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Re: Augest Meeting results
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Tue, 6 Aug 2002 17:37:46 GMT
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> > Nicole, if you are unable to host in your home,

Nope, sorry, for now its not a possibility.

<snippered!>
> meet in Binghamton, perhaps at the Broome County public
> library on Court street downtown; http://www.tier.net/bcpl/.  It's a great
> new facility, and they have public meeting rooms available.
<snippered!>

That's been the problem. It's closed on Saturday for now.

> Otherwise, the lobby of the Holiday Inn Arena is a good spot with lots of
> room and parking.  I don't have the authority to offer up my parent's house
> for a meeting, and their physical conditions probably precludes a large
> gathering there anyway.

Now here's a good idea.

> I like the Syracuse area to meet, but if we can swing Binghamton at the
> library to include more members, that's the right spirit!
> 
> I'll check the BC Library Main Branch and post here when I can.  I'm out of
> state at the moment, so bear with me.
> 
> > 
> > Keeping in mind that simply meeting and talking about Lego should be our • prime
> > objective at this point.  Also, finding some way to increase our membership.
> > After we get a larger member base then we can realistically tackle group
> > projects like Train Shows and such.  Until then, I am somewhat unwilling to
> > commit to such huge undertakings.  It will be simply too much time, work, • and
> > expense for just a handful of people that don't even live near each other.

Agreed. Seconded.

> Fair enough.
> 
> > I am all in favor of having a list of things to get done and I even
> > harrassed Wayne for not having an agenda written up for our last group • meeting
> > in May/June.  But we are still in the stages of just meeting face to face • and
> > getting to know each other.  It is even hard to call ourselves a group at • this
> > point since our membership is so small and so distant.
> 
> 
> Oh, we're still at least a virtual group, nonetheless!  Central New York is
> an ambitious area to cover, but we have to start somewhere.

Yep

> > I look forward to the day when LUCNY can definitively plan for a Train Show • or
> > other public event.  So I keep that idea in my head with regards to a lot of
> > what I build lately--and I don't think I am the only one doing that.

Me too, as I'm slowly getting hooked.

> > If anyone has any ideas for increasing membership In LUCNY, please let us
> > know.
> 
> I think having meetings at a public site, publishing in community news
> columns in local newspapers, and posting bulletins may be ideas to pursue.
> I'm OK with the progress for now, but there are lots of ways to ramp this up
> when the time is right and we can handle it.
> 
> Ed

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(...) You know, Kevin, that's brings up something - I'm able to attend on the 17th because I'm on my way to Binghamton to visit family there. I was thinking that I'd be able to stop by in the Syracuse area that day since I'm traveling through there (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)

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