International Informix Users Group

The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) is a not-for-profit organization whose goals are to provide support and education for users of Informix products and technology.

The IIUG mission statement says: Founded in 1995, IIUG is the most influential user group representing the users of Informix products. Thousands of IIUG members around the world network, share knowledge and influence IBM and other vendors through IIUG. Please visit the following areas to learn more about the IIUG, our mission and goals, and the resources we are working to provide to the Informix user community. If you are just now discovering us and are interested in Informix technology, we encourage you to join IIUG now at no charge.

Membership to IIUG has always been free. IIUG counts over 28,000 members.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Services 2.1 News 2.2 Forum 2.3 TV 2.4 Conference 3 Management 4 References 5 External links

History

It has been created in 1995 by five founders^[2]:

• Carlton Doe,^[3]
• Lester Knutsen,^[4]
• Walt Hultgren,
• Malcolm Weallans^[5] and
• Cathy Kipp.

Services

IIUG provides many services to its members including a monthly newsletter, a jobs board, and SIG forums.

News

One of the main service of IIUG is to publish news through a monthly newsletter (The Insider). Previous editors of the Insider are Fred (Federico) Hubbard, Jean Georges Perrin, Gary Ben-Israel and David Fraser.

Forum

IIUG provides many forums with dedicated topics on Informix-4GL, Informix Dynamic Server, etc.

TV

More recently, IIUG has started its own TV channel, on iiug.tv.

Conference

IIUG has organized and conducted its own user conference since 2008 usually held in late April.^[6]

Management

It is managed by a board, composed of 11 elected volunteers and 1 liaison to IBM, who now owns the Informix product line.

For 2009,^[7] the board is composed of:

• Gary Ben-Israel, National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, Israel.
• Sergio Ferreira, MoreData, Portugal.
• Cindy Lichtenauer, One Point Solutions, United States.
• Stuart Litel (President), Kazer, United States.
• Jean Georges Perrin, GreenIvory, France.
• Kernoal Stephens, CIDC, United States.
• Kate Tomchik, The Home Depot, United States.
• Art Kagel, Oninit, LLC, United States.
• Andrew Ford, The Home Depot, United States.
• Tammy Frankforter, Anchorage School District, United States.
• Miguel Carbone, MC IT Solutions, Brazil.
• Al Martin, IBM, United States.

For 2008,^[8] the board is composed of:

• Gary Ben-Israel, National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, Israel.
• Sergio Ferreira, MoreData, Portugal.
• Cindy Lichtenauer, One Point Solutions, United States.
• Stuart Litel (President), Kazer, United States.
• Jean Georges Perrin, GreenIvory, France.
• Kernoal Stephens, CIDC, United States.
• Kate Tomchik, The Home Depot, United States.
• Art Kagel, Oninit, LLC, United States.
• Norma Jean Sebastian, United States.
• Andrew Ford, The Home Depot, United States.
• Tammy Frankforter, Anchorage School District, United States.
• Bruce Weed, IBM, United States.

For 2007,^[9] the board is composed of:

• Gary Ben-Israel, National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, Israel.
• Sergio Ferreira, MoreData, Portugal.
• David Fraser, Logis, New Zealand.
• June Hunt, Tyler Technologies, United States.
• Cindy Lichtenauer, One Point Solutions, United States.
• Stuart Litel (President), Kazer, United States.
• Jean Georges Perrin, GreenIvory, France.
• Michael Segel, MSCC, United States.
• Kernoal Stephens, AutoZone, United States.
• Kate Tomchik, The Home Depot, United States.
• Bruce Weed, IBM, United States.

References

1. ^ "Membership". 2007. http://www.iiug.org/press/#ai. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
2. ^ "Five founders". 1995. http://www.unixadmintalk.com/f49/re-stuart-strikes-again-history-altered-201862/. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
3. ^ "IIUG Founder: Carlton Doe". 1995. http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/xx/en?pageType=page&c=a0009740. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
4. ^ "IIUG Founder: Lester Knutsen". 1995. http://www.dbforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1237348.html. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
5. ^ "IIUG Founder: Malcolm Weallans". 1995. http://www.informixtraining.co.uk/html/about_us.html. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
6. ^ "IIUG Conference - Recap". 2009-05-01. http://www.iiug.org/Insider/insider_apr09.php#2.1. Retrieved 2009-05-05. 
7. ^ "IIUG Board in 2009". 2008-05-01. http://www.iiug.org/about/board.php. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
8. ^ "IIUG Board in 2008". 2008-05-01. http://www.iiug.org/about/board.php. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
9. ^ "IIUG Board in 2007". 2007-01-01. http://www.iiug.org/about/board.php. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 

External links

• http://www.iiug.org/