The
genesis
of APCUG
came
from a
series
of
meetings
between
representatives
from
various
user
groups
around
the
country.
Whenever
user
group
officers
and
directors
met,
there
were
continual
discussions
about
the need
to
improve
communications
between
the
groups
and to
share
information
such as
newsletters,
strategies,
ideas,
etc. As
a first
step,
the
presidents
from
three
user
groups
--
Boston
Computer
Society,
Capital
PC User
Group,
and
Houston
Area
League
of PC
Users --
organized
the
First
Annual
User
Group
Summit
meeting
at the
1986
Fall
Comdex.
As a
result
of the
feedback
from
that
first
Summit
meeting
and
subsequent
meetings
among
user
group
representatives,
the
leaders
of 15
user
groups
met in
Seattle
in
October,
1987,
and
proposed
the
formation
of an
association
for the
purpose
of
fostering
communication
among
and
between
user
groups.
That
proposal
was
presented
before
130
representatives
from 50
user
groups
at the
Second
Annual
User
Group
Summit
Meeting
in
November,
1987,
and was
unanimously
approved.
