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| | Re: Minors in LUGs (Re: NELUG Turns 50!!)
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| <snip> (...) Eric J, I agree with everything you have said here. I really want to keep this from having to be a "judgement call" of any kind. I also agree that to have <18 folks at the types of meetings we have had so far is probably not in the best (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| (...) person's (...) BIG (...) Eric, I don't want this to sound like arguing, because that's not what I want it to be, but what happens if you get, say, a 18 or 19yo who acts up and isn't on the maturity level that the group would like. How is it (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
| | | | Minors in LUGs (Re: NELUG Turns 50!!)
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| (...) 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!!)
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| (...) 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!!)
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| 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)
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