LUAU as a traditional LUG predates me. From what I can gather, HOSEF and old LUAU issues stemmed from personality issues and lots of empty promises. If we forget about what we "should" do and focus on what we "will" do, then we can move past all the past nonsense.
Julian is looking for presenters and topics for the monthly Open Source Pizza events. Matt is looking for a venue for an Asterisk meetup. Lots of folks brought up McKinley, which I think it is a great fit. -Vince