SLUG

[Stephen]

Fragment from PLUG... well i cant imagine the volume of traffic that
would ensue if all the metro phx LUG's pooled into one store...

and besides it might be as simple as group of geeks said hay lets
"blah" and a LUG was formed... so not fragmented from but kind of
coughed up unrelated.

and there are many more...

As fro events i figure most anyone can create an event, not just the
"official" plug maintainers. Just find a place time and purpose then
invite people and see what happens :-)