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Re: With all this talk of new LUGs....
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:43:21 GMT
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"Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GA60BL.1C7@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.org.us.gmlug, Adam Myers writes:
> > I'm sitting here having serious thoughts and concerns about why GMLUG is so
> > big geographically.  To reach what for the most part is the central-most
> > major city(Chicago) youre looking at a drive time of up to 7 hours if you
> > live in Minneapolis. It looks like AFOL's in michigan haved picked up on
> > this and formed michlug.  Maybe its time for a vast reorganization of GMLUG.
> > The fact is GMLUG is just too big.  Look at other LUGs that are finding
> > success right now.  They come from small geographic areas.  This allows them
> > to meet regularly and with a relative amount of ease.  Admittedly this is
> > just putting the idea out on the table right now.  We'll see where this goes.
> > 
> > Adam
> 
> I totally agree.  It's a little disappointing to me that most of the offers
> I've had to meet up with others in GMLUG have been a little too far away for
> me to currently attend.  I would love to get to a meeting of AFOLs, but
> unfortunately, I can't run one at my house since we are still working hard
> at fixing the place up and it looks like a mess. We are refurbishing a 100
> year old home. so I guess until a group meets near me or my house is done...
> 
> but yeah, I agree that we should think about reorganizing or *something*.
> 
> cheers!
> Joel Kuester

Some have talked about a Northern IL/Southern WI LUG for us in the
Chicago/Milwaukee area.  The sad thing is GMLUG is WAY too spread out to make
meetings practical.  I've driven to a MichLUG meet before (4hrs from Wheaton,
IL) and that's probably the extent I'm willing to drive.

I dunno how much time I'll be spending in the Chicago area, but there's a
possibility I'll be home this summer I know (there's also a possibility that
I'll be working out of state).  If I am in the area, I definitely want to be
involved.

I've also heard mention about one person wanting to form a Northern Illinois
LTC - hopefully soon he'll start working on that.  That would be wonderful!

Anyways, I'll be back in Chicago end of May or beginning of June, for how long,
I dunno exactly.  Maybe a week, maybe the whole summer.

-Tim



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(...) I totally agree. It's a little disappointing to me that most of the offers I've had to meet up with others in GMLUG have been a little too far away for me to currently attend. I would love to get to a meeting of AFOLs, but unfortunately, I (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.us.gmlug)

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