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(...) Don't feel totally left out... they discriminate against out of area members too. :-) I've tried to become a member for years but there's this "you have to live in the pacific northwest" secret clause. ++Lar (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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Shiri- Sorry I cannot help you much, as I do not have much of a voice in this discussion. However, take a look at our website under membership: (URL) have a similar clause - It's nothing against those who are under 18, it's just a standard (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) restriction (...) Frank, for Ian (my 15 yr old son), I think it's pretty much of sense of "belonging" rather than feeling like a "second-class citizen" (whatever that tired cliche means). Other than that - maybe your name, info, links on their (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) What does one get by being a full member of PNLTC? (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) This thread's probably gone cold and stale by now, but for what it's worth.... I've been a closeted lurker on Lugnet for some months now; but as this issue is close to my heart, I had to brave the posting interface. And a reply to Todd's (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote: <chop an excellent disertation> (...) ...When we (WAMALUG) were making up our Charter, we wrestled with the jrfol issue some too. Some of us, myself included, wanted to be part of the club mostly to be (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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FUT lugnet.org (...) Well I don't know about the other "True" LUGs but I don't think being a LUG as opposed to an LTC had anything to do with it. I think it mostly came down to the demographics of our group at the begining. Like Todd pointed out I (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org)
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(...) This sounds like a good policy to me. The idea of a sponsor allows a junior member to attend if they are able to convince at least one person to give them a chance (and contribute sufficiently to the activities that the rest of the members (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Fx5tJo.F84@lugnet.com... [... snipped ... ] (...) so (...) I just returned from my parents house (Northern Virginia - I did make it to the LEGO Outlet, you just gotta like the scratch and (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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(...) And 'chuh.org' isn't immediately recognizable as a high school - if it was chuh.k12.oh.us or something then the 'Student' URL would be a giveaway... (...) How were they? I'd have been there but I knew it would have been a transportation (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Funny, in the US anyway, it seems that the public transit that works the best was built a long time ago by private companies, and the public transit built recently in cities that didn't have any doesn't usually work at all. Here in Zurich, the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know what? You're right. I hate that! FUT lugnet.org, who so far have missed out on the blast. Take your general questions there. (or maybe to lugnet.loc.it, I hear they're itching for some long post chains so they can pass lugnet.loc.uk (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org)
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Shiri Dori wrote: <snip> Hello all, It's always interesting to see what goes on here while I'm away. Well after reading the insane amounts of posts from yesterday, I couldn't help but post one myself. I guess I am what could be termed a lurking (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) The "the T" is Boston's subway/train system. Sort of like how they call it "Le Metro" in Paris or "the Underground" in London. In Miami, we call our subway/train sytem "A waste of money", mainly because we know Miami is a car city, so only (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Not nesseccarily, being a "student" can be considered in college as well. (...) I remember that on my first days on lugnet(1), not many people knew I was young (ish) and many people were surprised that I was 15 (at the time). Even yesterday! I (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Yup, in hindsight, setting the followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug on this topic is likely to cause an ugly subtree, my bad. (...) I wondered about this before - why lugnet.org.us rather than lugnet.org? For reasons of law and liability I can (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) (L*a*mbrecht, actaully, but then again, I'm sure lots of people write your name as Sean) (...) was (...) I'm flattered. :) You'd think my URL would be a give-away. (...) I remember a few people saying that even after they met me at Mindfest, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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In lugnet.org.us, Richard Franks writes: <snip> I just read this whole subtree and I would like to reiterate Frank's call for setting followups on posts carefully. If what you are discussing is generic to all LUGs, it ought to be to org.us NOT to (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Absolutely and totally agreed. I am trying to direct conversation out of .nelug for this reason. (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) I can assure you that the capabilities to start an organization are rather unique. Interestingly, the capabilities to maintain and grow an organization are different, and frequently are not found in the same individual. I'm certainly not an (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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