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Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:54:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Richard Morton wrote:
Hi everyone,

For some time now, a group of us have been discussing the concept of a LEGO
site that the community could truly call its own-- community owned,
designed, and operated. To this end, we have been endeavoring for more than
half a year to bring that concept to life. After the recent announcement
concerning WorldLUG, we decided that it would be a good time to bring this
into the public eye.

Who are we? Presently, the group is made up of 9 people: Jacob Sparre
Andersen, Steve Bliss, Dan Boger, Jennifer Boger, David Eaton, Sean Kenney,
Jake Mckee, Richard Morton, and Calum Tsang.

What we have been working towards is a site called LEGOFan.net, that can act
as a central hub for the community. A site where LEGO fans worldwide can get
information, be directed towards resources, and interact. We also are
developing an infrastructure that will allow community members to be
involved with the running of the site, from administration tasks to
open-source code maintenance. We hope in this way to actually create a site
that is in all ways by fans, for fans.

Perhaps what excites us most about LEGOFan.net, however, is the involvement
of the LEGO Company itself. Presently, the LEGO Company works informally and
sporadically with multiple independent fan sites. LEGOFan.net will provide a
more centralized point for the LEGO Company to interact with the fan
community, thus increasing the frequency of their interaction, updates,
news, and releases.

We're working out the details of the agreement with TLC to allow LEGOFan.net
to do such things as use the word 'LEGO' in its domain name, as well as many
other benefits and surprises directly from the 'inside'!

For now, the site is still in its beginning stages, and it may still be a
while yet before LEGOFan.net is actually ready to be launched. Many aspects
such as language globalization and privacy issues present considerable
problems, and even more so as the LEGO Company wants to be especially
careful where certain issues are concerned. However, we look forward to
finally being able to present the community with LEGOFan.net.

We welcome and ask your thoughts and feedback. As you can certainly
understand, however, we need to stay focused for our initial launch to
actually get launched. We are listening and will continue to listen, even if
your suggestions and requests don't make it into the first release. One of
our main focuses in creating an initial structure that allows for and
encourages community participation well into the future.

Play Well,

The LEGOFan Team

That all sounds good.  Just don't let Jake force you to focus on Trains and hog
up all the space for that theme! ;o)

I'd like to see something that has real news, focus on current and upcoming
product and the good product history.  We also need a forum that encourages easy
posting, easy to follow threads and is good for all ages.  I can think of a
couple of model sites that I like that I would like to see some elements
included for fan use and discussion.

Feel free to experiment, and bounce questions off me. :o)



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  Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
 
(...) In what ways do we not have that forum with Lugnet? Although I use the NNTP interface, I find the web interface to be one of the best of any www-discussion forum out there. *Especially* when it comes to threads. [followup-to .general and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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  LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
 
Hi everyone, For some time now, a group of us have been discussing the concept of a LEGO site that the community could truly call its own-- community owned, designed, and operated. To this end, we have been endeavoring for more than half a year to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !! 

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