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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.org)
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(...) 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: (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) <snip> (...) 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. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.org)
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You guessed it right, November 16th 1999 is the date ITLUG was born. Ciao Mario "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:G21KKp.JDs@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) each (...) mention (...) formation (...) dates (...) (U.S.A.) (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.org)
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Bounced first time. m (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: When was GMLTC started? (was: Re: For the history books -- LUG & LTC dates of formation)
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I don't think I've ever more agreed with Larry <grin> October 1992 or 1994 was when John G and I started to build with Conan and Chuck. John G a little sooner than I, it was right about the time that Conan came to work at the Lego Imagination Center (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) 11.14.1998 works for me, I believe that was the date of the first public presentation of the NGLTC layout back when it was the membership of one. But it did soon grow to two members by the end of the show. Before that it was just a layout in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: When was GMLTC started? (was: Re: For the history books -- LUG & LTC dates of formation)
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(...) I doesn't have to be exact if there isn't an exact date. I think in most cases there are exact dates...it's just that I'd prefer to know exact dates if at all possible. If not, that's OK too. --Todd (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) As for an exact date, I'd use the date J-1 registered gmltc.org. (...) Nope. Can't take it. I had originally thought about the name "Upper Midwest LEGO Train Club". J-1 had thought about "Greater Minnesota LEGO Train Club", and even (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) 1985 was the first year a layout was taken to a show. The other date is much more fluid. (I wasn't around for either; this is based on Conan's comments today while we were trashing the old layout.) (...) That is probably much closer to your (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: When was GMLTC started? (was: Re: For the history books -- LUG & LTC dates of formation)
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(...) Why exactly? (both senses...) That is, exactly why do you need to know this, and why does it have to be exact? Would the year be good enough? GMLTC started from one guy and his uncle who loved LEGO and grew from there. It's the granddaddy of (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Okie dokie, and you were the one who made the announcement, (URL) I'll take that as gold. Updated list with "?" removed: (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I think NALUG "technically" started about a week before this date, but the date can/should stand as is - the official announcement on Lugnet being about the best indicator. :) James (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | When was GMLTC started? (was: Re: For the history books -- LUG & LTC dates of formation)
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(...) Would anyone happen to know an exact date for either of those? (...) I guess what I'm looking for is the exact date on which GMLTC started calling itself GMLTC (i.e., that it became that entity, however informally) and also, if known, the date (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Wow! OK, great! Updated: (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.nl)
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(...) What date are you looking for here? If you're looking for the date the 'club' started displaying LEGO trains at shows, it would be sometime in the mid 1980s. When most of the group started getting together? 1993. When we started having any (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org)
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(...) De Bouwsteen (Netherlands) was officialy founded at 1994-11-27 Greetings, M. Moolhuysen (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org)
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(...) OK, thanks! Updated: (URL) was WAMALUG officially formed then? I've got November 15, 1999 as the earliest seen mention of the name. How close is July 16, 1999 to the official formation date of NOVALTC? Thanks, --Todd (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) well, not quite. NOVALTC changed it's name in nov '99 to WAMALUG. WAMALTC was created June, 21, 2000... :) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.org.nl, lugnet.org.it, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.announce) !!
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