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| Hi all, The new Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) met for the first time last Tuesday in St. Petersburg Florida. Nick, Dennis, Mark and I picked the name, logo and table design that we will use. We also decided that we will do the first club (...) (27 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
| | | | | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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| (...) Put the screeching brakes on this puppy. SLLUG is claimed by the Salt Lake Linux Users Group. And I already knew that. >:-P Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: NELUG LegoFest
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| In lugnet.loc.us.ma, Eric Kingsley writes: <snip> (...) Ok, then. If no one else has any objections (hey, I'm a personable guy), I'll have a rough draft at MindFest. We can all look over it and any changes people feel would be necessary. (...) (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: NELUG LegoFest
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| (...) I agree that to have a tour would be great. Dan, maybe you could see if there is any way that we could set up a tour and if so if there are any restrictions or minimums for the number of attendees or the time of the week. I know that not (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: NELUG LegoFest
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| (...) November is pretty open for me, but I work on Saturdays- and an all day trip is likely to be on a Saturday. I would be free either of the first two weekends of the month, Sunday and/or Monday. I'd love to be able to go, too! Although, maybe we (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | NELUG LegoFest
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| Eric and I are kicking around the idea of a LegoFest in or around Enfield Connecticut (So we can bask in the glory that is LegoUSA). Our target date is sometime after Mindfest, but hopefully before we start to get any significant snow. ie the first (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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| (...) I'll nominate: WAFOL - Wasatch Area Fans of Lego (how's that for original?) ..joseph g (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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| (...) So let's do a formal vote. I recommend we nominate 3 names each today, collate them tomorrow, cast votes on Friday. I nominate: SLLUG - Salt Lake Lego Users Group WAFOL - Wasatch Area Fans Of Lego GULL - Greater Utah List of Legomaniacs (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug
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| Hi guys. I've seen the discussion going on for a bit here and I sense that it could go on longer still, so let me put my vote in for WAFOL (or even Wasatch Area Fans and Friends of Lego Entertainment). I'd really like to get the name nailed down (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Quick NELUG membership update.
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| Here is a quick overview of how membership is at the moment. We currently have 31 members. Here is the distribution, MA - 19 CT - 3 VT - 2 NH - 1 ME - 1 RI - 0 :( where are you Rhode Island... Other - 5 It seems that there may be a couple of NELUG (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug
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| (...) The point was brought up elsewhere that SLLUGNET is too close to LUGNET by name, without any of the official affiliations (1) -- a potential trademark dilution problem for LUGNET. Cheers, - jsproat 1. "official affiliations" -- say that 10 (...) (27 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug
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| In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Eric Kingsley writes: In response to the name proposal for SLLUG or SLUGGNET ...it would be nice to have some uniformity (Makes us look all the more organized which can't hurt). ...it may actually help us as a larger LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Well again my 2 cents... Just to be anti-uniform for anti-uniformity's sake is not allways the way to go in my opinion. I am not suggesting some sort of Facist or Socialist standard that we all must follow and then Salute to the LEGO flag of (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Ahhhh, I like SLLUG! And next to a lake absolutely *filled* with salt... :-, SLLUGNET is really cool too. (...) Well, I don't speak for the others, but I'm decidedly anti-uniform. I'm not against the idea of calling ourselves a "LUG", but (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Congrats on a great meeting and what appears to be another strong LEGO group. If I may throw in my 2 cents worth here as far as a name goes. There are currently 3 general LEGO User Groups or "LUG's" in existance (BayLUG, NELUG, and GMLUG) and (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | More name ideas
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| Here are some more proposed names for our nameless Lego group: UTACS--Utah tube and clutch society SLLUG--Salt Lake Lego Users Group ("SLUG") DBUG--Deseret Brick Users Group ULUG--Utah Lego Users Group ULEC--Utah Lego Enthusiasts Club ULC--Utah Lego (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FJnF0x.rn@lugnet.com... (...) Many thanks Eric. You can bet I will have a folded up copy of those instructions in my pocket Thursday night. Mike G. (27 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| (...) Well, I WILL admit I had a mockup of a green line car partially completed but I just could not get a center pivot that looked good from the outside, worked, and would at least allow a minifig (turned sideways so he was only 1 stud wide) to (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| (...) <snipped out more gory transit details...> (...) Hmmm, Larry does not live in Boston, and yet he is intimately familiar with the transit system. Coincidence, I think not. The more likely explanation is that he is obsessed with trains, and (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| There may or may not be a free shuttle but my advice is learn the T. Even if you're only in town for a weekend, it's a much better way to go. Plus the trains are much tighter headings than the 1/2 hour heading a shuttle is likely to be on. A cab (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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