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- comp.lang.forth Frequently Asked Questions, part 6 of 6
- Forth Groups & Organizations
-
- Bradford J. Rodriguez, 6 Dec 1998
-
- Please send additions, deletions, or changes to Brad Rodriguez,
- <bj@forth.org>.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Table of Contents
-
- [1] Forth Organizations
- [2] FIG Chapters
- [3] Forth Conferences
-
- NOTE: this FAQ is in the early stages of construction. Contributions
- and suggestions are welcome.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: [1] Forth Organizations
-
- Forth Interest Group (FIG)
- 100 Dolores St, Suite 183
- Carmel CA, 93923 USA
- telephone: +1 408-373-6784 (408-37-FORTH)
- fax: +1 408-373-2845
- e-mail: office@forth.org
- <http://www.forth.org/fig.html>
-
- Individual membership in FIG is US$45 per year (USA & Canada).
- (Canada air mail US$53/year; all other countries US$60 per year).
- Benefits include:
- * Six issues of Forth Dimensions;
- * 10% discount on FIG retail items (books, disks, etc.);
- * 10% discount on early FORML registration (prior to November 1);
- * Resume referral service for programmers seeking jobs;
- * Electronic services:
- - Resumes posted on FIG's web page
- - Free personal web page on www.forth.org (maximum size 100K)
- - Free email forwarding service at forth.org
- - FIG's vast FTP software library, including the Forth
- Scientific Library and much more
- - Access to FIG "members only" site and special interest groups
- - Discounted domain registration ($25 for members and $50 for
- non-members, plus actual Internic registration charges)
- * Contact with local Forth programmers through local chapters;
- * Support of the annual FORML conference.
-
- Corporate membership in FIG is $125 per year (inquire about foreign
- rates). In addition to the above, corporate members receive:
- * Five copies of each issue of Forth Dimensions, providing useful
- Forth information for the whole Forth programming team;
- * Free corporate listing, with a 50-word description, in Forth
- Dimensions, to increase corporate visibility in the Forth
- community and aid in recruiting Forth programmers;
- * 10% discount on advertising rates for advertising products and
- services as well as recruiting ads;
- * A link from the FIG web site to a designated corporate web site,
- for better electronic access.
-
- Library membership in FIG is $125 per year (inquire about foreign
- rates). Library members receive:
- * Forth Dimensions mailed bimonthly;
- * A complete set six Forth Dimensions mailed at the end of year;
- * A copy of the year's FORML proceedings.
-
- FIG-UK
- The UK Chapter of the Forth Interest Group publishes its own
- Forthwrite magazine 6 times a year, maintains an extensive lending
- library of books and periodicals (including Forth Dimensions, JFAR
- and FORML) with a number of items on disk too.
-
- To join (at only 10 pounds a year, you can't afford not to :-)
- contact Doug Neale on 0181 542 2747 or by post to:
- 58 Woodland Way
- MORDEN
- Surrey
- SM4 4DS
-
- Web page: <http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/aborigine/forth.htm>
-
- Forth-Gesellschaft e.V. (German FIG).
- Visit our Web site at <http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~uho/VD/>
- for detailed information and electronic back issues of Vierte
- Dimension, our quarterly magazine. Once at our Web site, you'll also
- find links to FIG UK and FIG US, and you'll find us in turn from
- their Web pages.
-
- Dutch Forth Users Group
- HCC-Forth-gg
- Boulevard Heuvelink 126
- 6828 KW Arnhem
- Tel: 031(0)26 4431305
- BBS: 031(0)26 4422164
- E-mail: voorz@forth-gg.hobby.nl
-
- Meetings: bimonthly, every second saturday of every even month.
- Located at:
- Volkssterrenwacht Utrecht
- Zonnenburg 2, Utrecht
- This place lies in the centre of the old city Utrecht. Meetings
- start normally at 10.30 PM. and the day ends about 3 AM.
-
- Publication: the periodical 'Het Vijgeblaadje'
- The subscription for foreigners is only fl 20,00 guilders a year to
- Postbank: 5253572 don't forget to mention your full address and the
- message 'subscribtion Vijgeblaadje' You may also send fl 20,00 in
- banknotes to the HCC-forth-gg located at Arnhem see above for the
- complete address.
-
- Products from our group are:
- CHForth an 16-bit multisegment ANSI Forth for the PC/AT
- with anual.
- 8051-ANS-Forth a subroutine treathed 16-bit ROM Forth
- available for 80(C)52, 80C535, 80C552 and DA87C520 with
- manual, EPROM and server.
- ANS-Forth software course and a hardware course with
- 16-bit in and 16-bit output etc.
- HCC-Forth-gg members get a 10% off retail items from our group.
- Note that a subscription to 'Het Vijgeblaadje' is not enough.
- Send a mail for more info about the official membership.
-
- Institute for Applied Forth Research *** NEW ADDRESS ***
- Box 1261
- Annandale, VA 22003
- USA
- Tel : +1 (716) 235-0168
- Fax : +1 (716) 235-0168
- E-mail: inst@jfar.org
- Holds the annual Rochester Forth Conference (see below), and
- publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Forth Application and
- Research. The Journal is published electronically on the web at
- <http://www.jfar.org/>
- Editor, Dr. Peter J. Knaggs <editor@jfar.org>;
- Publisher, Larry Forsley <LPGForsley@aol.com>.
-
-
- Association for Computing Machinery (SIGForth)
- ACM's Special Interest Group on Forth has been absorbed into ACM
- SIGPlan, the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: [2] FIG Chapters
-
- [This section is under revision. If you have information about an
- active FIG chapter, please send it to bj@forth.org.]
-
- CALIFORNIA
- North Bay Chapter
- Current contact and meeting schedule unknown.
-
- MARYLAND
- Maryland Chapter
- Current contact and meeting schedule unknown.
-
- CANADA
- Southern Ontario Chapter
- Meets quarterly at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
- For current information contact Ken McCracken <aa175@torfree.net>.
-
- UNITED KINGDOM
- see "FIG-UK" listing under "[1] Forth Organizations"
-
- GERMANY
- see "Forth-Gesellschaft e.V." listing under "[1] Forth Organizations"
-
- NETHERLANDS
- see "Dutch Forth Users Group" listing under "[1] Forth Organizations"
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: [3] Forth Conferences
-
- Rochester Forth Conference
- The Rochester Forth Conference is held in (or near) the Eastern U.S.
- every June. Direct inquiries to Larry Forsley, lforsley@jwk.com,
- or visit the web site at
- <http://dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/forth/rfc/index.html>
- [The status of the 1999 Rochester Forth Conference is uncertain.
- Check the web page for the latest information. -bjr]
-
- EuroForth Conference
- The EuroForth Conference is the only refereed Forth conference.
- It is usually held in late October or early November of each year.
- The location is rotated among European countries on a three year
- cycle (England, Germany, guest). The 1999 conference is tentatively
- scheduled to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Check the EuroForth
- web page for the latest information:
- <http://dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/forth/euro/index.html>
-
- FORML Conference
- The FORML Conference is held at the Asilomar Conference Center in
- California every November. For current information, visit the FIG
- web page <http://www.forth.org>, or email <office@forth.org>.
-
- Other Forth conferences have been held in Australia and China.
-
-