-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access to UNIX User Groups SunFLASH Vol 12 #20 December 1989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Access to UNIX User Groups Date: 20 Dec 89 04:53:37 GMT Reply-To: 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, 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. These articles were originated by John S. Quarterman of TIC, Austin, Texas. This issue of December 1989 was researched by Susanne W. Smith of Windsound Consulting, Edmonds, Washington . 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: Interex, UniForum Swedish Numerous changes to the access information for the European groups. 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, HUUG, ICEUUG, Interex, IUUG, NUUG, PUUG, EUUG-S, YUUG, 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 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 22-25 UniForum Washington Hilton, Washington, DC 1991 Jan 21-24 UniForum Infomart, Dallas, TX 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. ``/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. In 1990 there will be a west coast UNIX Expo in Los Angeles. 1990 May 7-9 UNIX EXPO West Los Angeles, CA 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 /usr/group/cdn 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 /usr/group/cdn 241 Gamma St. Etobicoke, Ontario M8W 4G7 Canada +1-416-259-8122 1990 Jan 9-10 U in Gov. C&T /usr/group/cdn, Ottawa, ON 1990 May 30-Jun 1 U 9x/etc C&T /usr/group/cdn, Toronto, ON 1991 Feb U in Gov. C&T /usr/group/cdn, Ottawa, ON 1991 May U 9x/etc C&T /usr/group/cdn, Toronto, ON 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 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 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 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 Fax: +44 763 73255 ukuug@ukc.ac.uk 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) 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 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 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 ns. 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: 1990 Jan 22-26 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 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 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 US 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. 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 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.