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In lugnet.org.us, Matthew Miller writes:
> Xcalabur <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > again, I stress that I'm a third party, but I would like to know why you are
> > the only LUG to have an age limit? (to my knowledge) None of the other ones,
> > including GMLUG, which I belonged to at 17, have age limits, why do you?
>
> This might be an interesting point to consider, but I don't feel that it's
> particularly relevant. As far as I know, we're the only LUG to not have
> geographic restrictions -- we're based in New England, but we'll take people
> from anywhere. If I remember right, we even have some quite far-away members
> who were turned down by what seemed to them to be more local groups. I think
> those other groups were being silly, but that's completely their right. As
> an organization, they get to define their own character.
WAMALUG does not have geographic restrictions. Anyone able to make it to
meetings can become a charter member, and *anyone* can join our list and post.
Currently, we have members who come to meetings and events from about three
hours north and three hours south. Our mailing list includes people from all
over the country, such as Tim Courtney (who has mentioned more than once he is
a member of BAYLUG), Todd Lehman, and others.
> I personally find people's point about 16-year-old lego fans being closer to
> the adult-fan world than the child's a good one. But, we DID have a
> discussion about this (at more than one meeting), and came to a consensus
> that 18 was the sensible place to draw the line.
Yes, but that was a while ago, and, if NELUG has been anything like WAMALUG,
you've more than doubled your members. It seems to me that the number of
sub-18yos posting has risen dramatically, and many of them have shown
themselves to be very mature and valuable additions to Lugnet. Also, you seem
to be the only one posting in support of this. Perhaps its time to revote on
the issue.
Jeff
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