Re: TUG shutting down...

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My opinion is retirements and volunteers.  Many of the long time volunteers are retiring  It is critical to have fresh faces step up to volunteer to keep a group going well into the future.  I think it is sad to see any group fold.  Local user groups serve an important role for the IBM i community provide another resource for learning and interacting with community.  
Sad to hear TUG and Ocean are folding.  There have been a few new groups start up and do hope we see more.
SEMIUG is still going strong.  In fact we have a meeting this evening with Scott Forstie presenting BOB and DB2 on IBM i and Modernization meeting planned for June.  We have a bunch of fresh faces that have joined the board.  This will hopefully keep SEMIUG strong well into the future.  
Regards,Laura

Laura A. UbelhorPresidentConsultech Services, Inc.www.consultechservicesinc.com
phone 248-701-7410 

    On Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 05:10:13 PM EDT, Glenn Ericson via MIDRANGE-L <[email protected]> wrote:  
 
 Don why do you feel is the cause of LUGS are falling all over or is this a specific LUG or LUGS
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Glenn Ericson


> On May 28, 2026, at 3:13 PM, Charles Wilt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 😱😢
> 
> When I moved to SLC in 2017, I was happy to see that they still had a local
> user group...
> 
> Of course, then COVID hit...and the group pretty much died.
> 
> Charles
> 
>> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Back when I was involved with LUGs and saw the market declines and
>> decline of LUGs, I figured TUG would be one of the last to shutter their
>> doors.  I just got an email announcing they're closing shop in a couple
>> of months.
>> 
>> They've been at the forefront of the midrange LUG world for a VERY long
>> time, well respected, one heckuva great group of folks and will be
>> missed...
>> 
>> This is a sad but not unexpected day...
>> 
>> D.Rima
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