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.
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- 1 Fall 1997
- 2 Fall 1998
- 3 Spring 1999
- 4 Fall 1999
- 5 Spring 2001
- 6 Fall 2001
- 7 Spring 2002
- 8 Fall 2002
- 9 Spring 2003
- 10 Fall 2003
- 11 Spring 2004
- 12 Fall 2004
- 13 Spring 2005
- 14 Fall 2005
- 15 Spring 2006
- 16 Fall 2006
- 17 Spring 2007
- 18 Fall 2007
- 19 Spring 2008
- 20 Fall 2008
- 21 Spring 2009
- 22 Fall 2009
- 23 Spring 2010
- 24 Fall 2010
- 25 Spring 2011
- 26 Fall 2011
- 27 Spring 2012
- 28 Fall 2012
- 29 Spring 2013
- 30 Fall 2013
- 31 Spring 2014
- 32 Fall 2014
- 33 Spring 2015
- 34 Fall 2015
- 35 Spring 2016
- 36 Fall 2017
- 37 Spring 2017
- 38 Fall 2017
- 39 Spring 2018
- 40 Fall 2018
- 41 Spring 2019
- 42 Fall 2019
- 43 Spring 2020
- 44 Fall 2020
- 45 Fall 2021
- 46 Spring 2022
- 47 Fall 2024
- 48 Spring 2025
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
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 User:Telnoratti
- 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 User:Telnoratti
- Cyberdelia acquired for EL Migration Project
Spring 2014
- President
- Matt Hazinski
- Vice President
- Andrei Marcu
- Treasurer
- Jacob Melton
- Sysadmin
- Calvin Winkowski User:Telnoratti
- 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 User:Telnoratti
Spring 2015
- President
- Andrei Marcu
- Vice President
- Matt Hazinski
- Treasurer
- Ben Weinstein-Raun
- Sysadmin Emeritus
- Calvin Winkowski User:Telnoratti
Fall 2015
- President
- Wade Duvall
- Vice President
- Jacob Melton
- Treasurer
- Daniel Setareh
- Sysadmin
- John Volk
- Sysadmin Emeritus
- Calvin Winkowski User:Telnoratti
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
- October marks the 20th anniversary of the LUUG
Spring 2018
- President
- Marcus Wanners
- Vice President
- E. C. Landgraf
- Treasurer
- Brendan Gregos
- Sysadmin
- Paul Walko
Fall 2018
- President
- Brendan Gregos
- VP
- Paul Walko
- Treasurer
- Aaron Brown
- Sysadmin
- Philip Conte
- Social Media Director
- Joseph Ha
- Minority Event Coordinator
- Cristian Vives
- Graduate Coordinator
- axlit
Spring 2019
- President
- Brendan Gregos
- VP
- Paul Walko
- Treasurer
- Aaron Brown
- Sysadmin
- Philip Conte
- Social Media Director
- Joseph Ha
- Minority Event Coordinator
- Cristian Vives
- Graduate Coordinator
- axlit
Fall 2019
- President
- Philip Conte
- VP
- Chandler Cain
- Treasurer
- Grant Batdorff
- Sysadmin
- Josh Kirkham
- Social Media Director
- Joseph Ha
- Sanitation Engineer
- Aaron Brown
Spring 2020
- President
- Philip Conte
- VP
- Chandler Cain
- Treasurer
- Grant Batdorff
- Sysadmin
- Josh Kirkham
- Social Media Director
- Joseph Ha
- Sanitation Engineer
- Aaron Brown
Fall 2020
- President
- Ryan Gniadek
- Vice President
- Joshua Detwiler
- Treasurer
- Grant Batdorff
- Sysadmin
- Josh Kirkham
- Outreach Chair
- Ben Bernstein
- Emacs and Arch Evangelist
- Daniel Guagliardo
Fall 2021
- Ryan Gniadek
- President
- Jared Beller
- Vice President and BSD Evangelist
- Hao Xiang Liew
- Sysadmin
- Benjamin
- Treasurer
- Daniel Guagliardo
- Emacs and Arch Evangelist
Spring 2022
- Ryan Gniadek
- President
- Jared Beller
- Vice President and BSD Evangelist
- Hao Xiang Liew
- Sysadmin
- Benjamin
- Treasurer
- Daniel Guagliardo
- Emacs and Arch Evangelist
Fall 2024
- President
- Milo Craun
- Treasurer
- Rishi Krishna
Spring 2025
- President
- Rishi Krishna
- VP
- Brendan Roeting
- Treasurer/Sysadmin
- Xavier Henschel
- Supreme internet leader of the airgap nation
- Sam Squier
