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In lugnet.org, Todd Lehman writes:
> I am starting a list of local users group and clubs. I want it to be as
> complete as possible and for the history books (and, aw heck, for charts and
> graphs someday) I'd like to include the official dates of formation of each
> group/club.
>
> As a first approximation, I checked in the newsgroups for the first mention
> (i.e., the earliest reference) to each name. This pegs the order of formation
> pretty solidly, I think, and in some cases pegs the official formation dates
> fairly closely, but for a couple of the more established groups (PNLTC for
> example), the dates are probably off significantly.
>
> Date format is yyyy/mm/dd:
<snip>
> 1999-07-16 NELUG: New England LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
While 1999-07-16 is the first mention of the name NELUG I think we have decided
that 1999-08-10 is probably more appropriate for an anniversary date as that
was the date of our first meeting (Ideas coming together).
See here.
http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=349
You are correct with the first mention of the name though so if thats what you
want to go with please feel free.
<snip>
>
> I'm also starting a little webpage for this list, so that I can update it as
> info comes in:
>
> http://news.lugnet.com/org/dates
>
> TIA for any info you can provide!
Looks good.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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In lugnet.org, Eric Kingsley writes:
> <snip>
> > 1999-07-16 NELUG: New England LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
>
> While 1999-07-16 is the first mention of the name NELUG I think we have
> decided that 1999-08-10 is probably more appropriate for an anniversary
> date as that was the date of our first meeting (Ideas coming together).
> See here.
> http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=349
Ah yes -- splendid!
> You are correct with the first mention of the name though so if thats what
> you want to go with please feel free.
If at all possible, I wanna list what each group feels/defines is its official
birthdate. Date of first mention is a reasonable approximator, but just that.
:-)
Here's the updated table:
http://news.lugnet.com/org/dates
--Todd
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In lugnet.org, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.org, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > <snip>
> > > 1999-07-16 NELUG: New England LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
> >
> > While 1999-07-16 is the first mention of the name NELUG I think we have
> > decided that 1999-08-10 is probably more appropriate for an anniversary
> > date as that was the date of our first meeting (Ideas coming together).
> > See here.
> > http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=349
>
> Ah yes -- splendid!
>
> > You are correct with the first mention of the name though so if thats what
> > you want to go with please feel free.
>
> If at all possible, I wanna list what each group feels/defines is its official
> birthdate. Date of first mention is a reasonable approximator, but just that.
> :-)
>
> Here's the updated table:
>
> http://news.lugnet.com/org/dates
>
> --Todd
In the spirit of approximating, I offer the following corrections...
Date
Group/Club Name
1985
CWC-CW LEGO Railroad - now GMLTC
"later grew into GMLTC" rather than "now GMLTC"
(?) 1998-09-29
PNLTC: Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
I don't know the formation date for sure but I am pretty certain that PNLTC
was around when I first started hacking around with LEGO again in late 1997.
Their website has pictures from a show they did in October 1997.
http://www.pnltc.org/Gal_GATS_PDX97.html
and what I tend to think of the "core three", Dan P, Steve B and Ben F, all
were part of the action, with structures built for the show. So they were
around at LEAST that far back, probably farther. IIRC the name and an older no
longer used (double arrow) logo were in existance at the time I first found
them and linked my website to them in december 1997. I still have that logo in
my links, guess I ought to switch.
1999-01-28
GMLTC: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
I'd change this to something like "the minnesota gang gets prodded into
picking a name" or similar to reflect the informality, because the way it
reads now, it implies this is the formation date. It's not. It's more of a
formalization date than a formation date.
++Lar
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In lugnet.org, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 1985
> CWC-CW LEGO Railroad - now GMLTC
> "later grew into GMLTC" rather than "now GMLTC"
okie dokie
>
> (?) 1998-09-29
> PNLTC: Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
>
> I don't know the formation date for sure but I am pretty certain that PNLTC
> was around when I first started hacking around with LEGO again in late 1997.
>
> Their website has pictures from a show they did in October 1997.
>
> http://www.pnltc.org/Gal_GATS_PDX97.html
OK, I changed the date there to say "(?) 1997-10?" for now.
> 1999-01-28
> GMLTC: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
> I'd change this to something like "the minnesota gang gets prodded into
> picking a name" or similar to reflect the informality, because the way it
> reads now, it implies this is the formation date. It's not. It's more of a
> formalization date than a formation date.
Hmm.
--Todd
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PNLTC 'organized' or, rather, met under the name in June 1997 so that
applications could be submitted for the Sept. and Oct. GATS venues. We also
started building tables at that time. Initial activity and pics were
graciously posted by Ben on his personal website.
Our first meeting was at Ben's place in Portland on a hot August Saturday.
Steve, Ben and I setup a small layout to test the dropped Kid's RailRoad (name
later adopted from Will Chapman) and a few special modules. Originally 3
members now almost 30. :)
thx for your efforts to compile this, Todd.
dan parker "temp historian by default"
PNLTC
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