Lug South Governance and Community Structure
Lug South is run through a simple, open structure that keeps decision-making close to its members. A charitable trust provides formal oversight, while an open committee helps organise the club’s activities, projects, and community events.
Three Trustees
The charitable trust has three trustees who look after the club’s legal, financial, reporting, and formal responsibilities. They guide the club on behalf of the membership and help ensure Lug South remains well-managed and sustainable.
Trustees serve with the support of the membership, and roles naturally rotate over time as people are ready to step in and contribute.
Open Committee
On Tuesday nights, active members are invited to meet and discuss the clubs plans as well as their own projects. This “committee” runs the club activities and membership of it is solely based on your willingness to participate in a constructive way. Any member aged over 16 who wants to help can take part, share ideas, ask questions, and support club activities.
This keeps Lug South practical, welcoming, and collaborative, with members of different ages and experience levels working together.
Meetings and Decisions
Weekly 16yrs and over meetings give contributing members a place to discuss finances, projects, future plans, support requests, and club activities. A monthly meeting is also open to members of all ages.
Major decisions, including purchases, donations, asset use, and project support, are discussed openly so members can understand and contribute to the direction of the club.
Our structure is designed to avoid unnecessary hierarchy, keep information open, and support members to enjoy their hobby while bringing creativity and joy to the wider community. For the full document see the following link: LUG South Governance and Community Structure
What are the Membership requirements?
Being an adult or teenage fan of LEGO® is the only requirement! For younger family members it is advised that a parent or guardian joins the group to represent the family. We here at LUG South are open to members from all over New Zealand of all ages – and we are free to join!
What does being a member involve?
We have regular social and public events throughout our region over the year and assist other groups within New Zealand to hold LEGO® based challenges or entertainment at their events too. Being a member of LUG South gives you an opportunity to get involved as an exhibitor or helper at any of the events LUG South presents or attends. Exhibitors make up their Lego sets or MOC‘s to display at these events for the public to view. Members have access to information about other New Zealand LUG events and opportunities to get involved in the wider LEGO® fan community. Being a member of LUG South isn’t all about displaying LEGO® – it’s about making friends within the wider LEGO® fan community and being involved in a group that strives to give back to the community in any way it can. LUG South holds meeting and get together days throughout the year to benefit the members of the group. We are free to contact at any time so if you have any questions at all before signing up then don’t hesitate to get in contact.
LUG South has three levels of membership based on your involvement with the group and our events. There is no membership fee, all we need is your email address so you can receive updates and information about upcoming events.
To become a member please choose from the following options and then click the link at the bottom of this page to the membership form
Follower of LUG South
You wish to follow and be notified about upcoming events.
This will ensure you are notified of our public events via email but not meetings or internal LUG South events. There is no option for family enrollment as we will send information to a singular email address.
Please note that only people living local (Southland and Otago, New Zealand) may enroll to be our followers as our events are Southland and Otago.
Those from outside of this area may follow our social media presence at: https://www.facebook.com/LUGSouthBrickEvents
Associate Member
You wish to attend some meetings but are not regularly available as a volunteer/exhibitor and will not receive any members only benefits offered from time to time to active members.
This will ensure you are notified of our public events, meetings and internal LUG South events via email. For family enrollment we will send information to a singular email address but please give us the family details.
Only people living in or planning on visiting New Zealand may enroll to be Associate members.
Those from outside of this area may follow our social media presence at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/967660033272823
Full Member
You wish to participate in all club activities including events, meetings and volunteering opportunities.
Please understand that full membership implies that you will actively participate, whenever possible, in club activities and in return may be offered various member privileges.
Full members must reside in Southland or Otago, New Zealand or be regular exhibitors at our events. For family enrollment we will send information to a singular email address but please give us the family details in the questions below.
Full members should follow our social media presence at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/967660033272823
If you’re not sure on which level to choose, please feel free to contact us.
Link to the membership form: https://forms.gle/AV2mpkomHekmgaUg6