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1974 Instigated by volunteer, Doug Mecham, the HP 3000 Users Group is founded in Palo Alto, CA with 26 attendees representing 22 companies from 3 countries Doug Mecham is elected President of the first Board of Directors First conference held in Chicago First publication: HP 3000 Users Group - Information Exchange First User Survey and Profile sent to each HP 3000 installation 1975 Volume 1 of HP 3000 Contributed Software Library David Packard sends telegram congratulating the HP 3000 Users Group's success 1976 Regional Users Groups, RUGs are formed by local users and coordinated through the Board Of Directors 1977 HP 3000 Users Group is incorporated under direction of Board Of Directors Chairman William Bryden First vendor exhibition at HP 3000 conference in Issaquah, WA 1979 HP 1000 Users Group is founded at the invitation of HP Stuart Troop is elected first president of the Board Of Directors Interface/1000 Newsletter started First International HP 3000 conference in Lyon, France 1980 HP 1000 Users Group swells to 1000 members in 12 months 1981 Apollo Domain Users Society (ADUS) is founded by Apollo Computers First conference at Brown University 1982 Affiliates Council formed 1983 First ADUS Executive Committee elected at San Francisco, CA conference Michael Pallesen is elected President 1984 HP 3000 and HP 1000 Users Groups merge to become Interex 1985 First combined HP 3000 and HP 1000 conference in Washington, DC 1986 ADUS System Administrator Special Interest Groups (ADUS SYS Admin) established. First conference in Chicago, IL 1987 Inception of ADUS Ring 1988 First Interex Computing Management Symposium (ICMS) 1989 HP acquires Apollo Anniversary year at conference in San Francisco HP's 50th Interex's 15th 1991 Interex & NUGs create HP International Users Group Association (HPIUGA) 1992 ADUS changes its name to InterWorks Concurrent Interex/InterWorks Conferences during Hurricane Andrew in New Orleans First Interex Programmer's Forum (IPROF) 1995 InterWorks merges with Interex 1996 Interex annual conference named HP World 1998 HPWorld, ERP News publications initiated First ERP World conference 1999 Interex Enterprise Solutions first published First E-services Summit First Linux Symposium Partner in First Internet Application Service Provider Forum Anniversary year at conference in San Francisco HP's 60th Interex's 25th 2000 HP World Conference & Expo — Philadelphia, PA 2001 InterWorks — San Francisco, CA HP World Conference & Expo — Chicago, IL