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This is the latest in a series of similar comp.std.unix articles,
intended to give summary information about UNIX User groups
and publications; to be accurate, but not exhaustive.
I'm cross-posting it to comp.org.usenix and comp.unix.questions
because there might be interest there.  There is also a lengthy article
on access to UNIX-related standards, but that's only in comp.std.unix.

Corrections and additions to this article are solicited.
Recent additions:  Sun User Group, and dates for AUUG and NZSUGI Conferences
and USENIX Workshops.  Corrected USENIX Conference dates, EUUG fax number,
IX Magazine telephone number.  Computing Systems and CommUNIXations listed
under magazines.


Access information is given in this article for the following:
user groups:    USENIX, /usr/group, EUUG, AUUG, NZUSUGI, JUS, KUUG,
        DECUS UNIX SIG, Sun User Group
newsletters:    ;login:, /usr/digest, EUUGN, AUUGN, NUZ
journal:    Computing Systems
magazines:    CommUNIXations, UNIX REVIEW, UNIX/WORLD, IX Magazine,
        UNIX Systems, UNIX Magazine

Telephone numbers are given in international format, i.e., +n at
the beginning for the country code, e.g., +44 is England, +81 Japan,
+82 Korea, +61 Australia, +64 New Zealand, and +1 is U.S.A. or Canada.

UNIX is a Registered Trademark of AT&T.


USENIX is ``The Professional and Technical UNIX(R) Association.''

        USENIX Association
        P.O. Box 2299
        Berkeley, CA 94710
        U.S.A.
        [phone]
        {uunet,ucbvax,decvax}!usenix!office
        [e-mail]

USENIX sponsors two USENIX Conferences a year, featuring technical papers,
as well as tutorials, and with vendor exhibits at the summer conferences:

    Feb  9-12 1988    Grand Kempinski Hotel, Dallas, TX, concurrent w/UniForum
    Jun 20-24 1988    Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
    Jan 31-Feb 3 1989 Town & Country Inn, San Diego, CA
    Jun 12-16 1989    Hyatt Regency, Baltimore, MD
    Jan 23-26 1990    Washington, DC
    Jun 11-15 1990    Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA
    Jan 22-25 1991    Dallas
    Jun 10-14 1991    Opryland, Nashville

They also sponsor workshops, such as
    May 12-13 1988    Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
        Fifth Workshop on Real-Time Software and Operating Systems
        IEEE Computer Society and USENIX Association
    Aug 29-30 1988    UNIX Security, Portland, OR
    Sep 26-27 1988    UNIX & Supercomputing, Pittsburgh, PA
    Oct 17-20 1988    C++ Conference (tentative), Denver, CO
    Nov 17-18 1988    Large Installation System Administration II, Monterey,CA

Proceedings for all conferences and workshops are available at
the door and by mail later.

USENIX publishes ``;login:  The USENIX Association Newsletter''
bimonthly.  It is sent free of charge to all their members and
includes technical papers.  There is a USENET newsgroup,
comp.org.usenix, for discussion of USENIX-related matters.

In 1988, USENIX will start publishing a new refereed quarterly
technical journal, ``Computing Systems:  The Journal of the USENIX
Association,'' in cooperation with University of California Press.

They also publish an edition of the 4.3BSD manuals, and they
occasionally sponsor experiments, such as methods of improving the
USENET and UUCP networks (e.g., uunet), that are of interest and use to
the membership.  They distribute tapes of contributed software and are
pursuing expanding that activity.

There is a USENIX Institutional Representative on the IEEE P1003
Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments Committee.
That representative also moderates the USENET newsgroup comp.std.unix,
which is for discussion of UNIX-related standards, especially P1003.
For more details, see the posting in comp.std.unix about Access
to UNIX-Related Standards.


/usr/group is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the promotion
of products and services based on the UNIX operating system.

        /usr/group
        4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
        Santa Clara, California 95054
        U.S.A.
        tel: [phone]
        fax: [phone]

The annual UniForum Conference and Trade Show is sponsored by /usr/group
and features vendor exhibits, as well as tutorials and technical sessions.

    Feb 8-11 1988    Infomart, Dallas, TX, concurrent with USENIX
    Feb 28-Mar 3 1989 Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
    Jan 23-26 1990    Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
    Jan 22-25 1991    Infomart, Dallas, TX
    Jan 21-24 1992    Moscone Center, San Francisco CA (tentative)

They also sponsor a regional show, UniForum D.C.:

    Aug 2-4 1988    Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Proceedings for all conferences are available at the shows and later
by mail.

/usr/group publishes ``CommUNIXations,'' a member magazine that
features articles by industry leaders and observers, technical issues,
standards coverage, and new product announcements.

/usr/group also publishes the ``UNIX Products Directory,'' which lists
products and services developed specifically for the UNIX operating system.
``/usr/digest'' is also published by /usr/group.  This newsletter covers
product announcements and industry projections, and is sent biweekly
to General members of /usr/group and to non-member subscribers.

/usr/group has long been deeply involved in UNIX standardization,
having sponsored the ``/usr/group 1984 Standard,'' providing an Institutional
Representative to the IEEE P1003 Portable Operating System for Computer
Environments Committee, and sponsoring the /usr/group Technical Committee
on areas that P1003 has not yet addressed.  They have recently produced
an executive summary, ``Your Guide to POSIX,'' and a technical overview
``POSIX Explored,'' and funded production of a draft of a ``Rationale and
Notes'' appendix for IEEE 1003.1.


EUUG is the European UNIX systems Users Group.

        EUUG secretariat
        Owles Hall
        Buntingford
        Herts SG9 9PL
        England
        Telephone [phone]
        Telefax [phone]
        uunet!mcvax!inset!euug
        [e-mail]

They have a newsletter, EUUGN, and hold two conferences a year:
    11-15 April 1988, London, England
    3-7 October 1988, Lisbon, Portugal


AUUG is the Australian UNIX systems Users Group.

        AUUG
        P.O. Box 366
        Kensington
        N.S.W.    2033
        Australia

        uunet!munnari!auug
        [e-mail]

Phone contact can occasionally be made at [phone]

AUUG holds at least one conference a year, usually in the spring
(August or September).  The next one will be in Melbourne on 13-15
September 1988, will be the first three day meeting, will have a larger
equipment exhibition than any before, and will be professionally
organized for the first time.

They publish a newsletter (AUUGN) at a frequency defined to be every 2 months.


The New Zealand UNIX Systems User Group, Inc. (NZUSUGI) has an annual meeting
and publishes a newsletter, ``NUZ.''

        New Zealand UNIX Systems User Group
        P.O. Box 585
        Hamilton
        New Zealand
        [phone]

The next and fifth annual meeting is the New Zealand UNIX Systems User Group
(NZUSUGI) 1988 Conference, June 9-11 1988, in Wellington, New Zealand.

If you wish to present a paper, acceptance of which entitles you to a free
conference registration, please contact the local speakers organiser,
Dr Dick Cooper, ADATA, PO Box 2555, Christchurch, New Zealand,
[e-mail]   or ...uunet!vuwcomp!cantuar!dick

If you would just like to attend, please respond to Ray Brownrigg, including
a postal address for the delivery of further information as it becomes
available.  Registration forms are expected to be available in February.

        UUCP: {utai!calgary,uunet}!vuwcomp!dsiramd!ray
        ACSnet:    [e-mail][@munnari]
        Ray Brownrigg
        Applied Maths Div, DSIR
        PO Box 1335
        Wellington
        New Zealand


The Korean UNIX User Group has a software distribution service and a newsletter.

        Korean UNIX User Group
        ETRI
        P.O. Box 8
        Daedug Science Town
        Chungnam 300-32
        Republic of Korea
        [phone]


The Japan UNIX Society has two meetings a year, and a newsletter.

        Japan UNIX Society
        #505 Towa-Hanzomon Corp. Bldg.
        2-12 Hayabusa-cho
        Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102
        Japan
        [phone]


There are similar groups in other parts of the world.  If such a group
wishes to be included in later versions of this access list, they
should please send me information.

There is a partial list of national organizations in the November/December
1987 CommUNIXations.



DECUS, the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society,
has a UNIX SIG (Special Interest Group) that participates
in its general meetings, which are held twice a year.

        DECUS U.S. Chapter
        219 Boston Post Road, BP02
        Marlboro, Massachusetts  01752-1850
        U.S.A.
        [phone]

See also the USENET newsgroup comp.org.decus.


The Sun User Group (SUG) is an international organization that promotes
communication among Sun users, OEMs, third party vendors, and Sun
Microsystems, Inc.  SUG sponsors conferences, collects and distributes
software, produces the README newsletter and T-shirts, sponsors local
user groups, and communicates members' problems to Sun employees and
management.

    Sun Microsystems User Group, Inc.
    2550 Garcia Avenue
    Mountain View, CA  94043
    U.S.A.
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
    sun!users

They have not set a date/location for the 1988 conference yet, but are
actively looking for a hotel (with good pricing and lots of room).
They've narrowed it down to several locations - Miami/Tampa Florida,
Houston/Dallas Texas, and New Orleans LA.  The date will probably be
very early December, 1988.


The main general circulation (more than 10,000 copies per issue) magazines
about the UNIX system are

    UNIX REVIEW            UNIX/WORLD
    Miller Freeman Publications Co.    Tech Valley Publishing
    500 Howard Street        444 Castro St.
    San Francisco, CA 94105        Mountain View, CA 94041
    U.S.A.                U.S.A.
    [phone]            [phone]

    IX Magazine            UNIX Systems
    Storyplace Ltd.            Eaglehead Publishing Ltd.
    137-139 Euston Road        Maybury Road
    London NW1 2AU            Woking, Surrey GU21 5HX
    England                England
    [phone]            [phone]

    UNIX Magazine
    Jouji Ohkubo
    c/o ASCII Corp.
    [e-mail]
    [phone]
    fax: [phone]
    telex: 242-6875 ASCIIJ

In addition:

    Computing Systems        CommUNIXations
    USENIX Association        /usr/group
    P.O. Box 2299            4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
    Berkeley, CA 94710        Santa Clara, California 95054
    U.S.A.                U.S.A.
    [phone]            [phone]

Some of the above information about magazines was taken from the
November/December 1987 issue of CommUNIXations, which also lists
some smaller-circulation magazines and newsletters.  The following
information about bookstores was taken from the same issue.  In the
interests of space, I have arbitrarily limited the selection listed
here to those bookstores or suppliers specifically dedicated to
computer books, and not part of other organizations.

    Computer Literacy Bookshop    UNIX Book Service
    2590 No. First St.        35 Bermuda Terrace
    San Jose, CA 95131        Cambridge, CB4 3LD
    U.S.A.                England
    [phone]        [phone]

    Cucumber Bookshop        Jim Joyce's UNIX Book Store
    5611 Kraft Ave.            47 Potomac St.
    Rockville, MD 20852        San Francisco, CA 94117
    U.S.A.                U.S.A.
    [phone]            [phone]

Volume-Number: Volume 13, Number 9