[Liverpool] My mistake

[Tim Dobson]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:12:12 +0000, Andrew Williams <andy at tensixtyone.com>
wrote:
> LUGs are at a real crossroads at the moment. LUGs were born out of the
need
> for like minded people to meet, in the early days of Linux users were few
and
> far between, so a central meetup was required for people to discuss the
topics that affect them.
> These days, takeup is larger than ever and the internet and forums have
really limited the group's growth.
> Many have faded off into the background and it started to look like LUGs
were no longer needed. I don't
> think this is right.

 <snip>

Wise Words.

> The people who would usually attend LUGs are now splitting up into two
> types of group, the Free Software 
> groups (such as Manchester Free Software) and the more general technical
> collectives (Geekup). As LUGs
> are dying the new groups are forming to almost fill up the rift they've
> left behind. 

> The people who had been attending LUGs for years are now trying to form
groups to act as
> replacements to the LUG they knew and loved.

Arguably, this is incorrect, though this is a very sensitive subject and I
need to choose my words very carefully to avoid any confusion. :)