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Access Client/Server SIG - Nashua
EMAIL CONTACT: : lhall@lunasystems.com PHONE CONTACT: Lisa Hall (781) 270-4900 WEB SITE: http://www.lunasystems.com/uginfo.htm MAILING LIST Send email to: lhall@lunasystems.com DESCRIPTION: The Access Client/Server SIG is targeted toward all user levels of Microsoft Access (Beginner to
Developer) and is dedicated to using and developing with Microsoft Access and the issues related to creating enterprise-wide solutions.
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month in the NEW Eaton-Richmond Center at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, NH.
Access User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Rick Lunetta at rickl@lunasystems.com PHONE CONTACT: 781-270-4900 (Rick Lunetta) WEB SITE: http://www.lunasystems.com/uginfo.htm MAILING LIST Register on web page DESCRIPTION: Join us at our free "Microsoft Office Day" Training Meetings
on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Microsoft Office in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Access User Group meets from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Greater Boston ACM Chapter
EMAIL CONTACT: gbc@acm.org
Chair: Jim Byrd byrd@acm.org PHONE CONTACT: answering machine at 781-862-1181 (latest information or leave a message)
PO Box 465 Lexington MA 02173 WEB SITE: http://www.gbcacm.org/ DESCRIPTION: What is GBC/ACM?
A Non-profit Educational and Scientific Society - Part of the International ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery
1500+ Computer Professionals in the Greater Boston area.
Sponsor of Monthly Meetings and Professional Development Seminars
Unless noted otherwise, all GBC/ACM meetings are held at MIT, in
Building 4, Room 231, and are usually the third Thursday of the month,
September through June. No reservations are required. At 6:30 pm there
is informal discussion and networking. The formal part of the meeting
will start at 7:00 PM. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Frequently after the meeting there will be an optional pay-your-own
dinner at a restaurant near the MIT campus.
Greater Boston ACM SIGCHI
Chair: Dan Workman dworkman@us.oracle.com EMAIL CONTACT: chi-gbsigchi@acm.org PHONE CONTACT: Dan Workman 781/684-5902 WEB SITE: http://www.gbsigchai.org/ DESCRIPTION: Greater Boston SIGCHI is the Boston area chapter of ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. Our members, from throughout New England, share ideas and experiences on the rapidly growing and changing area of how computers and people interact. Read the chapter Bylaws.
We have monthly meetings in the metro Boston area, which are open to both members and non-members at no charge. In addition, members receive a monthly electronic and print newsletter.
ACM SIGGRAPH/Boston
Chair: Olin Lathrop
PO Box 194 Bedford MA 01730 EMAIL CONTACT: boston_chapter@siggraph.org Phone: (978) 772-3129 WEB SITE: http://www.siggraph.org/chapters/boston
MAILING LIST SIGGRAPH/Boston maintains a mailing list for e-mail announcements of meetings. Send e-mail to
siggraphdistrib-request@cs.umb.edu if you want be added or dropped from this list. DESCRIPTION:SIGGRAPH/Boston is a non-profit educational and scientific organization of New England people with a common interest in computer graphics
AIP-495 Chapter -- Association of Internet Professionals
EMAIL CONTACT: Tonya Price tprice@ultranet.com PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://boston495.us.association.org/ MAILING LIST See the web page DESCRIPTION: Our aim is to create a learning environment for Internet professionals to network with each other, share new methods and to become better at what we do. Participants will be from the route 495 area, west of Boston. Our meeting will provide a holistic view of our profession and each other.
AITP-SNE Association of Information Technology Professionals
EMAIL CONTACT: president@providenceaitp.org PHONE CONTACT: Mike Perkins 401-294-4511 x2228 WEB SITE: http://www.providenceaitp.org MAILING LIST See the web page DESCRIPTION: AITP is a national organization of information technology professionals
with over 13,000 members and over 200 local chapters.
AITP's mission is to provide for the continuing education and professional
development of its members.
The Southern New England Chapter, based in Providence, Rhode Island, is a
diverse group of talented people,
including members from large and small companies, and from industries such
as manufacturing, finance, insurance, consulting, and publishing.
We have representatives from the fields of networking, application
development, Internet development, technical support,
and IT management.The diversity in our membership allows us to learn as
much from each other as we do from the speakers at our meetings.
Boston Alpha Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Sherry Martin smartin@capecod.net or
Theophilos Kuliopulos theok@ziplink.net PHONE CONTACT: Sherry Martin, Group leader 508-548-9476 BBS: WEB SITE: MAILING LIST we have not worked that out yet. DESCRIPTION: Focus is on Alpha Four v6 (DOS), Alpha Five v3.0 (Windows 95), and Webfiler (Internet Data Base).
Monthly meeting. Third wednesday. 7PM. Bay Bank, Waltham. We meet for supper at 5:30 at the 99 Restaurant in Waltham.
BackBayLISA
EMAIL CONTACT: See website or bblisa-admin@bblisa.org PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.bblisa.org/ MAILING LIST: See website. DESCRIPTION:
BBLISA provides meetings and presentations of interest to system and network administrators in Boston, MA, and the surrounding areas. While "LISA" stands for Large Installation System Administration, BBLISA is for administrators of large and small networks, alike.
Membership in the group is free and becoming a member is as easy as subscribing to one of our mailing lists.
The group holds monthly meetings, usually on the MIT campus in Cambridge. Meetings are usually scheduled on the second Wednesday of each month starting at 7PM.
BMAC SIG
EMAIL CONTACT: Jonathan Duke jonathan@bmac.org or Gary Harding Gary.Harding@tfn.com. WEB SITE: http://www.bmac.org/
Meeting notices are usually posted to ne.org.bcs MAILING LIST Send email to majordomo@listserv.bc.edu, with "subscribe bmac" as the message. DESCRIPTION:
BMac was originally known as BCS•Mac, the general Macintosh group of the now defunct Boston Computer Society.
Our goal is to aid Macintosh users in the effective use and promotion of Mac OS™ based Personal Computers, so that they get the best use of their machines.
We also provide a meeting point for those in the Macintosh community™ to meet others using these wonderful machines to allow us to compare ideas, buy hardware, and generally have fun. BMac meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month. They take place from 7PM to 9PM at MIT building E51 on the third floor.
Boston BBS of Virtual Harbor Inc. (formerly BMUG)
EMAIL CONTACT: administrator@bostonbbs.org BBS: 617-773-6466 or via the Internet, using FirstClass Client software
at bostonbbs.org PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.bostonbbs.org and http://www.virtualharbor.org MAILING LIST DESCRIPTION: The Boston BBS is an online gathering place to get the help
that makes your Macintosh computing even more user-friendly.
We welcome people from all over the world who are willing to share their
Macintosh experience with others. We depend entirely on volunteers to
operate the The Boston BBS, our virtual harbor in cyberspace. Please join
us in continuing the community that started with BCS Mac and BMUG Boston,
and which continues as The Boston BBS.
The Greater Boston Network Users Group (BNUG)
EMAIL CONTACT: name bnug_request@bnug.org PHONE CONTACT: Call (781) 863-8623 for the latest information on meetings and upcoming events. BBS: -- (617) 495-3700 WEB SITE: http://www.bnug.org/ MAILING LIST send a message to Michael Steinberg DESCRIPTION: We're dedicated to helping members understand, use, and manage computer networks, large and small. Formerly known
as The Greater Boston Area Novell Users Group, we've expanded our scope and are now in our 9th year of serving network users and
administrators in Boston and New England.
BCS CAD SIG
EMAIL CONTACT: Howard Cohen hic@world.std.com PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: (not updated) http://blu.org/Groups/cad MAILING LIST BCS_CAD-SIG
Send email to Majordomo@world.std.com with "subscribe BCS_CAD-SIG" as the message. (Watch underscores and hyphens.) DESCRIPTION: Howard reports: " We are not physically active, but the mailing list is still in use. The reason we don't meet is because I
had relied totally on BCS for announcements, space, A-V hardware, publishing product and meeting reviews and so forth. When that kind
of resource is again in place, I would seriously entertain getting meetings going again."
Boston Area Cold Fusion Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: CFUG Boston Chair, Steven Casco scasco@websuperserver.com PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.webss.com/cfugboston MAILING LIST: Subscribe on the website. DESCRIPTION: Providing Boston-area
Cold Fusion developers with
education, support, and a community
to better their development efforts.
We meet every second Monday at
Allaire Corporation Headquarters
in Cambridge, Mass.
Boston Area COM Users Group (BACOM)
EMAIL CONTACT: Pat Byrne, AverStar pbyrne@averstar.com PHONE CONTACT: Walson Lee, Microsoft 781.487.6409 walsonl@microsoft.com WEB SITE: http://www.netnumina.com/bacom/ MAILING LIST: Send email to pbyrne@averstar.com DESCRIPTION: The Boston Area COM Users Group (BACOM) is a forum focused on the issues of implementing Microsoft's COM (Component Object Model) architecture. The audience is generally developers and the topics are technical. The group invites speakers who can present practical tips, real-life experience, project overviews, insight into intricacies, opinions based in experience, and views into the future of COM. Meetings are held the third Thursday of the month. Check website for location.
Greater Boston Computer Measurement Group
EMAIL CONTACT: John Webster jwebster@yankeegroup.com PHONE CONTACT:President, John Webster 617) 880-0244 WEB SITE: www.cmg.org/regions/gbcmg/index.html MAILING LIST: DESCRIPTION: The Greater Boston Computer Measurement Group "GBCMG" is a regional chapter of the Computer Measurement Group, Inc. "CMG®" is a non-profit, worldwide organization of data processing professionals committed to the measurement and management of computer systems performance. CMG members are primarily concerned with evaluation of existing computer systems and networks to maximize performance (response time, throughput, etc.) and with capacity management of existing and new systems.
The Greater Boston CMG holds day-long meetings (approximately quarterly) in which distinguished performance experts present papers of interest to members. Meetings are usually held at hotel facilities adjacent to Route 95/128.
The Greater Boston Chapter of DAMA (The International Data Administration
Management Association).
EMAIL CONTACT: Kris Chatterjee (President) kchatterjee@tesent.com PHONE CONTACT: 781-716-1025; DAMA Infoline (617) 422-8635 WEB SITE: http://www.dama.org/chapters/Boston.htm MAILING LIST: To subscribe, send name, address, phone number, fax number and email address to Madeleine Lord MLord@DIALOGOS.com (VP & Member Services Coordinator) DESCRIPTION:
The Greater Boston Chapter of the Data Administration Management Association (DAMA International) is a non-profit organization providing members with a forum for innovation in managing their data as a corporate resource. DAMA aims to provide an impetus for advancement of the Data Administration field as an integral business function in today's global and competitive marketplace. DAMA supports the effort to facilitate the sharing of information on the subject through the Internet.
Members of the Greater Boston Chapter of DAMA enjoy benefits that include monthly speaker presentations on a wide range of topics, a quarterly newsletter, the DAMA Dialog, discounts on selected books and much more.
Meetings are held on the second Thursday from 1:30 to 3:30. Non-members are welcomed to attend two meetings without joining the organization. Membership is $60/year for individuals and $200/year for a corporate membership (up to 5 active members).
DBUG (DataCAD Boston Users Group)
EMAIL CONTACT: Shu Associates Inc. eshu@world.std.com PHONE CONTACT: (617) 662-0020 Tel & Fax WEB SITE: http://world.std.com/~eshu/dbug.htm MAILING LIST: Send email to majordomo@world.std.com, with "subscribe datacad-dbug" (or "subscribe datacad-dbug-digest" as the message. DESCRIPTION: DBUG was formed in December of
1987. It consists of an enthusiastic group of DataCAD users with a broad range of
expertise and experience. Its purpose is to provide a forum of user support,
education and a vehicle for shared resources.
Topics of discussion at the meetings include subjects such as office
standards, file management, template operation, writing custom keyboard
interrupts, 3-D drawings, training programs, hardware upgrades, preparation
of default files, organization of detail libraries, plotter use, networking,
and various drawing tips. In each meeting are both basic and advanced
lessons and a chance to get some basic troubleshooting advice.
The group is composed of primarily architects and is a permanent committee
of the Boston Society of Architects, a chapter of the American Institute of
Architects. However the group welcomes any user of DataCAD in any allied
field to come, share, and learn from the other members of the group.
Delphi Developers Group Of Greater Boston
EMAIL CONTACT: Reinhart@DisCom.com PHONE CONTACT: Al Reinhart 508/869-6417 BBS: WEB SITE: http://www.discom.com/delphi MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: Available online; mailed to members. MAILING LIST: DESCRIPTION: The Delphi Developers Group of Greater Boston is a nonprofit, educational organization of computer and
communications professionals sharing a common interest in professional software development. The Delphi Developers Group mission is to
promote:
professional caliber software development, understanding of software development and application design, knowledge of Object Pascal, object oriented programming, networking, client/server development, and distributed computing, understanding of rapid application development and the Delphi integrated development environment.
The Delphi Developers Group Of Greater Boston meets on the third Monday of the month between September and June. The meetings are held at Kronos, Inc., 400 Fifth Avenue, Waltham MA., begin at 7:00 and finish at 9:00. Click for more details.
The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
EMAIL CONTACT: Robert Hettinga, Moderator rah@shipwright.com
For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, send "info dcsb" in the body of a message to majordomo@ai.mit.edu PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.shipwright.com/dcsb.html MAILING LIST If you want to subscribe to the DCSB e-mail list, send "subscribe dcsb" in the body of a message to
majordomo@ai.mit.edu DESCRIPTION: Meetings in Boston on the first Tuesday of the month.
New England Domino & Notes SIG
NE DOMINO SIG LEADERS
Holly Campbell, SIG Director, 617-566-6140, campbellh@world.std.com
Dennis Ravenelle, SigNet Representative, 508-651-9738, dgr@world.std.com
Brian Gordon, Notes Server Administrator, bgordon@lightbridge.com
Kathleen Lynch, Program Chair, 617-577-7929, linchpin@world.std.com
Jim Bueche, Notes Consultant, 617-527-2841, jbueche@enertex.com
Kevin Fallon, Web Advisor, 781-229-0820, kfallon@seneschal.com WEB SITE: http://www.seneschal.com/nenotes DESCRIPTION:
Meetings held at IBM Office, 404 Wyman Street (North), Waltham, MA
Our purpose is to create and exchange resources for professional
development around Lotus Notes, Domino, and related groupware,
internetworks, client/server, and information technology tools.
The special interest group is actively involved in education about new
products and techniques, applications of technology, sharing leads and
prospects, providing access to resources, and leveraging training
opportunities.
Greater Boston Foxpro User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Arnold Bilansky 71533.1031@CompuServe.COM PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.webss.com/vfpboston/ MAILING LIST foxpro
Register on web page or send email to majordomo@blu.org, with "subscribe foxpro" as the message. DESCRIPTION:The group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:00 at the Microsoft building in Waltham.
Boston Area FrontPage User's Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Tom Lee, Jr., Chairperson: Chair@frontpageboston.com PHONE CONTACT: 603.548.5600 WEB SITE: http://www.FrontPageBoston.com/ MAILING LIST DESCRIPTION: Dedicated to serving both the new FrontPage user and experienced FrontPage server administrator. As opposed to
theory lectures, sessions will try to focus on practical end-user tricks and tools that you will be able to take home and use right away. Meets
the third Tuesday of every month at the Waltham offices of Microsoft from 7 to 9PM. Check out the web page for more details.
Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA)
EMAIL CONTACT: C. Tom Tyler cttyler@tcsplus.com PHONE CONTACT: Hot Line: 617-621-7023, C. Tom Tyler: 781-933-0605 WEB SITE: http://www.icca-boston.org/ DESCRIPTION:
ICCA's mission is to support the success of independent computer consultants in providing professional services to their clients. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 200 Fifth Ave, Waltham (the Oracle Building).
Membership is open to any company that provides computer consulting services and for prospective computer consultants.
Internet Developers Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Richard Simon rsimon@envisiondev.com PHONE CONTACT: Richard Simon, Chairperson
Envision Development Corporation
508-481-1611 BBS: WEB SITE: http://www.envisiondev.com/idug/index.htm MAILING LIST: DESCRIPTION:
Internet Developers are on the frontier and making things happen on the Internet/Web such as:
Building interactive Web sites as a Webmaster.
Creating Web site database back ends.
Designing and implementing Intranet applications in their organizaitons.
Developing Web based products
Writing Java scripts
Exploring Active/X control technology and Visual Basic Script
Building Internet enabled Windows applications
To seize these opportunities, Internet Developers must stay on top of new Internet related technologies, products, tools, and methods. The Internet Developers Users Group is your strategy to stay on top of this fast moving world. Our meetings will combine a mix of user and technology presentations. From user presentations, we learn on a developer to developer basis. Technology presentations expand our knowledge of what tools and technology we can work with.
Boston Internet SIG (ISIG)
EMAIL CONTACT: Marianne Cooley mcooley@nethorizons.com PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.signet.org/isig MAILING LIST isig, isig-digest, isig-info
send mail to majordomo@signet.org leave the subject blank in the body of the message put subscribe isig. DESCRIPTION: This Special Interest Group discusses a variety of Internet issues at the intermediate level. We welcome beginners at an
educational question and answer period before each session and are always open to new topics.
New England Java User's Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Bill Rushmore nejug@apexcgi.com PHONE CONTACT: 617-489-9000 (Bill Rushmore) WEB SITE: http://www.nejug.org MAILING LIST: See the website. DESCRIPTION: The New England Java Users Group is open to
everyone interested in Java. Meetings are held once a
month. Membership is free. Emphasis is placed on
discussing current issues surrounding Java, and does
not revolve around vendor presentations or sales pitches.
Boston Linux & Unix Group
EMAIL CONTACT: officers@blu.org PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.blu.org MAILING LIST discuss@blu.org
Send email to majordomo@blu.org, with "subscribe discuss" as the message. DESCRIPTION: Boston Linux & Unix (BLU) is a non-profit trade organization; our mission is to educate about and advocate for Open Systems, such as Linux, Unix,
and freely-redistributable software.
Membership in BLU is free, and our monthly user group meetings are open
to the public. Information and announcements are posted on our web server
as the primary information source; announcements are then further
disseminated from there to other distribution channels such as our mailing
lists.
New England M Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Gardner S. Trask III - Treasurer trask@gt3.com PHONE CONTACT: 978-774-1338 (Gardner S. Trask III) WEB SITE: http://www.nemug.org MAILING LIST: Maintained by Treasurer. Available for research or corporate sponsors DESCRIPTION: The New England M Users Group was formed in 1988 to meet local
users need for M, Mumps, and related hierarctical database information. We
discuss a myriad of related issues and have presentations on emerging
computer technologies and theories. Membership is free and open to all who
wish to attend. Membership includes a bi-monthly newsletter, meeting
refreshments, meeting drawings, and technical classes. We meet the second
Tuesday of the odd number months. Please see our web page for upcoming
topics, past newsletters, and other club details.
MMBUG - Massachusetts Macromedia Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: webmaster@mmbug.org PHONE CONTACT: 978-251-7844 WEB SITE: http://www.mmbug.org/ MAILING LIST: Subscribe to our mailing lists- let MMBUG come to you:
Our Announcement list: subscribeMMBUGannounce@brightworks.com
Our Discussion list: subscribeMMBUGdiscuss@brightworks.com DESCRIPTION:
The Macromedia Boston Users Group [MMBUG] creates opportunities for the
membership to:
1) learn about multimedia, with a focus on Macromedia products
2) network with multimedia professionals
3) support the development of multimedia talent in the greater Boston area.
We have monthly gatherings in the Boston area.
Meetings are open to members and non members.
Our membership consists of all skill levels.
If you are not already a member, we encourage you to become one!
The New England Macintosh Conspiracy (N. E. Mac)
EMAIL CONTACT: : Tom Carrolan, TLC@hawksaloft.com PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.hawksaloft.com/nemac MAILING LIST DESCRIPTION:
The New England Macintosh Conspiracy (N. E. Mac) continues
to present the Best of Show awards first issued by BCS Mac. Open houses
have been held in the past in conjunction with The Cambridge Center for
Adult Education but are on hiatus at the moment.
MacTechGrp
EMAIL CONTACT: Owen Hartnett, owen@ids.net
or Steve Sisak, sgs@codewell.com WEB SITE:http://www.codewell.com/mactechgrp MAILING LIST: To subscribe, send email to MacTechGrp-on@lists.codewell.com DESCRIPTION: Meet first Wednesday of every month at MIT, Bldg E51,
room 395 at 7-9PM. (Note that Room 395 usually contains a pointer to
the real room we're meeting in.) Our group is concerned with
Macintosh programming, from the basic to the highly technical.
MacWoburn User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: P.A.M. Borys, Founding Director step@mediaone.net PHONE CONTACT: P.A.M. Borys, 781-935-0141 WEB SITE: http://blu.org/macwoburn MAILING LIST: Send email to majordomo@blu.org with "subscribe macwoburn" as the message. DESCRIPTION:
MacWoburn is a new user group designed to meet the unique needs of educators,
students, and their parents. All levels of computer users are welcome and will
find these meetings helpful. This is not a gathering of geeks, but a group of
people who want to provide information and share tips.
MacWoburn meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at CompUSA located at 335 Washington Street, Woburn, MA. A map can be found at http://www.blu.org/macwoburn/CompUSAWoburn.jpg
Meetings are free of charge and run from 7 PM to 9 PM
Greater Boston Microsoft Office User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Arnold Bilansky 71533.1031@CompuServe.COM PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.webss.com/ MAILING LIST
Send email to majordomo@blu.org, with "subscribe msoffice" as the message. DESCRIPTION: Meetings are on the third Thursday of the month at the Microsoft Office in Waltham
Greater Nashua Software Entrepreneurs Group (GNSEG)
EMAIL CONTACT: see web page PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.gnseg.org MAILING LIST: Sign up on the web. DESCRIPTION:
The GNSEG is one of the oldest, continuously running New Hampshire based organizations dedicated to the Software Entrepreneur.
Since February 1992, the group has been meeting the first Thursday of each month to discuss issues faced by both software entrepreneurs and software start-up companies alike.
Each meeting addresses a specific topic with either a single speaker or panel format, followed by an open Question & Answer, and Networking time.
NH Seacoast Mac Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Bob Munger zipity@aol.com PHONE CONTACT: Bob Munger (603) 659-2903 WEB SITE:http://www.seacoastmac.org MAILING LIST: To subscribe, send email tozipity@aol.com POSTAL ADDRESS: Bob Munger, 45 High Road, Lee, NH 03824 DESCRIPTION:Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 7pm, usually at Rye Junior High, in Rye, NH. Topic are arranged
in advance. Platform is Macintosh. Level ranges from beginner to advanced. We are the oldest Mac user group in Northern New England.
Southern New Hampshire Netware Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Geraldine M. Smith, CNE
rothmn@earthlink.net PHONE CONTACT: 603 673-6830 WEB SITE: http://www.nui.net/snnug MAILING LIST: To be added to the email / fax list:
please send request to rothmn@earthlink.net
DESCRIPTION: NH Chapter of Netware Users International Meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of every month at the Hampshire Plaza-Conference Room, 1000 Elm St, Manchester, NH. Our meetings start at 6:30pm (doors open at 6pm - you have to ring bell for the guard). Each month the main topic will be presented by a member of the group, vendor representative, or technology field expert. At 8:30 the meeting will be officially adjourned. Please see our website for more information: http://www.nui.net/snnug
North Shore Computer Society
EMAIL CONTACT:info@northshore.org PHONE CONTACT: Linda - 978-532-4433 WEB SITE:http://www.northshore.org/ DESCRIPTION: We provide education, support and networking for both novice and expert users alike in the North Shore area and
beyond. Our monthly, main meeting is held at 7:00 PM on the second Thursday of every month (except July) at the Peabody Municipal
Light Plant in Peabody, MA. Our Board of Directors also meets at the PMLP at 7:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Our other
activities include a monthly Computer Clinic on the first Friday of each month at St. John's School in Peabody, MA where we help people
solve hardware and software problems with their computers. On the first and last Wednesday of each month, we hold workshops at St.
John's School introducing computer hardware, computer software and the Internet. During the remainder of each month on Wednesday
evenings we also hold numerous other classes at our St. John's School Resource Center.
The Boston OMNIS User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Ron Sweet rsweet@solidsol.com
Jim Pistrang jim@jpcr.com PHONE CONTACT:
Ron Sweet (Solid Solutions, 617-863-2775)
Jim Pistrang (JP Computer Resources, 413-256-4569) BBS: WEB SITE: http://www.crocker.com/~pistrang/bcsOmnis.html MAILING LIST See web site. DESCRIPTION: We have newsletters, web pages, ftp sites, and above all people that we can turn to for help and comradeship. The
mission of the OMNIS Resource Guide is to connect the members of the OMNIS community to the resources and people that can make
our working lives more productive and enjoyable. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month in MIT Room 66-156.
N.E. Palm User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Michael Steinberg mes@NE-Palm.org PHONE CONTACT: President: Michael Steinberg Tel. (781) 893-6390 WEB SITE: http://www.ne-palm.org/ MAILING LIST See the web page and send mail to Michael Steinberg mes@NE-Palm.org DESCRIPTION: Founded in March, 1998, the major goals of the N.E. Palm User Group; to further the technical understanding of the PalmPilot/WorkPad; foster and share a wealth of knowledge currently available in the New England area; provide a forum for vendors of Palm based products and services
PC Users Group of RI
EMAIL CONTACT: louisstein@aol.com PHONE CONTACT: Louis Stein Voice mail at 401- 739-2810, #3 WEB SITE: http://http://www.louisstein.com/pcug MAILING LIST See web page DESCRIPTION: Former Providence Chapter of Boston Computer Society. Meetings are a gathering of users, novices to experts, to learn
about and discuss developments in computer hardware and software. Meetings at New England Institution of Technology, Warwick.
Boston PDA Developer's Group
EMAIL CONTACT: George N. Capalbo
gcapalbo@NS.ultranet.com PHONE CONTACT WEB SITE: See PDA Users Group at www.pobox.com/~bospdaug DESCRIPTION: The Boston PDA Developer's Group is an organization of
professional and non-professional programmers for various PDA platforms
including Pilot and Newton. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month
at MIT in Cambridge MA in MIT room 3-133, and welcomes developers of all
PDA persuasions.
Boston PDA Users Group (BOSPDAUG)
EMAIL CONTACT: BOSPDAUG Secretary: Joshua S. Weisbuch
jsw@pobox.com WEB SITE: www.pobox.com/~bospdaug
MAILING LIST: To receive meeting notices via e-mail, send mail to majordomo@primordialsoft.com , with "Subscribe Boston-PDA" in the message body. DESCRIPTION: The Boston PDA Users Group (BOSPDAUG) is an independent body made up of users of PDAs, HandHeld
Computers and other palm-sized information devices.
Our members use a wide range of machines, including Newtons, Pilots, Sharps, HPs, Psions and
Windows CE.
BOSPDAUG has been in existence since 1992 and has sponsored discussions of new technology,
and has acted as
host for new product announcements.
Rhode Island Mac Users Group (RIMAC)
EMAIL CONTACT: Bob Hazard rehazard@ici.net
or Gordon Lee gordlee@ici.net
PHONE CONTACT: Bob Hazard at (401) 884-3050 or Gordon Lee (401) 943 8498 WEB SITE: http://www.rimac.org/ MAILING LIST: We do have an e-mail meeting announcement / newsletter for members and interested parties. DESCRIPTION:
We are the independant remnants of the RI Mac chapter of the Boston Computer Society founded in 1987 and we are now a non-profit RI / SE New England organization.
We meet the 4th Monday of every month, except July & August (December meeting is 3rd Monday normally) at Brown University's CIT building in the second floor conference room.
Rhode Island Macintosh User Group (RIMUG)
EMAIL CONTACT: Juan Mariscal, President juanm@rimug.com
Snailmail: Rhode Island Macintosh Users Group, P.O. Box 6745, Providence, RI 02940-6745 PHONE CONTACT: BBS: MacStation is the Rhode Island Macintosh User Group's Bulletin Board System. To access MacStation, dial (401) 941-4436. WEB SITE: http://www.rimug.com/ MAILING LIST: DESCRIPTION: The Rhode Island Macintosh User Group (RIMUG) is an incorporated, non-profit organization , organized in 1988, as a club of Macintosh computer enthusiasts with a common interest in the ownership, operation, education and application of Apple Macintosh personal computers. RIMUG has a membership of over 350 persons from primarily Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Membership, however, is open to all.
Boston Area SAS Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Lori Goldman lgoldman@optimedsys.com PHONE CONTACT: Lori Goldman 781-863-2000 x3445 WEB SITE: http://basug.org MAILING LIST: Send an e-mail message to subscribe@basug.com and in the body of the message, simply type subscribe basug. MAIL Address: BASUG, PO Box 253, Boston 02117 DESCRIPTION: BASUG is a volunteer group that has met regularly since 1983 to further the interests of users of The SAS System.
Quarterly meetings featuring technical presentations and training sessions are held at various locations in and around downtown Boston.
BASUG also provides current information to SAS users on local job openings, training oppportunities, conferences, and publications.
SwANH Software Engineering & Quality SIG
EMAIL and PHONE CONTACT:SIG co-chairs:
Mike Sowers, sowers@cadence.com (978) 446-6328
Mike Long, mikey@ntc.adaptec.com (603) 579-4546
Hank Spencer, hank@davox.com (978) 952-0352
WEB SITE: http://www/swanh.org/engsig/htm MAILING LIST DESCRIPTION:
The SWaNH - Software Engineering and Quality SIG will showcase good, better, and best software engineering practices in a format of free and open exchange of experiences and ideas. Areas of focus and discussion will center around useful methods, tools, and approaches which can be used to deliver high quality software products in competitive and time driven markets.
Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
EMAIL CONTACT: Linda McInnis, Chair info@bostonspin.org PHONE CONTACT: 978-635-9281 WEB SITE: http://www.bostonspin.org/ MAILING LISThttp://www.bostonspin.org/form-membership.html DESCRIPTION: Boston SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network)
is a forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement experiences and ideas. Members of Boston SPIN come from academia, government, and industry. It is a source of educational and scientific information for its members, other SPIN organizations, and the general software community.
Boston SPIN is an independent, non-profit organization that is run entirely by volunteers. It is one of the 52, nation-wide SPINs co-ordinated by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
We publish an electronic newsletter called In the SPIN that contains articles, book reviews and commentaries on software process.
Meetings are always open to all. Boston SPIN holds a meeting on the third Tuesday of every month, except July and August. This meeting is free and open to the public.
New England Software Quality Assurance Forum (NESQAF)
EMAIL CONTACT: http://www.nesqaf.org/contactus.html PHONE CONTACT: Call xxxx for more information. WEB SITE: www.nesqaf.org/ MAILING LIST: To be on the email distribution list, see http://www.nesqaf.org/signup.html
DESCRIPTION: NESQAF, the New England Software Quality Assurance Forum, is a regional, non-profit society created by software quality professionals for software quality professionals. Each month, professionals from software companies and MIS organizations, along with other industry experts,
exchange ideas, principles, and experiences on the latest quality
assurance techniques and technologies. The meetings take place on the
first Tuesday of every month (September through June) at Lotus
Development Corporation, One Rogers Street Building, Cambridge. It is the building across from the Cambridgeside Galleria Mall. Free parking in Lotus' One Rogers Street garage.
Software Quality Group (The former BCS Software Quality Group)
EMAIL CONTACT: John Pustaver pustaver@swquality.com PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver/bcs.htm MAILING LIST To be on the email distribution list, send a note to pustaver@swquality.com DESCRIPTION: The Software Quality Group meets monthly at 6:15pm on the second Wednesday of the month at the facilities of
Waterfield Technology Group, Lexington Office Park, 430 Bedford Street, Lexington, 2nd floor, next to the elevator. This is just off of
route 95 (AKA 128) at the Rtes 4 & 225 exit in Lexington. Take the west bound exit. 430 Bedford Street is on the left in Lexington Office Park just before the Denny's restaurant. You can't make a left here so you have to go to the turn-around a little further up the road.
The Southern New England Network Users Group (SneNUG)
EMAIL CONTACT: Bill Dwyer at billd@loa.com PHONE CONTACT: BBS: WEB SITE: http://www.snenug.org MAILING LIST Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.allegro.net with the following command in the body of the message.
subscribe snenug DESCRIPTION: The Southern New England Network Users Group (SneNUG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing
volunteer resources to network users in Southeastern New England. We fully support Novell and NT networks. The goal of the group is to
pool our knowledge and resources so our members become informed about networking trends, technologies, innovations and procedures.
Our meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at CORE Business Technologies. The meetings
start with a 30 minute President's Forum which includes: club business, technology information, and "Members Asking Members" which is
an open floor for individual users' networking problems and solutions. This is followed by a guest speaker. We frequently have Senior
Novell and Microsoft engineers. We also have representatives of a major manufacturers. SneNUG meetings are open to all networking
professionals and others interested in networking technologies. There is no membership fee. SneNUG meets on the third Wednesday of
every month at CORE Business Technologies, 2224 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence.
SQL Server User Group
PHONE CONTACT: Sponsored by Blackstone Inc. (781) 663-7400 WEB SITE: http://sqlug.bstone.com/default2.asp MAILING LIST Register on website
DESCRIPTION:
FREE! The New England SQL Server User Group meets on the second Thursday of every month at the Microsoft Building near Route 128 in Waltham, MA. Get help from the Microsoft SQL Server product developers, support personnel, consultants and certified professionals. Learn Microsoft SQL Server tips, tricks and secrets from exciting guest speakers and get the latest information on database releases.
Boston Virtual Reality Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Brenden C.Maher brenden@media.mit.edu PHONE CONTACT: (617) 621.7522 WEB SITE: http://www.media.mit.edu/~brenden/bvrgorg.html MAILING LIST: Send email to majordomo@world.std.com, with: "subscribe boston-vr-announce" as the message. DESCRIPTION: The BVRG is a non-profit group whose members have a collective interest
Virtual Environments, Augmented Reality and Smart Environments/Ubiquitous
Computing. The group's purpose is to explore the social implications and
technical issues that arise from building such systems. Our mission is to
provide a forum for bring together industry experts, academic and commercial
researchers, artists, hackers and enthusiasts/potential users. If you have a
general interest, a passion for this domain or want to code, paint and build
such systems, think BVRG. History:
The BVRG was originally established in 1992 as the Boston Computer Society's
Virtual Reality Group. Aside from many speakers over the years, the group has
built several fully immersive virtual environments for SIGGRAPH dating back
to 1993.
Visual Basic Professional User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Chris Pels cpels@idevtech.com PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.idevtech.com MAILING LIST: Send a request to vbpro@idevtech.com to be added to the mailing list.
DESCRIPTION: The VBPro User Group provides professional developers a forum for discussion and exchange of information focusing on Microsoft Visual Basic. Each month's meeting starts with a Q & A session where members can discuss any technology related issues informally with the group. The main presentation each month focuses on real life projects of members. Each member is welcome and encouraged to present current work.Emphasis is placed on new and upcoming technologies. This provides members with the opportunity to gain an understanding of new technologies and assess their strengths and weaknesses. Open discussion is strongly encouraged. No registration is required and meetings are open to all. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month at Microsoft's Waltham, MA Office.
Visual Basic Self-Paced Learning Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Arnold Bilansky 71533.1031@CompuServe.COM PHONE CONTACT WEB SITE: http://www.webss.com/ MAILING LIST vblearn
Send email to majordomo@blu.org, with "subscribe vblearn" as the message. DESCRIPTION: The VBLearn group meets on the third Monday of the month (not in September) at the Microsoft Office in Waltham
Microsoft Windows Developer / Visual Studio User Group
EMAIL CONTACT: PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.ucicorp.com/windev/ MAILING LIST DESCRIPTION:
Are you currently developing applications for Windows using Visual C++ or Visual Basic, writing Internet applications using Visual J++, developing and using ActiveX controls, developing dynamic web pages using Visual InterDev, writing Windows 95 or Windows NT systems code, or just have an interest in learning more about developer tools, tips, and techniques then please attend. By attending these FREE meetings you’ll gain insights from other programmers as well as hear informative presentations from expert guest speakers.
Starting in September '98, we will be meeting monthly - every 4th Tuesday at Microsoft in Waltham.
VIBUG (Visually Impaired and Blind User Group)
EMAIL CONTACT:Thc@world.std.com PHONE CONTACT: Tim Cumings, President (617) 731-5998
WEB SITE: The Vibug Home Page is at http://www.vibug.org/ DESCRIPTION: Vibug is the Visually Impaired And Blind User Group, a computer group dedicated to the needs of blind computer
users. We meet on the second Saturday of the month at National Braille Press, (88 St. Stephen Street) in Boston. The highlight of each meeting is a demonstration of how a personal computer may be productively used with speech, braille, or large print output. A personal computer is especially useful to someone who is visually impaired or blind because it facilitates access to and analysis of diverse information with remarkable speed, accuracy, and convenience.
Boston Voice Users (Speech recognition)
EMAIL CONTACT: Peter Fleming aris@world.std.com PHONE CONTACT: Mary Hopkins, (617) 666-2517, 7am-10pm. Will do meeting announcements only for people who can't do email.
BBS:
WEB SITE: http://harvee.billerica.ma.us/mailman/listinfo/boston-voice-users MAILING LIST Use website or send request to boston-voice-users@harvee.billerica.ma.us This is a low volume list for meeting logistics, not intended
to replace voice-users@voicerecognition.com which is a national discussion list. DESCRIPTION: We're a group of Boston-area folks who use dictation software. We hope to provide face-to-face info, demos, support
for each other. First dozen or so members were all Dragon people, but others very welcome. We're planning to meet monthly, first couple
of meetings have been at BU.
Greater Boston Web-Tech ACM Chapter
EMAIL CONTACT: contact the group chairman, Dan Jacobs daniel.jacobs@acm.org, and/or John Zukowski jaz@zukowski.net PHONE CONTACT: Dan Jacobs: 781-273-5825
WEB SITE: http://www.acm.org/chapters/webtech/ MAILING LIST webtech@listserv.acm.org -- If you would like to be included on our mailing list, send e-mail to
listserv@listserv.acm.org with "subscribe webtech
" in the body of the message (e.g., "subscribe webtech Dan Jacobs"). DESCRIPTION: The Greater Boston Web Tech Chapter is a special interest group (SIG) for developers of Internet and "Intranet"
applications. It's not just a Java users group, but Java is a primary focus.
Windows Technical Forum
EMAIL CONTACT: See website PHONE CONTACT: WEB SITE: http://www.webss.com/wintech/ MAILING LIST DESCRIPTION: This group is organized to assist those that are IT/IS Professionals and will be technical in nature, focusing on admin/networking issues with Win9x and WinNT WS. The target "market" here is IS/IT Professionals (NOT consumers) and the issues that are pertinent to this segment of the market, with a stress on:
Networking Win9x/NT systems (peer-to-peer or Server-based networks)
RAS issues
Multilink (issues surrounding why it is best used in Intranets as opposed to
ISPs)
Registry tweaking
Policy tools
Security issues
Utilizing various troubleshooting tools
Issues integrating WinNT WS into a business that uses proprietary vertical
market apps (many won't run under NT)
Meeting every 3rd Monday of the month
at Microsoft Waltham, MA
Boston Windows User Group (BWUG)
EMAIL CONTACT: Steve Allen sallen@world.std.com WEB SITE: http://www.bwug.org MAILING LIST: To subscribe to the mailing list, fill out the form on the web site (or email sallen@world.std.com) DESCRIPTION: Fourth Mondays, except May and December. 7 - 9:30 pm, Microsoft Office, 9 Hillside Ave, Waltham, MA. 6th floor.
Parking and wheelchair access. Car ride coordinator (passenger, driver, carpool) rpr@world.std.com. Map and detailed directions on our web site.
Windows - How it works, what works on it, how to make applications work on it.
Boston Windows 2000 Server Users Group
EMAIL CONTACT: Rick Zach: w2kug@usdatacenters.com PHONE CONTACT: 508-820-3000 WEB SITE: http://www.windows2000boston.com/ MAILING LIST Register on the website to be added to the mailing list. DESCRIPTION:
Boston Area Windows 2000 Server User Group was previously known as:
Greater Boston Area Windows NT Server Users Group (John Low, Chairperson)
New England NT Users Group via former BCS (David Wihl, Chairperson)
Boston Area LAN Manager Users Group (Mike Eisenberg, Founder & Chairperson, first established in 1991)
We meet regularly the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm at Microsoft's offices in Waltham. Meeting topics focus on issues directly related to the administration, integration, networking, deployment, and development for Windows Server's current and future releases.
The major goals of the Greater Boston Area Windows 2000 Server Users Group; Helping administrators serve Windows NT & 2000 on the internet and within the enterprise.
Association for Women in Computing
EMAIL CONTACT: awcgbc@tiac.net
Or mail to: AWC/GBC, P.O. Box 68, Newton Upper Falls, MA 02468 WEB SITE: http://www.awcBoston.org MAILING LIST We have an announcements-only list for non-members and an email list for
members. Send email for subscription requests or with requests that we post announcements for other organizations.
DESCRIPTION: We are a volunteer-run professional networking group for current and aspiring computer professionals in the Greater Boston area.
Professional and Trade Groups
The Professional Groups and Trade Associations in the following list do not appear to be "SIGs" but do provide services for computer
users consistent with the CONE Mission. Their web pages will supply further information.
The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) We are a network of more than 200 community technology centers where people
get access to computers and computer-related technology, such as the Internet. http://www.ctcnet.org/ Contains listings of lots of
community agencies.
The Massachusetts Electronic Commerce Association http://www.meca.net/ is a trade association dedicated to promoting the electronic
commerce industry in Massachusetts and to providing a forum for organizations involved in emerging technologies.
SwANH -- Software Association of NH http://www.swanh.org/sig.htm
A non-profit organization, SwANH was incorporated in the spring of 1995 for the sole purpose off fostering New Hampshire's software industry. And that industry includes not just established, successful companies; it also includes the large number of independent developers doing contract work and other individuals working hard to launch a new software company.
Out of our area:
The Worldwide Institute of Software Architects http://www.wwisa.org/
CONTACT: Marc Sewell marcs@wwisa.org 404-786-9472
DESCRIPTION: The Institute of Software Architects is a nonprofit membership
organization with a mission to accelerate the establishment of the
profession of software architecture and provide information and services to
software architects and their clients.
This list of computer user groups is compiled by Allan Sherman on behalf of
CONE, the Computer Organizations of New England, Inc.
and is provided as a service to the groups and to the computer user community.
A computer user group or SIG is informally defined to be any non-commercial organization which supports computer users. For inclusion in this index, a group must appear to be active as evidenced by holding meetings, having a current web page, active email or hard copy mailing list, or such.
This list is obtained largely by web surfing and following leads in various mailing lists and newsgroups. All www urls are verified to be active when listed. Email, snail-mail, phone, fax and bbs numbers are not verified.
