Foster wants to do this and Braman wants to do that. We also had our first outside presenter, and created the SLUG Lending Library for users to borrow distributions and software between meetings. The SLUG Announce list is also inaugurated. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Tampa Bay Computer Society, SLUG is invited to participate in the ITEC show at the Tampa Convention Center. But we' re invited too late, and end up with a auditorium under the stairwell, not a booth on the show floor.
Traffic is dismal, and overall the effort is wasted.
Stuart Anderson of Metro Link gave a talk about the Linux Standard Base project. Paul Foster and Ed Centanni presented a demonstration of Linux for the Greater Tampa Bay PC Users Group. The presentation was well received, and they were invited back. March 2000 SLUG moves its website and domain name to one of Owl River Company's hosts. These are the same people who have hosted the lists for almost a year.