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In lugnet.loc.ca, Calum Tsang writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Adam Murtha writes:
> > attendance by me. Sure, there are lots of AFOL in the southern Ontario
> > area, including south of the border, but I would bet that a Canadian
> > Brickfest held there would be just another rtlToronto meeting.
>
> I agree that Toronto or SF for that matter is pretty far from Calgary.
> Considering the drive, it's probably best to get a flight.
So does this mean you are willing to host it or would you prefer Ottawa?
> But as for being just another rtlToronto meeting, I suppose that's true,
> it's another event in Toronto, probably run by rtlToronto, if we were going
> to host it. What I think would be different, and let us know if you think
> this would be attractive or reason enough to come out:
>
> -Scope of event is longer than anything we've done before, probably 2.5 days
>
> -Range of people would be much larger than the usual rtlToronto +
> Windsor/Montreal corridor crowd (hopefully)
I would hope we could get some AFOLs from down east, including the Newfies. :-)
Perhaps some people from south of the border.
> -More types of activities, if people are interested in running them.
We could share some of the organizing responsabilities between the 3 extended
area groups.
> > That being said, I can't really volunteer to organize anything in Calgary,
> > as I'm pretty much alone in terms of AFOL. There are a few others, but they
> > are lurkers and not very active, every time I tried to get some sort of
> > meeting together, it didn't work out.
>
> Off topic, that's the way it was here in Toronto about four years ago.
> Don't fret, I'm sure soon more Lego enthusiasts will come out. It'll
> happen. Maybe not now, but a critical mass just starts building- and while
> the response will always vary (not everyone is as interested or devoted)
> there's a point where there will always be enough people consistently
> attending. rtlToronto only recently hit that point, in my mind.
Calum is right here, you just need to give it time. Here in Ottawa it is just
our precious few that keep things going.
> > Back on topic, the reason I moved this to loc.ca is to get the rest of the
> > Canadian AFOL and Canadian LUGS involved, since this thread was only in
> > Montreal's, Toronto's and Ottawa's groups. I'd REALLY like to participate
> > in something like a Canadian Brickfest, but Ontario doesn't seem very • central.
>
> Driving wise, probably not. But airfare wise, it actually is cheaper IIRC
> to fly to Toronto anywhere else due to the majority of flights being into
> Pearson YYZ.
Frankly, no matter what, some point in Canada is always too far. :-) There also
is the train, if you have the time for the scenic ride.
> Calum
Of course the most important issue is a name. We cannot use Brickfest North or
anything similar because the word Brickfest belongs to Washington DC. And we
want to be careful of using the word LEGO in the name because they are
sensitive about the use of their name. So I was thinking and came up with an
idea. "Play Well North" considering the word LEGO comes from the phrase play
well and we are in the Great White North, the rest wrote itself.
Jude
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