Re: Origins of ILUG

 It's been a long long time since we did events. Life got busy for some
people, and the tech world got complete enough that it split up into many
different factions. Many of them had never heard of ILUG :)

 I'd say installfests gave way to lectures (on sysadmin & coding topics) in
TCD. We did a few AGMs with cool talks, which eventually fizzled out to an
active mailing list, and using the internet to coordinate training,
development and the like.

 Now beer, once or twice a year is the best you get from us.

John

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Damien Hunter <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Does ILUG host events? %P
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Vicky Twomey-Lee <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I hope this is the right forum to ask about ILUG community?
> >
> > My name is Vicky and I use to look after Python Ireland but stepped back
> > after over a decade as well as  PyCon Ireland for 4 years. Nowadays I run
> > other tech events and also part-time at Dogpatch as their developer
> > community liaison and events coordinator.
> >
> > I've been ask to draft a guide to the developer community in Dublin, and
> I
> > know ILUG has been around for a long, long time. It would great to find
> out
> > about its history and show how it started and why it's one of the oldest
> > user groups in Dublin/Ireland.
> >
> > All I have is that it was established in 1997 and the following from a
> > forum:
> >
> >> The Irish Linux Users Group (ILUG) was set up in 1997 to promote
> awareness
> >> of the Linux operating system within Ireland. The ILUG also
> >> acts as a focal point both for developers wishing to contribute to the
> >> Open Source Software movement and for users of all levels seeking to
> >> solve their individual technical issues. Much of the everyday
> interaction
> >> revolves around our free mailing lists. Additionally our web
> >> site contains a lot of valuable information for everyone including a
> list
> >> of hardware and software vendors who deal with Linux, an area for
> >> beginners, a library containing books and software CDs for loan, and a
> >> downloads area where software written by members of the ILUG is freely
> >> available. Membership of the ILUG is free and is open to anyone. For
> more
> >> information about ILUG and Linux in Ireland, please visit
> >
> >
> > I'm wondering is there a point of contact person I can talk to who might
> > have a timeline of ILUG, type of events held, and who currently organises
> > ILUG events? I would love to include organiser(s) in the "people you
> should
> > know" section. :-)
> >
> > I'm writing the section of Python Ireland since I was main organiser from
> > 2005 - 2013, consultant from 2014-15. I'm also pinging Ruby Ireland,
> Xcake
> > and will be asking TOG if they like to be included also in the guide.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > /// Vicky Twomey-Lee
> >
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