Access to UNIX User Groups

Fri Nov 11 03:33:08 AEST 1988

From: std-unix at uunet.UU.NET

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.

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:
JUS dates for 1989.  Sun/AT&T V.4 dates corrected.

Access information is given in this article for the following:
user groups:	USENIX, /usr/group, UNIX Expo, /usr/group/cdn,
		EUUG, AFUU, /usr/group/uk, i2u,
		AUUG, NZUSUGI, JUS, KUUG, Sinix, CUUG, AMIX,
		DECUS UNIX SIG, Sun User Group (SUG),
		Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society (ADUS),
		AT&T and Sun V.4 Software Developer Conferences,
		Open Software Foundation (OSF).

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.
		+1-415-528-8649
		{uunet,ucbvax,decvax}!usenix!office
		office at usenix.org

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

1989 Jan 30-Feb 3	USENIX	Town & Country Inn, San Diego, CA
1989 Jun 12-16	USENIX	Hyatt Regency, Baltimore, MD
1990 Jan 22-26	USENIX	Washington, DC
1990 Jun 11-15	USENIX	Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA
1991 Jan 21-25	USENIX	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	somewhere in northeast of North America

They also sponsor workshops, such as

1988 Nov 17-18	Large Install.	Syst. Adm. W II, USENIX, Monterey, CA
1989 Apr 3-4	Software Management W	USENIX, Hilton, New Orleans, LA
1989 Oct 5-6	Dist. Systems W	USENIX, Marriott Marina, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1989 Nov/Dec	Graphics W V	USENIX

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 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.''

/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: +1-408-986-8840
		fax: +1-408-986-1645

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

1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	UniForum	Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
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.

/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.

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

		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

1989 Jan 10-11	U in Gov. C&T	/usr/group/cdn, Ottawa, ON
1989 May	U 8x/etc C&T	/usr/group/cdn, Toronto, ON

EUUG is the European UNIX systems Users Group, which is currently
celebrating its tenth anniversary.  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 at inset.co.uk

They have a newsletter, EUUGN (a previous version of this article
appeared in the latest one), and hold two conferences a year:

1988 Apr 3-7	EUUG	Palais des Congres, Brussels, Belgium
		Chair:	Prof Marc Nyssen
		<marc at minf.vub.uucp>
		+32-2-477-4000
		fax: +32-2-477-4424
		Medical Informaticas Dept.
		Vrije Universiteit Brussel
		Laarbeeklaan 103
		B-1090 Jette
		Belgium

1989 Sep 18-22	EUUG	WU Wien, Vienna, Austria
		Chair:	eva Kuehn
1990 Apr 23-27	EUUG	Munich, Germany (tentative)
1990 Autumn	EUUG	south of France
1991 Spring	EUUG	Tromso?, Norway (tentative)

AFUU is the Association Fran\*,caise 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

1988 Nov 18	AFUU	Grenoble, France
1989 Feb 28-Mar 3	U Convention	AFUU, Paris, France

/usr/group/UK is the U.K. affiliate of /usr/group, 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

1989 Jun 7-9	COMUNIX	/usr/group/UK, Alexandra Palace, London
1989 Jun 7-9	Eur. U User Show	EMAP Int. Exh., Alexandra Palace, London

The Italian UNIX Systems User Group (i2u) holds an annual summer
Italian UNIX Convention, with tutorials and a vendor exhibition.

		Fulvio Fagiani
		c/o Ing. Olivetti & C. spa
		Via Rombon, 11
		20134 MIlano
		Italy
		+39-2-2141231
		fax: +39-2-2155672

1989 Jun	Italian U C	i2u, Italy

AUUG is the Australian UNIX systems Users Group.

		Tim Roper
		Secretary
		AUUG
		timr at labtam.oz.au
		uunet!labtam.oz.au!timr

		AUUG
		P.O. Box 366
		Kensington
		N.S.W.	2033
		Australia
		uunet!munnari!auug
		auug at 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.  The next one will be

1989 Aug 8-11	AUUG	Hilton Hotel, Sydney

There will be tutorials on 8 August, and technical sessions the other
two days.  The vendor exhibition will be open from the afternoon of
8 August through the morning of 11 August.

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 at uunet.uu.net
		+81-3-234-5058

		UNIX Fair '88 Association
		1-1-1 Hirakawa-chu,
		Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102
		Japan

1988 Nov 10-11	JUS UNIX Symposium	Osaka, Japan
1988 Dec 7-8	JUS UNIX FAIR '88	Tokyo, Japan
1989 Jul	JUS 13th Symposium	Tokyo
1989 Nov	JUS 14th Symposium	Osaka (or Kobe)
1989 Dec	JUS UNIX Fair '89	Tokyo

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 at kiet.etri.re.kr
		+82-42-822-4455 x4646
		fax: +82-42-823-1033

1988 Dec 10	Korean U S	KUUG, Korea

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

The China UNIX User Group (CUUG) is the Chinese /usr/group 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:

1989 May 14-16	AMIX	Israel

		AMIX, c/o IPA
		P.O. Box 919
		Ramat-Gan
		Israel, 52109
		Tel: +972-3-715770
		Tel: +972-3-715772
		amix at bimacs.bitnet
		amix at bimacs.biu.ac.il

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 May 8-12	DECUS S	Atlanta, Georgia
1989 Nov 6-10	DECUS S	Anaheim, California
1990 May 7-11	DECUS S	New Orleans, Louisiana

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 at sun.com
	sun!users

Their next annual conference is:

1988 Dec 5-7	SUG	Fontainebleau Hilton, Miami Beach, Florida

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

AT&T and Sun Microsystems are holding a series of
Software Developer Conferences on System V Release 4.0,
related to the Sun/AT&T Applications Binary Interface (ABI).

1988 Sep 14-16	V.4 Soft. Dev.	Hanover, NJ
1988 Sep 27-29 	V.4 Soft. Dev.	Los Angeles, CA
1988 Oct 12-14 	V.4 Soft. Dev.	Tokyo, Japan
1988 Oct 26-28 	V.4 Soft. Dev.	London, England
1988 Nov 9-11	V.4 Soft. Dev.	Boston, MA
1988 Nov 29-Dec 1	V.4 Soft. Dev.	Chicago, IL
1988 Dec 6-8	V.4 Soft. Dev.	San Francisco, CA
1988 Dec 13-15	V.4 Soft. Dev.	Washington D.C.

If you would like to register, please call 1-800-247-1212, extension 151.

For more information:
	Melinda L. Marrs
	1-800-387-6100.
	melinda at Sun.COM
	Conference Coordinator
	Sun Microsystems, Inc. 

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.  Excerpts from a press release of that date:

The Open Software Foundation (OSF) will develop a software environment,
including application interfaces, advanced system extensions, and a new
operating system, using X/Open(tm) and POSIX* specifications as the
starting point. ...  OSF membership is available to computer hardware
and software suppliers, educational institutions, and government
agencies around the world.  ...  The foundation has a management
organization, staff, and a funding comittment in excess of $90 million
to begin immediate operations.  Its initial development will be based
on technologies offered by the members and its own research, to be
carried out worldwide.

A research institute is being created to fund research for the
advancement of applications portability, interoperability standards,
and other advanced technologies for future foundation use.  An
academic advisory panel will provide guidance and input to the
institute.  The Institute's research will be conducted worldwide.

For more information, contact:

	Deborah Siegel
	Cohn & Wolfe
	+1-212-951-8300

or

	+1-508-683-6803
	Larry Lytle or Gary McCormack
	Open Software Foundation
	20 Ballard Way
	Lawrence, MA 01843

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