APCUG Reports
April-June 2007

It has been several years since we held a major event in the eastern U.S. and there has been some input received from member groups asking that we again offer an eastern event. The President of the APCUG has delegated the task to me to work on a proposal to implement an eastern meeting much as we did for many years.

There was some work done in recent years planning a return to Atlanta, as that location would be centrally convenient for many eastern groups, but that effort lead to naught. Discussions, supplemented by APCUG survey responses, were divided between those who want to hold a meeting in conjunction with a trade show, and those who want to hold an independent APCUG event. Work has been done to find another COMDEX-like event held in the eastern states, but no such event has been found. There are several local and regional trade shows in the region, but none had the draw and synergy that a COMDEX or PC Expo scale event would provide.

Formal and informal discussions among APCUG leadership and supporters have expressed interests in holding an APCUG event in the Baltimore – Washington area, Atlanta, Dallas, Florida, or Chicago, but no decision has been made.

As the chair of the committee assigned to come up with a proposal for an annual event held in the spring or summer in the eastern (or central) U.S., I need your help. If you are aware of any trade show that might be of interest to user groups, please let me know and I will research them. If you have a proposed or preferred location, as well as a time frame, for a spring or summer APCUG event, I eagerly solicit your input for consideration. You can reach me at iwilsker@apcug.net.

This is your organization. We need your help to provide you the services and events that your user group desires.