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Subject:	Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community
Date:	Wed, 7 May 2003 22:58:52 GMT
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes: > I used to be on the side of encouraging clubs to not have age > requirements, however, under more consideration, I'm more open to the > idea. In my opinion, the biggest reason is the way our country handles > child abuse allegations. Because of the legal climate, one is taking a > very large risk being involved with a "club" that allows anyone under > 18. [...] I think it depends on what kinds of activities the club participates in. I understand that some clubs have meetings in the private homes of their members. I can totally see how you might want to exclude minors in such a situation (or at least, minors without their parents or other parentally-designated guardian present). But my club (BauLUG / BayLTC) meets only in public spaces, such as a meeting room at the library, or the back room of a pizza parlor, etc. I think in that context, there is a far lower risk of such allegations being made. --Bill. -- William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." - Emerson

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		Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
(...) Any organization that allows both adults and minors to participate in the same capacity has to be _very_ careful about this sort of thing. It's not enough to simply know that nothing's going on. You need to make sure that noone has any reason (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

		Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
(...) Libraries are certainly a pretty safe way to hold meetings open to minors. At a library, you have the advantage that they hold most of the responsibility for any unaccompanied minors. A pizza parlor would be somewhat riskier, but still, the (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

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		Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
(...) I used to be on the side of encouraging clubs to not have age requirements, however, under more consideration, I'm more open to the idea. In my opinion, the biggest reason is the way our country handles child abuse allegations. Because of the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

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