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Re: Interest in NELTC or other Lego Group. (NELUG?)
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Sun, 18 Jul 1999 14:01:04 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.ma, Chris Phillips writes:

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> 
> I was thinking this too.  If there were enough groups nationwide, we could do
> some really cool cooperative stuff.  Imagine a "Lego Bowl" where the regional
> LUGs face off in building competitions.  Or a massive get-together to build • the
> world's largest Lego train system.  Or just a fun-build and model show.  Or
> perhaps we could even bargain collectively for group discounts on Lego
> products.

We can only hope it gets that big!!!  Heres Hoping!

> 
> We just couldn't call the nationwide association of user's groups "LUGNET",
> since I think that's been taken already...  (Maybe we'd call it USLUG,
> pronounced "you slug!")
> 
> Anyway, crawl first, walk later.  Please respond to this message thread if you
> are a resident of (or frequent visitor to) New England and if you would be
> interested in joining a regional user's group.  This will only work if we can
> get enough interested people together.
> 
> When responding, please include your general geographic location so we can get
> a feel for the distribution of the group.  For example, I live in southeast
> Massachusetts with easy access to Boston, Worcester, and the Cape.

I Live just North of Boston in Melrose so I have easy access to most of Eastern
Mass out to Worcester, Southern New Hampsire, and Southern Maine.  That being
said I would be willing to travel further for the sake of getting a group
started.

> 
> - Chris.
> 
> p.s.  I tried to add "lugnet.loc.us.vt" to the list of newsgroups (still part
> of NE, no?) but the web interface wouldn't let me type that many chars into • the
> "Newsgroups" field.

I had the same problem adding Vermont.

> But everyone is welcome!  (Hey, even if someone wanted to
> drive up from Arizona for meetings, they'd be welcome in my book!)

Definitely

Eric



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  Re: Interest in NELTC or other Lego Group. (NELUG?)
 
(...) general (...) Exactly. To quote a particularly annoying ad campaign, "wider is better." For example, although I don't "do" trains (at the moment) I would love to see what others are doing with them. Also, I imagine that you could do some (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)

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