EUROPEAN OS/2 USER GROUPS


The following is a current list of OS/2 related user groups in Europe:

AUSTRIA

Anwender/2 OS/2 User Group
Merangasse 82/II/8, A-100 GRAZ
Tel:  43-316-384283 or
      43-316-388566
BBS:  43-316-388566
Description:  Supporting IBM OS/2 and all related
  applications.  Running one of the major OS/2 BBSes
  in Austria.  Supported by IBM Austria, Anwender/2 has
  about 800MB of downloadable files online 24 hours/day.
  There is a large library of OS/2 books and videos,
  provided by IBM OS/2 User Group support, and most of the
  leading OS/2 manufacturers support the user group.
  New OS/2 users are always welcome.
Meeting Schedule:  Every other Wednesday
Location:  'Mondscheinstueberl', Graz.
  See BBS for details.
Contact:  Norbert Fuerst or Michael Widmann
President:  Norbert Fuerst
Dues:  ATS 600/year, including bimonthly
  magazine and free BBS and library access, and
  lower rates for onsite support or OS/2 training.

OS/2 Forum Austria
POB 331
A-1013 Vienna
Tel:  +43(1)815-4429
Fax:  +43(1)815-7930 X 22
BBS:  Unknown
E-Mail:  rony.flatscher@wu-wien.ac.at
WWW:  http://www.os2forum.or.at
Description:  OS/2 Forum Austria has been accepted
  by IBM Austria as the representative for Austria's
  OS/2 users.  Today, it has over 200 members, many of
  whom represent their respective companies.
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Location:  Various
Contact:  Rony Flatscher
President:   Unknown
Dues:   Unknown


BELGIUM

OS/2 User Group Belgium
Goudveilstraat 5
B-3360 Bierbeek
Tel:  +32-16-46-39-78
Fax:  +32-16-46-39-78
BBS:  +32-16-46-15-38
WWW:  http://www.os2ugbe.org/index.htm
E-Mail:  driesmans.j@tornado.be
Meeting Schedule:  2nd Friday
Location:  Kultureel Centrum 'De Kam',
  Beekstraat 172, B-1970 Wezembeek-Oppem; Tel:  02/731.43.31
Contact:  Alex Wyckmans (awyckma@ibm.net)
President:  Wim Teughels (wteughe@ibm.net)
Vice President:  Maurice Derden (ma3den@ibm.net
Secretary:  Johan Driesmans (driesmans.j@tornado.be
Tresurer:  Dirk Vermeersch (dverm@ibm.net
Public Relations:  Alex Wyckmans (awyckma@ibm.net)
WebMaster:  Maurice Derden (ma3den@ibm.net
Staff:  Mark Spiessens (maspies@ibm.be)
        Kin-Shing Tchang (ktchang@ibm.net)
        Pieter Dubois (duboisp@ibm.net)
Newsletter:  Warp Magazine (monthly)
Dues:  500 Bfr
Description:
  The OS/2 UG Belgium is for everyone who is using OS/2.  There are 
  a lot of demos, hints & tips and last but not least the technical 
  workshops.  If you're having a problem with your configuration 
  under OS/2 or need assistance in a certain application, bring in 
  your PC in the Technical Workshop.  We'll fix it for you.

OS/2 Working Group G.U.I.D.E.
K.U. Leuven
Faculteit E.T.E.W.
Deinst Informatica
Naamsestraat, 69, B-3000 Leuven
Tel:  32 16 32.67.16
Fax:  32 16 32.69.69
BBS:  None
E-Mail:  Karel.VanderHaegen@econ.kuleuven.ac.be
IBM Mail ID:  G1LNKK5Q@IBMMAIL
Description:  As part of the European IBM user
  group G.U.I.D.E. the Belgium OS/2 Working Group
  G.U.I.D.E. joins Belgium corporate OS/2 users, and
  members of G.U.I.D.E. Belgium-Luxembourg to discuss
  OS/2 and related topics.
Meeting Schedule:  Approximately 4-5 times per year
Location:  Various
Contact:  Karel Van der Haegen
President:   Karel Van der Haegen
Secretary:   Dirk Rober
Dues:   G.U.I.D.E. corporate membership required.


CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech OS/2 User Group (COUG)
Computer Data a.s.
Trebohosticka 2283
100 00, Praha
Tel:  +420-2-7078224
Fax:  +420-2-703875
BBS:  +420-2-703886, +420-2-703879
WWW:  None
E-Mail:  codalan@login.cz
Meeting Schedule:  Third Wednesday each month
Location:  at mailing address
Contact:  Daniel Docekal
President:  Daniel Docekal
Dues:  Unknown
Newsletter:  DA(m)NNEWS (published irregularly)


GERMANY

OS/2 User Club
Tel:  Unknown
BBS:  Unknown
E-Mail:  keal@stat15.bauingenieure.uni-stuttgart.de
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Location:  Unknown
Contact:  Roman Huber
President:  Roman Huber
Dues:  Unknown

OS/2 User Group Deutschland
PC & PR GmbH
Kolner Strasse 51
Mechernich-Kommern  D-5353
Tel:  Unknown
BBS:  Unknown
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Contact:  Heide Davis
President:  Unknown
Dues:  Unknown

OS/2 User Group Hamburg
Muehlenweg 1
22880 Wedel
Tel:  49-4103-6604
Fax:  Unknown
BBS:  Unknown
E-Mail:  Unknown
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Location:  Unknown
Contact:  Michael Mrosowski
President:  Unknown
Dues:  Unknown

OS/2 User Group of Flensburg
Swinemuender Str. 3
24944 Flensburg
Tel:  +49-461-32880
BBS:  Unknown
WWW:  Unknown
Meeting Schedule:  3rd Wednesday
Location:  Treffpunkt Muerwik
Contact:  Olaf Scherdin
President:  Unknown
Dues:  Unknown

RAMchip PC User's Group, OS/2 SIG
CMR 429, Box 1029
APO AE
Tel:  49-6302-7783
BBS:  Unknown
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Location:  200th TAMMC
Contact:  Spencer L. Lewis
President:  Unknown
Dues:  Unknown

Team OS/2 Region Trier e.V.
c/o Sascha Weber
Postfach 3928
Trier, RHP  54229
Germany
Tel:  None
Fax:  06501-180616
BBS:  None
E-Mail:  team@teamos2.ipcon.de
WWW:  http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de/
Founded:  November 1998
Members:  19
Contact:  Sascha Weber (team@teamos2.ipcon.de)
Newsletter:  None
Meetings:  3rd Wednesday, 7:30 pm
Location:  Trier
Dues:  DM 90 / DM 60

Team OS/2 Ruhr e.V.
Wittekindstr. 39
Duisburg, NRW 47051
Germany
Tel:  0203-284521
Fax:  None
BBS:  None
E-Mail:  dschaebel@nordrhein.de
WWW:  None
Founded:  May 1997
Members:  33
Contact:  Detlef Schaebel (dschaebel@nordrhein.de)
Newsletter:  None
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Location:  Duisburg
Officers:  Unknown
Dues:  DM 120
Description:  The members of this user group come from the 
  NRW-Area called "Das Ruhrgebiet," the following cities are 
  included:  Duisburg (sure), Essen, Duesseldorf, Oberhausen,
  Dortmund, Bochum, Muenster.  All users are welcome:  
  specialists and "normal" users.

Team OS/2 Schweinfurt - Wuerzburg
Germany
BBS:  +49-9721-187294
E-Mail:  snglueck@cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de
WWW:  Unknown
Founded:  October 1995
Membership:  15 - 20 members
Contact:  Stefan Glueck
Schedule:  last Friday or Saturday, 7pm
Location:  Schweinfurt and Wuerzburg (alternating)
Dues:  None
Description:  General Team OS/2 User group.  Open for everybody who is 
  interested in OS/2.  We are a sub-group of Team OS/2 Germany.

TUM OS/2 Users Group
c/o Fachschaft MPI, TU Muenchen
Arcisstr 19
Munich, D-80290
Tel:  +49-89-7236912
BBS:  None
WWW:  http://www.leo.org/archiv/software/os2/os2-ug/
E-Mail:  os2-ug@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Meeting Schedule:  Mid-month (varies, see WWW), 6pm-7pm
Location:  TU Muenchen, Room S1128
Contact:  Florian Hawlitzek
President:  Unknown
Dues:  None


ITALY

OUGP (OS/2 User Group Palermo)
Auletta Studenti
Facolta' di ingegneria
viale delle Scienze
Palermo, PA  90128
Tel:  +39-91-593686
BBS:  +39-91-489642 (Virtual Dream BBS)
E-Mail:  ematum@freenet.hut.fi
Founded:  June 1996
Contact:  Emanuele Tumminia
Meeting Schedule:  2nd Monday, 5pm
Location:  Auletta Studenti - Facolta' di ingegneria - 
  viale delle Scienze
Dues:  Unknown
Description:  Spread the use of a REAL 32 bit O.S. at 
  university and everywhere!  For all that want know more 
  about OS/2 and how to get the most from it.


NETHERLANDS

Hobby Computer Club (HCC)
HCC OS/2 gg
Postbus 149
3990 DC  HOUTEN
Tel:  +31-30-637 87 88
Fax:  +31-30-637 89 30
BBS:  
  HCC OS/2 gg HOFSTAD BBS&colon.  +31-70-3947842 (Sysop - Bert van Rhijn)
  HCC OS/2 gg CORAC BBS&colon.  +31-20-6370729 (Sysop - Michel Rozengarden)
  HCC OS/2 gg Alexander BBS&colon.  +31-10-2860600; +31-10-2860587 (Sysop Cor Slot)
E-Mail:  mtillema@hccfido.hcc.nl
WWW:  http://www.uunet.be/hcc/
Meeting Schedule:  Varies
Location:  Varies
Contact:  Menno Tillema
OS/2 SIG Leader:  Nico Kralt, Voorburg NL
BBS Sysop:  Bert van Rhijn
Dues:  Hfl. 68/year; Includes club magazine, "Computer!Totaal".
Membership:  1200
Newsletter:  DRAAD/2 (published 4 times a year)

Holland User Group OS/2 (HUGO)
Lange Kerkdam 113
Wassenaar, BT 2242
Tel:  01751-41492/18301
Fax:  01751-11789
BBS:  01834-2427/5097 (Lighthouse BBS)
WWW:  http://www.mensys.nl/hugo/index.html
Newsletter:  HugoNotes (published monthly)
Meeting Schedule:  Varies
Location:  Varies
Contact:  Paul van Keep (Secretary) (pvk@ACM.org or paulvk@ibm.net)
President:  Marcel H. Bruins (Tel:  04950-21791)
Dues:  Unknown


NORWAY

OS/2 Brukerforum Norge (OS/2 BFN)
(OS/2 User Group Norway)
Steinbekken 4
Klafta  2040
Tel:  +47 63 97 89 46
Fax:  None
BBS:  None
E-Mail:  haraldb@bigblue.no
WWW:  http://www.os2bfn.no/
Contact:  Harald Bjornstad (haraldb@bigblue.no)
Newsletter:  OuroborOS/2 (Quarterly)
Schedule:  Quarterly, 6pm
Location:  IBM Norge, Kolbotn
Founded:  1994
Membership:  246
Leader:  Harald Bjornstad
Officers:  Steinar Johansen (steinar3@online.no)
  Henrik Lorange (hlorange@os.telia.no)
  Per Steinlein (pseinle@c2i.net)
  Goeran Arnesen (goran.arnesen@cinet.no)
Dues:  NOK 100
Description:  OS2BFN (OS/2 Brukerforum Norge) is an individual forum for users 
  and companies  using OS/2. In 1998 the forum started focusing more about our 
  on-line internet site, http://www.os2bfn.no/  In our site you will find all the  
  OS/2 related news, articles and OS/2 solutions.  The site is updated 2-4 times 
  a week.  In our seminars (4 times a year) we focus on important issues about 
  OS/2.  (WSOD, Java, Visual Age, Network computing and Warp/Warpserver/Domino)
  We have an IRC channel.  OS2BFN is for all users of the OS/2 operating system, 
  but also for those with other special interest of OS/2.  By the end of 1998 we 
  are going to announce a pure company related site with focus on servers, network 
  and cost-effective solutions.  

TeamOS/2 Midt-Norge
(TeamOS/2 Central Norway)
Per Kvists vei 6
7058 Jakobsli
Tel:  +47-73-91-68-19
Fax:  None
BBS:  None
E-Mail:  teamos2@multinet.no
WWW:  http://www.multinet.no/~teamos2
Founded:  1993
Membership:  59
Contact:  Harald Eilertsen (haraldei@stud.unit.no)
Newsletter:  "Absolute WARP!" (Quarterly)
Meeting Schedule:  Varies
Location:  Varies
District Leader: Harald Eilertsen
Newsletter Editor:  Jan-Morten Havstein
Dues:  Free
Description:  TeamOS/2 Midt-Norge is the regional TeamOS/2
  group of the Central Norway region.  Based around the city of 
  Trondheim, we try to promote OS/2 and OS/2 based solutions.  We 
  also try to help get new OS/2 users up and going and help around 
  with any problems they may have.  Generally we try to create a 
  community of OS/2 users.


RUSSIA

Russian OS/2 User Group (ROSUG)
c/o International Computer Club (room 53,54)
Proyezd Serova 4
Znanie Building
Moscow 101813
Tel:  095-921-0902
BBS:  Unknown
Meeting Schedule:  3rd Tuesday, 11am
Location:  Orlikov per 3, korp A
Contact:  Constantin Protopopov 095-492-0837
President:  Unknown
Dues:  Unknown


SWEDEN

Swedish OS/2 User Group
(Svenska OS/2 User Group)
Upplandsgatan 67
Stockholm  113 28
Tel:  +46-8-330916
Fax:  +46-8-329965
E-Mail:  info@os2ug.se
WWW:  http://www.os2ug.se/
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Location:  Unknown
Contact:  Michael Rotter
Founded:  1991
Membership:  300
Newsletter:  None
Dues:  Unknown


SWITZERLAND

Common Switzerland, OS/2 SIG
P.O. Box 380
8424 Embrach           
Tel:  +41-1 876 02 80
Fax:  +41-1 876 02 10
E-Mail:  rbsloot@ibm.net
WWW:  http://www.common.ch
      http://www.common.ch/OS2PAGE.HTML
Meeting Schedule:  Varies
Location:  Varies
Contact:  Rene B. Sloot (101642.12@compuserve.com)
SIG Leader:  Rene B. Sloot (101642.12@compuserve.com)
Dues:  Unknown
Description:  Common Switzerland is primarily
  dedicated to issues surrounding the AS/400 operating
  environment.  However, this SIG is dedicated to OS/2
  and run by members of Team OS/2.

OS/2 User Association (Schweiz)
Im Bruenneli 15
CH-8127 Forch
Tel:  +41 (0)1 8876940
Fax:  +41 (0)1 8876941
BBS:  +41 (0)1 8876942
E-Mail:  reglin@ibm.net
WWW:  http://os2web.inserto.ch/os2ua/
Founded:  July 1993
Membership:  60
Contact:  Roman Eglin
Newsletter:  (Homepage & mail
Schedule:  1st Tuesday, 7pm
Location:  Varies; see web page
President:  Frank J. Dekker
Resp. f. Administration:  Roman Eglin
Treasurer:  Oliver Minzloff
Dues:  100,- Swiss Francs (approx. 75-80 US$)
  No fee for the meetings.
Description:  Purpose is to promote & support OS/2 and
  exchange information and experiences.  Open to everyone with
  an interest in OS/2.


UKRANIA

Kharkov OS/2 User Group
Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering
47 Lenin Ave
Kharkov 310164
Tel:  7-572-32-1062
BBS:  Unknown
Meeting Schedule:  1st Tuesday, 3pm
Location:   Institute for Low Temperature Physics
  and Engineering, Computer Center, Room 106
Contact:  Vladimir O. Krouglov
President:  Dr. Levon K. Amdilyan
Dues:  Unknown


UNITED KINGDOM

EurOS/2
c/o Martin Brampton
Moore Stephens
St. Paul's House
Warwick Lane
London  EC4P 4BN
Tel:  +44-171-334-9191
Fax:  +44-171-246-6055
BBS:  +44-171-334-0337 (Moore Stephens Infoline)
E-Mail:  euros2@ibm.net or 100303.2007@compuserve.com
WWW:  None
Meeting Schedule:  1st Thursday, 4pm
Location:  Moore Stephens Training Centre,
  1 Snow Hill, London  EC1A 2EN
Contact:  Martin Brampton
Chairman:  Martin Brampton
IBM Vendor Liaison:  Rose Gerlach (rrgerl1@ibm.net)
Founded:  February 1, 1996
Dues:  Unknown
Description:  The purpose of the group is to encourage
  contact among people who want to make their OS/2 implementation
  a smashing success.  With monthly meetings in London, electronic 
  exchange of information and an on-line magazine, EurOS/2 is 
  getting its bearings among committed OS/2 users, especially in 
  the business community.

OS/2 UK Users Group
WWW:  http://www.warp.in-uk.net/
E-Mail:  os2uk@scotgate2.demon.co.uk
NOTE:  Group is in the formation stages (as of June 15, 1998)

Personal Systems Society
20 CSG/MW
APO AE 09466
Tel:  44-869-240414
BBS:  Unknown
Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
Location:  RAF Croughton Club
Contact:  Steve Walker
President:  Unknown
Dues:  Unknown