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From: jdv@forth.org (J. D. Verne)
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Subject: comp.lang.forth FAQ: Groups & Organizations (6 of 7)
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comp.lang.forth Frequently Asked Questions, part 6 of 6
Forth Groups & Organizations
Bradford J. Rodriguez, 14 Dec 1996
Please send additions, deletions, or changes to Brad Rodriguez,
<bj@forth.org>.
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Subject: Table of Contents
[1] Forth Organizations
[2] FIG Chapters
[3] Forth Conferences
NOTE: this FAQ is in the early stages of construction. Contributions
and suggestions are welcome.
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Subject: [1] Forth Organizations
Forth Interest Group (FIG) *** NEW ADDRESS! ***
100 Dolores St, Suite 183
Carmel CA, 93923 USA
telephone: 408-373-6784 (408-37-FORTH)
fax: 408-373-2845
e-mail: office@forth.org
<http://www.forth.org/fig.html>
Individual membership in FIG is US$45 per year (USA & Canada).
(Canada air mail US$53/year; all other countries US$60 per year).
Benefits include:
* Six issues of Forth Dimensions;
* 10% discount on FIG retail items (books, disks, etc.);
* 10% discount on early FORML registration (prior to November 1);
* Resume referral service for programmers seeking jobs;
* Electronic services:
- Resumes posted on FIG's web page
- Free personal web page on www.forth.org (maximum size 100K)
- Free email forwarding service at forth.org
- FIG's vast FTP software library, including the Forth
Scientific Library and much more
- Access to FIG "members only" site and special interest groups
- Discounted domain registration ($25 for members and $50 for
non-members, plus actual Internic registration charges)
* Contact with local Forth programmers through local chapters;
* Support of the annual FORML conference.
Corporate membership in FIG is $125 per year (inquire about foreign
rates). In addition to the above, corporate members receive:
* Five copies of each issue of Forth Dimensions, providing useful
Forth information for the whole Forth programming team;
* Free corporate listing, with a 50-word description, in Forth
Dimensions, to increase corporate visibility in the Forth
community and aid in recruiting Forth programmers;
* 10% discount on advertising rates for advertising products and
services as well as recruiting ads;
* A link from the FIG web site to a designated corporate web site,
for better electronic access.
Library membership in FIG is $125 per year (inquire about foreign
rates). Library members receive:
* Forth Dimensions mailed bimonthly;
* A complete set six Forth Dimensions mailed at the end of year;
* A copy of the year's FORML proceedings.
FIG-UK
The UK Chapter of the Forth Interest Group publishes its own
Forthwrite magazine 6 times a year, maintains an extensive lending
library of books and periodicals (including Forth Dimensions, JOFAR
and FORML) with a number of items on disk too.
Meetings with invited speakers are held 4 times a year at the South
Bank University, London.
To join (at only 10 pounds a year, you can't afford not to :-)
contact Doug Neale on 0181 542 2747 or by post to:
58 Woodland Way
MORDEN
Surrey
SM4 4DS
Institute for Applied Forth Research
70 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14611 USA
telephone 716-235-0168
email: lforsley@jwk.com
Publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Forth Application and
Research, and holds the annual Rochester Forth Conference.
Association for Computing Machinery (SIGForth)
ACM's Special Interest Group on Forth has been absorbed into ACM
SIGPlan, the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages.
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Subject: [2] FIG Chapters
[This section is under revision. If you have information about an
active FIG chapter, please send it to bj@forth.org.]
CALIFORNIA
North Bay Chapter
Meets monthly, 2nd Sat., at BMUG, 2055 Center Street, Berkeley (1/2
block from Berkeley BART station). Tutorial at noon, meeting at 1
pm. Contact Leonard Morgenstern, 510-376-5241, <nleonard@aol.com>.
MARYLAND
Maryland Chapter
Meets monthly, third Sat., 1:00 PM, at the Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Lab, Columbia, MD. From the intersection of U.S. 29 and
Johns Hopkins Road, go west about 1/4 mile. The Applied Physics Lab
is on the right, marked by signs and a duck pond. Usually the
meeting is in the Kossiakoff Center. If the Center is locked, the
meeting will be in the cafeteria. Contact Jet Thomas,
<jethomas@ix.netcom.com>.
CANADA
Southern Ontario Chapter
Meets quarterly, 1st Sat. of March/June/Dec., 2nd Sat. of Sept.,
2 pm, at McMaster University, General Science Building, Rm. 301,
Hamilton, Ontario. NOTE: the meeting location may change soon.
Contact Dr. Nicholas Solntseff, <ns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>.
Maintains software library.
UNITED KINGDOM
see "FIG-UK" listing under "[1] Forth Organizations"
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Subject: [3] Forth Conferences
Rochester Forth Conference
The Rochester Forth Conference is held in (or near) the Eastern U.S.
every June. Direct inquiries to Larry Forsley, lforsley@jwk.com.
EuroForth Conference
The EuroForth Conference is held in various European countries,
usually in late October or early November. The 1996 conference is
scheduled to be held October 4-7 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
FORML Conference
The FORML Conference is held at the Asilomar Conference Center in
California every November. This year's conference will be November
29 - December 1, 1996. The theme is "Experimenting with the ANS
Forth Standard." Papers are currently being solicited; abstracts of
approximately 100 words should be sent to FORML, P.O. Box 2154,
Oakland, CA 94621 USA, or emailed to FORML@ami.vip.best.com.
Other Forth conferences have been held in Australia and China.