Access to UNIX User Groups

[Susanne W. Smith]

From: sws at 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 at calvin.wa.com> and were originated by
John S. Quarterman of Texas Internet Consulting <jsq at 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 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:

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at hp4nl or nluug at 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 at 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 at vub.uucp

		Denmark (DKUUG)
		Mogens Buhelt
		Kabbeleejvej 27B
		DK-2700 Bronshoj
		Denmark
		Tel: +45 31 60 66 80
		mogens at 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 at 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 at 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 at inesc.pt


		Sweden (EUUG-S)
		Hans Johansson
		NCR Svenska AB
		Box 1206
		S-164 28 Kista
		Sweden
		Tel: +46 8 750 26 03
		hans at ncr.se

		Yugoslavia  (YUUG)
		Milan Palian
		Iskra Delta Computers
		Parmova 41
		61000 Ljubljana
		Yugoslavia
		Tel: +38 61 574 554
		mpalian at 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 at bimacs.bitnet
                amix at 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 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.

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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

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