[kwlug disc.] KWIUG / KWGLUG

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I poked around / read about it some time ago.

I very much got a sense of 'everybody wants to know about' things
presented to a mass audience over a beer. It all sounded good.

I've no doubt K-W LUG should be K-W GLUG, but who wants to go through
all that work to change it. [Perhaps, at the least, kwglug.org should
just point to kwlug.org?]

Given the nature / demographics of K-W LUG vs KWIUG, I would have
thought the meetings would have continued.

Two topics I would have expected everyone would want to see are:
- Open Office
- Firefox

i.e. Listen people ... here's how you save $$$, without any
significant effort.

Perhaps it was already done to the extent people were willing to
listen to / come out for?

Does that resonate at all with you Bob?



Bob Jonkman wrote, On 6/14/2007 11:33 PM:
> The time of KWIUG is past, indeed.  The meeting room used to be packed with as many as a 
> hundred people back in the days when nobody knew what The Internet was, but everyone knew 
> they wanted it.  
> 
> It's a measure of the success of the various applications and interfaces the Internet now 
> presents to the end user that the whole idea of an Internet Users Group now meets with polite 
> smiles and not-too-well disguised giggling.  I can't think of any other complex and useful 
> high technology that's been as successful in penetrating the consumer market as the Internet.  
> 
> The members of KWIUG still meet occasionally, usually in the Lion's Pub of the Huether Hotel 
> for a beverage or several.  You can subscribe to the KWIUG mailing list for meeting 
> information.  http://www.kwiug.org/listserv.php
> 
> 
> --Bob Jonkman, erstwhile KWIUG Meeting Coordinator.
> 
> 
> 
> This is what Chris Bruner <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> said
> about "Re: [kwlug disc.] KWIUG" on 14 Jun 2007 at 10:24
> 
>> That group started in the early days of consumer Internet. It was to 
>> introduce people to the wonders of html,ftp, gopher etc. I think it's 
>> time has passed though. :)
>>
>> Bill Traynor wrote:
>>> Yes, they meet right after the KW Oxygen Breathers Group ;)
>>>
>>> On 6/14/07, Kyle Spaans <3lucid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> There is an _Internet_ Users Group?
>>>> O_o
>>>>
>>>> Looks a little dead though.
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