Sorry for the delay replying :-)
On Fri, 26 May 2006 21:59:29 -0700, Lindsay Holmwood writes:
>Although i'm familiar with the past few years of SLUG history, would
>some of the old timers care to help me out with the following email?
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>From: Steve Demeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: May 27, 2006 4:29 AM
>>Subject: Club history
>>
>>I have heard it rumored that one of the first Linux User Groups in
>>the world was founded in Australia.
>>
>>I understand that the Sydney Linux User Group (SLUG) was established
>>in 1993 only 2 years after Linus Torvalds originally created the Linux
>>operating system.
>>
>>Would you have any information with regard to whether SLUG was the first LUG?
>>If not the first where in the rankings would you guess it would be placed?
>>If not would you have an indication of which global LUG's may have
>>established earlier that SLUG?
The inaugural SLUG meeting (which I attended) was held on Friday 30th July 1993
at Softway in Chippendale. Here's a copy of the announcement email:
In <chrisf.742192...@sour.sw.oz.au> chr...@sour.sw.oz.au (Christopher Fraser)
writes:
>SLUG (Sydney Linux Users Group) inaugural meeting is to be held on
>Friday 30th July at the premises of:
> Softway Pty Ltd
> Level 2
> 79 Myrtle St
> Chippendale
>The meeting will commence at around 6:15pm, but please try and arrive by
>6:00pm. It should be a fairly informal meeting. We're planning on having a few
>short presentations on recent news/developments, R3000 board project, etc.
>If you'd you have any other suggestions or would like to volunteer to
>present something, then we'd love to hear from you.
>If you have any questions regarding SLUG or the meeting, please contact either
>myself or Robert Thomas:
> Robert Thomas (rtho...@sequent.com)
> Christopher Fraser (chr...@sw.oz.au)
>I'm just coordinating the meeting, Robert is the one who oragnised SLUG. I will
>be away until the 19th, so urgent correspondence should be directed to
>Robert. If you intend attending, then please send me a brief email message
>so I can get an idea of numbers.
>Thanks,
>Christopher Fraser.
>How to get to Softway
>---------------------
> * If you're walking from Central Railway, head down Broadway and
> turn left at Abercrombie St (it's about a 10 minute walk).
>
> * If you're catching a Broadway/Parramatta Road bus, alight opposite the
> CUB brewery and walk up Abercrombie St.
> * If you're driving, approach either by Cleveland St, or take the
> first left after Abercrombie St from Broadway.
> The following map may (or may not) help:
>
> (to central)
>
> UTS | | (to regent st)
> _____| |
> _____ | | | | |
> | | CUB | | Cleveland St ---> |
> | | Brewery | | | |
> _____| |____ ... _______| |_______________________________| |__
>
> Wattle Abercrombie St. (one way <-- )
> ___ ____ ... _______ _______________ ____________ __
> \ | | | Pub | | | |
> \ | | | | | | |
> | | | |_________ | |
> | | | | | | <-- Dangar Pl
> | <---- Broadway | | Softway | | |
> | | | |_________| | | (to city rd)
> | | | | | |
> | | | <---- Myrtle St | |
> | | | |_______________| |___
> | | | _______________ ___
> | |____ ... ______/ / Wiley St | |
> | /
> | ____ ... _________/ NOT TO SCALE
> | |
>
>--
>Cheers,
>--
>Christopher Fraser ``Remember what happened last time?''
>chr...@sw.oz.au
Love that ASCII art. This is what people did in the days before Google Maps :-)
SLUG was not the first. The Boise Linux User Group beat us by 3 months,
http://idahopcug.apcug.org/linuxSIG.html
and they don't say they were the first, just the oldest one in Idaho.
Nick.
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