[ale] Reviving the ALS

Marc Torres marct at mindspring.com
Tue Aug 12 18:18:45 EDT 2003


On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 03:29:44PM -0400, Hogg, Russell E wrote:
> How did it get going originally?

There was a group of ALE members who wanted to do something to contribute
to the greater Linux movementr.  Some of us were already speaking at events
around the country about linux and helping out fledgling groups like Linux 
International and the Linux Documentation Project among others.

When the two groups ran into each other, those of us that had convention 
and event planning decided we could all pitch in and do a better event then
anything we had seen for Linux in the US.

Comdex was still held in Atlanta in those days, so we planned the first ALS
for the weekend after Comdex.  There was a group of early Linux vendors who
organized a "Linux Pavilion" with the assistance of LI, we contacted Maddog
to make them aware of our event- each of us pitched in money to a hat, and 
the rest is history.
  
> Who was on-list then?

Lots of people, but more specificly the credit for starting the first ALS 
goes to this fantastic group of (then sleepless) people:

The Organizers of the 1997 Atlanta Linux Showcase

    * Eric Ayers
    * Steve DuChene
    * Chris Farris
    * David Hamm
    * Greg Hankins
    * Robbie Honercamp
    * Eric Hunter
    * Steve Lewis
    * Vernard Martin
    * Dan Mount
    * Andy Newton
    * Todd SanMillan
    * Brett Spangler
    * Marc Torres 

The Volunteers who pitched in with a smile on their faces and a helpful
    set of hands from (at least) June 6-10th, 1997...

    * Amy Ayers
    * Sue Bauer-Lee
    * Karen Bushaw
    * Harold Camp
    * Mark Cantrell
    * Danny Cox
    * Alan Daniels
    * Steve Derezinski
    * Monte Freeman
    * Catherine Hisle
    * Zeph Hull
    * Adam Lee
    * James Leites
    * Doug McNaught
    * Dan Newcombe
    * Anthony Pardini
    * Todd Pike
    * June Proctor
    * Bryan Rank
    * Mark Robinson
    * Mark Shewmaker
    * Blake Sorensen
    * Joseph Steinhauser
    * Will Young
    * Louie Zamora 

--marct
marct at mindspring.com
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