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Re: Building meeting?
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:49:45 GMT
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Hi all,
after a rather long (eternal?) absence, I've gotten to the point where I'm back
online, have e-mail, and can check LUGNET newsgroups easily again - *phew*, I
survived.
ANYHOO, I think this is a great idea - I'd love to partake in this. I've mentioned
this to Eric K., but it's worth broadcasting now ... our new apartment has a
basement room (well, not really a basement) that's pretty big (18' by 12' ??) and
that, except for the oil tank in one corner, is devoted completely to LEGO. It's
carpeted, insulated, well lit, and has a modicum of building-related furniture (a
table, a large low coffee table, etc. etc.) I would love to host a building
session or some Brikwars events (or whatever else, for that matter). The one
downside (from other people's perspectives, maybe, but not mine ;) is that this new
apartment is about 1.25 hours outside of Boston, in Lee NH (near Portsmouth). I'm
still planning on trekking down for some meetings, but I'd love to have some people
scratch and claw their way up here sometime as well.
Anyway, I figured I'd offer. There's a large LEGO room waiting to be used by more
than just me :)
frolicking in his new on-line-ed-ness,
shaun
Lorbaat wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> A post I just made to lugnet.people got me thinking. I don't know how feasible
> this might be, but bear with me...
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> We've had meetings about a lot of different things- setting up NELUG, talking
> about Legos, planning displays, playing BrikWars, discussing (ahem) aspects of
> NELUG's makeup, and so on. People have brought lots of stunning MOCs to these
> meetings, and that's great- there's nothing I love as much as seeing someone's
> really cool creations.
>
> But one thing that's never gone on as far as I know is just plain getting
> together and building MOCs. I mean, a meeting where people throw some bricks
> they think they'll use for a given project in a tub and all congregate and sit
> around a chew the fat while they build. Is this something that people would be
> interested in trying to put together (no pun intended)? There's been a lot of
> talk about a NELUG Clubhouse and a NELUG LEGO Collection, and so on, but we've
> never actually gotten together and just built.
>
> Some Pros:
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> 1) Working closely with other people while they work can be very insprational
> for everyone.
> 2) Gives some social interaction to something that I think most of us do on
> our own right now.
>
> Some Cons:
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> 1) You can't bring your whole collection to the meeting, so you might be
> limited in pieces.
> 2) We would probably need to investigate someplace new to hold the meeting, as
> our usual spots don't have the space or structure required.
> 3) Could degenerate into accusations of plagiarism or outright part theft
> (although I seriously doubt it).
>
> I'm sure there are more Pros and Cons, but these strike me right off the bat.
> Would people in general enjoy this kind of meeting? Want to give it a whirl?
> Keep in mind I'm not talking about a specific date or anything yet, just trying
> to gauge reaction before I even bother to go so far as to investigate venue.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> eric
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