I just want to throw out there that I think that Dan egli also did a great job of livening up the list. Well, that's my contribution for 2014. And about 2010-2013, since I'm a little behind. On Jan 16, 2014 7:56 PM, "S. Dale Morrey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I only start'em cuz no one else does and I can't stand a quiet room :) > > FYI I'm nominating PLUG to be the recipient of Orgcoin's first endowment. > Stay tuned for my announcement on Orgcoin. > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Ryan Simpkins <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I spent some time today reviewing several LUGs in large cities around the > > USA. > > They don't hold a candle to PLUG. Their meetings are totally lame. The > > mailing > > lists are stagnate. I couldn't find even ONE top-post flame fest. Most > > sites > > didn't have any updates newer than 2012. So that got me thinking... > > > > The community is what makes a LUG work. Any participation helps make that > > community stronger. You don't have to write a single line of code to help > > it > > grow. Since everyone on this list is a major contributor to PLUG not > > sucking - > > I'd like to thank you all. So - um - THANK YOU! > > > > You make PLUG work, and PLUG needs to work for you: > > http://plug.org/node/130 > > > > Some shout-outs to the people that made our community rock in 2013. > > * Steve Meyers for leading the charge with amazing consistency. > > * Doran Barton for sharing the video love (seriously great!). > > * Levi Pearson for writing a bazillion paragraphs on language design in > > 2013 > > alone (it scares me how smart you are). > > * S. Dale Morrey for starting the most threads _in the history of the > > Internet_. > > * Joseph Hall for that cake he made in 2006. Best cake ever. You get 10 > > years > > of shout-outs for that one. > > * Our founders, Thayne Harbaugh and Mike Handy. > > * All the other contributors, past PLUG presidents, and others who have > > made > > this place what it is. > > > > I have the opportunity to work with Thayne and Mike's brother Matt here > at > > Adobe. Great Engineers! It is amazing that this was the best they could > do > > in > > 1996 - from the wayyyyyback machine: > > https://web.archive.org/web/19961231223952/http://plug.org/ > > > > I guess they've gotten a little better at their jobs in the last 18 > years. > > ;-) > > > > -Ryan > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
