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Re: A one time thing?/community
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Sat, 28 Jul 2001 20:04:29 GMT
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> 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.
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> 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?
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 policy, we would be able to
maintain the 18+ age rule and allow people under age attend certain meetings.
The worst that can happen is that we don't like the guest and they don't get
invited next time. Also you will find that under age people might find us
to old and boring to hang out with.
> 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 too am a little surprise by this decision as well. She wasn't asking to
join, just to attend 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.
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> 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.
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> sheree rosenkrantz
one word ouch.
Jonathan D.
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| (...) Jonathan, You are a relatively new member so I guess you might not have known about the history and extent of the rule. To clarify, guests must meet the rules for membership. Therefore any guest must be 18 years old or older. (...) This has (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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