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In lugnet.org.us, Erik Olson writes:
> In lugnet.org.us, Frank Filz writes:
> > 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).
>
> 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".
Well, since you're getting technical, I'll quote the definition of "vested
interest" from the Random House Unabridged Dictionary Second Edition:
] vested interest
] 1. a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution
] for particular personal reasons. 2. a permanent right given to an employee
] under a pension plan.
Well, #1 exactly describes my interest, so I believe I am using the term
correctly.
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>
> >
> > > 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.
>
> I disagree.
Well, we may have to agree to disagree, but if I was looking at a directory of
LUGs, I would not expect to see a group which didn't have adult in the name be
adult only. There's nothing in that name to suggest that it is an adult only
group.
Of course what would be bad for all of us is that if TLC noticed the
negativity generated by NELUG, and decided that NO unofficial group could use
LEGO in their name (something they are entitled to do under trademark rules).
Frank
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| (...) I think you have the opposite, because you don't like the existing system. You think you stand to gain by a change---therefore you are on the other side from the "already vested". Webster's is more precise. I rely on the 1967 edition, which (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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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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