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MarkFoster is an IT geek based in Wellington since 2016, but was originally of Auckland.

Mark dates back era of BBS's and FidoNet, though only picked up the last few years of their popularity before the Internet took hold.

In the late 90s and early 2000's he became an IRC user and could be found in several then-popular NZ-centered chatrooms such as #Auckland and #NZADSL on Undernet.

Mark is/was a Coordinating member of NZLUG and a founder of the Auckland Linux Users Group (AuckLUG). Also a founding member, sometime Councillor of the NewZealandOpenSourceSociety and known to be involved in a number of other bits and pieces including AmateurRadio , Motorsport and particularly Toyotas.

Mark is not a member of Waikato LUG but is known to a few of WLUG's regulars from the mid 2000's, and at one point this Wiki was available as wiki.linux.net.nz, with the linux.net.nz domain having been associated with NZLUG.

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