On 10/13/06, Jon maddog Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Of course I do not know all the people in the Peterborough chapter, and it is possible that this guy just went out and incorporated it to "save the name" while the rest of the group wondered what to do next.
Given that is pretty much exactly what we did this past weekend at Hosstraders, I'd say that's actually likely. We also know there have been several instances of LUGs being formed independently and then "joining" GNHLUG once they found out there *was* a GNHLUG. DLSLUG and one of the iterations of MondaLUG both did that, as I recall. I think the KSC LUG did that too. So there's ample opportunity for collisions of purpose. The use of the same name is more than just a collision of purpose, of course. But I've also been told that various people have thought a given local chapter was "all" of GNHLUG for quite some time, until they happened to hear there are all these "other" chapters. I guess the biggest problem with being so "unofficial" is that there is no way to determine what the "official" group is. I admit I did not foresee this particular implication of that tautology, although it seems obvious in retrospect.
So, since I have been attached longer than almost anyone, and actually came up with the name, do you want me to contact them and politely ask what gives?
We might also contact Guy Pardoe (MonadLUG chapter coordinator) and see if he knows who this is. The name "Peter Wells" also rings a bell in what passes for my mind, although that could be a cross-linked file. When I get home, I'll grep my mail archives and see if I ever corresponded with someone of that name in the past. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
