[Cialug] great article

[Lathrop Preston]

yes and there are still a few of us old timers still lurking about...
(not a founder but darn close)

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:14 PM, David Champion <dave at dchamp.net> wrote:
> We started in '97, so kind of late for the whole LUG movement thing, but
> there wasn't anything going on in Des Moines, so I contacted a few of
> the people I knew around town that were using Linux, or interested in
> it, and we made it happen.
>
> -dc
>
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>> When did the group start?  Mid to late 90s?
>>
>> It is so much more than a LUG.
>>
>> -Nate
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Mathew R. Phillips
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:57 PM
>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] great article
>>>
>>>
>>> Sadly i was probably barely born when the group started :)
>>> lol. But I'm interested/excited to read it!
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of David Champion
>>> Sent: Tue 12/1/2009 1:51 PM
>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] great article
>>>
>>> Mathew R. Phillips wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/05/cov_12feature.html/index.htm
>>>
>>>> l
>>>>
>>>> Its pretty dated but it basically sums up why lugs like
>>>>
>>> this exist :)
>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Just had lunch with Jon Backstrom, who's one of the founders
>>> of CIALUG (with James Shoemaker, Steve Fuller, and me...). We
>>> were thinking we should write a short history of the LUG,
>>> maybe some info on the early members and activities. I did
>>> have some pictures from some of the Installfests at the CLC,
>>> if anyone has stuff like that, let me know.
>>>
>>> -dc
>>>
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