Re: [MLUG] MLUG's early history and upcoming 10th anniversary

["Ryan Thornton" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Yep, I remember seeing posters in the engineering builds.. talked to
Keith and posted some in the engineering dorms as well.

Don't see many new members on the lists... doubtful that linux is too
mainstream, guess no one was left to push for the group on campus.

- Ryan

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Jason Youngquist <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Keith Kleiner was the guy who originally started MLUG.   There actually
> used to be a Unix Users Group listserv, and then a MLUG listserv.  The two
> listservs merged to become MLUG.  (at least that's what I can remember
> from 10+ years ago).
>
> --Jason
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Mike Miller wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
>>
>>> Havent -all- the founding members been here from the beginning?
>>
>> If they are here.  I typed that sentence incorrectly:  What I meant was
>> that some founding members are still here, but they won't always be here,
>> so if they want to tell their stories for future generations, now wouldn't
>> be a bad time to do it.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:37 AM
>>> To: MLUG membership <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
>>> Subject: [MLUG] MLUG's early history and upcoming 10th anniversary
>>>
>>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Vern Green wrote:
>>>
>>>> Man, has it been that long that we have been enjoying each other's company?
>>>
>>> Is that what you call it?  ;-)
>>>
>>> I've been on MLUG since 8 Oct 1999, so I guess the answer is "yes."  See
>>> the old welcome message below.  Looking back at a few messages I saved, I
>>> can see that Jon King, Shannon Spurling, Rick Buford, Stephen
>>> Montgomery-Smith, Michael "Mogmios," Adam Procter, Bryan Venable and Ryan
>>> Woodsmall were all on the list within the first month that I was on, which
>>> probably means they were there before me.  I found out about MLUG through
>>> posters I saw around campus.  I just realized that the archives go back to
>>> September 1998 and reveal more about who was around at the beginning and
>>> what they were writing:
>>>
>>> http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/members/
>>>
>>> The discussion list seems to have started in October 2000 and the
>>> announcement list archives go back to March 2000.  The first message on
>>> the original MLUG list was sent on 28 September 1998.
>>>
>>> So what do we know about the inception of MLUG -- when was it founded and
>>> by whom?  Do we want to have a 10th anniversary celebration of any kind
>>> this fall?
>>>
>>> Maybe someone will want to write a few lines about early history for the
>>> FAQ before all is forgotten:
>>>
>>> http://mlug.missouri.edu/faq.php
>>>
>>> I can see that a a few founding members have been here from the very
>>> beginning.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
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