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User Groups focused on z/VM and Linux on System z

Updated: 30 June 2009

These user groups devote some or all of their time to VM-related topics and Linux on the mainframe. View the VM events calendar for upcoming meetings and conferences.

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User Group Name Contact,Telephone Meeting Frequency
Interaction Australasia
(once known as ASG & Common)
info@interaction.com.au
+61 2 9875-2999
Annual conference and regional events
The BayBunch User Group http://www.baybunch.org/
Melissa Curry
melissa@velocitysoftware.com
Re-launched in 9/2002 to include z/VM and Linux on zSeries
Canada VM Users Group (CVMUG) David Kreuter
dkreuter@vm-resources.ca
(905) 660-3639
Annual
Chicago Area VM Enthusiasts (CAVMEN) Mark Suchecki
(847) 518-0058
cavmen@comcast.net
Quarterly
G.U.I.D.E/SHARE Europe (GSE) gsehq@gse.org
+41 41 748 70 20
International and regional or country events
GUIDE SHARE France
(Fomerly Institut de Promotion des Systemes Ouverts (IPSO) which was formed from Club VM et Club VSE en France which covered z/VM, VSE, Linux for zSeries and Tivoli Storage Manager)
www.gsefr.org Several by workgroup
HILLGANG II
Re-launched in 2H2002 and includes z/VM and Linux on System z
Hillgang List Archives
Subscribe to the HILLGANG listserv:
listserv@apcug.org name HILLGANG.
Two or three per year
Japan GUIDE/SHARE (JGS) jgshq@jgs.or.jp
Semi-annually
Metropolitan VM Users Association (MVMUA)
(NY,NJ,Phila)
Bill Munson
william.munson@bbh.com
Quarterly
Midwest VM Regional Users Group (MVMRUG)
(Ohio and Vicinity)
Dale Smith
(330)471-3380
dale-smith@columbus.rr.com .
Fourth Friday of
Jan,Apr,Oct
New England Users of VM and Linux on zSeries (NEUVM)
(MA, CT, NH, VT, ME and NY)
2008 New web site: www.bu.edu/dbin/neuvm/index.php Re-established Jan. 13, 2004  
SHARE
www.share.org tel:(312)321-5160
1-888-5SHARE5
fax:(312)644-6363
Twice per year
March, July
United Kingdom & Ireland z/VM and Linux on System z User Group (zLUG)
New in 2009 !
Contact: Henry Orton
henry_orton@uk.ibm.com
Twice a year
VM Workshop
None currently scheduled, but tools from workshop tapes are made available for download.
A. Harry Williams
harry@vm.marist.edu
Martha McConaghy
urmm@vm.marist.edu
 
WAVV
(World Alliance of VSE, VM & Linux)
Bennie Pugh
Email: bepugh@InfoAve.net
Additional contacts
Annual
Wisconsin Linux on zSeries User Group
(Launched Sept 2003)
Greg A Rehn, IBM
email: garehn@us.ibm.com
2-3 per year