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In lugnet.org.us, Matthew Miller writes:
> Xcalabur <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > I apologize that I seemed arrogant.
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> It's ok. It's difficult to convey intentions and tone in newsgroup postings
> and it's easy to misinterpret.
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> > Do you think Shiri will be admitted in by "asking nicely?" No, she already
> > tried that, and was turned down. Now, I don't wanna break out the muskets • and
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> The counter question is: if it's a huge fight to get her in, will the
> situation be healthy afterward?
That is a good point to think about. I'm not sure I can answer it. I think
that should be between Shiri and NELUG.
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> > 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?
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> 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.
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> To NELUG, being a group of adult enthusiasts is important (obviously more
> important than geography). That's a part of what makes us who we are. As
> someone else here pointed out, maturity doesn't have much to do with whether
> one is technically and adult or not. In fact, as Lego fans, we're all sort
> of "immature" in one way or another. In a certain sense, that's not what's
> at issue.
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>
> 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.
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