# EUROPEAN OS/2 USER GROUPS

The following is a current list of OS/2 related user groups in Europe:

    AUSTRIA

    Anwender/2 OS/2 User Group
    Merangasse 82/II/8, A-100 GRAZ
    Tel:  43-316-384283 or
          43-316-388566
    BBS:  43-316-388566
    Description:  Supporting IBM OS/2 and all related
      applications.  Running one of the major OS/2 BBSes
      in Austria.  Supported by IBM Austria, Anwender/2 has
      about 800MB of downloadable files online 24 hours/day.
      There is a large library of OS/2 books and videos,
      provided by IBM OS/2 User Group support, and most of the
      leading OS/2 manufacturers support the user group.
      New OS/2 users are always welcome.
    Meeting Schedule:  Every other Wednesday
    Location:  'Mondscheinstueberl', Graz.
      See BBS for details.
    Contact:  Norbert Fuerst or Michael Widmann
    President:  Norbert Fuerst
    Dues:  ATS 600/year, including bimonthly
      magazine and free BBS and library access, and
      lower rates for onsite support or OS/2 training.

    OS/2 Forum Austria
    POB 331
    A-1013 Vienna
    Tel:  +43(1)815-4429
    Fax:  +43(1)815-7930 X 22
    BBS:  Unknown
    E-Mail:  rony.flatscher@wu-wien.ac.at
    WWW:  http://www.os2forum.or.at
    Description:  OS/2 Forum Austria has been accepted
      by IBM Austria as the representative for Austria's
      OS/2 users.  Today, it has over 200 members, many of
      whom represent their respective companies.
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  Various
    Contact:  Rony Flatscher
    President:   Unknown
    Dues:   Unknown

    BELGIUM

    OS/2 User Group Belgium
    Goudveilstraat 5
    B-3360 Bierbeek
    Tel:  +32-16-46-39-78
    Fax:  +32-16-46-39-78
    BBS:  +32-16-46-15-38
    WWW:  http://www.os2ugbe.org/index.htm
    E-Mail:  driesmans.j@tornado.be
    Meeting Schedule:  2nd Friday
    Location:  Kultureel Centrum 'De Kam',
      Beekstraat 172, B-1970 Wezembeek-Oppem; Tel:  02/731.43.31
    Contact:  Alex Wyckmans (awyckma@ibm.net)
    President:  Wim Teughels (wteughe@ibm.net)
    Vice President:  Maurice Derden (ma3den@ibm.net
    Secretary:  Johan Driesmans (driesmans.j@tornado.be
    Tresurer:  Dirk Vermeersch (dverm@ibm.net
    Public Relations:  Alex Wyckmans (awyckma@ibm.net)
    WebMaster:  Maurice Derden (ma3den@ibm.net
    Staff:  Mark Spiessens (maspies@ibm.be)
            Kin-Shing Tchang (ktchang@ibm.net)
            Pieter Dubois (duboisp@ibm.net)
    Newsletter:  Warp Magazine (monthly)
    Dues:  500 Bfr
    Description:
      The OS/2 UG Belgium is for everyone who is using OS/2.  There are
      a lot of demos, hints & tips and last but not least the technical
      workshops.  If you're having a problem with your configuration
      under OS/2 or need assistance in a certain application, bring in
      your PC in the Technical Workshop.  We'll fix it for you.

    OS/2 Working Group G.U.I.D.E.
    K.U. Leuven
    Faculteit E.T.E.W.
    Deinst Informatica
    Naamsestraat, 69, B-3000 Leuven
    Tel:  32 16 32.67.16
    Fax:  32 16 32.69.69
    BBS:  None
    E-Mail:  Karel.VanderHaegen@econ.kuleuven.ac.be
    IBM Mail ID:  G1LNKK5Q@IBMMAIL
    Description:  As part of the European IBM user
      group G.U.I.D.E. the Belgium OS/2 Working Group
      G.U.I.D.E. joins Belgium corporate OS/2 users, and
      members of G.U.I.D.E. Belgium-Luxembourg to discuss
      OS/2 and related topics.
    Meeting Schedule:  Approximately 4-5 times per year
    Location:  Various
    Contact:  Karel Van der Haegen
    President:   Karel Van der Haegen
    Secretary:   Dirk Rober
    Dues:   G.U.I.D.E. corporate membership required.

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    Czech OS/2 User Group (COUG)
    Computer Data a.s.
    Trebohosticka 2283
    100 00, Praha
    Tel:  +420-2-7078224
    Fax:  +420-2-703875
    BBS:  +420-2-703886, +420-2-703879
    WWW:  None
    E-Mail:  codalan@login.cz
    Meeting Schedule:  Third Wednesday each month
    Location:  at mailing address
    Contact:  Daniel Docekal
    President:  Daniel Docekal
    Dues:  Unknown
    Newsletter:  DA(m)NNEWS (published irregularly)

    GERMANY

    OS/2 User Club
    Tel:  Unknown
    BBS:  Unknown
    E-Mail:  keal@stat15.bauingenieure.uni-stuttgart.de
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  Unknown
    Contact:  Roman Huber
    President:  Roman Huber
    Dues:  Unknown

    OS/2 User Group Deutschland
    PC & PR GmbH
    Kolner Strasse 51
    Mechernich-Kommern  D-5353
    Tel:  Unknown
    BBS:  Unknown
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Contact:  Heide Davis
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  Unknown

    OS/2 User Group Hamburg
    Muehlenweg 1
    22880 Wedel
    Tel:  49-4103-6604
    Fax:  Unknown
    BBS:  Unknown
    E-Mail:  Unknown
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  Unknown
    Contact:  Michael Mrosowski
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  Unknown

    OS/2 User Group of Flensburg
    Swinemuender Str. 3
    24944 Flensburg
    Tel:  +49-461-32880
    BBS:  Unknown
    WWW:  Unknown
    Meeting Schedule:  3rd Wednesday
    Location:  Treffpunkt Muerwik
    Contact:  Olaf Scherdin
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  Unknown

    RAMchip PC User's Group, OS/2 SIG
    CMR 429, Box 1029
    APO AE
    Tel:  49-6302-7783
    BBS:  Unknown
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  200th TAMMC
    Contact:  Spencer L. Lewis
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  Unknown

    Team OS/2 Region Trier e.V.
    c/o Sascha Weber
    Postfach 3928
    Trier, RHP  54229
    Germany
    Tel:  None
    Fax:  06501-180616
    BBS:  None
    E-Mail:  team@teamos2.ipcon.de
    WWW:  http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de/
    Founded:  November 1998
    Members:  19
    Contact:  Sascha Weber (team@teamos2.ipcon.de)
    Newsletter:  None
    Meetings:  3rd Wednesday, 7:30 pm
    Location:  Trier
    Dues:  DM 90 / DM 60

    Team OS/2 Ruhr e.V.
    Wittekindstr. 39
    Duisburg, NRW 47051
    Germany
    Tel:  0203-284521
    Fax:  None
    BBS:  None
    E-Mail:  dschaebel@nordrhein.de
    WWW:  None
    Founded:  May 1997
    Members:  33
    Contact:  Detlef Schaebel (dschaebel@nordrhein.de)
    Newsletter:  None
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  Duisburg
    Officers:  Unknown
    Dues:  DM 120
    Description:  The members of this user group come from the
      NRW-Area called "Das Ruhrgebiet," the following cities are
      included:  Duisburg (sure), Essen, Duesseldorf, Oberhausen,
      Dortmund, Bochum, Muenster.  All users are welcome:
      specialists and "normal" users.

    Team OS/2 Schweinfurt - Wuerzburg
    Germany
    BBS:  +49-9721-187294
    WWW:  Unknown
    Founded:  October 1995
    Membership:  15 - 20 members
    Schedule:  last Friday or Saturday, 7pm
    Location:  Schweinfurt and Wuerzburg (alternating)
    Dues:  None
    Description:  General Team OS/2 User group.  Open for everybody who is
      interested in OS/2.  We are a sub-group of Team OS/2 Germany.

    TUM OS/2 Users Group
    c/o Fachschaft MPI, TU Muenchen
    Arcisstr 19
    Munich, D-80290
    Tel:  +49-89-7236912
    BBS:  None
    WWW:  http://www.leo.org/archiv/software/os2/os2-ug/
    E-Mail:  os2-ug@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
    Meeting Schedule:  Mid-month (varies, see WWW), 6pm-7pm
    Location:  TU Muenchen, Room S1128
    Contact:  Florian Hawlitzek
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  None

    ITALY

    OUGP (OS/2 User Group Palermo)
    Auletta Studenti
    Facolta' di ingegneria
    viale delle Scienze
    Palermo, PA  90128
    Tel:  +39-91-593686
    BBS:  +39-91-489642 (Virtual Dream BBS)
    E-Mail:  ematum@freenet.hut.fi
    Founded:  June 1996
    Contact:  Emanuele Tumminia
    Meeting Schedule:  2nd Monday, 5pm
    Location:  Auletta Studenti - Facolta' di ingegneria -
      viale delle Scienze
    Dues:  Unknown
    Description:  Spread the use of a REAL 32 bit O.S. at
      university and everywhere!  For all that want know more
      about OS/2 and how to get the most from it.

    NETHERLANDS

    Hobby Computer Club (HCC)
    HCC OS/2 gg
    Postbus 149
    3990 DC  HOUTEN
    Tel:  +31-30-637 87 88
    Fax:  +31-30-637 89 30
    BBS:
      HCC OS/2 gg HOFSTAD BBS&colon.  +31-70-3947842 (Sysop - Bert van Rhijn)
      HCC OS/2 gg CORAC BBS&colon.  +31-20-6370729 (Sysop - Michel Rozengarden)
      HCC OS/2 gg Alexander BBS&colon.  +31-10-2860600; +31-10-2860587 (Sysop Cor Slot)
    E-Mail:  mtillema@hccfido.hcc.nl
    WWW:  http://www.uunet.be/hcc/
    Meeting Schedule:  Varies
    Location:  Varies
    Contact:  Menno Tillema
    OS/2 SIG Leader:  Nico Kralt, Voorburg NL
    BBS Sysop:  Bert van Rhijn
    Dues:  Hfl. 68/year; Includes club magazine, "Computer!Totaal".
    Membership:  1200
    Newsletter:  DRAAD/2 (published 4 times a year)

    Holland User Group OS/2 (HUGO)
    Lange Kerkdam 113
    Wassenaar, BT 2242
    Tel:  01751-41492/18301
    Fax:  01751-11789
    BBS:  01834-2427/5097 (Lighthouse BBS)
    WWW:  http://www.mensys.nl/hugo/index.html
    Newsletter:  HugoNotes (published monthly)
    Meeting Schedule:  Varies
    Location:  Varies
    Contact:  Paul van Keep (Secretary) (pvk@ACM.org or paulvk@ibm.net)
    President:  Marcel H. Bruins (Tel:  04950-21791)
    Dues:  Unknown

    NORWAY

    OS/2 Brukerforum Norge (OS/2 BFN)
    (OS/2 User Group Norway)
    Steinbekken 4
    Klafta  2040
    Tel:  +47 63 97 89 46
    Fax:  None
    BBS:  None
    E-Mail:  haraldb@bigblue.no
    WWW:  http://www.os2bfn.no/
    Contact:  Harald Bjornstad (haraldb@bigblue.no)
    Newsletter:  OuroborOS/2 (Quarterly)
    Schedule:  Quarterly, 6pm
    Location:  IBM Norge, Kolbotn
    Founded:  1994
    Membership:  246
    Leader:  Harald Bjornstad
    Officers:  Steinar Johansen (steinar3@online.no)
      Henrik Lorange (hlorange@os.telia.no)
      Per Steinlein (pseinle@c2i.net)
      Goeran Arnesen (goran.arnesen@cinet.no)
    Dues:  NOK 100
    Description:  OS2BFN (OS/2 Brukerforum Norge) is an individual forum for users
      and companies  using OS/2. In 1998 the forum started focusing more about our
      on-line internet site, http://www.os2bfn.no/  In our site you will find all the
      OS/2 related news, articles and OS/2 solutions.  The site is updated 2-4 times
      a week.  In our seminars (4 times a year) we focus on important issues about
      OS/2.  (WSOD, Java, Visual Age, Network computing and Warp/Warpserver/Domino)
      We have an IRC channel.  OS2BFN is for all users of the OS/2 operating system,
      but also for those with other special interest of OS/2.  By the end of 1998 we
      are going to announce a pure company related site with focus on servers, network
      and cost-effective solutions.

    TeamOS/2 Midt-Norge
    (TeamOS/2 Central Norway)
    Per Kvists vei 6
    7058 Jakobsli
    Tel:  +47-73-91-68-19
    Fax:  None
    BBS:  None
    E-Mail:  teamos2@multinet.no
    WWW:  http://www.multinet.no/~teamos2
    Founded:  1993
    Membership:  59
    Contact:  Harald Eilertsen (haraldei@stud.unit.no)
    Newsletter:  "Absolute WARP!" (Quarterly)
    Meeting Schedule:  Varies
    Location:  Varies
    District Leader: Harald Eilertsen
    Newsletter Editor:  Jan-Morten Havstein
    Dues:  Free
    Description:  TeamOS/2 Midt-Norge is the regional TeamOS/2
      group of the Central Norway region.  Based around the city of
      Trondheim, we try to promote OS/2 and OS/2 based solutions.  We
      also try to help get new OS/2 users up and going and help around
      with any problems they may have.  Generally we try to create a
      community of OS/2 users.

    RUSSIA

    Russian OS/2 User Group (ROSUG)
    c/o International Computer Club (room 53,54)
    Proyezd Serova 4
    Znanie Building
    Moscow 101813
    Tel:  095-921-0902
    BBS:  Unknown
    Meeting Schedule:  3rd Tuesday, 11am
    Location:  Orlikov per 3, korp A
    Contact:  Constantin Protopopov 095-492-0837
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  Unknown

    SWEDEN

    Swedish OS/2 User Group
    (Svenska OS/2 User Group)
    Upplandsgatan 67
    Stockholm  113 28
    Tel:  +46-8-330916
    Fax:  +46-8-329965
    E-Mail:  info@os2ug.se
    WWW:  http://www.os2ug.se/
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  Unknown
    Contact:  Michael Rotter
    Founded:  1991
    Membership:  300
    Newsletter:  None
    Dues:  Unknown

    SWITZERLAND

    Common Switzerland, OS/2 SIG
    P.O. Box 380
    8424 Embrach
    Tel:  +41-1 876 02 80
    Fax:  +41-1 876 02 10
    E-Mail:  rbsloot@ibm.net
    WWW:  http://www.common.ch
          http://www.common.ch/OS2PAGE.HTML
    Meeting Schedule:  Varies
    Location:  Varies
    Contact:  Rene B. Sloot (101642.12@compuserve.com)
    SIG Leader:  Rene B. Sloot (101642.12@compuserve.com)
    Dues:  Unknown
    Description:  Common Switzerland is primarily
      dedicated to issues surrounding the AS/400 operating
      environment.  However, this SIG is dedicated to OS/2
      and run by members of Team OS/2.

    OS/2 User Association (Schweiz)
    Im Bruenneli 15
    CH-8127 Forch
    Tel:  +41 (0)1 8876940
    Fax:  +41 (0)1 8876941
    BBS:  +41 (0)1 8876942
    E-Mail:  reglin@ibm.net
    WWW:  http://os2web.inserto.ch/os2ua/
    Founded:  July 1993
    Membership:  60
    Contact:  Roman Eglin
    Newsletter:  (Homepage & mail
    Schedule:  1st Tuesday, 7pm
    Location:  Varies; see web page
    President:  Frank J. Dekker
    Resp. f. Administration:  Roman Eglin
    Treasurer:  Oliver Minzloff
    Dues:  100,- Swiss Francs (approx. 75-80 US$)
      No fee for the meetings.
    Description:  Purpose is to promote & support OS/2 and
      exchange information and experiences.  Open to everyone with
      an interest in OS/2.

    UKRANIA

    Kharkov OS/2 User Group
    Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering
    47 Lenin Ave
    Kharkov 310164
    Tel:  7-572-32-1062
    BBS:  Unknown
    Meeting Schedule:  1st Tuesday, 3pm
    Location:   Institute for Low Temperature Physics
      and Engineering, Computer Center, Room 106
    Contact:  Vladimir O. Krouglov
    President:  Dr. Levon K. Amdilyan
    Dues:  Unknown

    UNITED KINGDOM

    EurOS/2
    c/o Martin Brampton
    Moore Stephens
    St. Paul's House
    Warwick Lane
    London  EC4P 4BN
    Tel:  +44-171-334-9191
    Fax:  +44-171-246-6055
    BBS:  +44-171-334-0337 (Moore Stephens Infoline)
    E-Mail:  euros2@ibm.net or 100303.2007@compuserve.com
    WWW:  None
    Meeting Schedule:  1st Thursday, 4pm
    Location:  Moore Stephens Training Centre,
      1 Snow Hill, London  EC1A 2EN
    Contact:  Martin Brampton
    Chairman:  Martin Brampton
    IBM Vendor Liaison:  Rose Gerlach (rrgerl1@ibm.net)
    Founded:  February 1, 1996
    Dues:  Unknown
    Description:  The purpose of the group is to encourage
      contact among people who want to make their OS/2 implementation
      a smashing success.  With monthly meetings in London, electronic
      exchange of information and an on-line magazine, EurOS/2 is
      getting its bearings among committed OS/2 users, especially in
      the business community.

    OS/2 UK Users Group
    WWW:  http://www.warp.in-uk.net/
    E-Mail:  os2uk@scotgate2.demon.co.uk
    NOTE:  Group is in the formation stages (as of June 15, 1998)

    Personal Systems Society
    20 CSG/MW
    APO AE 09466
    Tel:  44-869-240414
    BBS:  Unknown
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  RAF Croughton Club
    Contact:  Steve Walker
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  Unknown