Be User Groups

We present to you our small, but growing, list of Be users groups around the world, as well as other user groups that actively support Be users and developers. For more information, contact any of these groups directly via the links below. Interested in starting a Be User Group? We have instructions for doing so on-line.

New Be User Groups Colorado -- Fort Collins Group Name: BEERS - BE Enthusiasts R uS Primary Contact: Tom Sapienza URL: http://www.worldwidemart.com/sapienza/be North Dakota -- Scranton Group Name: BeRural Primary Contact: Newton Teske URL: http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/sendit/jbtmag/newt/ Texas -- Dallas Group Name: DaBUG (Dallas Be Users Group) Serving Dallas, Texas. Primary contact: Patrick S. M. Gratton URL: http://www.pobox.com/~dabug/ User Groups in North America California -- Los Angeles Group Name: BLA: Be Los Angeles. Getting started in Los Angeles. Goal: To show off many aspects of Be and the BeOS. Primary contact: Jonathan Romley URL: http://www.iRevolution.com/BLA/ Colorado -- Fort Collins Group Name: BEERS - BE Enthusiasts R uS Primary Contact: Tom Sapienza URL: http://www.worldwidemart.com/sapienza/be Florida -- Gainesville Group Name: SEABUG (South East Be User Group) Primary Contact: Dylan Northrup E-mail: northrup@chem.ufl.edu Mailing list: In order to subscribe, you can can send mail to 'seabug-request@chem.ufl.edu' with 'subscribe' in the Subject: of the message. URL: http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~northrup/seabug.html Idaho -- Moscow Group Name: Be@UI BUG (University of Idaho) Primary Contact: Aaron S. Torres E-mail: aaront@uidaho.edu URL: http://www.uidaho.edu/csrv/macusers/beui.html Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign Group Name: Be Users Group and Association for Computing Machinery at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Concentrating on the Urbana-Champaign area Primary contact: Jason Luther URL: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/bug/ Louisiana -- Lake Charles Group Name: LAMUG'BUG: Louisiana Mac/Be User Group Concentrating on the Lake Charles - New Orleans area. Goals: To promote the BeOS as a general computing tool for experienced computer users. Primary contact: Jody Sweeton URL: http://www.laol.net/org/lamug/lmgbug.htm Montana -- Bozeman Group Name: Big Sky BUG. Serving the Montana area. Primary contact: David Simon URL: http://www.digitaleyeq.com/buzz/ New York -- New York City Group Name: NYC Be User Group Serving New York City. Primary contact: Bhima Hogan North Dakota -- Fargo Group Name: FargoBUG Primary Contact: Peter Schultz URL: http://vax1.bemidji.msus.edu/~pschultz/fargobug.html North Dakota -- Scranton Group Name: BeRural Primary Contact: Newton Teske URL: http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/sendit/jbtmag/newt/ Ohio -- Columbus Group Name: dBUG dBUG will focus mostly on networking & intercompatibility with the MacOS Primary contact: Nate Cowles Ontario, Canada -- Kichener Group Name: Be Yourself User Group for the Technology Triangle in Ontario, Canada (Kitchener/Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph). Primary contact: Piotr Pytlik URL: http://www.doublep.com/events/be/ Oregon -- Portland Group Name: PDX BUG Goals: Foster an interest in Be and provide a forum where Be developers and those interested in Be can meet and discuss ideas and share information. Explore the graphics and multimedia possibilities that Be offers. Explore the Internet possibilities Be offers. Primary contact: Melanie Walker URL: http://www.teleport.com/~pdxbug Quebec, Canada -- Montreal Group Name: CUBE (Club d'Utilisateur de BE or Club of Users of Be) Serving the Montreal area. Primary contact: Nicolas Langlois at adept@total.net URL: http://www.moebius.qc.ca/CUBE Saskatchewan, Canada -- Regina Group Name: BeARS (Be At Regina, Saskatchewan) To promote the BeOS as an extension or alternative to the Mac OS. Serving the Regina area. Primary contact: Bill Maguire URL: http://tdi.uregina.ca/~mugors/bears/ Texas -- Austin Group Name: Austin Be User Group Serving Austin, Texas. Primary contact: Stephen Beaulieu URL: http://www.purity.com/be/austin-bug/ Texas -- Dallas Group Name: DaBUG (Dallas Be Users Group) Serving Dallas, Texas. Primary contact: Patrick S. M. Gratton URL: http://www.pobox.com/~dabug/ Washington -- Seattle Group Name: FireBUG: Seattle/Northwest Be User Group Currently concentrated out of the Seattle/Tacoma/Vancouver area, representing users and developers on both sides of the border. Primary contact: Julie Petersen URL: http://www.abiogenesis.com/firebug Washington, DC Group Name: WDC Be User Group Serving Washington, D.C. Primary contact: Paul Popernack User Groups in the Pacific Australia Group Name: Australian Be User Group A forum for developers and users in Australia and the surrounding region. Primary contact: Hugh Blemings China Group Name: Be Group China Primary Contact: Leslie Leung Chiming E-mail: gzagfa@pub.gz.gdpta.net.cn Guam Group Name: BeGuam Club Setting up for BeOS users in Guam. Primary contacts: Patrick Kelly and Alex Sian. Main BeGuam e-mail address: be@guam.net A web site is under construction Japan Group Name: J-BUG -Japan Be User Group J-BUG's goals and interests: Japanazation of BeOS and multibyte character and language support. Meetings are held every two months in Tokyo. J-BUG has about 80 (or more and still increasing) Geeks in all (most of the members are developers). Primary contact: Satoru Osanai A mailing list is available at Be-user@kyoritsu.co.jp Korea Group name: MACAN BUG MACAN has been an Apple Macintosh Users Group in Korea since 1990. About 30 members meet every Saturday 3:00PM at a local computer shop. (Total membership: around 200) Recently, members have expressed interest in the BeOS and will discuss BUG issues at the Saturday meetings. Members are also studying how to develop BeOS applications, specifically multimedia applications. Primary contact: JongChan Lee Thailand Group Name: BeThai Primary Contact: Wan Chun Hung E-mail: chun@mozart.inet.co.th User Groups in Europe Denmark Group Name: BUGDEN (BeOS User Group DENmark) Primary contact: Jorgen Larsen URL: http://sunsite.auc.dk/bugden Mailing list: bugden@sunsite.auc.dk and bugden-request@sunsite.auc.dk England Group Name: UK!-BUG Goals: To provide a general support group for BeOS developers in the UK. Primary Contact: Matt Willsher E-mail: m.willsher@uea.ac.uk URL: http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~u9427066/ France Group Name: FrBUG - le groupe Francais d'utilisateurs de BeOS - Primary Contact: Hubert Figuiere E-mail: hubert.figuiere@teaser.fr URL: http://www.frbug.home.ml.org Germany Group Name: DeBUG The German Be User Group. Primary contact: Peter Stegemann URL: http://www.ai-lab.fh-furtwangen.de/%7EDeBUG Netherlands Group Name: DuBeUs (Dutch Be usergroup) Goals: Our goals are the general spreading of the Be virus in Holland and helping developers make the impossible possible Primary contact: Thijs W Stalenhoef URL: http://cam071213.student.utwente.nl/DuBeUs.html Sweden Group Name: BeUserGroupSweden Goals: To gather Swedish Be developers and users together. Primary contacts: Mikael Hjerpe , Bjorn Tornqvist , Magnus Hjelmer URL: http://BUGS.rsn.hk-r.se Russia Name: TAPAKAH (Russian Be User Group) Primary Contact: Serg Slazhny E-mail: freman@com2com.ru

Are you a Be User Group organizer, thinking about starting a group, or expanding your current group's charter to include the BeOS? If so, you'll want to check out the Be User Group formation page and join the beusergroup mailing list to get plugged in with other organizers.