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From: sws@calvin.wa.com (Susanne W. Smith) This is the latest in a series of similar comp.std.unix articles, intended to give summary information about UNIX User groups; to be accurate, but not exhaustive. It's cross-posted to comp.org.usenix and comp.unix.questions because there might be interest there. There are three related articles, posted at the same time as this one, with subjects Calendar of UNIX-related Events Access to UNIX-Related Publications Access to UNIX-Related Standards The latter is posted only to comp.std.unix. These access postings are collected and posted by Susanne W. Smith of Windsound Consulting <sws@calvin.wa.com> and were originated by John S. Quarterman of Texas Internet Consulting <jsq@longway.tic.com>. The information in them comes from a wide variety of sources. We encourage others to reuse this information, but we ask for proper acknowledgment, for example by including this statement. Corrections and additions to this article are solicited. I keep track of the conferences, groups, and publications that I attend, am a member of, or subscribe to. All others (the majority of the listings) I derive either from listings elsewhere, or from contributions by readers. In particular, the meeting schedules and descriptions of most of the groups are provided by their members. If a group doesn't have a meeting schedule listed, it's because nobody has sent me one. This is a low-budget operation: I publish what I have on hand when the time comes (approximately bi-monthly). Changes since last posting: Sun User Group, New DECUS phone number, USENIX workshops, /usr/group/cdn is now UniForum Canada. Access information is given in this article for the following: user groups: USENIX, UniForum, UNIX Expo, UniForum Canada, EUUG, AFUU, UKUUG, /usr/group/uk, GUUG, i2u, NLUUG UUGA, BUUG, DKUUG, FUUG, HUUG, ICEUUG, Interex, IUUG, NUUG, PUUG, EUUG-S, YUUG, AMIX, AUUG, NZUSUGI, JUS, KUUG, MALNIX, Sinix, CUUG, ICX89, DECUS UNIX SIG, Sun User Group (SUG), Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society (ADUS), Open Software Foundation (OSF), UNIX International (UI). 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 2560 Ninth Street Suite 215 Berkeley, CA 94710 U.S.A. tel: +1-415-528-8649 fax: +1-415-548-5738 {uunet,ucbvax,decvax}!usenix!office office@usenix.org USENIX sponsors two USENIX Conferences a year, featuring technical papers, as well as tutorials, and with vendor exhibits at the summer conferences: 1990 Jun 11-15 USENIX Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA 1990 Aug 27-28 UNIX Security Workshop Portland, OR 1990 Oct 4-5 Mach Workshop Burlington, VT 1990 Oct 17-19 Large Inst. Sys. Admin. W Colorado Springs, CO 1991 Apr 10-12 Standards W w/ IEEE, UniForum, EUUG (tentative) 1991 Jan 21-25 USENIX Grand Kempinski, Dallas, TX 1991 Jun 10-14 USENIX Opryland, Nashville, TN 1992 Jan 20-24 USENIX Hilton Square, San Francisco, CA 1992 Jun 8-12 USENIX Marriott, San Antonio, TX 1993 Jan USENIX Town & Country, San Diego, CA 1993 Jun 21-25 USENIX Cincinnati, OH 1994 Jun USENIX Boston, MA Proceedings for all conferences and workshops are available at the door and by mail later. Some of the older ones have been out of print, but the office will duplicate small quantities for you. 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 started publishing a 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 distribute the 2.10BSD software distribution. They coordinate a software exchange for appropriately licensed members. 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. 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. There is also a USENIX Standards Watchdog Committee following several standards bodies. For more details, see the posting in comp.std.unix, ``Access to UNIX-Related Standards.'' UniForum (formerly /usr/group) is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the promotion of products and services based on the UNIX operating system. UniForum 2901 Tasman Drive Suite 201 Santa, Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. tel: +1-408-986-8840 fax: +1-408-986-1645 UniForum sponsors an annual conference and trade show which features vendor exhibits, as well as tutorials and technical sessions. 1991 Jan 21-24 UniForum Infomart, Dallas, TX 1991 Apr 10-12 Standards W w/IEEE, USENIX, EUUG (tentative) 1992 Jan 20-23 UniForum Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 1993 Mar 15-18 UniForum Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 1994 Feb 7-10 UniForum Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX 1995 Mar 6-9 UniForum Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX 1996 Mar 11-14 UniForum Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 1997 Mar 10-13 UniForum Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA Proceedings for all conferences are available at the shows and later by mail. UniForum publishes ``CommUNIXations,'' a member magazine that features articles by industry leaders and observers, technical issues, standards coverage, and new product announcements. UniForum also publishes the ``UNIX Products Directory,'' which lists products and services developed specifically for the UNIX operating system. ``UniNews'', formerly ``/usr/digest'', is also published by UniForum. This newsletter covers product announcements and industry projections, and is sent biweekly to General members of UniForum and to non-member subscribers. UniForum 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 UniForum Technical Committee on areas that P1003 has not yet addressed. They publish the documents, ``Your Guide to POSIX,'' explaining what IEEE 1003 is, ``POSIX Explored: System Interface,'' about technical aspects of IEEE 1003.1, and its relations to other standards and historical implementations, and ``POSIX Update: Shell and Utilities.'' They also funded production of a draft of a ``Rationale and Notes'' appendix for IEEE 1003.1. UNIX EXPO is an annual very large vendor exhibit in New York City with tutorials and technical presentations. It is held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, with lodging arrangements with the Sheraton Centre Hotel, both in Manhattan. 1990 Oct 31-Nov 2 UNIX EXPO New York, NY National Expositions Co., Inc. 15 West 39th Street New York, NY 10018 U.S.A. tel: +1-212-391-9111 fax: +1-212-819-0755 Reservations Department Sheraton Centre Hotel 811 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 U.S.A. Tel: +1-212-581-1000 Fax: +1-212-262-4410 Telex: 421130 UniForum Canada is the Canadian branch of UniForum, and holds an annual spring conference and trade show modeled after UniForum, usually at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. They also hold a UNIX in Government show in the winter in Ottawa. Exhibitors and attendees can contact: Fawn Lubman Communications 2000 4195 Dundas St. #201 Etobicoke, Ontario M8X 1Y4 Canada +1-416-239-3043 UniForum Canada 241 Gamma St. Etobicoke, Ontario M8W 4G7 Canada +1-416-259-8122 1990 May 30-Jun 1 Multi-User Computer Show UniForum Canada, Toronto, ON 1991 Jan 16-17 Multi-User Computer Show UniForum Canada, Ottawa, ON for Government 1991 May 15-17 Multi-User Computer Show UniForum Canada, Toronto, ON 1991 Oct 10-11 Multi-User Computer Show UniForum Canada, Montreal, Quebec UNIForum Swedish holds an annual conference. UNIForum Swedish AB Torshamnsgatan 39 S-16440 KISTA SWEDEN Tel: +46 8 750 3976 Fax: +46 8 751 2407 1990 Nov 14-16 UNIX EXPO 90 Alvsjo, Stockholm, Sweden EUUG is the European UNIX systems Users Group. EUUG is closely coordinated with national groups in Europe, and with the European UNIX network, EUnet. EUUG secretariat Owles Hall Buntingford Herts SG9 9PL England +44 763 73039 fax: +44 763 73255 uunet!mcvax!inset!euug euug@EU.net They have a quarterly newsletter, EUUGN, and hold two conferences a year: 1990 Oct 22-26 EUUG Nice, France 1991 Apr 10-12 Standards W w/IEEE, USENIX, UniForum (tentative) 1991 May 20-24 EUUG Tromso, Norway 1991 Sep 16-20 EUUG Budapest, Hungary 1992 Spring EUUG Jersey, U.K. (tentative) 1992 Autumn EUUG Amsterdam, Netherlands (tentative) AFUU is the Association Franc\*,aise des Utilisateurs d'UNIX, or French UNIX Users' Group. They usually hold a small convention in November and a large one in the spring with tutorials and a vendor exhibit. AFUU Miss Ann Garnery 11 Rue Carnot 94270 Le Kremlin Bicetre Paris France +33-1-4670-9590 Fax: +33 1 46 58 94 20 anne@afuu.fr 1991 Mar 26-29 AFUU CNET Paris La Defense, France UKUUG is the United Kingdom Unix systems Users' Group. Bill Barrett UKUUG Owles Hall Buntingford Herts. SG9 9PL United Kingdom +44 763 73039 Fax: +44 763 73255 ukuug@ukc.ac.uk 1990 Jul 9-13 UKUUG C London,UK 1990 Dec 17-19 UKUUG C Cambridge, UK 1991 Jun/Jul UKUUG C Liverpool, UK 1991 Dec UKUUG C Edinburgh, UK UniForum UK is the U.K. affiliate of UniForum, and holds an annual COMUNIX Conference in June in conjunction with the European UNIX User Show, which is an exhibition organised by EMAP Internation Exhibitions. Tracy MacIntyre Exhibition Manager EMAP International Exhibitions Ltd. Abbot's Court 34 Farringdon Lane London EC1R 3AU United Kingdom +44-1-404-4844 The German UNIX Systems User Group (GUUG) has an annual convention in the fall. GUUG (German Unix User Group) Dr Anton Gerold Elsenheimerstr 43 D-8000 Muenchen 21 Federal Republic of Germany +49 089 570 76 97 Fax: +49 89 570 7607 gerold@lan.informatik.tu-muenchem.dbp.de 1990 Sept 4-6 GUUG C Wiesbaden, Germany The Italian UNIX Systems User Group (i2u) holds an annual summer Italian UNIX Convention, with tutorials and a vendor exhibition. Carlo Mortarino i2u Secretariat Via Monza, 347 20126 Milano Italy +39-2-2520-2530 i2u@i2unix.uucp The Netherlands UNIX Users Group (NLUUG) holds a fall conference with technical sessions and tutorials. Netherlands (NLUUG) Patricia H. Otter c/o Xirion bv. World Trade Centre Strawinskylaan 1135 1077 XX Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 206649411 patricia@hp4nl or nluug@hp4nl 1990 Nov 8 Open Systems C NLUUG, Ede, Netherlands The following information about European groups courtesy EUUG: Austria (UUGA) Friedrich Kofler Schottenring 33/Hof A-1010 Vienna Austria Tel: +43 222 34 61 84 uuga@tuvie.at Belgium (BUUG) Marc Nyssen Department of Medical Informatics VUB Laarbeeklaan 103 B-1090 Brussels Belgium +32 2 4784890 Ext. 1424 Fax: +32 2 477 4000 buug@vub.uucp Denmark (DKUUG) Mogens Buhelt Kabbeleejvej 27B DK-2700 Bronshoj Denmark Tel: +45 31 60 66 80 mogens@dkuug.dk Finland (FUUG) Anu Patrikka-Cantell Finnish UNIX Users' Group Arkadiankatu 14 B 45 00100 Helsinki Finland Tel: +358 0 494 371 Hungary (HUUG) Dr Elod Knuth Computer and Automation Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 63 H-1502 Budapest 112 Hungary +36 1 665 435 Fax: +361 1 354 317 Iceland (ICEUUG) Marius Olafsson University Computer Center Hjardarhaga 4 Dunhaga 5 Reykjavik Iceland +354 1 694747 marius@rhi.hi.is Ireland (IUUG) Norman Hull Irish UNIX Systems User Group Court Place Carlow Ireland Tel: +353 503 31745 Fax: +353 503 43695 iuug-exec@cs.tcd.ie Norway (NUUG) Jan Brandt Jensen NUUG c/o Unisoft A.S. Enebakkvn 154 N-O680 Oslo 6 Norway +47 2 688970 ndosl!ZEUS!jan Portugal (PUUG) Legatheaux Martens Avenue 24 de Julho Lisboa Portugal Tel: +351 1 673194/609822 Fax: +351 1 7597716 puug@inesc.pt Sweden (EUUG-S) Hans Johansson NCR Svenska AB Box 1206 S-164 28 Kista Sweden Tel: +46 8 750 26 03 hans@ncr.se Yugoslavia (YUUG) Milan Palian Iskra Delta Computers Parmova 41 61000 Ljubljana Yugoslavia Tel: +38 61 574 554 mpalian@idcyuug.uucp AMIX - the Israeli UNIX user group, is a S.I.G. of the Israeli Processing Association (IPA). AMIX has a yearly conference including an exhibition, and a mid year sequence of tutorials and workshops. Israeli UNIX User Group (AMIX) c/o IPA, P.O.Box 919 attn: Ariel J. Frank Ramat-Gan, Israel, 52109 amix@bimacs.bitnet amix@bimacs.biu.ac.il +972-3-715770,715772 fax: +972-3-5744374 1990 May 23-24 5th AMIX Conference AMIX, Ramat-Gan, Israel AUUG is the Australian UNIX systems Users Group. Tim Roper Secretary AUUG timr@labtam.oz.au uunet!labtam.oz.au!timr AUUG P.O. Box 366 Kensington N.S.W. 2033 Australia uunet!munnari!auug auug@munnari.oz.au Phone contact can occasionally be made at +61 3 344 5225 AUUG holds one major national Conference and Exhibition per year during August or September. 1990 Sep 25-28 AUUG World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia AUUG also holds regional summer meetings to provide an information forum for the presentation of technical issues of interest to programmers, system administrators, and experiences users. 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 +64-9-454000 The Japan UNIX Society has three meetings a year, and a newsletter. The JUS UNIX Symposium is held twice annually, once in the winter and once in the summer. It has technical presentations, tutorials, and a vendor exhibit. The JUS UNIX Fair is held once a year, and has a vendor exhibit, tutorials, and seminars. Japan UNIX Society (JUS) #505 Towa-Hanzomon Corp. Bldg. 2-12 Hayabusa-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Japan bod%jus.junet@uunet.uu.net +81-3-234-5058 1990 Jul 9-11 15th JUS S JUS, Tokyo, Japan 1990 Nov 15-16 16th JUS S JUS, Osaka, Japan 1990 Dec 4-5 JUS UNIX Fair '90 JUS, Tokyo, Japan The Korean UNIX User Group (KUUG) has a software distribution service and a newsletter. They hold an annual Korean UNIX Symposium in the winter. Korean UNIX User Group ETRI P.O. Box 8 Daedug Science Town Dae Jeon City Chungnam 301-350 Republic of Korea Kee Wook Rim rim@kiet.etri.re.kr +82-42-822-4455 x4646 fax: +82-42-823-1033 The Malaysian Unix Users Association (MALNIX) hold seminars and The Organiser MALNIX/MIMOS International Seminar 7th Floor, Bukit Naga Complex Jalan Semantan 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +60 3 2552 700 fax: +60 3 2552 755 malnix@rangkom.my or uunet!mimos!malnix The Singapore UNIX Association (Sinix) holds an annual Southeast Asian Regional Computer Conference. James Clark Sinix c/o Computer Systems Advisers, Ltd. 203 Henderson Industrial Park Wing B #1207-1214 Singapore 0315 +65-273-0681 fax: 65-278-1783 1990 Dec 10-12 Unix Asia '90 C Sinix, Singapore 1990 Dec 13-16 Unix Pavilion '90 T Sinix, Singapore The China UNIX User Group (CUUG) is the Chinese UniForum affiliate. Xu Kongshi China UNIX User Group P.O. Box 8718 Beijing, 100080 People's Republic of China +86-1-282013 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. +1-508-480-3418 The next DECUS Symposia are: 1990 Dec 10-14 DECUS Las Vegas, NV 1990 Sept 3-7 DECUS Euorpe S Cannes, France 1991 Feb 18-22 DECUS Ottawa, Canada 1991 May 6-10 DECUS Atlanta, GA 1991 Dec 9-13 DECUS Anaheim, CA 1992 May 4-8 DECUS Atlanta, GA 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. +1 415 960 1300 users@sun.com sun!users 1990 Sept 20-21 Sun UK User Group Edinburgh, UK 1990 Dec 3-5 Sun User Group San Jose, CA 1991 Jun 17-19 Sun User Group Atlanta, GA 1991 Dec 9-11 Sun User Group San Jose, CA 1992 Jun 22-24 Sun User Group Washington, DC ADUS is the Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society: Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society c/o Andrea Woloski, ADUS Coordinator Apollo Computer Inc. 330 Billerica Rd. Chelmsford, MA 01824 U.S.A. +1-617-256-6600, x4448 Interex, The International Association of HP Computer Users has a UNIX SIG (Special Interest Group) that participates in its general meetings, which are held once a year in the U.S. and Europe. Interex 585 Maude Court P.O. Box 3439 Sunnyvale, California, 94088-3439 U.S.A. +1-408-738-4848 1990 Aug 20-23 Interex Conference Boston, MA The Open Software Foundation (OSF) is a vendor group formed 17 May 1988 by Apollo, Bull, DEC, HP, IBM, Nixdorff, and Siemens, and later joined by Philips and numerous other companies. For more information, contact: +1-617-621-8700 Larry Lytle or Gary McCormack Open Software Foundation 11 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. UNIX International (UI) was formed to advise AT&T on UNIX System V development. Its membership includes AT&T, Control Data, Data General, Fujitsu, Gould, Intel, Interactive, NEC, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments, Unisys, and other companies and institutions. UNIX International 20 Waterview Blvd. Parsippany, NJ 07054 U.S.A. +1-201-263-8400 800-UI-UNIX-5 800-848-6495 Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 13