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+= Perth Linux Users Group - User Group Members Management  =
+
+UGMM is a simple tool written to manager PLUG's members stored in an LDAP database
+
+An LDAP database may not be the best tool for storing this data, however it does
+provide central authentication which was key at the time UGMM was written.
+
+== Building ==
+
+Build a debian package to install, rather than trying to run from source, this 
+allows easy updating of production hosts, with a rollback by installing the
+previous version.
+
+To build, run
+```
+debuild -i -us -uc -b
+```