The following is a current list of OS/2 related user groups in Canada:
ALBERTA
Calgary OS/2 User Group
P.O. Box 2844
1680 West
Calgary, AB T2P 3E3
Tel: Unknown
Fax: Unknown
BBS: Unknown
E-Mail: ironsidtcuug.ab.ca@fonorola.net (Tony Ironside)
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30pm
Location: Bow Valley Square
Contact: David Volk
President: Unknown
Dues: Unknown
Calgary PC User Society, OS/2 SIG
239 Oakside Road, SW
Calgary, AB T2V 4H7
Tel: 403/251-3090
Fax: Unknown
BBS: Unknown
E-Mail: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Wednesday, 7pm
Location: 239 Oakdale Road, SW
Contact: Greg Wood
President: Unknown
Dues: Unknown
Central Alberta OS/2 Users' Group
Association (CAOS/2)
P.O. Box 71035
Northwood Postal Outlet
Edmonton, AB T5E 6JB
Tel: 403-675-3392
(this is also a Fido number and a fax line)
BBS: 403-489-4250
E-Mail: caos2@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
WWW: http://www.caos2.ab.ca/
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Thursday, 6:30pm
Location: IBM, 10250 - 101 Street, Edmonton
(conference room on the 14th floor)
Contact: Lyne Eaker (eaker@oanet.com)
President: Jerome Yuzyk (jerome@supernet.ab.ca)
Dues: $25 per person, $100 per corporation which
entitles the corporation to four (4) memberships.
Description: The Central Alberta OS/2 Users' Group
is dedicated to the furtherment of OS/2. It has a broad
base of users numbering about 50 and growing rapidly.
CAOS/2 has held several OS/2 public demos and has adopted
a number of stores.
Northern Alberta OS/2 Users Group
3408-105 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5W 0B4
Tel: 403-474-4557
BBS: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: The first Wednesday of each month
Location: Unknown
Contact: Robert Goshko
President: Unknown
Dues: $25
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Greater Victoria PC User's Association,
Multitasking SIG
(aka BB&C or Big Blue and Cousins)
P.O. Box 5309
Station B
Victoria, BC V8R 6S4
Tel: 250-382-3934
Fax: Unknown
BBS: 250-727-7374
WWW: http://www.islandnet.com/~bigblue
E-Mail: teamos2@islandnet.com
Meeting Schedule: 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7:30pm
Location: BB&C Clubhouse, 1910 Store Street
Contact: John Phillips (teamos2@islandnet.com)
President: John Phillips
Dues: Single - $40.00 (37.38 + 2.62 GST)
Family - $55.00 (51.40 + 3.60 GST)
Corporate - $120.00 (112.15 + 7.85 GST)
OS/2 LAN Users Group
IBM Canada Ltd.
2nd Floor
1803 Douglas Street
Victoria, BC V8T 5C3
Tel: 250-380-5400
BBS: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: Bi-monthly (dates vary)
Location: IBM Building in Victoria
Contact: Tracey Kerr
President: None
Dues: None
The Vancouver OS/2 Users Group
P.O. Box 12
Vancouver, BC V6C 2L8
Tel: 604-279-4861
Fax: Unknown.
BBS: 604-664-6464 (makes use of the IBM OS/2 BBS)
E-Mail: cagemxvm@ibmmail.com
WWW: http://www.lionsgate.com/VanOS2
Meeting Schedule: 1st Wednesday, 7pm
Location: BC Tel "Boot", 3777 Kingsway, Burnaby
Contact: Don Russell, Membership Coordinator
President: Jonathan Story (jonathan@jspc.wimsey.com)
604-983-0902
Dues: None
Victoria Professional OS/2 User Group
1BLU-4000 Seymour Place
Victoria, BC V8X 4S8
Tel: 250-360-7196
BBS: 250-477-7542
WWW: http://www.islandnet.com/~teamos2/vicos2/vicos2.html
E-Mail: rbird@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca
Description: Provides a meeting place for OS/2
professionals to share experiences and learn about
current and upcoming software and hardware for the OS/2
operating system.
Meeting Schedule: Tuesday before the first Wednesday of the month
Location: BC Systems Building, 4000 Seymour Place or
IBM Building, Presentation Rooms, 1803 Douglas
Contact: Rick Bird
President: Rick Bird
Dues: None
VOICE (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education)
60 Starling Street
Kitmat, BC V8C 1K5
Tel: None
Fax: None
E-Mail: ellingtg@mail.cv.net
WWW: http://www.os2voice.org/
Founded: 1997
Membership: Unknown
Contact: Gerry Ellington (ellingtg@mail.cvn.net)
Newsletter: Voice Newsletter
Meeting Schedule: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 8pm EDT
Location: IRC WEBBnet:
irc.suntrix.com
irc2.suntrix.com
warpedworld.dyndns.com
irc.isonline.com
seward.dyndns.com
summitcnty.com
snoval.com
irc.cjbbslive.com
Channel #VOICE
President: Gerry Ellington (ellingtg@mail.cv.net)
Vice President: Dan Casey
Treasurer: Peter Lazenby (plazenby@kitimat.sno.net)
Secretary: Pankaj Sarin (psarin@alum.mit.edu)
Dues: Student $10, Individual $25, Corporate $100
Description:
1. Serve as a "virtual", on-line user group for OS/2 users, without
a local user group, and to any other OS/2 users interested in VOICE.
2. Promote OS/2 to the SOHO (small office/home office) consumer and
to general computer users.
3. Provide an effective communication channel between members, user
groups, ISV's [independent software venders], and IBM.
4. To help OS/2 User Groups organize and promote their activities.
MANITOBA
Winnipeg PC User Group, OS/2 Forum
337C Pembina Highway
Corner of Fleet & Pembina
Winnipeg, MB R3J 1E1
Tel: 204/958-7228
Fax: 204/958-7229
BBS: 204/958-7280
E-Mail: jjaworski@wpcusrgrp.org
WWW: http://www.wpcusrgrp.org/
http://www.wpcusrgrp.org/forums/os2/os2forum.htm
Contact: Darryl Draeger (president@wpcusrgrp.org)
Meeting Schedule: 3rd Thursday, 7pm
Location: Jubilee Auditorium, 181 Riverton Avenue
Forum Leader: Jim Jawoski (jjaworski@wpcusrgrp.org)
President: Darryl Draeger (president@wpcusrgrp.org)
Vice President: Len Thornton (vicepres@wpcusrgrp.org)
Treasurer: Fred Legace (finance@wpcusrgrp.org)
Membership Secretary: Art Cavenagh (membership@wpcusrgrp.org)
On-Line Services Manager: Mike Ficzere (onlinemgr@wpcusrgrp.org)
Executive Secretary: Brian Lowe (execsec@wpcusrgrp.org)
Newsletter Editor: Paul Stephen (editor@wpcusrgrp.org)
Group Buyer: Gary Dikkema (groupbuyer@wpcusrgrp.org)
Advertising Manager: Jon Phillips (advertising@wpcusrgrp.org)
Forum Coordinator: George Bowman (forums@wpcusrgrp.org)
Founded: August 19, 1982
Newsletter: Tid Bits'n'Bytes (electronic bi-monthly)
Membership: Unknown
Dues: $49.95
Description: The group is a non-profit organization formed
to provide those with an interest in the IBM Personal Computer
or compatible computer with an opportunity to come together and
otherwise assist one another in the use and understanding
of these computers. The group serves as a forum to exchange
ideas, to discuss the latest developments and to share information.
NOVA SCOTIA
Annapolis OS/2 Support Group
RR 6
Kingston, NS BOP 1RO
Tel: 902-765-8362
Fax: Unknown
BBS: Valley OS/2 BBS - 902/765-3525
E-Mail: brody@fox.nstn.ca
WWW: http://fox.nstn.ca/~pskipton/os2.html
Meeting Schedule: 3rd Wednesday
Location: Varies
Contact: Barrie Rody
President: Barrie Rody
Dues: None
Description: The Annapolis OS/2 Support Group exists to
encourage the use of OS/2 and to provide immediately
available support to users in the Annapolis Valley of
Nova Scotia.
Greater Halifax OS/2 User Group
(formerly Atlantic OS/2 Users Group)
IBM Canada Ltd.
12th Floor
1969 Upper Water Street
Purdy's Wharf II
Halifax, NS B3J 3R7
Tel: 902-422-1975
Fax: Unknown
BBS: 902-422-1904 (TSST/2)
902-422-2264 (TSST/2, Node 2)
WWW: http://isisnet.com/tsst/ghos2
Meeting Schedule: Varies
Location: Varies
Contact: Donovan Long (tsst@isisnet.com)
President: Donovan Long (tsst@isisnet.com)
Dues: Unknown
ONTARIO
Kawartha Computer Club, OS/2 SIG
P.O. Box 1321
Peterborough, ON K9J 7H5
Tel: 705-742-7395
BBS: 705-748-0023 (3 Line Maximus/2)
WWW: http://knet.flemingc.on.ca/~csilvest/the-kcc.html
Meeting Schedule: 3rd Tuesday of month, except July & August
Location: Unknown
Contact: Cedric Silvester, OS/2 SIG Leader (705-742-8822)
President: Cedric Silvester
Dues: $15/year (KCC membership includes SIGs)
K-W OS/2 Corporate Users Group
c/o 23 Synder Avenue N., #4
Elmira, ON N3B 2B2
Tel: 519/669-5242
Fax: 519/669-1014
BBS: None
E-Mail: jedwards@sentex.net
WWW: http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug
Contact: John Edwards
Newsletter: KW/2 Newsletter
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Tuesday, 7pm
Location: William Davice Computer Research Center,
University of Waterloo
President: John Edwards
Vice President: Morley Mellen
Treasurer: Walter Metcalf
Founded: January 1, 1994
Membership: 9, Avg. Attendance 15
Dues: $25
Description: For anybody and everybody interested in OS/2.
London OS/2 Users Group
(c/o Steve Holden)
London Regional Cancer Centre
790 Commissioners Road East
London, ON N6A 4L6
or
(c/o John Roesner)
Links Custom
1000 Pond Mills Road
London, ON M6N 1A2
Tel: 519/685-8600 x 3151 (Holden)
519-680-0585 (Roesner)
BBS: Wizzard BBS, London
WWW: Pending
E-Mail: (see below)
Meeting Schedule: Last Tuesday, 7pm
Location: IBM Building, 195 Dufferin St., London. (Level 1)
Contact: Steve Holden (scammer@ibm.net), John Green (jgreen@ibm.net)
Officers: John Roesner, Henry Westbrook, Sean Mitchell, Steve Holden
Newsletter: None
Dues: None
Description: To aid users of OS/2.
North Bay OS/2 Users Group
790 Laurentian Avenue
North Bay, ON P1B 7V2
Tel: Unknown
BBS: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: Varying Thursdays, 7pm
Location: Unknown
Contact: Michael Lavallee
President: Unknown
Dues: Unknown
Ottawa OS/2 Users Group
IBM Canada Ltd.
55 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, ON K1N 8X1
Tel: 613-788-6020
Fax: None
BBS: 613-829-4056 / 613-829-6983 (Golden-Gate BBS)
E-Mail: os2@ottawa.com
WWW: http://os2.ottawa.com
Meeting Schedule: Last Monday, 6pm
Location: Jack Purcell Center
(please call for site confirmation)
Contact: Andrew Clyde (ajclyde@worldlink.ca)
President: Andrew Clyde (Interim)
Bob Davies (on leave of absence)
Secretary & Web Page: Martin Charette (iam@cinq.com)
Human Resources: Andrew Clyde
Finances: Paul Valcour
Software Librarian: Morris Turpin
Dues: $20/year
Ottawa PC User Group (OPCUG), OS/2 SIG
c/o Mr. Jocelyn Doire
402 - 2871 Richmond Road
Ottawa, Ontario K2B 8M5
Tel: 613/225-6087
Fax: Unknown
E-Mail: jdoire@cslo.consultronics.on.ca
BBS: 613/228-0665 (The Pub, 6 lines)
WWW: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: 1st Wednesday
General meeting - 7:30pm
OS/2 SIG meeting - 9:00pm
Location: Museum of Science and Technology,
1867 St-Laurent Boulevard
Contact: Mr. Jocelyn Doire
SIG Coordinator: Mr. Jocelyn Doire
Newsletter: Ottawa PC User's Group
Founded: May 1995
Membership: 15 in SIG
Dues: $25/year
Description: The OPCUG OS/2 SIG is for users
helping users. Meetings are informal and open to all.
Personal Computer Club of Toronto, OS/2 SIG
P.O. Box 5429
Station A
Toronto, ON M5W 1N6
Tel: 416-274-4811
BBS: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: 4th Wednesday, 7:30pm
Location: Banbury Centre, 120 Banbury Rd.
Contact: Dave Jones
President: Unknown
Dues: Unknown
Toronto OS/2 Sysops (TorontOS/2)
508 Soudan Avenue
Toronto, ON M4S 1X3
Tel: 416-480-0360
BBS: 416-480-0360
Fidonet: 1:250/238
E-Mail: pk@olc.gvc.com
Description: For BBS Sysops and users. We meet
only once a year, to celebrate OS/2's birthday. The
rest of the year we stay in touch electronically. There
are no membership fees, and the only requirement is that
you enjoy OS/2.
Meeting Schedule: Once per year, in April
Location: Unknown
Contact: Peter Kraiker
President: Unknown
Dues: None
Toronto OS/2 User's Group (TO/2)
c/o Martin Moran
91 Albert Avenue
Etobicoke, Ontario M8V 2L6
Tel: 416-265-9785
BBS: 416-265-8846
WWW: http://www.io.org/~to2
E-Mail: to2@to2.org
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Thursday of each month; 7pm.
Location: IBM Canada Ltd. Building,
3600 Steeles Ave. East, in the Auditorium
SIGS&colon. Programming; Communications; (alternating months, 4th Thursday)
Contact: Terry Hamilton (terry@teamos2.org)
President: Terry Hamilton (terry@teamos2.org)
Vice-President - Kevin Linfield (linfield@torfree.net)
Secretary - Paul Leduc (leduc@user.rose.com)
Treasurer - Tony Carter (to2@to2.org)
NewsLetter Editor - Martin Moran (snooker@interlog.com)
Membership Coordinator - Kevin Quinn
Programs Coordinator - Norval Oswald (noswald@shl.com)
Dues: None to attend meetings. Membership $25/year.
QUEBEC
Club OS/2 de Quebec
c/o Gilles Kirouac
3652 Chemin St-Louis
Sainte-Foy, Quebec G1W 1S9
Tel: 418-658-1275
Fax: 418-658-8599
BBS: Unknown
E-Mail: sanfaconm@berclain.com
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Monday, 7:30pm
Location: IBM, 140 Grande-Allee East
Contact: Gilles Kirouac (gkirouac@quebec.uniforum.ca)
President: Gilles Kirouac
Dues: Unknown
Estrie Area OS/2 Users Group
(Groupe des Utilisateurs d'OS/2 de l-Estrie)
P.O. Box 142
Sherbrooke, PQ J1H 5H8
Tel: 819-565-3666
BBS: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: Last Tuesday of the Month
Location: University of Sherbrooke de l'Universite
Pavillion Marie-Victorin, Room 356, Sherbrooks
Contact: Francois Menard
President: Unknown
Dues: Unknown
Les Utilisateurs d'OS/2 de Montreal/Montreal OS/2 Users Group
807 Milligton
Greenfield Park, PQ J4V 1R8
Tel: 514/272-1953
Fax: 514/272-2045
BBS: Blue Moon (514-723-3218 or 514-723-3099)
E-Mail: lrosebe@ibm.net
WWW: http://www.contact.net/os2/
Meeting Schedule: Third Wednesday of the Month; 7pm
(except in June, July and August)
Location: IBM Tower, 1250, boul Rene-Levesque Ouest,
7e Etage, Montreal
Founded: March 1993
Membership: Unknown
Contact: Luc Roseberry
Newsletter: Compte-Rendu (HTML on WWW), monthly
President: Gilbert Daigle (gdaigle@videotron.ca)
Publicity: Jean-Claude deBrouwer
Public Relations: Luc Roseberry
Host: Philippe Bonneville
Secretary & Membership: Gerald Brosseau
BBS SysOp: Jorge Mariano
Treasurer: Gilbert Lefebvre
WebMaster: Sylvain Tanguay
Dues: $5 per meeting
Description: Les Utilisateurs d'OS/2 de Montreal est le premier groupe
bilingue a but non lucratif de la region de Montreal dont l'objectif
est de promouvoir OS/2 et ses applications. Il consitue une occasion
d'echanges et d'information sur tout ce qui touche ce systeme d'exploitation
32 bits d'IBM.
The Montreal OS/2 Users Group is the first bilingual group in the Montreal
area with the objective of promoting OS/2 and OS/2 software. The monthly
meetings are a good opportunity to discuss and exchange on OS/2 and to
have information on every aspect of IBM's 32 bit operating system.
Comment: Public Relations Address & Demo materials should be sent to:
5588, rue Waverly, Montreal, PQ H2T 2Y1, Canada
WARP Users Group of Montreal
Suite 16
5440 Avenue Walkley
Montreal, Quebec H4V 2M7
Tel: 514/488-8536
Fax: Unknown
BBS: 514/697-7184 (McBBS)
514/489-3212 (MindSeed BBS)
514/938-3022 (IBM Montreal)
WWW: http&colon.//www.wug.iisys.com
http://www.iisys.com/usrpages/wug
http://www.odyssee.net/~djgrant/wug.html
E-Mail: guardia@cam.org
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Tuesday of the month (except June,
July, August); 6:45pm to 9pm
Location: IBM-Marathon Building, Room 777,
1250 Rene Levesque Boulevard West, Montreal
Contact: Terry Fong (terryf@cam.org), 514/487-0587
President: Samuel Audet (guardia@cam.org)
Vice President/Treasurer: Andrew Andor (aandor@spherenet.com), 514/685-1848
Secretary: Terry Fong (terryf@cam.org), 514/487-0587
Co-Treasurer: Michael Allison (malliso@ibm.net)
Public Relations Officer: David Grant (djgrant@odyssee.net)
Sysop/Co-Editor: James McCarte (jamesmc@cdep.com)
Co-Editor: Leslie Satenstein (leslie@contact.net)
Newsletter: "The WUGrats Nest"
Dues: $25
Description: The objectives of this group are:
To demonstrate the many applications available for OS/2.
To provide anglophone users in the Montreal region with a forum for
discussion of IBM's OS/2 software, related applications, and hardware
matters. To assist users to find the best applications/software
solutions for their needs.
SASKATCHEWAN
Regina OS/2 User Group
3438 Keohan Cr.
Regina, SK S4V 1J5
Tel: Unknown
BBS: Unknown
Meeting Schedule: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Contact: P. Takis Skagos
President: Unknown
Dues: Unknown
Saskatoon OS/2 User Group (SOUG)
#3 - 180 Pinehouse Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 5H7
Tel: 306/931-7607
Fax: 306/933-0243
BBS: 306/978-0342 (Fiddler's Green)
E-Mail: redlc@sasknet.sk.ca or cd.redl@sasknet.sk.ca
WWWW: http://www.sasknet.com/~roderick/soug/soug.htm
Meeting Schedule: Last Thursday
Location: Varies (please call)
Contact: Curtis D. Redl
President: Unknown
Newsletter: Unknown
Membership: Unknown
Founded: January 1996
Dues: Unknown
Description: SOUG is dedicated to promoting the use and
understanding of OS/2 in Saskatoon. Also, we are hoping to
provide a core support group for new and experienced users to
turn to for help. Currently SOUG is mainly an online users
group. A local BBS, The Fiddler's Green which is run by one of
the co-founders, hosts a message base for discussion about OS/2.
This allows local users to access help and news between meetings,
and allows new users to ask questions about the group without
actually attending meetings.
