Longest running user group in history?

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Thu Apr 19 21:10:45 2001

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."
              
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