The only LUG I ever participated in has been dead for years. That was the Air Capital LUG (ACLUG) centered around Wichita, KS. The mailing list hasn't sent a message in many years. John Goerzen may have shut it all down, I don't recall. This observation might be a bit unfair, but it seemed most LUGs were centered around a university which weren't always friendly places to the general public. Campus police loved writing parking tickets. I attended one in-person meeting of ACLUG on the campus of Wichita State University and fretted that I'd have a parking ticket waiting for me. Fortunately, there wasn't one, but it was a fairly long walk to the hall in the dark and as it was all unfamiliar to me, I never went back. Perhaps that was simply a failure on my part. Over the years I've helped other radio amateurs make the switch as they were so inclined. LUGs, are like local amateur radio clubs--on life support. The Internet has allowed us to find others with a niche interest that the local general interest club didn't have anyone else with the interest. Then the niche people stop attending and soon no one is showing up. It's the light side and the dark side of the Internet. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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