PIUG History

Pat Dorler	In Recognition of Pat's 10 years of service to the PIUG as Treasurer from the founding of the PIUG in 1988 through May 1998	June 1998
Nancy Lambert	In Recognition of Nancy's 6 years of service to the PIUG as Secretary from the founding of the PIUG in 1988 through May 1994	June 1998
Barbara Burg	In Recognition of Barbara's 3 years of service to the PIUG organizing the PIUG NorthEast Workshops in 1996, 1997 and 1998	April 1999
Adrienne Shanler	In Recognition of Adrienne's 3 years of service to the PIUG organizing the PIUG NorthEast Workshops in 1996, 1997 and 1998	April 1999
Elyse Turner	In Recognition of Elyse's 12 years of service to the PIUG in championing & facilitating Electronic Communications (PIUG Bulletin Board, Electronic Communications Chair, PIUG Web Mistress)	May 2000
Bill Murray	In Recognition of Bill's 2 years of service to the PIUG as Email Sysop	May 2000
Suzanne Elsoffer	In Recognition of Suzanne's 13 years of Service to the PIUG: Founding Member of PIUG in 1988 PIUG Chair 1994-1996 PIUG Newsletter Editor 1997-1999 PIUG Newsletter Advisor 2000-2001	April 2001
Melissa Dicker	In Recognition of Melissa's Service to the PIUG: Organizing the 1st West Coast Workshop (2000, San Francisco) Preliminary Planning and Site Selection for the 1st West Coast PIUG Annual Meeting (2002, San Francisco)	April 2001
Dr. Sandra S. Unger	Special Recognition Award in appreciation of her superb leadership and countless contributions above and beyond the call of duty, which have done so much to make the PlUG a preeminent force in the world of Patent Information: Director 2000-2002 Chairperson 1998-2000 Vice Chairperson 1996-1998 Discussion List Sysop 1995-1998	April 2001
Elaine Campbell	PIUG Treasurer and Membership Chair 1998 to 2000 Redesigned the PIUG Webpages to add graphics 1998 Designed the PIUG Logo 1998 Participated in the Incorporation of PIUG Co-signed on PIUG's first Credit Cards	April 2002
Tom Stanton	In Recognition of Tom's Service to the PIUG as Chairman of the PIUG Annual Conference Registration and Associated Workshop Registrations from 2001 to 2003	May 2003
Ruth Umfleet	In Recognition of Ruth's Service to the PIUG championing the capture of PIUG Annual Meetings on videotape and managing the distribution of the videotapes to PIUG Members from 2000 to 2003	May 2003
Elvin Hoel	In Recognition of Elvin's Service to the PIUG managing of the PIUG Email Archives, Monitoring Performance, and Troubleshooting Problems from 1998 to 2003	May 2003
Tommy Ebe	In Recognition of Tommy’s Service to PIUG in maintaining and updating PIUG's Webpages, 1996 to 2003	May 2004
Ken Koubek	In Recognition of Ken's Service to PIUG as Membership Chairman during a period of extraordinary growth in our membership from 2001 to 2004	May 2004
Nancy Lambert	In Recognition of Nancy's Service to PIUG as Director and Producer of the IFFI Players from 1999 to 2005	May 2005
Rodney Cruise	In Recognition of Rodney's Service to PIUG as Webmaster Extraordinaire from 2002 to 2005	May 2005
Lucy Akers	In Recognition of Lucy's Tireless Service to PIUG during a time of extraordinary growth and international expansion as Chairperson	May 2005
Richard Kurt	In Recognition of Richard’s Service to PIUG: Analyzing and Evaluating the PIUG Salary Survey, 1999, 2001, 2004 Chairing a Session at the PIUG Annual Meeting, 2006 Chairing the Derwent Committee, 2003–2006	May 2006
Marty Goffman	In Recognition of Marty’s Service to PIUG: Chairing the PIUG NE workshop, 2005 Championing Membership Benefits Chairing the PIUG email list	May 2006
Helen Yun	In Recognition of Helen’s Service to PIUG: Co-Championing the Membership Directory, 2003 Co-Chairing the Membership Labels Team, 2003-2005	May 2006
Cynthia Yang	In Recognition of Cynthia’s Service to PIUG: Co-Championing the Membership Directory, 2003 Co-Chairing the Membership Labels Team, 2003-2005	May 2006
Doreen Alberts	In Recognition of Doreen’s Service to PIUG as: Annual Conference Sponsorship Committee Chair, 2005-2006 Strategic Planning Committee Chair, 2006-2007	May 2007
Kartar Arora	In Recognition of Kartar’s Service to PIUG as: Annual Conference Exhibits Committee Chair, 2004-2006 Annual Conference Program Committee Co-Chair, 2007	May 2007
Ric Snead	In Recognition of Ric’s Service to PIUG for creating webpages for PIUG NE Workshop, 2002-2006 and PIUG Annual Conference, 2003-2007	May 2007

Thoughts on PIUG - A collection of remembrances from early members of PIUG on the occasion of the ten-year anniversary celebration (from the September 1998 issue of the PIUG Newsletter)...Some of the early PIUG members reflect on the formation of PIUG.

Years	Chairperson	Vice-Chairperson	Secretary	Treasurer	Directors-at-Large
1988-1990	Mike Feider		Nancy Lambert	Pat Dorler
1990-1992	Edlyn Simmons	John Dudinyak	Nancy Lambert	Pat Dorler
1992-1994	Andy Berks	Joseph DiSalvo	Nancy Lambert	Pat Dorler
1994-1996	Suzanne Elsoffer	Vicky Veach	Elyse Robinson	Pat Dorler
1996-1998	Vicky Veach	Sandra Unger	Joan Rogers	Pat Dorler
1998-2000	Sandra Unger	Steve Reynolds	Karen Wehner	Elaine Campbell
2000-2002	Lucy Akers	Ford Khorsandian	Sandy Smith	Suzanne Robins	Stuart Kaback Edlyn Simmons Sandra Unger
2002-2004	Lucy Akers	Elyse Turner	Sandy Smith	Suzanne Robins	Stephen Adams Edlyn Simmons Sandra Unger
2004-2006	Elyse Turner	Suzanne Robins	Anne Marie Clark	Ken Koubek	Stephen Adams Lucy Akers Sandra Unger

PIUG History

Past Officers of PIUG

PIUG Service Awards