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Re: Meeting August 26th - Sept 3rd?
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:28:49 GMT
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> > usually Mon-Thurs, I'd nominate the 26th, 30th, 1st, or 2nd for meetings.
> > How are those by people? I think I'm free for all of them... Or of course we
> > COULD break our norm and do a weekend meeting (heresy!)
> 
> No not that!!! ;-).  I also think I am available all of the days you have
> mentioned.

given that it would be a 3 hour drive to get to the bridge to get off
cape on the 1st or 2nd, i'd shoot for the 30th, myself.  but i'll go
with the flow :)

> > > and i've been told that you guys have just the BEST meetings ;)
> > 
> > Usually our meetings are a little above the scale of Brickfest. We get about
> > 8-10 rooms in Brandeis university (being close to TCS), anywhere from 4-12
> > K8's, Lego sponsorship, prizes, and about 100-200 members in attendance.
> > Then we all head out to TCS who give us free Lego for being nice guys. Or
> > were those just the meetings in my head? Hmm... come to think of it, I don't
> > remember the Smurfs being NELUG members. So strike that. I guess we just get
> > the "big" room at a local restaurant, bring a few MOCs, and talk Lego for
> > several hours over food and drinks. Darn reality.
> 
> Ehh... reality ain't that bad.
> 
> As for the BEST meetings I guess that depends on who you talk with.  For us
> they work out great.  First we spend a little dough on LEGO then head across
> the street for MOC displays and Eats.  If you want to sit and play with LEGO
> its probably not the best, besides BBQ sauce and LEGO don't go together very
> well.

ah well, i'll just have to stick to the drinks then :)



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  Re: Meeting August 26th - Sept 3rd?
 
(...) Good question. Because it has kind of become tradition I think. Other than Brikwars and Train Shows we don't tend to do much on weekends. I would love to do a build meeting someday where we just take the NELUG collection and go at it. Of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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