Upon the date 03:37 PM 4/19/01 -0600, Mark Gregory said something like:
>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
At minimum, back to late 1986 . . .
>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.
>
>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?
Wintel User's Groups?!? Shouldn't they be _Support_ groups? (12 steps,
etc.) :-)
Couldn't resist. Running and ducking now . . .
-Chris
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Received on Thu Apr 19 2001 - 21:15:54 BST