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This is the latest in a series of similar comp.std.unix articles.
The convention schedules and writeups for USENIX and /usr/group have
been updated with information from their respective Executive Directors,
and the next conferences of AUUG and EUUG are indicated.

Corrections and additions to this article are solicited.


Access information is given in this article for the following:
user groups:	USENIX, /usr/group, EUUG, AUUG, DECUS
newsletters:	;login:, CommUNIXations, EUUG, AUUGN
magazines:	UNIX REVIEW, UNIX/WORLD

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
		415-528-8649
		{ucbvax,decvax}!usenix!office

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

	Jun  8-12 1987	Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, AZ
	Feb 10-12 1988	Registry Hotel, Dallas, TX, concurrent with Uniforum
	Jun 21-24 1988	Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
	Feb  1- 3 1989	Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, CA
	Jun 13-16 1989	Hyatt Regency, Baltimore, MD
	Jun 11-15 1990	Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA

They also sponsor workshops, such as
	Apr  9-10 1987	Palace Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
		Large Installation System Administrator's Workshop
	Oct  8- 9 1987	Cambridge Marriott, Cambridge, MA
		4th USENIX Computer Graphics Workshop
	Oct	  1987		Contact Jim McGinness: decvax!jmcg
		POSIX Implementation Workshop
	Nov	  1987	Santa Fe, NM	Contact Dave Yost:
		C++ Workshop	{attmail,uunet,usenix}!grand!day

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.

They also publish an edition of the 4.3BSD manuals, and they
occasionally sponsor experiments, such as methods of improving
the USENET and UUCP networks, that are of interest and use to
the membership.  They distribute tapes of contributed software
and are pursuing expanding that activity.

There is a USENIX Institutional Representative on the IEEE P1003
Portable Operating System for Computer Environments Committee.
That representative also moderates the USENET newsgroup comp.std.unix,
which is for discussion of UNIX-related standards, especially P1003.
For more details, see the posting in comp.std.unix about 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
		tel: 408-986-8840
		fax: 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.

	Feb 8-11 1988	Infomart, Dallas, TX, concurrent with USENIX
	Feb 28-Mar 3 1989 Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
	Jan 23-26 1990	Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
	Jan 22-25 1991	Infomart, Dallas, TX
	Jan 21-24 1992	Moscone Center, San Francisco CA (tentative)

They also sponsor a regional show, UniForum D.C.:

	Aug 2-4 1988	Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
	Aug 1-3 1989	Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Proceedings for all conferences are available at the shows and later
by mail.

/usr/group publishes "CommUNIXations", a member magazine that featues
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 to members
biweekly.

/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 Working Groups
on areas that P1003 has not yet addressed.  They have recently produced
an Executive Summary of the POSIX standard and funded production of a
draft of a Rationale and Notes appendix for that standard.


EUUG is the European UNIX systems Users Group.

		EUUG secretariat
		Owles Hall
		Buntingford
		Herts SG9 9PL
		England
		seismo!mcvax!euug

They have a newsletter and hold two conferences a year.
The next one is in Dublin, Ireland, in September.


AUUG is the Australian UNIX systems Users Group.

		AUUG
		P.O. Box 366
		Kensington
		N.S.W.	2033
		Australia

		seismo!munnari!auug
		auug@munnari.oz.au

Phone contact can occasionally be made at +61 3 344 5225

AUUG holds biennial conferences, usually of 2 days each.
They publish a newsletter (AUUGN) at a frequency defined
to be every 2 months.

The next meeting is in Sydney, 27-28 August 1987.
The host is by NSWIT, and for more info people should contact
gregw@nswitgould.oz.au, or to submit a paper, bob@basser.cs.su.oz.au
(deadline for Abstracts is July 10).


There are similar groups in other parts of the world, such as Japan and
Korea.  If such a group wishes to be included in later versions of this
access list, they should please send me information.


Also, DECUS, the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society,
has a UNIX SIG (Special Interest Group) which participates
in its meetings, which are held twice a year.

		DECUS U.S. Chapter
		219 Boston Post Road, BP02
		Marlboro, Massachusetts  01752-1850
		617-480-3418

See also the USENET newsgroup comp.org.decus.


The two main general circulation magazines about the UNIX system are

	UNIX REVIEW			UNIX/WORLD
	Miller Freeman Publications Co.	Tech Valley Publishing
	500 Howard Street		444 Castro St.
	San Francisco, CA 94105		Mountain View, CA 94041
	415-397-1881			415-940-1500


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