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When was your LUG/LTC/MUG formed?
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Hi!
This is a periodic "call for information" regarding the dates of formation
of all LUGs, LTCs, MUGs, etc., around the world. I've been maintaining a
comprehensive list for the past couple of years...
http://news.lugnet.com/org/dates
which I'm thinking of putting into a database format, and I'd to get all
of the ?'s resolved into solid dates. If you are a founding member of any
of the following groups/clubs listed below, please take a few moments to
check your records against the date shown. Also, if your group/club is not
listed on the page shown above, please let me know!
Thanks!!!
--Todd
YYYY/MM/DD
1997/10/?? PNLTC: Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
1999/07/16? NOVALTC: Northern Virginia LEGO Train Club - now WAMALUG (U.S.A.)
1999/02/28? VicLUG: Victoria LEGO Users Group (Canada)
1999/09/03? GMLUG: Greater Midwest LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
1999/09/04? TexLUG: Texas LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
1999/09/30? WAFOL: Wasatch Area Fans of LEGO (U.S.A.)
1999/10/31? LEGO-MUG: LEGO MINDSTORMS Users Group (Japan)
1999/11/15? WAMALUG: Washington (D.C.) Metro Area LEGO Users Group - formerly
NOVALTC (U.S.A.)
1999/11/28? UKLUG: United Kingdom LEGO Users Group (U.K.)
1999/12/02? LegOz (Australia)
2000/01/12? CMLUG: Central Midwest LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
2000/02/06? Studs (Australia)
2000/02/18? LUGOLA: LEGO Users Group of Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
2000/02/22? VLC: Vancouver LEGO Club (Canada)
2000/04/30? EJLTC: East Japan LEGO Train Club (Japan)
2000/05/28? SeaLUG: Seattle Area LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
2000/07/07? GardenSLUG: Garden State LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
????/??/?? SCLTC: Southern California LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
2002/01/?? MSLTC: Mid-South LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
2002/??/?? Legotics (U.S.A.)
2002/??/?? HRMUG: Hampton Roads Mindstorms Users Group (U.S.A.)
200?/??/?? CARLUG: Central Arkansas LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
2002/10/16? The Brickish Association (U.K.)
[End list of groups with missing information]
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Thanks to Daniel for pointing out that even though I SAID "September" in
this message I meant "December"! Our meeting is December 14!
I'm building a Santa Doll Factory. It is going to be WAY cool (If I can
make it work).
Rich
In lugnet.org.us.hrmug, Richard Jenkins writes:
> Greetings!
>
> Our December meeting will be on Saturday September 14th at the Pretlow
> Library in Norfolk. This is a little unusual, since this is the second
> Saturday of the month, so please make a note of it!
>
> Meeting time is 2PM until 4PM. The Pretlow library is at the corner of
> Granby Street and Ocean View Blvd, in the Ocean View area. From I-64 take
> the 4th View exit and head toward W. Ocean View Avenue. Take a right on W.
> Ocean View, then just after the Exxon station take the ramp, which actually
> lets you continue on Ocean View Blv. (If you miss the ramp, just take a
> sharp left at the next light and you'll get back on track.) Continue down
> Ocean View for about 1/2 mile until you see the Pretlow Library on the right
> hand side.
>
> The theme for the meeting is a holiday display. Build something with a
> holiday theme, and animate it using your RCX. We'll put it all together and
> take pictures!
>
> Rich
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Greetings!
Our December meeting will be on Saturday September 14th at the Pretlow
Library in Norfolk. This is a little unusual, since this is the second
Saturday of the month, so please make a note of it!
Meeting time is 2PM until 4PM. The Pretlow library is at the corner of
Granby Street and Ocean View Blvd, in the Ocean View area. From I-64 take
the 4th View exit and head toward W. Ocean View Avenue. Take a right on W.
Ocean View, then just after the Exxon station take the ramp, which actually
lets you continue on Ocean View Blv. (If you miss the ramp, just take a
sharp left at the next light and you'll get back on track.) Continue down
Ocean View for about 1/2 mile until you see the Pretlow Library on the right
hand side.
The theme for the meeting is a holiday display. Build something with a
holiday theme, and animate it using your RCX. We'll put it all together and
take pictures!
Rich
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Here is the preliminary information on the 1st Quarter 2003 HRMUG building
contest. Official Rules will be posted soon.
This will be a brick-sorting contest and will take place in three phases,
each building on the previous phase and increasing in complexity. The
playing field will be square, approximately 4ft. X 4ft. Vertically down the
center of the square will be a 2 inch wide grey strip, with the remainder of
the board painted white to one side of the grey and black on the other side.
The border of the playing area will be surrounded by a minimum 1 inch high
'wall'.
The contest will begin with 5 2X2 lego bricks and 5 2X4 lego bricks placed
randomly along the grey portion of the board. Players will be assigned a
side (white or black) and placed at a random location and orientation on the
side of thier color.
Robots must fit inside a box 9 inches to a side. They must use the RCX as a
controller and may not use more than one RCX. A maximum of 3 motors, 1
light sensor, 2 touch sensors, and 2 rotation sensors may be used, but
non-lego multiplexing systems may not be employed for motors or sensors.
The use of lego pnuematics systems is acceptable.
The first month's competition (January) will be single-player only. The
objective will be to get ALL 10 bricks (or as many as possible) completely
onto the player's side of the playing field. Time limit wil be 3 minutes.
Scoring will be one point for each brick which is completely on the side of
the players designated color.
The second competition (February) is also single player. This time the
objective is to get all the 2X2 bricks onto the player's side and all of the
2X4 bricks onto the opposite side. Again the time limit is 3 minutes.
Scoring is +2 points for a 2X2 brick on the player's side, and -1 points for
a 2X4 brick on the player's side. Again the time limit is 3 minutes.
The final competition (March) is player vs. player. The objective is to
have as many 2X2 bricks on the player's designated side and as many 2X4
bricks on the opponenent's side as possible. Bricks must be completely
within the player's color to count. That is, bricks partially in the grey
area do not count toward score credits or debits. The time limit will be
three minutes. All contestants must wait 5 seconds from the contest start
before moving (to allow players to clear the field) and must automatically
shut down 180 seconds from contest start (leaving 175 seconds of actual play
time). Scoring is more complicated in this round. Players get +2 points
for every 2X2 brick on thier side and -1 point for every 2X4 brick on thier
side. Also, players are penalized -2 points if they push or throw a brick
out of the playing area. In addition, any brick (of either type) in the
player's possetion at the end of the round (after 3 minutes) generates a -2
penalty. In possetion will be defined as underneath or held by the robot in
any way that the contest judge feels would have prevented the opponent from
interacting with the brick.
Hope this challenge is of interest!
Rich
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Greetings!
Sorry I haven't updated sooner. There has been some sort of problem getting
posting access for this site.
HRMUG is holding a short (less than 1 hour) introductory meeting at the ODU
campus, Webb Center, River Room on Saturday November 16 from noon until 1 PM.
At this meeting we'll spend a small amount of time explaining what
Mindstorms is, then talk about our club and what we hope to build it into.
I've got some really cool video to show from Mindstorms clubs around North
America that have built thriving organizations. Then we'll do some show and
tell with some of our members.
Please come if you are intersted in our club! If you can't make it, keep an
eye on this message board so you can catch us at our next meeting.
Rich
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