[Cialug] great article

[David Champion]

We started in '97, so kind of late for the whole LUG movement thing, but 
there wasn't anything going on in Des Moines, so I contacted a few of 
the people I knew around town that were using Linux, or interested in 
it, and we made it happen.

-dc

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> When did the group start?  Mid to late 90s?
>
> It is so much more than a LUG.
>
> -Nate 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org 
>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Mathew R. Phillips
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:57 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] great article
>>
>>
>> Sadly i was probably barely born when the group started :) 
>> lol. But I'm interested/excited to read it!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of David Champion
>> Sent: Tue 12/1/2009 1:51 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] great article
>>  
>> Mathew R. Phillips wrote:
>>     
>>>       
>> http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/05/cov_12feature.html/index.htm
>>     
>>> l
>>>
>>> Its pretty dated but it basically sums up why lugs like 
>>>       
>> this exist :)
>>     
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>       
>> Just had lunch with Jon Backstrom, who's one of the founders 
>> of CIALUG (with James Shoemaker, Steve Fuller, and me...). We 
>> were thinking we should write a short history of the LUG, 
>> maybe some info on the early members and activities. I did 
>> have some pictures from some of the Installfests at the CLC, 
>> if anyone has stuff like that, let me know.
>>
>> -dc
>>
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