> DIRICKSON, Steve [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] writes ...
>
>A couple of us were talking about this topic last week, and we both felt
>that the main reason that RUGs seem to be fading is that their primary
>reason for having been created in the first place has, to a great extent,
>been supplanted. In fact, you're looking at one of the main "culprits"
right
>now: the Internet, improved user-to-user and user-to-provider
communication,
>and support channels like hp3000-l.

The Toronto RUG still holds 6 full day meetings a year but I haven't been in
quite a while since the content is overwhelming 9000 oriented. I can't
justify a no-fees day for 5 minutes of conversation at lunch with a 3000
user or two :-((

John Pickering
Toronto