VTLUUG:History

The Linux and Unix Users Group was founded in October of 1997 as the Virginia Tech Linux Users Group (VTLUG). After realizing the name clash with the Vermont Linux Users Group, the organization changed its name to the Virginia Tech Linux and Unix Users Group (VTLUUG). In the fall of 2009, the name was again changed, this time to comply with registered student organization regulations. Virginia Tech was moved to the end of the organization's full name, but the acronym has been kept, in part because changing domain names would be a hassle.

Fall 1997

• Founded in October 1997 as the Linux Users Group of Virginia Tech
• Eventually became L/UUG to encompass Unix

Fall 1998

• Rob Nelson
• Clemmitt Sigler
• Announcement of first meeting
• Installfest held

Spring 1999

• Old website
• Server was corvette.me.vt.edu, a Pentium 133 which hosted the LUUG website, as well as Linux distributions over FTP and NFS
• Early February, 1999: Members of the L/UUG at VT officially begin planning a Beowulf Cluster project.

Fall 1999

• Beowulf cluster completed?

Spring 2001

President  

H. Lally Singh

Vice President  

Josh Baugher

Treasurer  

George Morgan

Secretary  

Wes Kurdziolek

Steering Committee

Clemmitt Sigler

Josh Baugher

Bucky LaDieu

H. Lally Singh

Nick Maniscalco

Worker Peons

Clemmitt Sigler (sysadmin)

Rob Nelson (sysadmin)

Logan Hanks (webmaster)

Rob Hunter (webmaster)

Donors

Vincent Rivellino

Adam Kendall

Lyle Evans

Kermit Duncan

Austin Graves

Ethan James

Fall 2001

President  

Wes Kurdziolek

VP of IT  

Rob Hunter

Treasurer  

Joseph Goodman

Spring 2002

President  

Wes Kurdziolek

VP of IT  

Rob Hunter

Treasurer  

Joseph Goodman

Fall 2002

President  

Wes Kurdziolek

VP of IT  

Rob Hunter

Treasurer  

Joseph Goodman

Spring 2003

President  

Wes Kurdziolek

VP of IT  

Rob Hunter

Treasurer  

Joseph Goodman

Fall 2003

President  

Wes Kurdziolek

VP of IT  

Rob Hunter

Treasurer  

Joseph Goodman

Spring 2004

Club did not exist

Fall 2004

President  

H. Lally Singh

Vice President  

Jerome Holman

Spring 2005

President  

Ben Hilburn

• Installfests started
• Crash courses started
• BoFs restarted

Fall 2005

President  

Ben Hilburn

Vice President  

Sean Elble

Spring 2006

President  

Ben Hilburn

Vice President  

Sean Elble

• Registered as non-profit with IRS in June

Fall 2006

President  

Ben Hilburn

Vice President  

Sean Elble

Treasurer  

Dan Caughran

Spring 2007

President  

Ben Hilburn

Vice President  

Sean Elble

Treasurer  

Dan Caughran

Fall 2007

President  

Sean Elble

Vice-President  

Dan Caughran

Treasurer  

Dan Cohn

Secretary  

Ben Hilburn

Programs Manager  

Casey Link

Systems Administrator  

Dave Vogt

Graduate Liaison  

Chris Lasher

Spring 2008

President  

Sean Elble

Vice President  

Dan Caughran

Secretary  

Ben Hilburn

Fall 2008

President  

Casey Link

Activities Coordinator 

Christopher Covington

Spring 2009

Benevolent Dictator  

Christopher Covington

Graduate Liaison  

Chris Lasher

Fall 2009

President  

Christopher Covington

Vice President  

Paul Galiatsatos

Spring 2010

President  

Christopher Covington

• Cyber Security Competition

Fall 2010

President  

James Schwinabart

Vice President  

Stephen Tanner

Treasurer  

Christopher Covington

• Wood was built with hardware selected by the Hardware Selection Task Force

Spring 2011

President  

James Schwinabart

Vice President  

Reese Moore

Treasurer  

Christopher Covington

• The LUUG participated in the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for the first time
• Gobblerpedia launched on February 11, 2011
• Uniluug launched
• Participated in e-week for SEC and ran an arcade booth with GNU/Linux games

Fall 2011

President  

James Schwinabart

Vice President  

Reese Moore

Treasurer  

Erich Alderfer

Spring 2012

President  

James Schwinabart

Vice President  

Reese Moore

Treasurer  

Lukas Lozovski

Fall 2012

President  

Calvin Winkowski

Vice President  

Lukas Lozovski

Treasurer  

James Gross

Sysadmin  

James Schwinabart

Outreach Coordinator  

Reese Moore

• October 2012 is the 15th Anniversary of VTLUUG!
• Blade added for central authentication using Kerberos and LDAP

Spring 2013

President  

Matt Hazinski

Treasurer  

James Gross

Sysadmin  

James Schwinabart

Graduate Liason  

Reese Moore

• Sunway cluster created

Fall 2013

President  

Matt Hazinski

Vice President  

Andrei Marcu

Treasurer  

Jacob Melton

Activies Coordinator  

Noah Luther

Sysadmin  

Calvin Winkowski

• Cyberdelia acquired for EL Migration Project

Spring 2014

President  

Matt Hazinski

Vice President  

Andrei Marcu

Treasurer  

Jacob Melton

Sysadmin  

Calvin Winkowski

• Start of EL Migration Project
• Super-secret Cluster Project on Sunway

Fall 2014

President  

Andrei Marcu

Vice President  

Matt Hazinski

Treasurer  

Ben Weinstein-Raun

Sysadmin  

Nathan McCloskey

Sysadmin Emeritus 

Calvin Winkowski

Spring 2015

President  

Andrei Marcu

Vice President  

Matt Hazinski

Treasurer  

Ben Weinstein-Raun

Sysadmin Emeritus 

Calvin Winkowski

Fall 2015

President  

Wade Duvall

Vice President  

Jacob Melton

Treasurer  

Daniel Setareh

Sysadmin  

John Volk

Sysadmin Emeritus 

Calvin Winkowski

• CVL eviction

Spring 2016

President  

Wade Duvall

Vice President  

Jacob Melton

Treasurer  

Daniel Setareh

Sysadmin  

John Volk

Fall 2017

President  

Jacob Melton

Vice President  

Marcus Wanners

Treasurer  

John Volk

Sysadmin  

VACANT

Spring 2017

President  

Marcus Wanners

Vice President  

E. C. Landgraf

Treasurer  

John Volk

Sysadmin  

VACANT

Fall 2017

President  

Marcus Wanners

Vice President  

E. C. Landgraf

Treasurer  

Brendan Gregos

Sysadmin  

Paul Walko