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===aka. kev, kevperrine, kevin, game nazi===

Kevin Perrine is an original founder of the [[Seattle Gamers Assemble!]] online [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Groups Yahoo Groups] and local [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle Seattle] gaming community.  He came to Seattle from the East Coast in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999#March mid 1999].  Born and raised in small town [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassaway Gassaway], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia West Virginia], Kevin came to Seattle via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington,_Vermont Burlington], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont Vermont], where he'd worked for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodexho Marriott] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Vermont University of Vermont] campus as Marketing Manager and Graphic Designer.  <br> <br> Arriving in Seattle, Kevin worked with Marriott in a satelite office (in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent,_WA Kent, WA]) designing templates for collage foodservice and facility marketing materials such as websites, promotional videos, etc...  Just over a year following arrival it was time to move on from Marriott.  Kevin's supervisor was moving the satelite office to Portland.  This was the true beginning of the [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Seattle_Gamers_Assemble! SGA].  <br> <br> During the first year Kevin was in Seattle he made several friends, some that remain with the SGA today.  The small group of 4-5 first organized for board gaming at the now defunct [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast Wizards of the Coast] gaming center in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_District,_Seattle,_Washington U-District].  THIS was the original "SGA Luncheon" and "[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Weekly_Short-Shots Short-Shot]" gameday combined!  <br> <br> The original SGA group was comprised of several key members, many of which are still active in the community today.
*  Kevin 
*  Laura 
*  Jon
*  Karl
*  Pete
This group was quickly joined by several others such as:
*  Johnzo
*  el Jeffe 
*  JoeZ
And many many others... <br> <br> 
Back then the group organized as an off-shoot of a Microsoft Gaming Online forum, with several of our first RPGs comprised primarily of Microsoft employees.  This online community moved toward an open forum so that non-Microsofties could join.  At that time [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGroups eGroups.com] was the rage and became our home, chosen above Yahoo Groups originally because of interface and member preference.  In 1999, Yahoo acquired eGroups.com, one of the most popular mailing list products at the time. About 8 months later, Yahoo merged the eGroups.com functionality with Yahoo Groups, resulting in some complaints from users of both services.  <br> <br>  The SGA was not deterred...  The merging created several problems for the club and the SGA signed up as a Yahoo Group on September 19th 2000.  Officially becoming the "Seattle Gamers Assemble!" group it is today.


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