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(...) Well, I went to Legoland Windsor last summer (pics are on my web page) but because we only had time to "do" miniland there just wouldn't be a presentation in it. If there were several people who had been to the different Legolands, that might (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Well, for getting someone to talk about their excursion to LEGOland, the first thing to do would be to to find somebody in our little group who's actually been there that is hopefully willing to spend some time talking about it. Anyone? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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As I've been saying... These are all wonderful ideas -- the question becomes, who is willing to undertake the task? Ideas are never lacking... only support. Xandria PS: Personally, I enjoy the Member meetings very much and would prefer Member (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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So... let's talk about it. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea for a meeting to have one or two people speak who've been to LEGOland. I haven't gone there yet, and I think it'd it'd be a real hoot to hear about somebody's experiences there. Maybe a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, I'm an avid .trains reader. As soon as I get the page done I'll post it to trains and such. Thanks for the kind words. I'll endeavor to be quick about it. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dean Husby wrote in message <394BB912.29F9E5D3@a....bc.ca>... (...) Nice work. It looks like the complex slopes from the droid fighter are finding plenty of uses. I see you also did 4565 in yellow. I hope you'll post to .trains when you've got (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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greetings and salutations: I believe I can safely say we had another successful meeting. Kevin's creations always inspire maximum drool factor. by the way, thank you for the donation of those awesome posters to the VLC. Dave -- it is wonderful to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Mark, What you describe is exactly what we have been saying all along, and what I tried to also explain last night -- the concept of Public Events. Until such time as the majority of the members of the VLC deem it unnecessary, there will be two (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I may not be the sort of person who will always be the first to admit he was wrong, but hey, aren't people allowed to make mistakes? When I first saw the idea of a "secret" location in connection with an advertised club, the concept made me somewhat (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Aren't trains an integral part of any townscape ? (...) I had been wondering what use people would find for the droid fighter brown bits. They go well with the brown part-arches. A nice MOC ! (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) As you all saw, I only showed off my new goodies I've created. I'll have some pics of the goodies up soon. There was my Old style Cable car & my 4565 train in BLUE. Some temporary pics can be found here: (URL) make a new page soon. The 'a' (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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we will have lots of road plate as well.we have all kinds of assorted plates from various eras. I am not 1 00 percent certain about this, but we may also have our special Lego tables by then. We cannot wait to show them off -- the workmanship is (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I just went through all my road plates and stuck labels on the bottom in order to bring them to the meeting, and realised I have very few T and X road junctions. I hope someone has more and is planning on bringing them! Things to bring.... buildings (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) You bring up a good point in that you do need to know something about the club/ someone insdie the club in order to attend the meetings. This is quite true. There may very well be another LUGOLA that doesn't use LUGNET to communicate to one (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I am not able to make any commitments to helping out until I've at least attended a meeting. I'll be there tomorrow and can discuss the idea with you further at that time. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) IIRC, our agreement about kids was that to come on their own they had to be 15 or over, but that people could bring younger kids and stay to supervise them, which would obviously cover you. I brought my daughter and a friend from her school (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'll do that. As it was, I felt it necessary to obtain some assurance that this club wasn't just some sort of LEGO equivalent to a stereotypical high-society club where only "important" people can get in. Or worse, some kind of cover for some (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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The type of meeting you describe falls under our "Public Events" and not "Member Events". Such a public event would be advertised EVERYWHERE possible to inspire growth and attention. However, the initial group of VLC Members decided to have both (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) At the moment, the space being used is large enough, and yes it's communal-use space on private property. If it becomes too small - which I predict it will quite soon - then we'll need to look for alternatives eg schools, libraries, churches (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dean and Alexandria, Thanks for your polite responses to my commentary on this issue. I realize that my tone may have easily incited some degree of wrath (and it has, in fact, from one person so far... I'm sure more will follow). Most of the clubs (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Mark, The points you raise here might be valid. Still, these clubs (VLC or any other LEGO-oriented clubs) aren't going to put up signs all around town saying "come to our lego club", or actively publishing their meetings. Most of the local groups (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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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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