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  Minors in LUGs (Re: NELUG Turns 50!!)
 
(...) The problem is this: While it's easy to say "only mature people above a certain age", in practice this becomes unworkable. Why? It requires looking the kid, or worse yet, their parent/guardian in the eye and saying "you aren't welcome here". (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: How to handel minors in "LUG's" was (Re: NELUG Turns 50!!)
 
(...) Ryan, Just a point of clarification. By the term "tweener" I mean inbetween and it does not refer to someone that is a teenager. And by inbetween I mean Young-Adult in this case or someone who is more mature than a kid and can handle (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: How to handel minors in "LUG's" was (Re: NELUG Turns 50!!)
 
Eric, see my reply to David's message for more of my opinion on the topic. One thing though, the term "tween"(which I think is downright, gutwrenchingly sick) refers to those ages 8-12, so I don't think a 16yo would like being called a "tweener". (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: NELUG Turns 50!!
 
(...) see (...) purpose of (...) I'll start off my saying that everything was very well said, Dave. Although I am still 2 1/3 years away from being considered an AFOL, I can see why you wanted to set up AFOL group, partly because of circumstances (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  How to handel minors in "LUG's" was (Re: NELUG Turns 50!!)
 
Well I am hopeing that this turns into a very constructive discussion on how we can cater to minors in our Local groups. I would be very interested in seeing what people have to say on the issue. I would also like to hear any experiances that people (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: NELUG Turns 50!!
 
I'd have to agree for the most part with what's been said-- I'd like to see NELUG cater to a wider audience... However, this is really where the purpose of NELUG gets called into question. If we want a bunch of us to get together and talk about Lego (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: NELUG Turns 50!!
 
As an advisor of a church senior high youth group, I am definitely aware of the issues... Ryan raises a very good point though. One of the things that we AFOLs should bend over backwards is to create a support structure for teens so they do not have (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: NELUG Turns 50!!
 
(...) LUGNET (...) legal (...) family (...) part of (...) personally (...) something (...) responsible (...) a lot (...) actions. In any case, a parent would be with me so in that respect, you really wouldn't be liable for anything. As Christians, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: NELUG Turns 50!!
 
(...) Ryan, Thanks for your interest in NELUG. What this all comes down to really is liability. I suppose I could set up an option like Todd is for the LUGNET memberships where a JrFOL could join with the consent of thier parent or legal guardians. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  NELUG Turns 50!!
 
This is a quick message to announce that NELUG now has 50 members. The member breakdown by region is as follows... (Some of my earlier guesses were a little off. These are official numbers from submittal forms) 30 - Massachusetts 4 - Connecticut 2 - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.announce)
 
  Next NELUG meeting planning.
 
I am posting this mainly because we have been using our mailing list for planning our next meeting and that was not its original intent and I wanted everyone to be able to see that we are planning another meeting. I was as guilty as anyone on this (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
 
  I'm going to be at the Construction Site on the 20th
 
In case anyone's interested, I'm planning on being at The Construction Site on NOV 20 between 10:00 and 10:30. My parents and I are going to be driving to FL for Thanksgiving, and I was able to convince them to stop in Waltham so I could see the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: something nelug could do
 
(...) Perhaps it would be worthwhile to ask the art dept in CT about helping with a future S@H cover. I'm thinking: lending models for their photographing or some .dat art made to order... Usually art directors are open to people who are willing to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
 
  NELUG Star Wars Display in The Construction Site store window
 
For those that are interested, Dave Eaton, Shaun Sullivan, and Eric Kingsley have set up the NELUG Star Wars display in the store window of The Construction Site in Waltham MA. (URL) can see some pictures at the NELUG site. Unfortunately because it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us)
 
  Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
 
Sorry if anyone already posted this. I just saw it today. a NELUG mention (woo-hoo)! this URL is of an internal frame: (URL) from top URL to get to it propperly.) -Suz (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  New newsgroup lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab
 
A new newsgroup/mailing-list lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab has just been created. ROBOLAB is a cross-platform (PC & Mac) graphical environment for programming the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robotics Invention System (e.g., RCX). ROBOLAB, like NQC, does not (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: NELUG - Some things we learned while presenting at Mindfest
 
Nah - If you ever get that crap again, you yell out very loudly "ATTENTION, Everyone! This little boy X says his dad is very important around here, so boy X can touch anything he wants even if you ask him not to! Make sure to let boy X ignore all of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general)
 
  First batch of captioned NELUG Mindfest pic's done.
 
Well the first batch of Sorted and Captioned Mindfest pic's are done. I have finished the NELUG table page and a People page with Captions so you can finally see who some of these people are. Unfortunately we still are missing a ton of people (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
 
  New newsgroups lugnet.robotics.edu & lugnet.edu
 
lugnet.robotics.edu and lugnet.edu have just been created. For background information on how these came to be, please see the following messages and related threads: (URL) <-- especially this one (URL) <-- and this one (3 URLs) new discussion groups (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
 
  NELUG on Rebelscum.com
 
It looks like thanks to a plug from Kevin Loch the people at rebelscum.com have picked up on our Star Wars setup at Mindfest. (URL) thing that has really supprised me about the NELUG setup at Mindfest is all the attention it and the other Mindfest (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)


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