Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ubvax!ardent!rap
From: rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: User Groups
Summary: need an update (blush)
Keywords: where to find help locally
Message-ID: <1481@ardent.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 89 00:49:58 GMT
Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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When I did the Amiga Companion, I included a list of the known
user groups, names addresses and so on -- to provide a new user
with a place to go for getting answers from more experienced
folks.  Turns out that the source I used to obtain that list
did not include FAUG (blush), which is supposed to be the largest Amiga
users' group in existence (as I heard "because nobody there responded
in time to make the list" --- sigh).  

In creating an update for the book, I don't want to leave anyone out.  
I would like to assemble a reasonably complete list and plan to enlist 
the aid of CBM if necessary (if possible, if feasible, whatever), but thought
that I might find someone on the net who, simliarly to Chet Solace's
effort on the FINAL LIST (BBS's for Amiga), may have already assembled
a FINAL USER GROUP list, perhaps for use as a mailing list for product
announcements???????  It is worth a few bucks to me to get it right
this time and I would be willing to discuss compensation for such
a list if compiled (and perhaps recently verified).

Please contact me via USMail or email if you have such a list, or
perhaps individuals who are members of usergroups/clubs that cover
the Amiga --- and if you have seen a copy of the Amiga Companion
and notice that the name/address/meeting dates of your club etc
are not listed in that appendix, please contact me.

If I receive a significant number of entries that can be construed
as a very-useful-contact-tool, and if that set of entries has not
been obtained by copying someone's hard-earned mailing list, I can
plan to post the results for public consumption.

Thanks for your help.

Rob Peck
DATAPATH
P.O.Box 1828
Los Gatos, CA 95031-1828
U. S. A.