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Re: 1st PLUGfest, held in Oporto - March 17, 2002
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Mon, 18 Mar 2002 23:03:55 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.pt, Manfred Moolhuysen writes:
> In lugnet.loc.pt, Pedro Silva writes:
> > PLUG has finally managed to organize its first meeting. It was probably *the
> > fastest one* in History (one morning), but was very cool!
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> That is great news, you Plugs. Congratulations, you've managed to overcome
> the first hurdle, an important step on the long road to nation-wide fame.
LOL!
But honest now, we think we stand a chance!
> As far as I could tell from the pictures, it's not bad for only four
> persons. Currendly I can't get my video-card settings at a propper
> resolution, and I'm a bit tired, so I don't comment your contributions
> individualy. I liked the detailed report describing the activities that took
> place during the meeting.
Thank you!
The pics show few of our MOCs individually or even with great resolution; we
preferred to give a more "panoramic" look. Which is not to say the MOCs
don't appear!
> > Important decisions were discussed: we have established a small prize, which
> > will be given in the next meeting. Now we only need the competition! Hints,
> > please! :-P
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> In this stadium I would suggest a "best idea for promoting the club localy"
> contest :-) Give yourself some time until you are realy confident about the
> items you're able to show, then start, in addition to (or in connection
> with) your normal club meetings, planning small activities that give your
> club some exposure to the general public, to catch the attention of
> potential new members.
I have been thinking about it for quite some time now. It is especially hard
to arrange any sort of meeting particularly due to the lack of support from
LEGO - we already have the most expensive LEGO (regarding average income),
and not even the full line is available everywhere. We are willing to do
free publicity for them if they can *lend* (not give) material.
Another MAJOR setback is our geographic location: we all live in the North,
and demography is against us (most LEGO collectors are believed to live in
Lisbon and surroundings). This is one problem I have NO idea how to solve:
how can we start our activities further to the South?
> > Zé Pedro was unable to attend, but he lent me his LEGO so that I could start
> > building an articulated bridge for the train - I'm working on it now! If all
> > goes according to plan, I'll be displaying it on our next meeting, scheduled
> > for August (you are ALL invited to come).
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> Be carefull with that ALL, you might attract international visitors. Can you
> deal with hosting these already ? :-)
The "All" was intentional. We are able (or so I think) to host foreign
visitors, and indeed are somewhat eager to do so - it would be a great
chance to learn. Aditionally, it might provide us some visibility.
In August we are expecting one Spanish member (until there is a SLUG, PLUG
is ILUG! ;-), and maybe some 5 or 6 portuguese ones. It would be great to
have more participants, and who knows, maybe someone on holidays here would
like to take a jump to Oporto!
Anyway, I'm starting to save some €s to travel to "Zwolle 2". I'd really
love to attend - apart from the obvious interest in the LEGO on display, I
am interested on the organizational issues (particularly because this event
is, I believe, fan-originated)
Thank you very much for the feedback, Manfred!
Pedro
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