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In lugnet.org.us, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.org.us, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > Definitly interested yes but I think we need a more definitive idea of what
> > we are getting before we shell out $200 for the parts. We should also decide
> > who is going to be "Keeper of the Bricks" before we do this so we don't end
> > up getting the bricks and then not having a home for them.
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> I can probably get a picture and more detailed description at some point in
> the near future if we'd like... offhand I'd say ballpark 2000 pieces... This
> is by NO means accurate... it was REALLY hard to get a good feel for quantity
> since they're all still in their piece-bags and they filled a huge Lego bag
> (the same size as the ones KL was giving out at the meeting, I believe) to the
> point of almost not being able to fit a single piece-bag more... and add to
> the fact that she's since sold some since I saw them originally... Anyway, if
> we get sufficient interest, I can go down and actually get a much more
> accurate piece count (and some pics of what pieces we'd be getting)
That would probably be good.
> As for funding, I don't mind donating $50 or whatever to the cause-- but that
> might be a lot more than most people want to donate, especially since it would
> most likely be a meetings-only source of bricks (unless we want to offer
> occasional replacement parts or something to donating members-- another step
> towards defining membership towards that 'gold' brick :) )... But if a lot of
> people are interested, I'm sure we could get up funding for it...
You can count on me for some. Probably not $50 but something. I actually
would much rather do this where 20 people gave $10 instead of 4 people giving
$50. That way it really seems like more of a community thing. (Of course that
is using your $200 example). Besides we are really starting to get Big in
terms of members now so I think 1. A community LEGO pool is a good idea and 2.
I think the "community" should buy the bricks and not one or two members.
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> Really, I'm most interested in developing the idea of having them at this
> point-- who would keep the bricks, bring them to meetings, what could we do
> with them, etc... I guess in terms of a "brickmaster" it wouldn't have to be a
> single person either, it could float to whoever was willing at the time.
> Actually I kind of like having the idea of a communal pool-- sort of like a
> fixed jambalaya box or something... [which is actually the reason I haven't
> done any jambalaya to date-- I've got some extra stuff that I wouldn't mind
> giving in trade for other parts, but they'd rarely be in the same category of
> box... for example, I've got a bunch of wagon wheels, some old style trees,
> and some other misc stuff that I'd exchange for specific minifig parts that
> I'm in need of, but if I sign up for the minifig box, I'd just be taking
> pieces out, and if I signed up for whatever box has wagon wheels, I'd just be
> putting pieces in... this kind of makes it a more general and local
> jambalaya...] Anyway, that's another thing that would be kind of nice to
> have...
I love the idea of a NELUG Jambalaya myself. It would help grow the community
LEGO pool while allowing members to find that one elusive part they need for a
project. Of course I think there would have to be rules for participation but
that is easily defined.
Another idea Todd and Suzanne had was to do a Swap-meet type of deal at a
meeting where people brought bricks to trade with other members. This would be
a great way to get rid of those bricks you have more that you could ever need
for bricks you need.
I know I have a bunch of stuff I could contribute to either a Swap-meet or a
community Jambalaya box. This is definitly something I would like to talk more
about.
Of course some day when we have a NELUG clubhouse we will need to stock it with
bricks and this would be a great way to prepair for that day. :-). Even if it
is still more a dream or at least in our distant future.
Eric Kingsley,
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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| (...) $50 :) ), but if we can only get, say, 16 of us to pay $10, I'd be more than happy to put in $50 to make it happen... I didn't want to imply that only 4 of us or something would be splitting the cost... (actually, I probably shouldn't even (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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