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QMUG/LA is more than topics and presenters. QMUG/LA has organizational highlights and milestones of its own. Here they are in timeline form:
’94-’95 Our *1st* YearMay ’94 the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center (the Center)’s
Community Outreach & Education Department (COED) places an ad
in Frontiers newsmagazine calling for gay Mac users to meet
Jun ’94 “the Lavendar Macintosh User’s Group” is created, as a working name
Jul ’94 LavMUG gets two co-chairs, one female, one male
Aug ’94 LavMUG has a planning meeting at Being Alive
Sep ’94 LavMUG’s planning meeting votes for “QMUG/LA” as the group’s official name
Nov ’94 QMUG/LA sends out its 1st USPS mailing, paid for by the Center
Dec ’94 QMUG/LA has its 1st “Absolutely Fabulous Gay Software Review & Disks”
Feb ’95 QMUG/LA sends out its 1st monthly newsletter
Apr ’95 QMUG/LA distributes its 1st draft of a potential brochure at a QORE meeting
May ’95 QMUG/LA gets its own phone number, (213) 222-QMUG
Jun ’95 QMUG/LA ends its 1st year w/ ~45 members
’95-’96 Our *2nd* YearJul ’95 Our Membership Co-Chair distributes a Member Directory at the monthly meeting
Jul ’95 QMUG/LA opens its own conference on Digital Popcorn, a First Class BBS
Jul ’95 QMUG/LA gets its 1st e-mail address, qmug-la@pop.com
Aug ’95 QMUG/LA is listed in the Pacific Bell White Pages, Smart Yellow Pages,
and Hollywood Community Directory
Jan ’96 QMUG/LA is listed in the gay Community Yellow Pages
Jan ’96 QMUG/LA sponsors a female member’s trip to Macworld Expo/SF,
by paying for her round-trip plane ticket and exhibits registration
May ’96 QMUG/LA gets its 2nd e-mail address, QMUGLA@aol.com
May ’96 QMUG/LA sends out its 2nd major USPS mailing, which includes a survey
about what meeting nights are preferred (1st/2nd Mon/Tue), paid for by the Center
Jun ’96 QMUG/LA ends its 2nd year w/ ~80 members
’96-’97 Our *3rd* YearJul ’96 QMUG/LA surveys its membership about various aspects of QMUG/LA
Oct ’96 QMUG/LA has its 1st “Gay MacJeopardy” tournament
Nov ’96 QMUG/LA registers its domain, qmug.org
Apr ’97 QMUG/LA participates in the Center’s “Country Fair”
Jun ’97 QMUG/LA launches its website
Jun ’97 QMUG/LA ends its 3rd year w/ ~100 members
’97-’98 Our *4th* YearDec ’97 QMUG/LA includes an Emergency Startup Disk
w/ its 4th (and last) annual Absolutely Fabulous Software disks
Mar ’98 QMUG/LA sends out its 3rd major USPS mailing, paid for by the Center
Mar ’98 QMUG/LA redeems its User Group Store points for Apple-logoed paraphernalia
for an awesome 4th Anniversary raffle
Jun ’98 QMUG/LA participates in the Center’s grand opening
of “the Village at Ed Gould Plaza“
Jun ’98 QMUG/LA ends its 4th year w/ ~120 members
’98-’99 Our *5th* YearJul ’98 QMUG/LA has its 1st “Star Search“ meeting
Aug ’98 QMUG/LA distributes its 2nd draft of a potential brochure at a general meeting
Jan ’99 qmug.org begins changing its desktop patterns monthly
Jan ’99 QMUG/LA sponsors a male member’s trip to Macworld Expo/SF,
by paying for his round-trip plane ticket and exhibits registration
Jun ’99 QMUG/LA ends its 5th year w/ ~160 members
’99-’00 Our *6th* YearAug ’99 QMUG/LA has 1000 Qontact/Qalendar business cards printed up
Nov ’99 QMUG/LA is interviewed by IMRU, a gay radio show
Jan ’00 QMUG/LA receives a best user group website award, Mac or PC,
for Small User Group Category from the User Group Academy
Jan ’00 QMUG/LA gets its own internet mailing list
Jan ’00 QMUG/LA gets a 3rd e-mail address, QMUGLA@mac.com
Feb ’00 QMUG/LA begins printing its monthly handouts in color
Feb ’00 qmug.org gets its 10,000th hit to its main page (~32 months)
Mar ’00 QMUG/LA changes website hosts, from artnet.net to interland.net
Jun ’00 QMUG/LA ends its 6th year w/ ~180 members
’00-’01 Our *7th* YearAug ’00 QMUG/LA sends out its 4th major USPS mailing
Oct ’00 QMUG/LA has its 1st meeting off-site, not at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Dec ’00 QMUG/LA passes its 200 members mark
Mar ’01 qmug.org gets its 100,000th hit to its entire site (~45 months)
Apr ’01 qmug.org has over 1GB of throughput (~46 months)
Jun ’01 QMUG/LA ends its 7th year w/ ~220 members
’01-’02 Our *8th* YearJul ’01 QMUG/LA members vote to meet at Dr. Rawstock
Nov ’01 qmug.org gets its 20,000th hit to its main page (~21 months)
Jun ’02 QMUG/LA ends its 8th year w/ ~220 members
’02-’03 Our *9th* YearAug ’02 QMUG/LA hosts the L.A. area MUG Leaders Forum
Aug ’02 QMUG/LA hosts the Apple User Group Program Manager
Oct ’02 QMUG/LA has its 100th meeting
Nov ’02 QMUG/LA publishes its own iCal
Jan ’03 QMUG/LA organizes L.A. area MUG Leaders
to staff the Macworld Expo/SF User Group Booth for a day
Jan ’03 qmug.org has over 2GB of throughput (~21 months)
Mar ’03 qmug.org gets its 30,000th hit to its main page (~16 months)
Jun ’03 QMUG/LA’s iCal at iCalShare.com remains the most popular
gay or L.A. iCal, at 130 hits
Jun ’03 QMUG/LA ends its 9th year w/ ~230 members
’03-’04 Our *10th* YearAug ’03 QMUG/LA reserves its CafePress.com store
Sep ’03 QMUG/LA is the featured guest for User Group Leader chat
Oct ’03 QMUG/LA presents at the San Gabriel Valley Mac User Group
Jan ’04 QMUG/LA presents at User Group University San Francisco 2004
Feb ’04 qmug.org gets its 200,000th hit to its entire site (~35 months)
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