Longest running user group in history?

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Thu Apr 19 16:58:39 2001

On April 19, Mark Gregory wrote:
> Last night, I attended the 175th monthly meeting of the Amiga Users of
> Calgary. That didn't seem like much until I did the math; that's 14.5 years
> of meetings (!), and probably more given that for the past few years
> they've taken two of the summer months off. It got me wondering which users
> group holds the record for longest continuous operation, where members
> actually attend meetings at a regular interval. I know that the Toronto PET
> Users Group, which is still active, has been running since 1978.
> Interestingly, their Website (http://www.icomm.ca/tpug/) says they're the
> _second_ oldest Commodore club.

  Impressive!

> I thought this might make a fun thread. So who's older? Are there any older
> clubs still active? And isn't it sad that Wintel computers are so generic
> and boring that people don't form user's groups anymore?

  DECUS?

   -Dave McGuire
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