Re: Origins of ILUG

The last AGM, I believe was in 2013 in Tog. A round of talks.
following by people not waiting to be on a committee.
Jeffrey Roe,
www.tog.ie


On 18 May 2016 at 14:55, Vicky Twomey-Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the info so far, everyone!
>
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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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