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Re: Definitions: LUG or LTC
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Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:16:50 GMT
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Adrian Egli <adr.egli@SPAMCAKEworldnet.att.net>
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"Steve Barile" <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I would like to get some feedback from members of LUGs and LTCs on their
> opinions of what the differences are. Some areas that I'm interested in • are:
> goals of the club, public interactions (aka shows/venues), membership
> structure/government, fellowship expectations (friends vs • acquaintances)...
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> SteveB
> PNLTC
> PS I'll add my comments later as the thread progresses (if it progresses).
I've been thinking as to reply to this when it comes to SCLTC. Our LTC came
from ideas of other LTCs in the U.S. Most notably PNLTC and BayLTC/BayLUG,
both of whom are on the West coast as we are. On a more local level is
LUGOLA, where many members of SCLTC came from. LUGOLA is pretty much a mix
of various themes and interests. There's the Mecha crowd, and the space
themed and town themed and just plain o'l digging through LEGO fodder to get
whatever parts without having to go through Brick Link crowd.
Many who joined SCLTC had prior interest in scale model trains as well as
interest in LEGO ones. Some just wanted to see something other than
futuristic cities or Mecha creations. Not to say they didn't like them but
just didn't spur the same degree of interest as trains would. We cannot say
we just do trains (best example the NAB in Las Vegas!) because just as in
the real world trains, they run through countryside, cities, ports, heck
even military bases! Other themes, town most notably, are going to be
created to go along with whatever the theme in general we want to show.
Goal in general: to show LEGO to the public that it is more than some Harry
Potter or Bionicle or whatever sets you buy at your local Wal Mart or Target
and let a kid build. Who, be it an LTC or LUG who's put up something on
public display, has not received the "I didn't know you could build that
from LEGOs?!?!" line or a variation of it?
Public interaction: SCLTC has done the show scene just less than a year.
But following our first ever public show, GATS in Anaheim, we've caught the
eye a lot of people. I'd say that to be expected in a part of the country
where a couple of million people live and businesses call home. Right now,
it's been who've seen us at an event who have called on us to do an event
for them.
Public interaction at the event itself is another matter. We've done things
like "Look for Johnny" where kids (and adults) look for a character(s) in
the layout and we give hints where to look. It provides incentive to look
at other areas and explore different views of what's there rather than just
look from one point/position. The K-8 stuff is an area of public
interaction we're still trying to master. We've tried it but it involves
watching like a hawk over the area kids are in. Group discussions of this,
be it online or face-to-face, is a topic high on the "How are we going to
handle it?" list.
Which brings us onto how the group in general works. Most interaction is
done online and we do some planning in advance for person-to person ones
(and there the most enjoyable when we eat out at the local In-n-Out!) It's
volunteering for a task and showing by taking that it you will take
responsibility to do it that's the biggie. For example, I've been doing the
task of handling membership inquiry. If someone who's seen us want to join
in, they contact me first or be referred
to me . I'll pass along this inquiry to the rest of the gang to let them
know what's up. Then, I'll do the job of passing along what we do and try
to establish a trust when the person interested feel sure enough they want
to join in. When it comes to events, someone volunteers to be the event
coordinator. Their job is to keep the rest of us informed of what, when,
where our customer, or those hosting the event, want us to do. It's a lot
of responsibility because it involves keeping the rest of us up to date so
we may plan ourselves to be at the event (family, work, etc.). There are
others as well: who's doing the website, who's planning the layout, who
wants to do what in the layout, etc.
Fellowship expectation? One thing we all agree on is this is a hobby we all
say we enjoy doing. Personal non-club issues like family, work, health have
to be given highest priority. For example, I've got something I have to
take care of but it means I won't be a major participant for the rest of
2002 (you're not going to see Study 5 at any shows in the near future).
When this is taken care of, and I think it will in early 2003, then I'll be
able to build the studies into layouts. Others in the club have had work
related or family issues they've had to give higher priority to but we all
say "Hey, don't worry about the club, take care of your own business first.
We'll be here."
Whew! I hope that's enough.
--
Adrian Egli
http://www.scltc.org/
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