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(...) Yes, as was discussed during the first meeting that we wanted the members to agree to the rules which the members created. We only have a few rules. Every one present agreed to them. The VLC is a democracy. The Co-founders do not OWN the VLC. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, I've encountered the same situation myself. (...) True enough. We are working on this. We do have a postal application form and some flyers advertising the club in a couple toy stores around Vancouver. We would like more exposure to grow (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Hey Mark, shut up, will ya? You're really starting to annoy me, and I don't even live in Vancouver. You're treating a Lego club like there's some innate human right to be a member of it, and that everyone is invited by virtue of knowing of a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org)
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(...) I know a few other fans of LEGO, but I don't personally know anyone else who knows about LUGNET or the VLC (...) Only applicable if a person happened to know to look there in the first place. (...) As I said... I just call it as I see it. Not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) "do the members want..."? I have only one word to say: "Exlusivity". I have no interest in seeing the personal safety of an individual jeapordized, but I would have to wonder if it's in the best interests for a person so endangered to be (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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The steps to join the VLC are very simple. 1. Go to website. 2. Fill out Join form. 3. Receive e-mail from co-founders with all details. 4. Go to meetings. 5. Have fun. Where is the exclusivity? I'd really like to know. Xandria (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Sorry, but I call it as I see it. Exclusivity is how it was looking from where I was sitting. As I said in my last message, the whole point of going to a club meeting is to *BE* sociable and make new friends. If everybody at a club always (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I've noted that a lot of you people are now sending nasty messages regarding the unfortunate public disclosure of the locations Address. I have the following points in regards to this: 1. It is a condition of the Owners of the 'Location' that the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) [snip] (...) You are singing my song Mark. I was quite offended by this thread and the suggestion to kill the newgroup(Hmmm play that by me again there Bub?). I suggest lets start VLC-II and/or just *Ignore* them. DaveG (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) our (...) Good point. Of course I don't answer the door if I don't know who it is, just as I don't answer the phone if I don't know who it is. KL (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) How do you find new members? Simple...that's one of the reasons LUGNET exists. If not for LUGNET, Henry, myself, and the other members of LUGOLA never would have met. A valid email address, a basic knowledge of the Los Angeles area, and a love (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I can't speak for them, but if I were to hold such an event at my *home* (and I have), I'd like to limit and/or restrict what kind of -- and size of -- crowd comes through my door. Is it exclusive? Sure. It's my *home*. Plus, there's the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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You know, there's something about this thread I find vaguely disturbing... Most specifically, this comment: "In order to maintain a sense of order and control (for example, unknown people arriving and causing problems for members) during the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Thank you. Sorry to cause trouble. Xandria (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Someone please clue me in on exactly what has happened here and what needs to be done to fix them problem? From what I gather from the sidelines here, someone (Dave) accidentally posted private information which someone else (Alexandria) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Please see this post. Todd has offered to cancel the post but he needs information to do so. (URL) Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) For what it's worth, it looks like Dave has asked for the post to be cancelled, but I do still have a general question of how this type of situation will be resolved if the original poster either can't be got a hold of, or doesn't cooperate in (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I certainly do not want to get a court order to have this taking care of. Yes, we are very upset. What upsets me more is that there seems to be no way or no one willing to remove this post containing our private information. We took a risk in having (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Interesting, to be sure! Does the Lugnet front-page disclaimer cover this sort of thing, along the lines of: "All content is provided as is"? Dave! (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You should cancel the message. Your newsreader probably has a function to do this somewhere. [ followup-to .admin.general ] (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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