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 Baughner
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

VTLUUG Office space acquired in 358 Whittemore
Cyberdelia acquired for EL Migration Project