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In lugnet.loc.us.me, Ryan Dennett writes:
> Eric, I could make that 51, and 1 for ME. Although I'm not yet 18,
> you said I would be welcome to come to meetings(which I
> unfortunately am not at liberty to do) so I guess that means I could
> also be a member, right. And if you do other things like the Mindfest,
> I'd love to help out.
> I've been meening to ask you anyway if I could become a "silent
> JrFOL member", so, there, now I asked.
>
> Ryan
> ps Congrats on the speedy growth :-)
Ryan,
Thanks for your interest in NELUG. What this all comes down to really is
liability. I suppose I could set up an option like Todd is for the LUGNET
memberships where a JrFOL could join with the consent of thier parent or legal
guardians. I know it looks like I should be able to meet you and your family
this weekend at The Construction Site and maybe that will end up being part of
the criteria (A face to face meeting with a parent/guardian).
You happen to appear to be a very mature and articulate JrFOL and I personally
would not have a problem with you joining NELUG. These are the issues in
question however if you were able to attend meetings.
1. There is a chance alcoholic beverages at meetings and that is not something
I want to be resposible for with minors in attendance.
2. If we were ever to do a road trip I again would not want to be responsible
for a minor without their parent/guardian.
3. Just general liability with having a minor in attendance. There are a lot
of wackos in the world and I don't want to be responsible for their actions.
I suppose we could designate certain meetings as being JrFOL friendly and we
would not have alcohol available to anyone.
Anyway I will think about it and I will think about adding an option on the
form for minors. I don't think it would hurt anyone to put you on the mailing
list however so I can at least do that for you and at least at the moment lets
take things on a case by case basis.
This is a very difficult (for me anyway) issue you raise and it is not one to
be taken lightly. Beyond that one of the main purposes NELUG was created was
to give AFOL's a chance to meet other fans because we are more spread out than
most JrFOLs. We also don't want to have a bunch of crazy kids taking over our
meetings (although like I said you seem quite mature and I would not forsee a
problem).
I would also like to hear from other NELUG members or anyone else for that
matter on this issue both for or against.
Eric K.
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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| (...) LUGNET (...) legal (...) family (...) part of (...) personally (...) something (...) responsible (...) a lot (...) actions. In any case, a parent would be with me so in that respect, you really wouldn't be liable for anything. As Christians, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| Eric, I could make that 51, and 1 for ME. Although I'm not yet 18, you said I would be welcome to come to meetings(which I unfortunately am not at liberty to do) so I guess that means I could also be a member, right. And if you do other things like (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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