| Computer groups and tech e-mail lists in Trinidad and Tobago |
| The "Computing" mailing list |
"Computing" is maintained by OPUS NETWORX and provides a place for general computing discussion with relation to Trinidad and Tobago. We welcome your participation and hope that you do find some interesting and hopefully provoking content on the list. As always we do ask that you remember and consider the concerns of the other people on the list and respect everyone's right to air views, but recognise everyone's right to your respect.
If you wish to subscribe to this list, follow these instructions:
The mailing list is free to the public.
| The Eastern Caribbean Oracle Users' Group (ECOUG) |
From their website:
The Eastern Caribbean Oracle Users' Group is a non profit organization dedicated to the collection, dissemination and exchange of information concerning solutions based on the ORACLE RDBMS environment. Members include individuals and Corporations from both the government and Private Sector, who are professionally involved with the technology. Based in Trinidad, the ECOUG seeks to provide opportunities to interested individuals to maintain and upgrade their individual competence for the public benefit in the after mentioned technical areas, and to provide a liaison function between the user community and ORACLE in which questions and concerns may be raised and addressed.
Contact Information:
| The Gamers' Association of Trinidad and Tobago (GATT) |
From their official web site:
"This organization is founded by gamers for gamers with the ideal of bringing all local gamers together for sharing ideas, hosting events and general collaboration". If you wish to subscribe to their mailing list, follow these instructions:
Note: this list has a high volume of e-mail and can contain mature content (not recommended for the faint of heart).
This is a 2 way list (if one person sends mail to the list, everyone subscribed to the list receives it).
The mailing list is free to the public.
| The Information Technology Professional Society (ITPS) |
URL: http://itps.org.tt
According to the website: "The Information Technology Professional Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ITPS) is a professional body that was formed to promote the study and practice of Information Technology and, to advance the knowledge and education of its members for the benefit of Trinidad and Tobago".
There is some basic information on the site and (as would be expected) a membership application form, but the main content of this site can only be accessed by registered (i.e. financial) members of the ITPS who have valid usernames and passwords. If you want to contact this group the following email address is provided on the website: info@itps.org.tt
| Microsoft Technical Users Group (MS-Tech) |
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ms-tech
Their official description:
" This group is focused on the discussion of Microsoft Client/Server, Development and Networking Technologies, in Trinidad and Tobago". This group was formerly known as the Microsoft Back Office Users Group (MBUG).
This is an email-only list. If you wish to subscribe to this list, follow these instructions:
The mailing list is free to the public.
| The Techies |
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheTechies
Their official description:
"The purpose of this list is to bring together discussions of technology from people associated with the caribbean. We promise to give you the highest signal to noise ratio that is possible and at the same time deliver cutting edge news, tips and techniques. 10 to 1 we will have the news here before it becomes headlines. We invite all contributors with a focus on technology".
Techies is an e-mail-only list which covers all tech topics (operating systems, anti-virus, unix/linux tips, computer security, local telecom news, broadband 'net access, etc). If you wish to subscribe to this list, follow these instructions:
The mailing list is free to the public.
| Technorubble |
From the official description:
This is for you to post any computer related items you may have for sale or want to buy.
A few short guidelines about using the listserv:
If you wish to subscribe to this list, follow these instructions:
This is a 2 way list (if one person sends mail to the list, everyone subscribed to the list receives it).
The mailing list is free to the public.
| TriniDiary |
URL: http://www.opus.co.tt or http://www.trinidiary.com
According to the website, TriniDiary is "an announcement service for events in Trinidad and Tobago. We'll tell you about art exhibitions, fetes, concerts, new restaurants, festivals, sports, and just about any other item that we can find out about. Let us know about your events and we will help spread the word". While it isn't strictly for tech/computer related material, local computer groups do advertise their activities here and tech events are promoted on this list. If you wish to subscribe to this list, follow these instructions:
This is a 1 way list (only the list-owner can send a messsage, however, everyone subscribed to the list receives it).
The mailing list is free to the public.
| The Trinidad and Tobago Apple Community (TTAC) |
TTAC is "the first official Apple User Group in Trinidad and Tobago offering support to the growing number of Apple Macintosh users" who "now have the medium to access information and share with fellow users the knowledge in various fields from programming to graphic design to entertainment".
Their mailing list archive is located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/appletalk
If you wish to subscribe to their mailing list, follow these instructions:
The mailing list is free to the public.
| The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) |
URL: http://www.ttcsweb.org or you can use the mirror site at: http://www.ttcs.net
One of the oldest local computer groups, founded in 1997. Pioneer of the nationally famous Pizzalime™. This group encompasses all aspects of computing: hardware, software, programming, graphics, games, music, tips and help for all computing platforms (Linux, Mac, Palm OS, Windows), etc. Take a look at their summary of meetings pages for further information on what they do. This group operates two email lists:
TTCS Announce: a list that is used to inform TTCS members about upcoming meetings and other TTCS activities.
The mailing list archive is located at: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/ttcs_announce
The mailing list is free to the public.
TTCS Discussion: an un-moderated list to "discuss" TTCS activities as well as both local and international computer/technology related topics/issues.
The mailing list archive is located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ttcs
The mailing list is free to the public.
This is a 1 way list (only the list-owner can send a messsage, however, everyone subscribed to the list receives it).
This is a 2 way list (if one person sends mail to the list, everyone subscribed to the list receives it).
| The Trinidad and Tobago Linux Users Group (TTLUG) |
URL: http://www.trinilug.org or http://www.ttlug.org.
This is the local Linux group; members meet to discuss whats new in the world of Linux (as well as "Free" software and open source software), share tips and tricks about the various distributions and help one another and the general public understand and use this open source operating system and companion software.
Their mailing list archive is located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLUG
If you wish to subscribe to their mailing list, follow these instructions:
The mailing list is free to the public.
| TTLUG-admin |
Their mailing list archive is located at:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ttlug-admin
Their official description:
This is the group for discussion of TTLUG projects, TTLUG administratia, structure and general LUG-based emails that does not fall under the TTLUG mailing list tech support role.
This is an email-only list. If you wish to subscribe to this list, follow these instructions:
This is a 2 way list (if one person sends mail to the list, everyone subscribed to the list receives it).
The mailing list is free to the public. Reminder: you should only join this list if you wish to take an active role in the operation and organisation of the TTLUG. If you only want tech info about Linux, join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLUG instead.
| UWI Computing Society |
URL: http://www.uwics.tk/
From their official description:
"The University of the West Indies Computing Society is the only society in the U.W.I. St. Augustine Trinidad Campus, which is dedicated to computer literacy and computer related education and entertainment. We are a student-based, student-run, non-profit organization that is based in the University. Our members comprise mainly of University Students based in all faculties".
To be a member of this group, you need to be a registered student of the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.) and pay a membership fee of TT$10.00. Their website provides further details on group activities, their constitution and details on how to become member.
Their mailing list is located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwicsIf you wish to subscribe to this mailing list, follow these instructions:
| Name | E-Mail List | Mail Archive | Web Site | Fee(s) |
| Appletalk | Free/public | Public* | N/A | Free |
| Computing | Free/public | N/A | N/A | Free |
| ECOUG | N/A | N/A | Yes | $$$ |
| GATT | Yes/Free/public | N/A | Yes | $$$ |
| GATT tech list | Free/public | N/A | N/A | Free |
| ITPS | Members only | N/A | Yes | $$$ |
| MS-Tech | Free/public | Members only | N/A | Free |
| The Techies | Free/public | Members only | N/A | Free |
| Technorubble | Free/public | N/A | N/A | Free |
| TriniDiary | Free/public | N/A | Yes | Free |
| TTAC | Yes/Free/public | Public* | No | Free |
| TTCS | Yes/Free/public | Public* | Yes | Free |
| TTCS announce | Yes/Free/public | Public* | N/A | Free |
| TTCS discussion | Yes/Free/public | Public* | N/A | Free |
| TTLUG | Yes/Free/public | Public* | No | Free |
| TTLUG-admin | Yes/Free/public | Public* | N/A | Free |
| UWICS | Yes/Free | Members only | Yes | $$$ |
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