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Re: The formation of an ILTCO
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Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:40:07 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Neal writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > I don't think that the LUG vs LTC thing is really relevant. As a prime
> > example, NALUG has done 2 trains shows, intends to do more in the future,
> > but has no intention or desire to form a seperate LTC - we're stunningly
> > informal as it is, and it would feel pretty silly to most of us, I think, to
> > have 2 different names for the same bunch of people.
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> > Even though our "focus" isn't necessarily trains, we do train shows, and
> > IMHO, that's enough.
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> Well, let's talk about this, because there are some gray areas here. If a
> club/group are committed to showing at train shows, then why the reticence
> using the LTC name form?
In a nutshell, because while we do trains, it's not *all* we do. (It's just
all we've done lately...) And we don't (disclaimer: I'm making an assumption
here - I haven't checked with NALUG lately, these are things we bantered around
last summer) see the necessity of calling ourselves 2 things.
> I don't think it's silly to use both, because perhaps there are or will be
> folk in the future who will join the LUG, but not be interested in
> participating in the LTC activities. Even if, at this point, the members are
> all the same, perhaps it won't be so in the future.
Well, that's easy to resolve. If a member of NALUG doesn't want to participate
in a train show, they don't. If a member of NALUG only wants to do train
shows, then that's all they participate in. I don't see why it's such a big
deal, really.
> I really think that this should be a purely train club related org, so I don't
> think that any ol' LUG should qualify.
Nor do I, but if a LUG does train shows, and doesn't want to bother with the
hassle of two names, why exclude them?
> If we are talking semantics here, then why don't the LUGs call themselves
> LTCs? What is the difference between a LUG and an LTC?
An LTC is a LUG that only does trains. That's how I think of it.
James
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