Xref: utzoo comp.std.unix:250 comp.org.usenix:623 comp.unix.questions:10176 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!uflorida!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!longway!std-unix From: std-unix@uunet.UU.NET Newsgroups: comp.std.unix,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.questions Subject: Access to UNIX User Groups Message-ID: <257@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 10 Nov 88 17:33:08 GMT Expires: 12 Dec 88 21:45:37 GMT Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: std-unix@uunet.UU.NET Lines: 512 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman) From: std-unix@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@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@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+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@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. 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@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@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@bimacs.bitnet amix@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@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@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 Volume-Number: Volume 15, Number 24