Re: Origins of ILUG

Thanks for the info so far, everyone!


/// Vicky

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On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:50 PM, John P. Looney <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>  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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