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General Membership Meetings

Attendance is free to members and guests.

In the past, the general Membership Meetings have meetings on such topics as four-hour seminars on Data Security, Lotus Notes, Migrating to NetWare 5.x, AppWare Application Development tools and NetWare/Unix Strategy and implementation. Topics such as remote communications and remote LAN control, Apple/Mackintosh connectivity, setting up Wide Area Networks have been covered. Some of the leading hardware and software organizations that have presented demonstrations at our events include; Microsoft, Lotus, IBM, Network general, ADS, SynOptics, Eicon Technology, NetFrame, Novell and many other leading hardware and software vendors.

Annual Networking Show

Each year NYLANA hosts a Networking Conference Show with state-of-the-art track presentations and demonstrations. An exhibition hall with leading networking, hardware and software suppliers is included and open to the networking interested community. We are proud of the fact that our New York City area Networking Conference is attended by the leading networking professionals, managers, administrators, technical support people and vendors in the northeast area.

Publications

The NEW YORK LAN JOURNAL is distributed free to members and includes tips and tricks on networking, listing of current patches, drivers and other interesting file and, of course, interesting and informative articles on computers, networking, LAN'S, MAN's and WAN's, Intranet/Internet.

Netware Connection Magazine is also distributed free of charge to members. From time to time we may obtain and distribute other networking related publications to NYLANA members.

Special Interest Groups

The monthly general membership meetings are not the only time to learn about networking. Based on membership interest NYLANA has several SIG's that meet once a month, in the evening, and feature topics specific to their focus.

The Cisco SIG: A Special Interest Group of the New York LAN Association (NYLANA) user group. We focus primarily, but not exclusively, to Cisco products. We carry on the vision of providing user-to-user assistance and information related to Cisco's products, current news and information on certification and employment as well as networking with our fellow IT professionals. Learn More
The Linux SIG: A Special Interest Group of the New York LAN Association (NYLANA) user group, a not-for-profit organization established in 1990. The LINUX SIG user group is a technical resource pertaining to LINUX | RED HAT software. Learn More
The Lotus SIG: A Special Interest Group of the New York LAN Association (NYLANA) user group, a not-for-profit organization established in 1990. The IBM LOTUS SIG user group is a technical resource pertaining to IBM LOTUS software. Learn More
The Microsoft Exchange SIG: This newest user group contains information for NYLANA users of Microsoft Exchange servers. Learn More
The Novell SIG: Perhaps the largest attended because of its recurrent emphasis addressing NetWare installations, utilities, (Console One, Syscon, Session, PrintCon), Login Scripts. This SIG is usually conducted by a CNE/SE. It is a great refresher course for those new to networking. Learn More
The Small Business SIG: A new special interest group at NYLANA. This group is specially focused on information technology, just like our others, but this one has a special bent towards the particular needs of small businesses. Visit this page to find out more about small business IT. Learn More

NYLANA

NYLANA is the New York area affiliate of NetWare Users International (NUI) which was founded in 1985 as an umbrella organization to provide support for Novell NetWare users. Today, NUI and its international affiliated local area groups are operated by volunteers as independent nonprofit professional organizations that promote the exchange of information among all users of Novell NetWare and related networking products. NUI is endorsed by Novell, Inc. NYLANA is also affiliated with Microsoft Windows NT user groups and is a member of APCUG, the Association of PC User Groups.

NYLANA Membership will be open to all persons who agree with the purposes of the association and agree to abide by its rules. Individual memberships and corporate (group) memberships are available. Members can vote and can run for executive positions.