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In lugnet.org.us, Erik Olson writes:
> I can only conjecture about what NELUG wants to be, because I've never met • with
> them. Frank talks about his "somewhat vested interest", but really, has Frank
> joined the club or not?
I haven't joined, and in all seriousness, probably would not join because of
this rule (and note that my main vested interest in a New England/Boston based
LUG would be to point my nephew, who is under 18, to).
> I'm not chiding any one person, but: it's not polite to tell other people they
> have obligations they haven't chosen, or demand that they justify themselves • to
> you.
Well, when a group calls itseld the NEW ENGLAND LEGO USERS GROUP, it seems to
me that they should have to justify why it is not for anyone who is a fan of
LEGO products, no matter their age. LEGO products are afterall primarily aimed
at children. To me, it is pretty arrogant to take such a sweeping name (and if
you look around at my posts, you will even notice that I was reluctant to
claim NCLUG as the name for our organization down here which is very
Raleigh/Durham centric).
However, I am also not DEMANDING that NELUG change. I am just pointing out how
it appears to me, and questioning the reasoning.
Frank
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| (...) OK. Normally "vested interest" means you've already invested something, money or effort, or you own the land underneath it. Like the members of a club have. It sounds like you have a "interest". (...) I disagree. (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) I disagree. NELUG is descriptive of the group: it is a group of LEGO users, based in New England. Furthermore, I think that forcing the current NELUG to give up the name (not that it would be feasible to do so) would serve no useful purpose. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) You know what? LUGNET is a terrific place in the woolly Internet on account of the volume level doesn't get much louder than this. Matt might be the _only_ one sticking up for this position because it's July 3 and everybody is not hooked up to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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