The chinese ABBACUS-group might be a contender ;=)
Sipke de Wal
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----- Original Message -----
From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Cc: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: Longest running user group in history?
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
>
> IWUG?
>
> M. K. Peirce
>
> Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
> Shady Lea, Rhode Island
>
> "Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
>
Received on Fri Apr 20 2001 - 03:36:49 BST