User Groups focused on z/VM and Linux on IBM Z

Last Updated: 4 March 2022


 

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
The BayBunch VM User Group www.baybunch.org No longer meeting, but website includes archives from 2011 and earlier.
Central Ohio Mainframe Users Group (COMUG) www.comug.info Quarterly
Chicago Area VM Enthusiasts (CAVMEN) Jack Slavick
(312) 502-6466
Jslavick4@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
Serves the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virgina areas, meetings typically held in Herndon, VA.
Hillgang List Archives
Subscribe to the HILLGANG listserv, send email to:
LISTSERV@VM.MARIST.EDU
with "subscribe hillgang first-name last-name" in the body of your message.
Two or three per year
Japan GUIDE/SHARE (JGS) jgshq@jgs.or.jp Semi-annually
Metropolitan VM Users Association (MVMUA)
Typically meets in New York City or Jersey City
Eric Schuler-Dalverny
Eric_Schuler-Dalverny@ibi.com
MVMUA List Archives
Subscribe to the MVMUA listserv, send email to:
LISTSERV@VM.MARIST.EDU
with "subscribe MVMUA-L first-name last-name" in the body of your message.
Three times per year
SHARE www.share.org Twice per year
March, August
Systems Programmer Association of the Research Triangle Area (SPARTA)
North Carolina
www.spartanc.org Monthly
VM Workshop Web site:
www.vmworkshop.org
Facebook:
VM Workshop group
Annually