The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) is a
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
organization whose goals are to provide support and education for users of
Informix
IBM Informix is a product family within IBM's Information Management division that is centered on several relational database management system (RDBMS) offerings. The Informix products were originally developed by Informix Corporation, whose ...
products and technology.
Membership to IIUG has always been free. IIUG counted over 28,000 members in 2007.
History
It has been created in 1995 by five founders:
* Carlton Doe,
* Walt Hultgren,
* Lester Knutsen,
* Malcolm Weallans and
* Cathy Kipp.
As of 2013, the
IIUG is a non-profit organization.
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
For many years the IIUG provided SIG forums with topics on
Informix-4GL
Informix-4GL is a 4GL programming language developed by Informix during the mid-1980s. At the time of its initial release in 1986, supported platforms included Microsoft Xenix (on IBM PC AT), DEC Ultrix (running on Microvax II, VAX-11/750, ...
,
Informix Dynamic Server
IBM Informix is a product family within IBM's Information Management division that is centered on several relational database management system (RDBMS) offerings. The Informix products were originally developed by Informix Corporation, whose ...
, etc. Beginning in 2019 community support has been moved to the IBM Communities sit
All IIUG Forum history continues to be accessible and searchable from the IIUG web site at
TV
More recently, IIUG has started its own TV channel: http://www.iiug.tv.
Conference
IIUG has organized and conducted its own user conference since 2008 usually held in late April. The 2014 conference was held in
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...
,
Florida
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, from April 27 to May 1.
Management
It is managed by a board, composed of 10 elected volunteers and 1 liaison to
IBM, who now owns the
Informix
IBM Informix is a product family within IBM's Information Management division that is centered on several relational database management system (RDBMS) offerings. The Informix products were originally developed by Informix Corporation, whose ...
product line.
Current Board of Directors
For 2019-2020,
[{{cite web , url = https://www.iiug.org/en/about-iiug/board/#Link , title = IIUG Board of Directors , date = ] the board is composed of:
* Cindy Lichtenauer (President), United States.
*
Stuart Litel (IBM Representative), United States.
* Gary Ben-Israel, National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, Israel.
* Rhonda Hackenburg, PACLE, United States.
* Art Kagel, ASK Database Management, United States.
* Vicente Salvador, Deister, Spain.
* Ognjen Orel, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
* David Link, West Corp., United States.
* Eric Vercelletto, Begooden-IT Consulting, France.
Past Board of Directors Members
Many people have devoted their time and efforts to support the Informix user community through service on the Board, including:
* Tom Beebe, Advanced DataTools Corp., United States.
* Gary Ben-Israel, Israel.
* Khaled Bentebal, ConsultIX, France.
* Miguel Carbone, MC IT Solutions, Brazil.
* Chetan Chaturvedi,
IBM Representative.
* Carlton Doe, United States.
* Sergio Ferreira, MoreData, Portugal.
* Ron Flannery, United States.
* Andrew Ford, United States.
* Tammy Frankforter,
Anchorage School District
The Anchorage School District (ASD) manages all public schools within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the 107th largest school district in the United States, serving over 45,000 students in more than 90 schools. ...
, United States.
* David Fraser, Logis, New Zealand.
* Rhonda Hackenburg, United States.
* Fred Hubbard, United States.
* Walt Hultgren (Past President), United States.
* June Hunt, United States.
* Norma Jean Sebastian, United States.
* Art Kagel, ASK Database Management, United States.
* Cathy Kipp, United States.
* Lester Knutsen, Advanced DataTools Corp., United States.
* Cindy Lichtenauer (Current President), United States.
* David Link, United States.
*
Stuart Litel (Past President, Current IBM Representative), United States.
* Al Martin,
IBM, United States.
* Janet Oswald,
IBM, United States.
*
Jean Georges Perrin, France.
* Mark Scranton, United States.
* Michael Segel, United States.
* Bruce Simms, United States.
* Kernoal Stephens, United States.
* Kate Tomchick, Home Depot, United States.
* Neil Truby, United Kingdom.
* Eric Vercelletto, Begooden-IT Consulting, France.
* Malcolm Weallans, United States.
* Bruce Weed,
IBM, United States.
References
External links
*http://www.iiug.org/
Professional associations based in the United States
International professional associations
International trade associations
User groups
Informix
IBM user groups