Anyone near Seattle?

[gsteemso]

Subject line says it all. I'm in Kenmore and I know a guy near Tacoma, but that's all I've been able to find. Isn't anyone else near here?

[RobertB]

Subject line says it all. I'm in Kenmore and I know a guy near Tacoma, but that's all I've been able to find.

There is the Upper Peninsula Commodore Home User Group (UPCHUG) in Tacoma, and we do have a FCUG member who lives in Seattle.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          The Other Group of Amigoids
          http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[Pinacolada]

Yeah. check out UPCHUG. I went to the last meeting, it was small, there are usually 6-7 members from what I hear; here's hoping for the next meeting.

http://www.upchug.com

Contact info's out of date, you'd do better to subscribe to the mailing list (info on the site).

[RobertB]

http://www.upchug.com

Contact info's out of date, you'd do better to subscribe to the mailing list (info on the site).

Gene Woods, FCUG/ACUG/UPCHUG member, keeps up-to-date on UPCHUG happenings, more so than the mailing list.  If you wish to contact Gene, I can give you his e-mail address in private.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[Pinacolada]

Gene Woods, FCUG/ACUG/UPCHUG member, keeps up-to-date on UPCHUG happenings, more so than the mailing list.

I like Gene; met him in the last meeting. Here's hoping more folks show up the next one.

I need to call him and arrange to get his Linux box online via wi-fi... promised to do that a few weeks ago, starting a new job, etc etc... haven't had time

[RobertB]

I like Gene; met him in the last meeting.

Yup, Gene is one of the good guys.

Here's hoping more folks show up the next one.

I've only been to 2 meetings of UPCHUG - one in 2001 and the other just a few years ago.  At those times, there was a respectable number of people in attendance.

        Truly,
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group
        CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[Andrew Wiskow]

I've only been to 2 meetings of UPCHUG - one in 2001 and the other just a few years ago.

In my opinion, 2001 *was* just a few years ago...  ;þ

-Andrew

[gsteemso]

What? You mean it's not 2005 any more? :-)

Seriously, I tracked down the remnants of the UW user group and discovered that they no longer have much to do with Commodores or any other kind of retrocomputing. Also there are only five of them left. They do have a lot of C= hardware they offered me though. Anyone else got suggestions? :-)

[Andrew Wiskow]

I would suggest getting all the free hardware you can that's just sitting around in people's closets, basements, attics, and storage units, and then "redistributing" it to people who can put it to good use.  That's what I've done whenever I find the opportunity to do so. 

-Andrew

[RobertB]

Seriously, I tracked down the remnants of the UW user group and discovered that they no longer have much to do with Commodores or any other kind of retrocomputing. Also there are only five of them left. They do have a lot of C= hardware they offered me though.

Your idea of starting a new club has merit.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[RobertB]

Yeah. check out UPCHUG. I went to the last meeting, it was small, there are usually 6-7 members from what I hear; here's hoping for the next meeting.

UPCHUG meetings have been suspended.  There hasn't been a meeting since Oct. 2009.

http://www.upchug.com

Contact info's out of date, you'd do better to subscribe to the mailing list (info on the site).

The out-of-date website is still there, and the mailing list is still around.  However, the contact info is Gene Woods.  You can contact him at  gene_woods(at)yahoo.com


Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug