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat has a great suggestion:
> > Now that there seems to be fair sizeable number of people • and ideas floating
> > around loc.au, how does the idea of writing to Lego Australia sound?
> >
> > What I was thinking was just an official letter byways to • notify LA about our
> > existence, that is the LegOz existence. And to also inform • them about how we
> > came about though the Lugnet.
> >
> > We could ask how LA feels about this and whether they'd be • willing to support
> > such events.
> >
> > We could also let them know that we use Lugnet as a forum for
> > discussions/grievences/comments about Lego and its • availability. The idea here
> > is not to let them know specifically about any of these • comments but to point
> > out to them where these are in case they'd like to go • searching for them.
> > Maybe once they are aware of us and Lugnet, and if they give • us support then
> > we can start hitting them with out grievences and comments.
> >
> > I'm proposing this approach as it's rather a way of slowly • approaching and
> > asking for support and building a healthy relationship with • them, rather than
> > hammering them immediately.
>
>
> Here's my rewrite of Santosh's draft, including Ben's
> suggestions. I've put
> changes in square brackets and preceded new material with
> asterisks, so if
> Santosh wrote "something like this", I've written "something
> *else [like this]
> {and extra comments go in curly braces}".
>
> -----------------
>
> Dear Lego Australia
>
> This letter is to *inform you of [notify you about] a group
> of enthusiasts
> forming a Lego club known as LegOz. We have come together
> *through [by means
> of] an Internet discussion forum *hosted at [called] Lugnet
> (available at
> http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/ ). *In this forum we discuss
> favorite themes,
> sets from the current range
*****
[Both those available in Australia, and those which we have been forced to
acquire overseas.]
*****
> and our own creations;
> essentially, everything
> Lego.
>
> *Currently LegOz comprises {how ever many of us put their
> names to this
> letter}, from all over Australia. *Most of us still have our
> Lego from our
> childhood collection {can someone think of a better phrase?},
> and many of us
> are raising a new generation in a house full of bricks. *Many
> members of LegOz
> have large personal collections, the inevitable result of
> enthusiasm for Lego
> and an adult income. *We keep a close eye on product release
> dates, store
> discounts, and developments overseas, such as the proposed
> LegoDirect in the
> United States.
>
>
> We have *held [hosted] events and meetings to express our
> interests in Lego
> (some publicly), *and we expect to continue to do so. LegOz
> would like to know
> how you feel about *our [such a] group and if you support
> such initiatives.
> *We would also be keen to participate in your promotions,
> such as building
> events and {the truck show -- does it have a formal name?},
> on a volunteer
> basis (or we could always be paid in bricks!).
>
> {PeteW, how's it looking with TRU (or was it W4K?) Penrith?
> Would they be
> willing to break open a few sets for us to demonstrate with?}
>
> We hope to have future dealings and discussions directly with
> our local Lego
> *distributor [authority], *Lego Australia [yourselves].
>
> regards,
> LegOz
> {names, email addresses, world club numbers (if members)}
>
> ----------------------
>
> Anyone/everyone who's interested, please rewrite this as
> you/we see fit.
>
> Great idea Santosh.
I hope the addition above [surrounded by *****] doesn't sound to harsh, but
I believe that something along these lines may be useful to include, just to
point out that we don't just depend on the local stores choises of
sets/ranges, but that we actively seek out the sets WE want instead of what
they try to tell us we want [or don't want, as the case may be].
Anyway, whether it's included or not, I think the letter looks very good.
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
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