Local groups in bold type

InfoComm International: International education and information trade organization for the audiovisual communications industry.

NAB: National Association Of Broadcasters. Broadcast industry trade group, sponosor of largest TV-related convention/equipment exhibit in the world, which takes place in the spring, usually in Las Vegas.

NAMM: National Association Of Music Merchants

NATPE: National Association Of Television Programming Executives

RTNDA: Radio & Television News Directors Association

SBE: Society of Broadcast Engineers.

SBE/New England: Society Of Broadcast Engineers, New England Chapter, c/o Bob Hess, WBZ-TV, 1170 Soldiers' Field Road, Brighton, MA 02134, (617) 787-7000. bhess@wbz.groupw.wec.com Monthly meetings on subjects of interest to TV station engineers.

Boston Computer Society's CAD-Special Interest Group, c/o Howard I. Cohen, Director, BCS, 101A First St., Waltham, MA hic@tiac.net. Monthly meetings on subjects of interest to CAD professionals.

SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics. Computer Graphics Society, sponsors of the largest computer graphics convention/exhibit in the world, taking place in Los Angeles this August 6-11.

SIGGRAPH/NE: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, New England Chapter, c/o Mike Silton, P.O. Box 194, Bedford, MA 01730, (508)392-9911, (508) 392-9918 fax, msilton@mcimail.com. Monthly meetings on subjects of interest to computer graphics professionals, sponsors of the annual New England Computer Graphics Film/Video Festival every January.

SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, 595 West Hartsdale Ave., White Plains, NY 10607, (914) 761-1100, (914) 761-3115 fax,71263.336@compuserve.com . Umbrella organization of the local chapters, publishers of 'SMPTE Journal', the technical magazine, sponsor of annual SMPTE convention/equipment exhibit (September 6-9, New Orleans), co-sponsor of IBC, the largest European technical conference/equipment exhibit (September 15-19, Amsterdam).

SMPTE/New England: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers/New England Section, c/o Phil Ozek, TASC, 68 Juniper Lane, Tewksbury, MA 01876, (617) 942-2000 x2518, paozek@tasc.com. Monthly meetings on subjects of interest to film/video techies.

SPIE: Optical sciences interest group.

USITT: United States Institute of Theatre Technology