ALUG operates over a wide geographical area which is one reason why it functions mainly through email. Meetings and new wikis etc do not 'splinter' that but add to it.
As I have said several years ago, IMHO more frequent and more local meetings would be good (and was willing to be involved with organising, as some will recall).
Good luck to anyone who wants to organise more frequent small meetings in the area where they live. Ignore the people who will shout you down and criticise - later they will say 'no-one ever does anything'.
There is this thing called 'freedom' you know, just go ahead and do what you want to do and call it what you want to call it.
Incidentally IMNSHO some of the responses from the old guard here go a long way to explain why ALUG is not expanding even though linux use in the region, as everywhere, certainly is. There is certainly room for other alternatives as well as ALUG.
But then, some people dare to think that there should be more distros than just d*bi*n or even there should be alternatives to G**me, heh...
Syd