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Hey James,
Thanks for a fabulous sum-up.
In lugnet.org.us, James Brown writes:
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> FWIW:
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> I agree with Shiri's (and others, apparantly) opinion that an age cut-off is
> unnecessary for a club aimed at Lego enthusiasts. My personal opinion is that
> this sort of thing should be handled on a case-by-case basis - it's less
> arbitrary than a flat rule. For obvious reasons, that's not always practical,
> but it is generally more fair.
This is a good line of reasoning - I hope NELUG takes that in mind.
> BUT! NELUG is the only group that can tell NELUG what to do. To
> vernacularize: "Ain't no one here got a right to tell me how to run my life!"
> (or club, as the case may be).
Definitely. Too bad many people rushed into the debate hot-headed - I
personally steered away for the first few hours because I knew if I'd get into
the debate, I'd be off my rocker VERY quickly and that would not help me or
anyone else.
I suggest everyone who got mad in/about this thread to take a few deep
breaths... to stand back... to remember the people they're talking to are
normally very nice. :-)
I hope that when the NELUG members discuss this, they try not to think about
the insults that were said here (and unfortunately there were)... but instead
about the constructive suggestions and about the possibilities that would be
beneficial to both sides. And I think it *is* possible to reach such a
decision - I hope they sincerely try (and I believe they will).
> From what I've seen (done a lot of fast reading, so much of it is a bit
> blurred in my mind), more people (on both sides) are making/responding to
> hostility than are usefully contributing.
<sigh>
Yes, and that was really too bad. Looking back, I see that perhaps a personal
email would've been better. Then again, it might not've been taken to heart. I
guess I'll never know.
> Shiri think's NELUG's rule about members being 18 & older only is unfair.
You could say so... although I wouldn't choose the word "unfair". Perhaps
misguided or disappointing.
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> I would also like to ask that the people who aren't members of NELUG let it
> rest until NELUG have a chance to review it? And then, after the fact,
> respect whatever their decision is? Like it or not, it's their decision to
> make.
Exactly. Thanks for the great summing, James.
> (ps: Shiri? try to be encouraged by the number of people who care about this a
> lot, and not discouraged by the fact that some of them are being less than
> entirely polite)
I'm trying ;-)
-Shiri
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