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August 2024 Meeting
The end of a busy summer! We were at the Western Idaho Fair for a STEM event. We will be showing MOCs at the Boise Comics Art Festival and a lot more.
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Going with the theme of "Summer Fun" for our July meeting we will be getting together for our first ever Brunch event! Brickslopes is coming up, we will be at the Western Idaho Fair, Carnival MOC displays and great MOC show and tell.
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17 Aug 2024 11:08Our August meeting was full of announcements and events. STEM day at the Western Idaho Fair was the day after our meeting. Brickslopes and the Boise Comic Arts Festival were the weekend after our meeting. Bricks and Minifigs is having a carnival and need some help with builds. We are also starting planning for our fall events which include a Haunted Builds contest in October, Festival of Trees and of course our November member appreciation meeting.
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July Meeting
19 Jul 2024 12:21So many announcements for our "Summer Fun" meeting. Several events are coming up fast as well as many opportunities for creative ideas.
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June 2024 Meeting
24 Jun 2024 13:11MOCFEST! 2024 was held May 18th and 19th at ABU games. We had a great event with over 800 attendees, over 200 MOCs, 57 builders and many activities and presentations. Many thanks to all of the builders, volunteers and people who attended the event. We received some great feedback and we are always open to more please send any feedback you have to info@idaholug.com.
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May 2024 Meeting
20 May 2024 15:48Our May meeting was focused on preparation for MOCFEST! 2024. We spent some time discussing last-minute details and preparing for the show. We put together this year's trophies and assembled the builder bags with a bunch of cool gifts for our builders. We are looking for submissions for 2025 trophy ideas, please submit your ideas as a Stud.Io file or a picture of your prototype build to Greg. The trophy needs to be fairly easy to build and try to keep the parts cost low. 
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April 2024 Meeting
20 Apr 2024 15:41Over the past three months, we have done ten STEM events starting with the BSU Engineering and Science Fair. We participated in eight Elementary STEM Nights and a First LEGO League event at Hubbard Elementary.
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March 2024 Meeting
22 Mar 2024 17:36Our March meeting was on March 21st, and we discussed our many upcoming events. These include several STEM events with local elementary schools, HACKFORT and MOCFEST! 2024.
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February 2024 Group Meeting
17 Feb 2024 13:21We had a busy meeting discussing the many STEM events we have been doing around the valley. We have already supported three elementary school STEM nights as well as the BSU Engineering and Science festival. There are still four more already on the calendar.
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BSU Engineering and Science Festival 2024
05 Feb 2024 17:57The Boise State University Engineering and Science Festival was a five-hour event from 10AM till 3PM on Saturday, February 3rd. The event took place in many buildings around campus. We were located in the BSU Gymnasium in front of Extra Mile Arena.
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January 2024 Meeting
20 Jan 2024 21:292023 was a very busy year for the LUG. We spent over 3000 hours on the Avatar project and displayed it in Idaho, Utah and California. We participated in many STEM events at several elementary schools and put on MOCFEST! in October. We are going to build on the momentum of last year by starting this year off quickly. We have eight STEM events scheduled including:
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