Re: TUG shutting down...

My opinion is retirements and volunteers.  Many of the long time volunteers are retiring  It is critical to have fresh faces step up to volunteer to keep a group going well into the future.  I think it is sad to see any group fold.  Local user groups serve an important role for the IBM i community provide another resource for learning and interacting with community.  
Sad to hear TUG and Ocean are folding.  There have been a few new groups start up and do hope we see more.
SEMIUG is still going strong.  In fact we have a meeting this evening with Scott Forstie presenting BOB and DB2 on IBM i and Modernization meeting planned for June.  We have a bunch of fresh faces that have joined the board.  This will hopefully keep SEMIUG strong well into the future.  
Regards,Laura

Laura A. UbelhorPresidentConsultech Services, Inc.www.consultechservicesinc.com
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On Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 05:10:13 PM EDT, Glenn Ericson via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don why do you feel is the cause of LUGS are falling all over or is this a specific LUG or LUGS
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Glenn Ericson

On May 28, 2026, at 3:13 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

😱😢

When I moved to SLC in 2017, I was happy to see that they still had a local
user group...

Of course, then COVID hit...and the group pretty much died.

Charles

On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Back when I was involved with LUGs and saw the market declines and
decline of LUGs, I figured TUG would be one of the last to shutter their
doors.  I just got an email announcing they're closing shop in a couple
of months.

They've been at the forefront of the midrange LUG world for a VERY long
time, well respected, one heckuva great group of folks and will be
missed...

This is a sad but not unexpected day...

D.Rima
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