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Subject:	Re: Age limitations
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date:	Tue, 4 Jul 2000 05:45:32 GMT
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Shiri Dori wrote: > Another point I'd like to bring up is that NELUG is the only LUG that has a > cutoff age, to the best of my knowledge. Many groups don't have a clear-cut > rule about this. NELUG can, of course, make any rule they like, and they will. Having said that, I pretty much agree with Shiri. VLC set a lower age limit of 15: below that, kids can visit if supervised by an adult. (And I mean, *supervised*!). I have brought my dughter (16) and a boy from her school (also 16 I think) who brought his amazing huge castle, and neither of them needed supervision. Some young kids who visited (8-10 or so) to my mind were a problem even with their parents supervising. Others of that age might not be, though my experience of the 6-13's who come to my "technic class" says that most of them (with exceptions, of course) don't yet have enough social self control to be in an adult Lego club situation with any semblance of comfort either for the kids or the adults. 16 year olds who are still into Lego are, as Shiri says, very much the exception and more like AFOLs than younger Lego maniacs. Kevin -- Personal Lego Web page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/lego.html Open Air Market: Limited edition kit http://www.lionsgatemodels.com/cat-mrkt.htm Craftsman Kits & Custom Lego models: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com

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		Re: Age limitations
(...) This supervision is something that we really don't want -- we don't want anyone not interested in Lego at our meetings. (...) Again, this is a good point. A line had to be drawn somewhere, and the legal age of majority seemed like a sensible (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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		Age limitations
Hey all, I'm posting here to explain my opinion(s) about the age limitation in NELUG. I've talked to many people about my stand on this, especially during and after the WAMALUG Brickfest. Many people there expressed their agreement with what I said, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general, lugnet.people) !!

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