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User Groups that focus on VM and Linux on zSeries

Updated: 26 July 2007

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
(formerly ASG & Common)
info@interaction.com.au
+61 2 9875-2999
2-3 per year
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
Quarterly
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
Three per year
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 Hillgang List Archives
Subscribe to the HILLGANG listserv:
listserv@apcug.org name HILLGANG.
Re-launched in 2H2002 to include z/VM and Linux on zSeries
Japan GUIDE/SHARE (JGS) jgshq@jgs.or.jp
Semi-annually
Metropolitan VM Users Association (MVMUA)
(NY,NJ,Phila)
Bill Munson
otsmuns@vm.state.nj.us
Quarterly
Midwest VM Regional Users Group (MVMRUG)
(Ohio and Vicinity)
Terry Moore
(330)471-3380
tmoore@timken.com.
Fourth Friday of
Jan,Apr,Oct
New England Users of VM and Linux on zSeries (NEUVM)
(MA, CT, NH, VT, ME and NY)
New web site: http://www.neuvm.org/ 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 VM Users Group
In 2002, this user group merged with GSE UK Large Systems User Group.
Former contacts
Chairman:
Ian Jones (EDS, Ltd.)
Membership Secretary:
Roger Evans (United Biscuits)
Mailing Secretary:
Tony Walkden (Forward Trust)
 
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 and VM) 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
3-4 per year