A LUG in the Seattle Washington area?
 

would like to meet some folks from around this area to talk linux from the ground up!!

First google hit:

http://www.gslug.org/

(Their site is under "transition" as of this writing, but they have a freenode IRC channel.)

Thanks. I'm just getting started in this process and I'll check 'em out. Also, REP doesn't seem to have anything to do with reply... sorry. Perhaps I'll learn my way around sometime soon.