[Snipping Peter Hessler:]
Quoting Andrew Fife (afife@untangle.com):
Copying in balug-admin so that you're request will be documented publicly. To clarify, is the objection to any BALUG event, or just Linux centric meetings?
My speculation: It's the former. BSD groups tend to be touchy about the L-word. (They have reasons. Long story.)
Peter might not have even read the announcement, and reacted based on just knowing what the "L" in BALUG stands for.