What is ChiLUG:

ChiLUG is an RLUG, or Registered LEGO User Group. This means that The LEGO Group (TLG, the owner of LEGO) recognizes the group has met the requirements to function as an officially recognized LEGO User Group. We are not owned or operated by LEGO and have no partnership with LEGO. However, we do represent LEGO by using their products and acting in accordance with TLG values.

Mission:

ChiLUG exists to support and promote its members’ creation of their own unique LEGO models, also known as MOCs (My Own Creation). Both within the group and in the AFOL community, members can share experiences, advice on building techniques, and knowledge of LEGO pieces (called elements) and products with each other. A crucial part of the ChiLUG’s activity is putting on public displays of our builds for the public to enjoy.

Members:

The ideal member is an active one with a love for promoting LEGO usage, regardless of personal skill level. We do not charge membership dues. We simply require our members to participate in meetings and events to retain an active status. We encourage our members to be interactive with each other and event visitors. Our members have a variety of interests and personalities, which allows our group to display a wide range of creations including buildings, trains, vehicles, landscape scenes, Sci-fi figures, mossaics, botanicals, fantasy items, motorized models, and so much more!

Join:

If you would like to apply to become a ChiLUG member, please fill out our Membership Application

Outreach:

We participate in many public display events to promote enjoyment, creativity, and share information about building with LEGO. We strive to explore and engage with a vast range of activities associated with LEGO. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Building MOCs and official LEGO sets
• Building using instructions, freestyle, scale using math, and/or digital design tools
• Teaching modular and structural styles
• Using LEGO as an artistic medium
• Inclusion of motion, lights, coding, and robotics in MOCs
• Information on element and set collecting
• The sharing of building techniques
• Teaching individuals to embrace their inner creativity.

We invite you to attend our display events to experience our creations. We welcome visitors to ask questions about what we build, how we build creations, or any other questions you may have about ChiLUG or the LEGO hobby.

Conduct:

Our public displays are meant to be enjoyed by the entire family. We do not allow the following content to be part of our displays:

• We do not charge an admission to attend ChiLUG display events.
• Reference to nudity/sex, illegal drugs or use, excessive gore, violent crime, mass killings, or religious persecution.
• Controversial political symbols or statements, such as swastikas or denigration of a political figure or party.
• Any video or audio presentation included with a ChiLUG display must be G-rated, or edited to remove any adult themes, language, nudity, political denigration, religious persecution, excessive violence or violent crime.

History

The Chicagoland area LEGO User Group, commonly known as ChiLUG, was founded in the Summer of 2012 by Dave Xandegar, John Thorton and Jeff Viens. They formed ChiLUG to meet and share their love of LEGO and desire to display individual MOCs in the Chicagoland area. Our first meeting was in January 2012. Our first presence at Brickworld Chicago, and the AFOL community was in June 2012.

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