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to GULP or not to GULP
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Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:30:02 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> Greater Utah Lego Admirers Group -- GULAG, representing the state of the
> Lego market in Utah
luckily i was not drinking anything or i would have spewed...yuk, yuk
> Deseret Region Online Lego Lovers -- DROLL
i still like gulp the best but DROLL is definitely the runner up
> What would the benefits of membership be? I'd recommend at least regular
> meetings to share ideas and models and catalogs and lime Jell-o. Perhaps
> also, something like a newsletter with shopping hints and building ideas for
> proto-Legomaniacs to snarf. With a Web site for the club, non-Internetters
> could publish their Lego models.
all excellent ideas!
regular meetings is a definite.
a newsletter would be very cool (i'd recommend that it be quarterly) to include
all that you suggest. it's only a matter of time until some daring builder
attempts an lds temple.
a web site is also very do-able.
> My first concern is visibility. It'd be cool to have a starter page like
> GMLUG, BAYLUG, etc. but the cost may necessitate some small, probably
> one-time, member fees.
how about a xoom.com or some other free site?
if these are too much of a pain (with banners and all) i wouldn't mind starting
a page on my geocities-plus account and maintaining that for free (i only pay
five bucks a month).
> Which means members. :-, I'm sure that there are
> Utahns out there who, otherwise lacking resources for a Web page, would pay
> a small one-time fee to join such a club. But how does one go about looking
> for local Legomaniacs offline? I wonder if a local Lego club could get the
> help of any local science teachers...?
aahhh, i see, a page that allows users to create their own page. hmmm. my
first idea for recruiting would be to make an announcement to rec.toys.lego and
try to snag a couple of people that way. it would be nice to just get some
basics going and then with meetings and correspondence, see how to branch out.
> Whatsuputah (1) does offer free event listings. Checking their calander...
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> HEY! Weird Al is coming to the E-Center on Sep. 30! $24.50 at Smiths's
> Tix...
are you going to go? i can't believe ricky flash-in-the-pan martin is charging
$47.00 for tickets (at least that's what i heard).
> My second concern is distance. If we hold a meeting in the Salt Lake
> valley, we'd risk alienating people in Payson. If we hold meetings at Moab,
> Loganites may not show up. Plus, since the average Utahn household has
> something like 17.83 automobiles (2), there's almost no way of getting
> around should you be without a car.
no problem. once we decide when (how often) to meet, we'll rotate the
meetings location. since it's just you and me for now, we could first meet in
provo and then meet up my way for the next meeting. it might sound like a pain
but i only see us meeting once every other month. that way if folks up north
feel like provo is too far south they could wait for the next meeting.
catering to folks WAY down south (st george, moab) gets a bit more sticky to
where we'd have to maybe plan one meeting a year in their area (or maybe at a
halfway point like richfield or price).
let's keep it rolling. if you'd like to design a page, i'll post it and we'll
get things going with a first meeting sometime in october or november.
..joseph g
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| (...) Cool! Do you have any other acronyms? We could always go with Wasatch Front Lego Users Group -- WFLUG. (...) Yah, I'd vote on these as being the absolute minimum. Priority (highest to lowest): meetings, newsletter, Web site with contact info. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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