On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 07:46:51PM -1000, James A. Stroble wrote: > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 17:36, Jim Thompson wrote: > > Consider, is anything on this page still accurate? > > http://www.sslug.dk/misc/ely.dkuug.dk/6-1-1-luau.html
LUAU used to exist over at luau.hi.net, but now it is luau@lists.hosef.org, on a server provided by HOSEF donations over in Brian Chee's lab at UH. I believe the original acronym of LUAU cleverly stood for "Linux Users AnonymoUs". It was later re-Christened "Linux/Unix Advocates/Users" by Warren. Since taking over moderation of the mailing list, I just call it LUAU, simply because the headers are less noisy. The principal names I have been able to dig up for the various incarnations for LUAU have been Ed Orcutt, Zach Taylor, and Warren Togami. With the inclusion of HOSEF, we have Scott Belford. I e-mailed Ed privately for some information, but got no response. I am unable to find Zach. Warren is too busy these days finishing up his schoolwork at UH Manoa while working at Red Hat. > LUAU has not met for some years (was it '99?) and has only > existed as a mailing list in the hands of various kind people. > So this page is historically correct, but not of any current > use. The Current LUG is HOSEF, although as a non-profit > focussed on education, HOSEF does a lot more than many LUGs, > and not quite as much of the normal user-orientated LUG things. For now, it is probably most accurate to refer to LUAU as a mailing list and HOSEF as the LUG [with a philanthropic purpose]. The list consists of roughly 275 active e-mail addresses. The number has not really changed since I became involved two years ago. The LUG aspect where people meet once a month to view a guest speaker does not exist. Warren presented a few topics at UH a few years ago, but stopped due to time commitments and the inabilty to find guest speakers. If someone has the time and dedication to pick up the responsiblity of finding speakers, we should be able to find a time and place to meet. At the very least, this could be rolled into the weekly workshops at McKinley. -Vince