SUNFLASH ! ---------- Sunflash is an electronic mail news service from Sun Microsystems, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Please address comments to John McLaughlin (sun!sunvice!johnj or johnmclaughlin@sun.COM). (305) 776-7770 FOR Your Information -------------------- This is an announcement from USENET. -johnj ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subject: Access to UNIX User Groups From: std-unix@uunet.UU.NET Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Date: 1 Sep 89 19:36:55 GMT Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM 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. These articles were originated by John S. Quarterman of TIC, Austin, Texas. This issue of August 1989 was researched by Susanne W. Smith of Windsound Consulting, Seattle, Washington . There are three related articles, posted at the same time as this one, and 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. 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 monthly). Changes since last posting: numerous Access information is given in this article for the following: user groups: USENIX, UniForum, UNIX Expo, /usr/group/cdn, EUUG, AFUU, UKUUG, /usr/group/uk, GUUG, i2u, NLUUG UUGA, BUUG, DKUUG, FUUG, Hungary, ICEUUG, IUUG, NUUG, EUUG-S, AUUG, NZUSUGI, JUS, KUUG, MALNIX, Sinix, CUUG, AMIX, 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 Jan 22-26 USENIX Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC 1990 Apr 9-11 C++ San Francisco, CA 1990 Jun 11-15 USENIX Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA 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 They also sponsor workshops, such as 1989 Sep 7-8 Large Systems Installation Workshop III, Austin, TX 1989 Oct 5-6 Dist. Systems Workshop Marriott Marina, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1989 Nov 16-17 Graphics Workshop V Monterey, CA 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 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 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. 1990 Jan 23-26 UniForum Washington Hilton, Washington, DC 1991 Jan 22-25 UniForum Infomart, Dallas, TX 1992 Jan 21-24 UniForum Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 1993 Mar 2-4 UniForum Washington, D.C. 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. ``/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 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. 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. 1989 Nov 1-3 UNIX EXPO Javits Conv. C, New York, NY 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. +1-212-391-9111 fax: +1-212-819-0755 Reservations Department Sheraton Centre Hotel 811 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 U.S.A. +1-212-581-1000 Fax: +1-212-262-4410 Telex: 421130 /usr/group/cdn is the Canadian branch of /usr/group, 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 /usr/group/cdn 241 Gamma St. Etobicoke, Ontario M8W 4G7 Canada +1-416-259-8122 1990 Jan U in Gov. C&T /usr/group/cdn, Ottawa, ON 1990 May U 8x/etc C&T /usr/group/cdn, Toronto, ON 1991 Feb U in Gov. C&T /usr/group/cdn, Ottawa, ON 1991 May U 8x/etc C&T /usr/group/cdn, Toronto, ON 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@inset.co.uk They have a quarterly newsletter, EUUGN, and hold two conferences a year: 1989 Sep 18-22 EUUG Vienna, Austria 1990 Apr 23-27 EUUG Munich, Germany 1990 Oct 22-26 EUUG Nice, France 1991 May 20-24 EUUG Tromso, Norway (tentative) 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 are holding a small convention in November and a large one in the spring with tutorials and a vendor exhibit. AFUU 11 Rue Carnot 94270 Le Kremlin Bicetre France +33-1-4670-9590 Telex: 263 887 F 1989 Nov 24 AFUU Convention Paris, France 1990 Mar 26-30 AFUU Convention Paris, France UKUUG is the United Kingdom Unix systems Users' Group. Bill Barrett UKUUG Owles Hall Buntingford Herts. SG9 9PL United Kingdom +44 763 73039 1989 Dec 11-13 UKUUG Conference Cardiff, Wales, 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 achibition 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) Elsenheimer Str. 43 8000 Muenchen 21 Federal Republic of Germany guug@guug.uucp +49 089 570 76 97 1989 Sep 25-29 GUUG Conference/Tradeshow 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 techinal 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 1989 Nov 9 NLUUG 'De Reehorst', Ede, The Netherlands The following information about European groups courtesy EUUG: Austria (UUGA) Friedrich Kofler c/o Austro Olivetti Rennwe 9 A-1030 Vienna Austria +43 222 7345010 kofler@oliol.uucp Belgium (BUUG) Marc Nyssen Department of Medical Informatics VUB Laarbeeklaan 103 B-1090 Brussels Belgium +32 2 4784890 Ext. 1424 buug@vub.uucp Denmark (DKUUG) Mogens Buhelt Kabbeleejvej 27B DK-2700 Bronshoj Denmark +45 2 865533 dkuug@diku.dk Finland (FUUG) Johan Helsingius Oy Penetron Ab Box 21 02171 Espoo Finland +358 0 427632 or 673280 julf@penet.fi Hungary Dr El\o'o^'d Knuth Computer and Automation Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 63 H-1502 Budapest 112 Hungary +36 1 665 435 Iceland (ICEUUG) Marius Olafsson University Computer Center Hjardarhaga 4 Dunhaga 5 107 Reykjavik Iceland +354 1 694747 iceuug@rhi.hi.is Ireland (IUUG) John Carolan Glockenspiel Ltd. 19 Belvedere Place Dublin Ireland +353 1364515 john@puschi.uucp Norway (NUUG) Jan Brandt Jensen NUUG c/o Unisoft A.S. Enebakkvn 154 N-O680 Oslo 6 Norway +47 2 688970 ndosl!ZEUS!jan Sweden (EUUG-S) Hans Johansson NCR Svenska AB Box 1206 S-164 28 Kista Sweden euug@enea.se 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, and regional, technical meetings in February or March. 1990 Sep 11-14 AUUG Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, Australia 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 1989 Nov 9-10 14th JUS UNIX S Osaka, Japan 1989 Dec 5-6 UNIX Fair '89 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) in cooperation with the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS) will be hosting an International Seminar to provide a forum for the discussion and exchange of information, ideas and experiences on current developments and future trends of Unix-based Systems. 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 1989 Sep 12-13 MALNIX/MIMOS Seminar Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 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 1989 Dec 8-9 UNIX Asia'89 Conference 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 AMIX - the Israeli UNIX user group, is a S.I.G. of the Israeli Processing Association (IPA). AMIX has a yearly conference and other activities. 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. +1-617-480-3418 The next DECUS Symposia are: 1989 Sep 18-22 DECUS The Hague, Holland 1989 Nov 6-10 DECUS Anaheim, CA 1990 Jan 20-26 DECUS Toronto, Canada 1990 Mar 26-19 DECUS Vasteras, Sweden 1990 May 7-11 DECUS New Orleans, LA 1990 Dec 10-14 DECUS Las Vegas, NV 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 Their next annual conference is: 1989 Dec 6-8 Sun User Group Conference Hilton, Anaheim, CA 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 +1-617-256-6600, x4448 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. 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). UNIX International 20 Waterview Blvd. Parsnippany, NJ 07054 +1-201-263-8400 800-UI-UNIX-5 800-848-6495 Volume-Number: Volume 17, Number 19