I appreciate everyone’s comments to the TUG thread.
Likewise, User group Computer Professionals Unlimited Association of Kansas City (abandoned website cpukc.org <
http://cpukc.org/>) ceased operation about 24 years ago in 2002.
It was vibrant for about 30 years with frequent in-person events and workshops, but user interest dwindled in its final years.
Eric Lehti
I agree with Steve M list of several reasons why local user groups have been shutting down:
<Steve M>
I see several reasons why LUGS are going away:
- Less developers in a given area
- Meetings had presentations - now mostly done on-line (presenters don't travel to a LUG)
- Overall availability of current content on-line
- Cost overhead vs benefit (based upon the other reasons)
- Covid taught everyone that you can pretty much do anything virtual/web-based meetings
- Developers are getting older - older ones grew up meeting in person - younger ones were raised in the virtual world
- Companies are cracking down on expenses - LUG memberships become individual and not sponsored
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