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Article #152SGI User Groups (Summary)
From: Randy Carpenter
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 03:56
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 03:56
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SGI User Groups (1/5/93)
Here's a summary of information about 20 known SGI User Groups around
the world. There are probably more groups than those listed here, so
if you have information about a group, use the template found at the
end of this post and send me some e-mail. Furthermore, some of the
information is incomplete and if you can fill in the blanks please let
me know. If you have any suggestions or comments about the summary,
please contact me. Thanks.
Randy Carpenter
Georgia State University
Wells Computer Center
rcarpent@gsu.edu
Known SGI User Groups:
1. Albuquerque Silicon Graphics User's Group.
2. Atlanta SGI User's Group. (that's us! :)
3. East Bay SGI Users Group. (San Francisco area)
4. Houston SGI Users Group.
5. Huntsville SGI Users Group.
6. Langley SGISIG. (Virginia)
7. Los Angeles Silicon Graphics Group.
8. Melbourne Silicon Graphics Users Group.
9. The Naval Research Laboratory SGI User's Group. (Washington, DC)
10. Northern Colorado SGI User's Group. (including Wyoming)
11. Ottawa Area SGI User Group.
12. San Diego SGI User's Group.
13. The SGI Israeli Users Group.
14. Silicon Graphics Gebruikers Groep. (Netherlands)
15. Nova Scotia Silicon Graphics User Group.
16. SGI User's Group. (Washington, DC)
17. Silcon Graphics User's Group Deutschland.
18. St. Louis SGI User's Group.
19. South Texas SGI User's Group.
20. The University of Illinois SGI User's Group.
Rumored SGI User Groups (non-authoratative reponses):
a. Colorado Springs SGI User's Group.
b. Minnesota SGI User's Group.
c. Vancouver SGI User's Group.
d. U.K. SGI Academic User's Group.
Observations:
a. Eighteen groups use a "SGI User Group" type name, one group uses a
"SIG" (Special Interest Group) type name, one uses a foreign name
and the rumored ones don't count yet. So, the de facto standard
user group name is:
__________ Silicon Graphics User's Group.
b. Only one of the groups collect meeting cover charge; all other
groups are free-of-charge (i.e. no membership fees or cover charges).
c. SGI seems to strongly support the local user groups.
d. Most of the groups meet 4 times a year but a couple of really
active ones them meet every month.
e. The oldest known group is the Huntville SGI Users Group (1987).
f. The largest average attendance looks like a close tie between
South Texas and Huntsville (around 100 attendees).
Details:
1. Albuquerque Silicon Graphics User's Group.
Group contact: ?
SGI Liaison: Margaret Herrera
(505) 884-1400
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(505) 884-1400
Date founded: Februrary 13, 1992
Meetings/year: ?
Num. of members: ?
Avg. attendance: ?
Membership fee: ?
Meeting cover: ?
Free form text: The first meeting was in Februrary.
2. Atlanta SGI User's Group.
Group contact: Randy Carpenter, UNIX Administrator
Georgia State University
rcarpent@gsu.edu
(404) 651-2648
SGI Liaison: George Smith, Systems Engineer
georges@sgi.com
(404) 392-1333
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
1100 Abernathy Rd. N.E.
Building 500, Suite 1120
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(404) 392-1333
Date founded: October 2, 1990
Meetings/year: 4
Num. of members: 75
Avg. attendance: 25
Membership fee: none.
Meeting cover: none.
Free form text: The ASUG doesn't elect officers, impose dues or
charge cover. The group is mainly kept alive through archistitic
volunteerism and is populated with visualization professionals
from a wide spectrum of commercial and non-commercial institutions.
SGI gracefully foots the bill for the cost of mailing our meeting
notices and provides nibbles for our meetings. Our meeting format
is: 1) gather/admire demos, 2) introduce new people,
3) announcements, 4) questions/answers, and 5) the speaker.
Occassionally, we hold workshops which are very popular. Both SGI
and Georgia Tech have hosted our meetings. The ASUG e-mail list
is "asug@gsu.edu".
3. East Bay SGI Users Group.
Group contact: Tom Spelce
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
spelce@icdc.llnl.gov
SGI Liaison: Susan Rosconi, SGI
(415) 960-1940
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
3000 Executive Parkway, Suite 410
San Ramon, CA 94583
(510) 277-1940
Date founded: February, 1992
Meetings/year: 4
Num. of members: approx. 90
Avg. attendance: 50
Membership fee: none.
Meeting cover: none.
4. Houston SGI Users Group.
Group contact: Micheal Zeitlin
Texaco, EPTD
mjz@texaco.com
SGI Liaison: Bob Pette
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Houston, Texas
Date founded: March 31, 1992
Meetings/year: 10
Num. of members: 50
Avg. attendance: 20
Membership fee: none.
Meeting cover: none.
Free form text: The Houston Area Silicon Graphics Users Group
meets on the last tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the
Enterprise Technology Center in Houston. The group has formed
a charter and By-laws. The HASGUG serves visualization
professionals in the Aerospace (NASA), Chemical, Medical and
Petroleum industries. Our meetings center on a keynote speaker
of interest to the members. Meetings also include "information"
sharing amoung members and reports to the group on SGI activities.
Although focussed on visualization, the computational capabilites
of SGI computers are also discussed. SGI does not underwrite
this group although we beg, borrow and steal whenever we can.
5. Huntsville SGI User's Group.
Group contact: None.
SGI Liaison: George Smith, Systems Engineer
georges@sgi.com
(404) 392-1333
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Huntsville, Alabama
(205) 830-5400
Date founded: 1987
Meetings/year: 4
Num. of members: ?
Avg. attendance: 100
Membership fee: none.
Meeting cover: none.
6. Langley SGISIG.
Group Contact: Sharon Paulson (Group Chairperson)
paulson@tab00.larc.nasa.gov
or,
Tad Guy (Group Assistant Chairperson)
tadguy@ab00.larc.nasa.gov
SGI Liaison: Brian Hahn
(804) 766-2789
SGI office Silicon Graphics, Inc.
6 Manhattan Dr.
Suite 103
Hampton, Virginia 23666
Date founded: September, 1990
Meetings/year: 6
Num. of members: 93
Avg. attendance: 30
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none
Free form text: We have an SGI special interest group formed
under the auspices of our Langley Computer User's Committee
that qualifies as an SGI users group. The group is open to
all Langley employees (including Air Force personnel) using
or interested in Silicon Graphics equipment. Topics range
from administration through use, with an emphasis on issues
of importance to Langley users. Meetings usually end in an
informal question, answer, horror-story session.
7. Los Angeles Silicon Graphics User's Group.
Group contact: Brian Cooper
Jet Propulsion Labroatory
(818) 354- 6298
SGI Liaison: Andrea Costello
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
(310) 312-0227
Date founded: Dec. 5, 1991
Meetings/year: 4
Num. of members: 60
Avg. attendance: 60
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none
8. Melbourne Silicon Graphics Users Group.
Group contact: Terese McAleese
(03) 282-2462
SGI Liaison: To be announced.
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Melbourne, Australia
Date founded: February, 1992
Meetings/year: To be announced.
Num. of members: ?
Avg. attendance: ?
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none
Free form text: We are having the first meeting of the Melbourne
group in Feb 1992. So, while we don't exist at this instant,
we certainly hope to soon. Melbourne represents the largest
density of SGI machines in Australiasia. Silicon Graphics has
agreed to provide refreshments for the user's group meetings.
There are 3 large academic sites in Melbourne (RMIT, University
of Melbourne and Monash University) as well as a number of small
academic sites. The commercial users include industry research
(BHP), industry applications. The applications base include
broadcast production, industrial design, architecture, print etc.
9. The Naval Research Laboratory SGI User's Group.
Group contact : Mark Solsman,
code 5160,
Naval Rearch Lab,
Washington, DC 20375
SGI Liaison : Gerry Kolosvary
SGI office : Silicon Graphics, Inc.
(301) 564-1980
Date founded : ?
Meetings/year : 12
Num. of members: ?
Avg. attendance: 20-40
Membership fee : none.
Meeting cover : none.
10. Northern Colorado SGI User's Group (including Wyoming).
Group contact : Bill Bishop
wrb@wrb.com
SGI Liaison : Susan Krauscamp
SGI office : Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
Date founded : November 1992
Meetings/year : 4
Num. of members: < 15
Avg. attendance: 15
Membership fee : TBD
Meeting cover : TBD
11. Ottawa Area SGI User Group.
Group contact: Martin Serrer
National Research Council of Canada
(613) 993-9442
serrer@nrc.ca
SGI Liaison: Evan Fietz
(613) 225-4747
SGI office: Silicon Graphics Canada, Inc.
One Anteres Drive, Suite 100
Nepean, Onterio
K25-8C4
Date founded: June 13, 1991
Meetings/year: 4
Num. of members: 40
Avg. attendance: 36 first meeting; 8 second meeting
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none
Free form text: The group was established to:
a. Create a forum where IRIS users can share some ideas and
software.
b. Create an informal forum where SGI can listen/talk to users.
c. Have some fun, and maybe hoist a few.
12. San Diego Silicon Graphics User's Group
Group contact : Hylton Murphy
SGI Liaison : Greg Carter
gregc@sandiego.sgi.com
SGI office : Silicon Graphics, Inc.
San Diego, California
Date founded : July 17th, 1992
Meetings/year : 6
Num. of members: ~100
Avg. attendance: ~60+ (first meeting)
Membership fee : none.
Meeting cover : none.
Free form text : Meetings held at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Format yet to be determined, though probably two demonstrations/
speakers, questions and answer sessions, announcements and
social/refreshment periods. Group members represent a wide range
of commercial and non-commercial institutions - a large number of
individuals belong to academic and research organizations. SGI
contributes resources in the form of arranging speakers,
demonstrations, and equipment, although the group retains autonomy.
13. SGI Israeli Users Group.
Group contact: Arie Rudich
Isreal Institute of Technology
arier@cs.technion.ac.il
SGI Liaison: Israel Veinman
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Israel
Date founded: December, 1990
Meetings/year: None yet
Num. of members: 20
Avg. attendance: ?
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none
Free form text: This group is intended to be a forum to
exchange information between Israeli users of Silicon
Graphics (SGI) computers.
14. Silicon Graphics Gebruikers Groep.
Group contact: Loek Bakker
loek@dutncp8.tudelft.tn.nl
SGI Liaison: {andre,michiel,luc}@sgihol.sgi.nl
SGI office: SGI NL,
De Meern, Netherlands
Date founded: 1991
Meetings/year: whenever the sun shines (ie. about 2 times a year).
Num. of members: > 100
Avg. attendance: ~ 40
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: varies
Free form text: Silicon Graphics Gebruikers Groep (thats a
translation of Silicon Graphics Users Group !) is amazingly
active group of highly motivated, young, dynamic and intelligent
users who (dispite their busy daily schedule) take time to
organize regular meetings. Since SGGG's existance there have
been two extremely succesful meetings.
SGGG, or SG^3 for short, also distributes a newletter which
has all sorts of goodies, such as public domain software,
addresses for cheap memory and exiting interviews with Dutch SG
users. It has been rumored that the quality of the SG^3
newsletter is comparable to IRIS Universe. Too bad for
illiterate Dutch readers : the newsletter is in Dutch.
Finally, SG^3 spends most of its time figuring out what to do
about SGI NL's outragously high prices. There are rumored
plans of organizing a peaceful sit in at SGI NL's main office
sometime this year, to express SG^3 concern about this delicate
issue.
15. Silicon Graphics User's Group of Nova Scotia (SNUGUNS).
Group contact: Bill Silvert (Chairman)
silvert@biome.bio.dfo.ca
Vivien Hannon (Chairwoman)
hannon@ac.dal.ca
SGI Liaison: None (Sirius Solutions is the local SGI dealer).
SGI office: None (see above).
Date founded: ?
Meetings/year: about 10 (monthly with some exceptions)
Num. of members: 35
Avg. attendance: 10
Membership fee: none.
Meeting cover: none.
Free form text: Our meetings are the first Thursday of the month at
15:00. Mail to the group can be sent to sngugns@biome.bio.dfo.ca
where it will be automatically redistributed.
16. SGI User's Group (Washington, DC).
Group contact: Cynthia Traeger
George Mason University
cindy@gmuvax.gmu.edu
SGI Liaison: Denise Miller
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Bethesda, Maryland
Date founded: September, 1989
Meetings/year: 11 (once monthly)
Num. of members: 100
Avg. attendance: 15-45
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none
17. Silicon Graphics User Group Deutschland.
Group contact: Hartmut Juergens
University of Bremen
hartmut@mathematik.uni-Bremen.de
SGI Liaison: Gabi Hofer, SGI Munich, Germany.
D-089 461 080
SGI office: Silicon Graphics GmbH
Am Hochacker 3
D-8011 Grasbrunn
Date founded: October 2, 1992
Meetings/year: 2
Num. of members: 100
Avg. attendance: 25
Membership fee: none.
Meeting cover: none.
Free form text: We are still in the process of becoming an active
group. Since we are spread over Germany we are trying to build
up electronic communication. Our User Group E-address is:
silicon@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de
18. South Texas SGI User's Group.
Group contact: David M. Senseman, Ph.D.
Center for Information Visualization
The University of Texas at San Antonio
senseman@lonestar.utsa.edu
SGI Liaison: Don Williams
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas
Date founded: September, 1990
Meetings/year: 4
Num. of members: 100+
Avg. attendance: 90
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none (buffet dinner provided by the Center)
19. St. Louis Silicon Graphics User's Group.
Group contact: Michael Wellington
McDonnell Douglas
(314) 234-6096
SGI Liaison: Andy Ascher
ascher@sgi.com
(314) 542-0677
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
12400 Olive Blvd
Suite 450
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 542-0677
Date founded: December, 1990
Meetings/year: 4
Num. of members: 50+
Avg. attendance: 30+
Membership fee : None
Meeting cover : None
20. The University of Illinois SGI User's Group
Group contact: Amy Swanson
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
amys@ncsa.uiuc.edu
(217) 244-1917
SGI Liaison: Brian Osmond
Account Manager, University of Illinois
bosmond@ncsa.uiuc.edu
(217) 244-4551
SGI office: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
(217) 244-4551
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
1420 Kensington Rd.
Suite 334
Oak Brook, IL 60521
(708) 571-6505
Date founded: June 26, 1991
Meetings/year: about 6
Num. of members: 100
Avg. attendance: 40
Membership fee: none
Meeting cover: none
Free form text: The members of the user group are both administrators
and users, so we try to cover topics of interest to everyone. The
group is open to everyone that has an interest in SGI - this
includes scientists, professors, students and area businesses.
NCSA has done a lot of development work for SGI, so we are able to
have some very interesting demos and discussions. We had a great
meeting last September '91 where the NCSA Visualization group
presented an overview and comparison of AVS and Explorer. We are
also working with the Chicago and St. Louis SGI offices to set up
a series of free workshops taught by SGI on subjects of interest
to SGI users. In January, we hosted a "Making the Transition to
IRIX 4.0" workshop, and we are looking forward to several
workshops this summer.
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SGI Liaison :
SGI office :
Date founded :
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Georgia State University (404) 651-2648 No match.
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