comp.lang.forth Frequently Asked Questions, part 6 of 7 Forth Groups & Organizations Bradford J. Rodriguez, 6 Dec 1998 Please send additions, deletions, or changes to Brad Rodriguez, . ------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------ Subject: [1] Forth Organizations Forth Interest Group (FIG) 100 Dolores St, Suite 183 Carmel CA, 93923 USA telephone: +1 408-373-6784 (408-37-FORTH) fax: +1 408-373-2845 e-mail: office@forth.org 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, JFAR and FORML) with a number of items on disk too. 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 Web page: Forth-Gesellschaft e.V. (German FIG). Visit our Web site at for detailed information and electronic back issues of Vierte Dimension, our quarterly magazine. Once at our Web site, you'll also find links to FIG UK and FIG US, and you'll find us in turn from their Web pages. Dutch Forth Users Group HCC-Forth-gg Boulevard Heuvelink 126 6828 KW Arnhem Tel: 031(0)26 4431305 BBS: 031(0)26 4422164 E-mail: voorz@forth-gg.hobby.nl Meetings: bimonthly, every second saturday of every even month. Located at: Volkssterrenwacht Utrecht Zonnenburg 2, Utrecht This place lies in the centre of the old city Utrecht. Meetings start normally at 10.30 PM. and the day ends about 3 AM. Publication: the periodical 'Het Vijgeblaadje' The subscription for foreigners is only fl 20,00 guilders a year to Postbank: 5253572 don't forget to mention your full address and the message 'subscribtion Vijgeblaadje' You may also send fl 20,00 in banknotes to the HCC-forth-gg located at Arnhem see above for the complete address. Products from our group are: CHForth an 16-bit multisegment ANSI Forth for the PC/AT with anual. 8051-ANS-Forth a subroutine treathed 16-bit ROM Forth available for 80(C)52, 80C535, 80C552 and DA87C520 with manual, EPROM and server. ANS-Forth software course and a hardware course with 16-bit in and 16-bit output etc. HCC-Forth-gg members get a 10% off retail items from our group. Note that a subscription to 'Het Vijgeblaadje' is not enough. Send a mail for more info about the official membership. Institute for Applied Forth Research *** NEW ADDRESS *** Box 1261 Annandale, VA 22003 USA Tel : +1 (716) 235-0168 Fax : +1 (716) 235-0168 E-mail: inst@jfar.org Holds the annual Rochester Forth Conference (see below), and publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Forth Application and Research. The Journal is published electronically on the web at Editor, Dr. Peter J. Knaggs ; Publisher, Larry Forsley . 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. ------------------------------ 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 Current contact and meeting schedule unknown. MARYLAND Maryland Chapter Current contact and meeting schedule unknown. CANADA Southern Ontario Chapter Meets quarterly at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. For current information contact Ken McCracken . UNITED KINGDOM see "FIG-UK" listing under "[1] Forth Organizations" GERMANY see "Forth-Gesellschaft e.V." listing under "[1] Forth Organizations" NETHERLANDS see "Dutch Forth Users Group" listing under "[1] Forth Organizations" ------------------------------ 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, or visit the web site at [The status of the 1999 Rochester Forth Conference is uncertain. Check the web page for the latest information. -bjr] EuroForth Conference The EuroForth Conference is the only refereed Forth conference. It is usually held in late October or early November of each year. The location is rotated among European countries on a three year cycle (England, Germany, guest). The 1999 conference is tentatively scheduled to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Check the EuroForth web page for the latest information: FORML Conference The FORML Conference is held at the Asilomar Conference Center in California every November. For current information, visit the FIG web page , or email . Other Forth conferences have been held in Australia and China.