First Meeting, Toronto Unix User Group

[Evan Leibovitch]

PLEASE REDISTRIBUTE TO YOUR FRIENDS, CLIENTS, AND ASSOCIATES....


The first meeting of the Toronto Unix Users Group will take place
Tuesday, September 11, at 6:45pm in the Burgundy Room of the North
York Memorial Centre.

This inaugural meeting will be to determine the amount of interest in a
Toronto-area group appealing to a wide range of Unix users, administrators,
programmers, and those who are just curious about whether Unix is appropriate
for them. All are welcome, and there are no admission fees or memberships
required to attend.

The meeting will be split into three parts. The first will feature a talk
by Trevor John Thompson of Mortice Kern Systems, on the similarities and
differences between Unix, MS/DOS and OS/2.

The second part of the meeting will deal with organizational matters,
and offer an open discussion period, for anyone to ask questions of the
group at large.

The third part of the meeting will be split into Special Interest
Groups (SIGs), where attendees can gravitate to an area of specific
interest for dealing with problems or discussing industry trends.

To date, leaders have been confirmed for the following SIGs:

Programming SIG			D'Arcy Cain
New Users SIG			Ted Cowie	
Communications SIG		Georg Nikodym	
Text/Word Processing SIG	Evan Leibovitch		
Unix Tools SIG			Peter Renzland	

In addition to the SIGs, the group intends to develop a viable Software
Library, to allow users to easily obtain publicly-available Unix packages.
This effort will be co-ordinated by Richard Greenall, Rick McCalla,
and Drew Sullivan.

At the present time we are still seeking volunteers to act as:

Database SIG leader
Graphics/Windows SIG leader
Value-Added Reseller SIG leader
Speaker co-ordinator

The participation of the above individuals is greatly appreciated, as well
as Uniforum Canada for its support and financial assistance, and Usenix for
its assistance in promotional efforts. This group is intended to become
a local affiliate of Uniforum Canada.

LOCATION

The North York Memorial Community Hall is located on the bottom floor of the
North York Main Library building, located next to North York City Hall at
the corner of Yonge Street and Park Home Avenue, about half way between
Sheppard and Finch.

---------------------------------------------+   +
    Park Home Avenue
  +------------------------------------------+   +
B |          +-----------------------------+ | Y |    NORTH
e |          |       Library/Hotel/Office  | | o |    YORK
e |          |   X                         | | n |    CIVIC
c |   +----+ +---\-------------------------+ | g |    CENTRE
r |   |City|      \                          | e |
o |   |Hall|       Memorial Community Hall   |   |
f |   |    |       (bottom floor)            | S |     /|\
t |   |    |                                 | t |      |
  |   +----+                                 | r |      |
A |          +-----------------------------+ | e |    North
v |          |       Board of Education    | | e |
e |          +-----------------------------+ | t |
  +------------------------------------------+   |

By subway: Take the Yonge line to the North York Centre station.
Take the exit into the North York Civic Centre and that will lead to
the library/office/hotel building. Walk down the long corridor - you're
on the same floor as the Memorial Hall. Just before the turnoff to City
Hall you'll find the short hallway to the Memorial Hall on your left.

By car: The North York Civic Centre is less than a mile north of HWY 401
at Yonge. There ample free parking, mainly at parking meters which are not
enforced evenings.

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For more information contact:
Evan Leibovitch
Phone:  (416) 452-0504
Fax:    (416) 449-7231
E-Mail: evan at telly.on.ca