Harry Bouwman on the value of user groups

De Telegraaf has always been playing a major role in the user group of CCI. Charles de Vroede, the editor in chief, has been chairing for some years and Lenno van Dekken, our editorial informa ...>

Allan Marshall on the value of user groups

User groups have changed over the past ten years, some aspects are very positive while other aspects should be viewed as negative and are listed below. It should be noted that in some respects ...>

Interview with Beki Lincks, president of MS3 MediaSpan Users Group

Beki Lincks is president of MS3 (MediaSpan Software User Group) and the news systems training manager at The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Here she discusses the troubled times of t ...>

Goss Metro Users Group / Goss Packaging Users Group

The Metro Users Group is an incorporated company with a board of directors chosen by the members themselves. One of the board members is a Goss International representative. The Metro Users Gr ...>

WoodWing Publishing Conference

An annual user group meeting for customers of WoodWing’s publishing solutions. Established: 2006 Members: 150 No online user exchange User groups serving the news publishing industry can provide their information at >

The K4 Society

A forum for users of the SoftCare K4 Publishing System based on Adobe InDesign, operated by Managing Editor Software, K4’s North American distributor. The site provides K4 users with a connection to MEI technical support and to the K4 Community where users share ideas, expe ...>

SEA

Svenska Escenic Användare is a Swedish user group for Escenic, a Norwegian content management system. The group organises a mailing list for developers and development editors and organises four to five member meetings per year. Established: 2002 Members: NA >

iLoveDesign

An online networking site for print designers using QuarkXPress, including but not exclusively news publishers. Established: 2008 Members: 5000 www.iLoveDesign.com User groups serving the news publishing industry c ...>

Funkinform Usergroup

A community of competent personnel from publishing houses to exchange know-how on Funkinform’s Dialog system. User group members come from the publishers’ IT, editorial, advertising and executive offices. Established: 2002 Members: NA No online user exchange User g ...>

Prime UV Users Group

For printers and publishers operating Prime ultraviolet curing systems on coldset web newspaper and semi-commercial 4-high offset web presses. Operates a member e-newsletter and an annual meeting. Established: 2008 Members: 20 >

Newspapers on Drupal

Open-source Drupal software is in production at hundreds of newspaper and other media websites around the world. The Newspapers on Drupal group has been established in 2006 and is an online resource for people working at newspapers to share ideas, problems and solutions. ...>

Atex user groups

Atex is gradually consolidating the user groups involved with its name-brand systems and with solutions acquired from Unisys (Hermes) and Mactive. In the meantime, the company supports the independent UK-based Atex EMEA User Group for European, Middle East and African users ...>

GUA

The Graphic User Association is a worldwide, independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering users of Kodak solutions with the tools and information to be successful. The North American GUA board is made up of nine elected members from among Kodak’s North Ameri ...>

CCIUG

The CCI Users Group is an organization of newspaper and multimedia publishing companies that are customers of CCI Europe. It hosts an annual conference and an online forum intended to let member share and exchange information for improving and making more effective use of C ...>

KBA Users Group

Mainly an association of North American owners or operators of Koenig & Bauer Group presses. Established: 2007. Through an annual conference, members discuss common issues concerning installation, operation and ownership of KBA presses; and promote activities enabling the o ...>

DTUG / InPUT

The Digital Technology International User Group operates an annual conference and online forum for users of DTI’s editorial, web publishing and ‘Speed’ advertising solutions. The International Publishing Users Team for MediaPlus Solutions (former PBS customers) provides an ...>

MRUG

The manroland User Group is a non-profit making organisation for users of manroland newspaper presses. This platform is used by the members of MRUG to discuss common issues related to production equipment and processes and to pass on latest information and experiences withi ...>

MPS UserClub

A bi-annual forum enabling users of ABB's printing systems to discuss questions related to operation and process optimization and to exchange ideas and experience with other users. Established: 1987 Members: NA >

OPS Solution Club

A bi-annual user forum sponsored by the Graphics Industry Division of control and workflow solutions provider EAE, a provider of control and workflow systems for publishing and newspaper printing houses. The event serves as a roundtable for professional lectures and discuss ...>

Jonas Bringle on Scandinavian Atex user group

Interview with Jonas Bringle, Atex Media AB, Director of Marketing Scandinavia IFRA: What is the name of the user group in your area? Jonas Bringle: The Mactive Använd ...>

Rainer Zimmer on the Hermes User Group

Text available only in German. Interview zur Hermes User Group mit Rainer Zimmer, Leiter IT/Kommunikation/Neue Medien, Kurierverlags GmbH & Co. KG (Nordkurier). Zimmer leitet die HUG seit Juni 2008. IFRA: Sie haben vor kurzen die Leitung der Hermes User Group ...>

Mike Pelizzoni on the EMEA Atex user group

Interview with Mike Pelizzoni, Chairman, EMEA Atex user group. Mike Pelizzoni is head of advertisement systems for BBC Worldwide Ltd. (U.K.) and Atex user since 2000. IFRA: In 200 ...>

Merv Griffin on Atex user groups

Interview with Merv Griffin, Business Development Manager, Atex UK IFRA: Which user groups does Atex have? Merv Griffin: Strictly, we don’t have any. They are run by the customers. There is one user group from the UK customers, there is one in Scand ...>

Franz Fleck über deutsche Atex-Anwendergruppe

Text only available in German. Interview zu Atex Anwendergruppen mit Franz Fleck, General Manager, Atex Media Command GmbH. IFRA: Gibt es eine deutsche Atex Anwendergr ...>

Christoph Reiner über die Hermes User Group

Text available in German only. Interview mit Christoph Reiner, ehemaliger Leiter der Hermes User-Group, in seiner Tätigkeit als Geschäftsführer der Pressehaus Stuttgar ...>