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Subject: [Leica] LUG convention?
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Mon Mar 3 20:07:51 2008
References: <287AE16F2DE35067C0B65CF9@hindolveston.reid.org>

Given the heavy concentration of Luggers in the Greater NY metropolitan 
area, why not have the first one here?

Our periodic NY LUG meetings have a good turnout as you know.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: <LUG@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, 03 March, 2008 10:36 PM
Subject: [Leica] LUG convention?


> Off in some thread entirely unrelated to the topic, several people started 
> discussing the idea of a LUG convention.
>
> The LUG will be 16 years old in a month (it was founded on 7 April 1992) 
> and I think the largest gathering of us that has ever happened is maybe a 
> dozen of us claiming a section of the bar at an LHSA meeting.
>
> There are as of this moment 1038 members of the LUG. I recognize a dozen 
> names from the 1992 roster of people who were subscribed then and are 
> still here. Another 3000 have passed through, quitting as their patience 
> waned or their interests changed.
>
> I think that if there was a LUG convention and 40 people attended, it 
> would be a roaring success. If 80 people attended we'd definitely have to 
> make it a regular event (perhaps every second year).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Brian Reid
> LUG Saloon keeper
>
>
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