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Re: Age limitations
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lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date: 
Tue, 4 Jul 2000 16:28:09 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us, Matthew Miller writes:
> Peter White <aztekium@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Was that Shiri the potplant or Shiri the mosquito, bit hard for someone who
> > is not present to put something forward.
> 
> It may not have been Shiri at all. It was someone under 18 from LUGnet who
> wished to join. This person asked Eric -- who runs the web site and does
> some organizational stuff for the group -- and perhaps some other members if
> we would put it on our agenda. So we did. I'm not sure where you're going
> with this.

And I'm relatively sure it was Shiri.

The 18 limit was arbitrarily drawn up at one of the first meetings, as a way of
keeping the organisation as one for adults.  When it actually excluded someone,
we had a long debate over whether or not to keep it, modify it, bend it, ignore
it, etc.  This is the decision we made.

eric



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  Re: Age limitations
 
(...) It may not have been Shiri at all. It was someone under 18 from LUGnet who wished to join. This person asked Eric -- who runs the web site and does some organizational stuff for the group -- and perhaps some other members if we would put it on (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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