Author: Stephen Churchill

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Reminder – Meeting, Monday, May 15th!

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NewfoundLUG will be having a meeting on Monday, May 15th, 7pm at Bricks and Minifigs St. John’s. This meeting will be on Zoom also!

Agenda

  • Elections
  • increasing engagement – how do we grow?
  • Show off your build! Bring something to share!

All Members in Good standing (who have attended one meeting or event since May 2022) are eligible to vote, but ALL are welcome to attend!

Nominations for LAN Ambassador and the two Executive Member at large positions are currently:

  • Matthew Zwicker – LAN Ambassador (incumbent)
  • Christine Gillard – Executive Member at Large
  • Chris Mitchell – Executive Member at Large (incumbent)

Upcoming Meetings

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By popular demand, we are pre-scheduling our monthly meetings through to the end of August – I’ll add them as events on the Facebook Group as well, but the dates and times are below:

Monday May 15, 7pm
Location: Bricks and Minfigures
Agenda: Annual General Meeting/election

Tuesday, June 13, 7pm
Location: MUN Botanical Gardens
Agenda: No Agenda yet

Wed July 19, 7pm
Location: Bricks and Minfigures
Agenda: No Agenda yet

August date/time TBD soon
Location: Geocenter
Agenda: Blocks on the Rock Show discussion

In addition to these meetings, we are hoping to do another Part Draft this summer, and we will have a sort day when our LUGBulk order comes in. Watch this space for updates!

NewfoundLUG Annual Showcase – April 7-8

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We will be having our annual showcase at the Sheraton Hotel on April 7th and 8th 2023!

The event is sponsored by Bricks & Minifigs St. John’s, and they will have LEGO sets and figures for sale as well!

Door Prizes! Easter Egg Hunt!

Hours are:

  • 12-1pm Friday, April 7th – Sensory Hour
  • 1-6pm Friday, April 7th – Regular admission
  • 10-6pm Saturday, April 8th – Regular admission

Admission:

  • $10 Adult
  • $7 12 and under
  • Free for 2 and under
  • $20 Family pass

Are you a LEGO builder who is interested in having a display table? Reach out to exec@newfoundlug.ca

State of the LUG – 2023

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Hi all – Happy New Year, and welcome to our new members! It’s been a minute since we had an update, so let’s talk about what we have coming up in 2023.

LUGBulk

If you are waiting for the next update on LUGBulk – so are we. We should see the parts list by mid January, and we will move fast when that happens. Next steps are:

  • LEGO releases list
  • Eligible LUGBulk Participants select 4-5 elements
  • Run Mock order for all participants
  • Use Mock order to reduce list to final 85 elements
  • Run the real order
  • Submit to LEGO

Watch this space and your email, we will need to move fast!

LUG Showcase

We will be at the Holiday Inn on March 31-April 1. Save the Dates!
If you are planning on having a table to display your LEGO Builds, we will be taking signups shortly. We’ve also had some interest from kids who’d like to display, so we will be discussing how that’s going to work.

Meetings

Meetings will continue – we want to try and have a meeting about once a month, so we will be scheduling something soon.

Build Challenges

We will also be bringing back monthly build challenges – if you have an idea for a theme, post in the comments!