AUUG explained

AUUG was an Australian association and users' group. It described itself as the organisation for Unix, Linux and Open Source professionals. Its aim was to build a community of those interested in open systems and open standards. The newsletter AUUGN is pronounced .

AUUG ran nationally with chapters in most states and territories. The main activities were a website, mailing lists, the AUUGN newsletter, various conferences, and chapter meetings.

Along with USENIX, AUUG was one of the oldest Unix user groups in the world. Founded in 1975 by John Lions and others as the Australian Unix systems User Group, it later broadened its remit but retained the name. It was constituted on 27 August 1984 and incorporated as "AUUG Inc" on 26 August 1988 in Victoria. AUUG was dissolved between 2010 and January 2015, though it had been in decline for years,^{[1] [2]} and its members were asked to vote on whether to continue as early as 2007. There is an AUUG Preservation Society which took over management of the auug.org.au domain name in June 2011.

As of 9 January 2015, the Victorian Incorporated Association Register lists A0016636N (AUUG Inc) as Deregistered with its last return filed in 1995.

National conference

Some conferences included three days of tutorials before hand.

• 2007 – 12 to 14 October, Melbourne, Web site: Quality . 2018-01-01.
• 2006 – 10 to 13 October, Rendezvous Hotel in Melbourne, Web site: Theme . 2018-01-01.
• 2005 – 19 to 21 October, Carlton Crest Hotel in Sydney, Web site: Theme . 2018-01-01.
• 2004 – 29 to 31 August, Duxton Hotel, Flinders St, Melbourne, Web site: Theme . 2018-01-01.
• 2002 – 4 to 6 September, Melbourne, Web site: "Measure, Monitor, Control" . 2018-01-01.

Annual General Meetings

• Web site: 2008 AGM. 2018-01-01., CSC Office in Braddon, ACT
• Web site: 2007 AGM. 2018-01-01., Melbourne Museum.
• Web site: 2006 AGM. 2018-01-01., Rendezvous Hotel, 328 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria
• Web site: 2005 AGM. 2018-01-01., Carlton Crest Hotel in Sydney
• Web site: 2004 AGM. 2018-01-01., The Duxton Hotel

Governance

Office Bearers! Year Elected/Appointed! President! Vice President! Secretary! Treasurer! Committee! Returning Officer! Assistant Returning Officer

1986^[3]	Ken McDonell		Robert Elz	Chris Maltby	Chris Campbell, John Lions, Tim Roper, Lionel Singer	John O'Brien
1987^[4]	Ken McDonell		Robert Elz	Chris Maltby	Chris Campbell, Piers Lauder, John Lions, Tim Roper	John O'Brien
1988^[5]	Greg Rose		Tim Roper	Michael Tuke	Rich Burridge, Frank Crawford, Chris Maltby, Tim Segall	John O'Brien
1989^[6]	Greg Rose		Tim Roper	Michael Tuke	Peter Barnes, John Carey, Pat Duffy, Chris Maltby	John O'Brien	David Purdue
1990^[7]	Greg Rose		Peter Barnes	Michael Tuke	Frank Crawford, Pat Duffy, Andrew Gollan, Chris Maltby	John O'Brien	David Purdue
1991^[8]	Pat Duffy	Chris Maltby	Rolf Jester	Frank Crawford	Andrew Gollan, Glenn Huxtable, Peter Karr, Scott Merrilees, Michael Tuke	John O'Brien
1992^[9]	Phil McCrea	Glenn Huxtable	Peter Wishart	Frank Crawford	Rolf Jester, Chris Maltby, John O'Brien, Michael Paddon, Greg Rose	Michael Tuke
1993^[10]	Phil McCrea	Glenn Huxtable	Peter Wishart	Frank Crawford	Greg Birnie, Stephen Boucher, Chris Maltby, Michael Paddon, Chris Schoettle	Michael Tuke
1994^[11]	Phil McCrea	Glenn Huxtable	Peter Wishart	Frank Crawford	Stephen Boucher, Lucy Chubb, Chris Maltby, Michael Paddon, Rick Stevenson	David Purdue
1995^[12]	Michael Paddon	Glenn Huxtable	Peter Wishart	Stephen Boucher	Lucy Chubb, Frank Crawford, Chris Maltby, Phil McCrea, David Purdue
1996^[13]	Michael Paddon	Lucy Chubb	David Purdue	Stephen Boucher	Malcolm Caldwell, Alan Cowie, Frank Crawford, Mark White, Pauline van Winsen		Peter Chubb
1997	Michael Paddon	Lucy Chubb	David Purdue	Stephen Boucher	Malcolm Caldwell, Luigi Cantoni, Peter Laytham, Mark White
1998	Lucy Chubb	David Purdue	Mark White	Stephen Boucher	Malcolm Caldwell, Luigi Cantoni, Günther Feuereisen, Peter Gray, Michael Paddon
1999	David Purdue	Mark White	Stephen Boucher	Luigi Cantoni	Malcolm Caldwell, Lucy Chubb, Günther Feuereisen, Peter Gray, David Newall, Michael Paddon
2000	David Purdue	Malcolm Caldwell	Michael Paddon	Luigi Cantoni	Sarah Bolderoff, Alan Cowie, Greg Lehey, Peter Gray, David Newall
2001	David Purdue	Michael Paddon	Greg Lehey	Luigi Cantoni	Sarah Bolderoff, Malcom Caldwell, Peter Gray, Conrad Parker, Warren Toomey
2002	Greg Lehey	Malcom Caldwell	David Bullock	Gordon Hubbard	Sarah Bolderoff, Adrian Close, David Purdue, Stephen Rothwell, Andrew Rutherford, Marl White
2003	Greg Lehey	David Purdue	Adrian Close	Gordon Hubbard	Jonathon Coombes, Andrew Frederick Cowie, Steve Landers, Stephen Rothwell, Michael Still
2004	David Purdue	Steve Landers	Jonathon Coombes	Gordon Hubbard	Grant Allan, Adrian Close, Andrew Frederick Cowie, Enno Davids, Michael Still	Jason Ozolins	David Baldwin

Other activities

• Web site: AUUG press release and coverage: AUUG CALLS FOR SCO TO CEASE DESTRUCTIVE ACTIONS . 2018-01-01.

Other AUUGs

AUUG was not associated with the Atlanta UNIX Users Groups (AUUG).

See also

Related organisations

• Australian Computer Society
• Linux Australia
• Open Source Industry Australia
• SAGE-AU
• Linux User Groups in Australia and Open Source Community Groups
• Other Linux Open Source Groups in Australia and New Zealand

External links

• • Frequently Asked Questions about AUUG (dated 1995)
• AUUGN archive at Google Books (more publications here)
• Announcement of AUUG Preservation Society, an Unincorporated entity
• AUUG Preservation Society mailing list

Notes and References

1. Web site: AU Unix and open systems group in dire straits. Dinham. Abby. 10 August 2004. ZDNet. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517035732/https://www.zdnet.com/article/au-unix-and-open-systems-group-in-dire-straits/. 17 May 2019. live. 16 May 2019.
2. Web site: Help keep AUUG alive!. Lehey. Greg 'groggy'. 20 January 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194423/https://lists.auug.org.au/pipermail/auug-announce/2008/000276.html. 1 January 2018. live. 1 January 2018.
3. Minutes of the AUUG Annual General Meeting, September 2, 1986. AUUGN. 7. 1. 9. October 1986. 2022-04-09.
4. Minutes of the AUUG Annual General Meeting, August 27, 1987. AUUGN. 8. 5. 188. October 1987. 2022-04-09.
5. AUUG Incorporated 1988 Annual General Meeting Minutes. AUUGN. 9. 5. 10. October 1988. 2022-04-09.
6. AUUG 1989 Election Results. AUUGN. 10. 3. 9. June 1989. 2022-04-09.
7. AUUG Election report 1990. AUUGN. 11. 4. 24. December 1990. 2022-04-09.
8. AUUG Minutes of Annual General Meeting 1991. AUUGN. 12. 4/5. 11. December 1991. 2022-04-09.
9. AUUG Minutes of the 1992 Annual General Meeting. AUUGN. 13. 5. 10. October 1992. 2022-04-09.
10. AUUG Minutes of the 1993 Annual General Meeting. AUUGN. 14. 6. 11. December 1993. 2022-04-09.
11. AUUG Minutes of the 1994 Annual General Meeting. AUUGN. 16. 4. 38. August 1995. 2022-04-10.
12. AUUG Election 1995: Returning Officer's Report. AUUGN. 16. 4. 38. August 1995. 2022-04-10.
13. AUUG Minutes of the 1996 Annual General Meeting of AUUG Inc. (Draft). AUUGN. 18. 1. 33. February 1997. 2022-04-10.