||<>|| ## page was renamed from CaliforniaTeam/Groups We are working to collect links to active user groups to help Ubuntu users connect with one another. Your [[../|participation]] is appreciated. The regions are sorted alphabetically and then sorted by the monthly meeting date. ||<:16%> '''[[#Central|Central Valley]]''' ||<:16%> '''[[#Inland|Inland Empire]]''' ||<:16%> '''[[#LA|Los Angeles Metro]]''' ||<:16%> '''[[#SD|San Diego]]''' ||<:16%> '''[[#SF|San Francisco Bay Area]]''' ||<:16%> '''[[#Ventura|Ventura]]''' ||<:16%> '''[[#Other|Other Counties]]''' ||<:16%> '''[[#Ref|References]]''' || Since [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California|California]] is a huge state with 58 counties and yet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#Cities.2C_towns_and_counties|68%]] of the population resides in just three statistical areas (Greater LA, SF Bay Area & Inland Empire) we have used the measures used nationwide to group the areas of the state. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_metropolitan_area|Metropolitan Statistical Areas]] (MSAs) and combined statistical areas (CSAs) are used by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget|US OMB]] and we use the same system for the regions of our state as well. <> == Central Valley == [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Central_Valley|Central Valley]] wikipedia - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Fresno|Metropolitan Fresno]] CSA, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_metropolitan_area|Sacramento metro]] CSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba & Sutter counties), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield,_CA_MSA|Bakersfield]] MSA (Kern County), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesto,_CA_MSA|Modesto]] MSA (Stanislaus County), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visalia-Porterville,_CA_MSA|Visalia-Porterville]] MSA (Tulare County), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merced,_CA_MSA|Merced]] MSA, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico,_CA_MSA|Chico]] MSA (Butte County), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redding,_CA_MSA|Redding]] MSA (Shasta County). I see information about the inclusion of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton-Lodi,_CA_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area|San Joaquin]] in both the Central Valley and SF Bay Area now. ||'''Group'''||'''Meeting Date'''||'''Location'''|| ||[[http://www.lugod.org/|LUGOD]]||First Tuesday & Third Monday Every Month ||Davis|| ||[[http://www.saclug.org|SacLUG]]||Second Thursday Every Month||Sacramento|| ||[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/MercedHour|Merced Hour]]||Third Saturday Every Month||Merced|| ||[[http://www.cvale.org/|CVALE]]|| Occasional? ||Central Valley Area Linux Enthusiasts|| <> == Inland Empire == [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Empire_(California)|Inland Empire]] MSA - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_County,_California|Riverside]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California|San Bernadino]] counties ||'''Group'''||'''Meeting Date'''||'''Location'''|| ||[[http://www.rdfoerster.com/LUGIE/LCalendar.htm|LUGIE]]||Second Saturday Every Month||Redlands|| ||[[http://www.srcle.org|SRCLE]]||Last Saturday Every Month||Riverside County|| <> == Los Angeles Metro == [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Metropolitan_Area|Los Angeles]] MSA - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California|LA]] & [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_California|Orange]] counties ||'''Group'''||'''Meeting Date'''||'''Location'''|| ||[[http://www.oclug.org/|OCLUG]]||Random Saturday Every Month||Cal State Fullerton|| ||[[http://www.sfvlug.org|SFVLUG]]||Saturday (Bi-Monthly)||Denny's - Van Nuys Airport|| ||[[http://linux.ucla.edu|UCLALUG]]||Special events||Westwood|| ||[[http://www.avlug.org|AVLUG]]||First Thursday Every Month||Lancaster|| ||[[http://www.uuasc.org/la/|UUASC-LA]]||First Thursday Every Month||Media Tmple, Culver City|| ||[[http://www.oc2600.net/|OC2600]]||First Friday Every Month||Irvine|| ||[[http://www.uuasc.org/oc.html|UUASC-OC]]||Second Monday Every Month||Sun Microsystems - Irvine|| ||[[http://www.sgvlug.org|SGVLUG]]||Second Thursday Every Month||Caltech Campus, Pasadena|| ||[[http://www.lilax.net/|LILAX]]||Second Saturday Every Month||LAX/Torrance/SouthBay|| ||[[http://www.noccc.org/|NOCCC]]||Last Sunday Every Month||Chapman University - Orange|| <> == San Diego == San Diego [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_–_Tijuana_metropolitan_area|urban]] area & [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California|county]] ||'''Group'''||'''Meeting Date'''||'''Location'''|| || [[http://www.kernel-panic.org/|Kernel-Panic]] General || Second Thursday Every Month || UC San Diego || ## || [[http://www.kernel-panic.org/|Kernel-Panic]] Installfest || Saturday following Second Thursday || National City || <> == San Francisco Bay Area == San Francisco [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area|Bay Area]] has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose-San_Francisco-Oakland,_CA_Combined_Statistical_Area|Combined Statistical Area]] which includes the standard nine counties plus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_County,_California|San Joaquin]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County,_California|Santa Cruz]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Benito_County,_California|San Benito]]. The nine Bay Area counties include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_County,_California|Alameda]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California|Contra Costa]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_County,_California|Marin]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa_County,_California|Napa]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco|San Francisco]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California|San Mateo]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California|Santa Clara]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solano_County,_California|Solano]] County, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California|Sonoma]] County There are numerous Linux and Open Source and related User Groups in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Rather than an almost guaranteed to always be out-of-date list here, you may want to check one or more of these generally well curated lists/calendars, and also the respective User Group web sites, etc.:<
> [[http://linuxmafia.com/bale/|Bay Area Linux Events (BALE)]]<
> [[https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=caj9iea2ol69b7n2uqdek4ocso%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles|SF Bay Area Open Source/Linux Events (Google Calendar)]]<
> [[http://www.svlug.org/farm.php#other-local|Other (Linux, Unix, Software, etc.) Local Groups]]<
> [[http://www.lugod.org/calendar/|Upcoming Local Linux Events]] <> == Ventura == Ventura [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxnard-Thousand_Oaks-Ventura,_California|MSA]] & [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County,_California|county]] ||'''Group'''||'''Meeting Date'''||'''Location'''|| ||[[http://www.sclug.org|SCLUG]]||Every other Saturday||Simi Valley|| <> == Other Counties == We hope this list grows as more groups are found/created. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California|Humbolt]] County, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_County,_California|San Luis Obispo]] County, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County,_California|Santa Barbara]] County are represented. ||'''Group'''||'''Meeting Date'''||'''Location'''|| ||[[http://www.humlug.org/|HumLUG]]||Every Friday & Fourth Thursday||Humboldt|| ||[[http://cplug.org/|CPLUG]]||Quarterly FYM events||San Luis Obispo|| ||[[http://www.sblug.com/|SB LUG]]||Every Other Thursday||Santa Barbara|| Counties without user groups represented on this list are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_County,_California|Alpine]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amador_County,_California|Amador]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calaveras_County,_California|Calaveras]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colusa_County,_California|Colusa]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Norte_County,_California|Del Norte]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_County,_California|Glenn]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_County,_California|Imperial]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inyo_County,_California|Inyo]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_County,_California|Kings]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_County,_California|Lake]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassen_County,_California|Lassen]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madera_County,_California|Madera]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariposa_County,_California|Mariposa]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California|Mendocino]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_County,_California|Modoc]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_County,_California|Mono]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_County,_California|Monterey]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_County,_California|Nevada]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumas_County,_California|Plumas]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_County,_California|Sierra]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiyou_County,_California|Siskiyou]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_County,_California|Stanislaus]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehama_County,_California|Tehama]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_County,_California|Trinity]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuolumne_County,_California|Tuolumne]]. <> == References for State Wide & User Groups == * National Ubuntu [[ConferenceAppearances]] * dmoz.org [[http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/User_Groups/North_America/United_States/California/|CA LUG List]] * linuxlinks.com [[http://www.linuxlinks.com/UserGroups/North_America/United_States/California/|CA LUG List]] * svlug.org [[http://www.svlug.org/farm.php#other-local|regional List]] * linuxmafia.com [[http://linuxmafia.com/bale/|BALE]] (Bay Area Linux Events) * [[http://lalugs.org/|LA Lugs]] * [[http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Linux_PR/newlug.html|Recipe]] for a Successful LUG from linuxmafia.com * [[http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/User-Group-HOWTO.html|LUG HowTo]] from Linux.com * [[http://www.buug.org/resources.html|BUUG Resources]] for Berkeley area & many Unix links * Other Open Source events: [[http://lwn.net/Calendar/|lwn]], [[http://www.linuxjournal.com/events|lj]], [[http://www.linux-magazine.com/Resources/Event-Calendar|linux mag]], [[http://www.linuxfoundation.org/events/calendar|foundation]], [[http://www.linux.org/event/|linux.org]], [[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents|Fedora]], [[http://www.debian.org/events/|Debian]], [[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/opensource/events.jsp|IBM]] * former Linux.org [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100611142320/http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/california.html|CA LUG List]] We have made personal contact with some user groups and continue to have relationships with them. [[../|User Group Contacts]] describes how to contact groups and what we can offer them. ---- CategoryLoCoTeams