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Re: A one time thing?/community
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Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:52:52 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Would anyone hate me if I crashed a single NELUG meeting?
> > ...
> > Please LMK if you don't want me to come.
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> Since this request was made, there has been quite a bit of discussion
> off-line about whether Shiri's attendance at our next NELUG meeting should
> be allowed or not. As may be expected, making such decisions is never easy
> nor quick, so let us apologize for not coming to a formal decision on this
> sooner. But we did want to ensure that opinions were not overlooked and that
> the matter was handled appropriately.
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> The final decision was made not to allow an exception to the NELUG
> membership rules. There were several reasons that this decision was made,
> but this was perhaps the most important of those reasons. The members of
> NELUG felt that making exceptions to the rule depreciates the value and
> undermines the purpose of having that rule.
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> This does not mean that NELUG (or any of its members) dislikes Shiri in any
> way, nor that she was singled out as someone who specifically should not
> attend meetings. It also does not mean that we dislike minors or that we
> don't respect them.
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> What this means is merely that it goes against NELUG's rules, which are
> there for particular reasons (and also not meant to disrespect nor disfavor
> individuals or minors). This rule has been a part of NELUG since its
> inception in 1999, and was also re-considered one year ago in July of 2000
> (see http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=785), and we do not intend to
> re-open the issue again.
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> We know that this decision will not please everyone, but we hope that you
> can understand and respect our decision on the matter.
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> DaveE, on behalf of the New England Lego Users Group
What is NELUG's rule reguarding visitors? I saw no statement about this on
the NELUG website. This is what I understand Shiri to be requesting, to be
a guest at one meeting in order to say goodbye to her local Lego community -
a closure of sorts. She did not request membership.
Must one be 18 to be a visitor/guest? Could a child be brought to a
meeting by a parent who is not a NELUG member? Or can one only be a
"invited" guest of a "sponsoring" NELUG member? If this is the case, can
only individuals 18 and older be invited?
I have been very dismayed to see the reponse of NELUG to Shiri's request to
visit. While Shiri Dori is not a member of NELUG, she is a warm,
enthusiastic, creative, member of LUGNET that you are fortunate enough to
have in your geographic area - and she is leaving this country. You had
the opportunity to be kind, to say goodbye and wish a fellow LUGNET member
well in her journey. When this simple request was made, why did not a
single member of your organization step up and ask Shiri to come as their
guest to this one meeting?
I have thought of LUGNET as a friendly, warm, community building place. A
place that brings those of us together who enjoy and indeed have a passion
for Lego. Because of the knowledge of the members of NELUG and their
generosity of spirit in sharing this knowledge via personal websites and
LUGNET, I have had a great respect for the NELUG membership.
Yes, who is able to be a member of or a visitor to NELUG is your business.
But ... you have had the opportunity to show kindness and a different kind
of generosity of spirit (without making an exception to any stated rule)
and in my opinion chose not to.
sheree rosenkrantz
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| (...) This is a good question. What is our policy on guests? Could we start a policy for guests where the guest has to be invited by a member who is also attending the function. This member would then be responsible for that guest. By having this (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Since this request was made, there has been quite a bit of discussion off-line about whether Shiri's attendance at our next NELUG meeting should be allowed or not. As may be expected, making such decisions is never easy nor quick, so let us (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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