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Re: Age limitations
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lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date: 
Tue, 4 Jul 2000 05:59:08 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDMantispam.ORG
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Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote:
> 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

This supervision is something that we really don't want -- we don't want
anyone not interested in Lego at our meetings.



> 16 year olds who are still into Lego are, as Shiri says, very much the
> exception and more like AFOLs than younger Lego maniacs.

Again, this is a good point. A line had to be drawn somewhere, and the legal
age of majority seemed like a sensible place.

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Matthew Miller                     --->                 mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                    --->              http://quotes-r-us.org/
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  Re: Age limitations
 
(...) I don't think it's unreasonable to expect many (or even most) meetings to not allow kids who need supervision. I think it is somewhat unreasonable for the organization to flat out exclude the possibility. (...) But perhaps in the end, it isn't (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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  Re: Age limitations
 
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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