The Kickstart User Group have just held an event of their own in Surrey, and several other user groups, including Power Amiga and SEAL, are planning to host similar events scheduled to take place later on in the year. While the World of Amiga show is still expected to take place this year, it’s unlikely to be at its usual venue, the Novo tel exhibition hall in London’s Hammersmith, but it will probably take place somewhere in the capital. UserCroupnews Although user groups are springing up all over the place now, it seems that the north half of London has been a bit slow to catch up with the trend. It might have something to do with the fact that calling such a user group NLAUG would put a strange taste in anyone's mouth. Now it's time for North London to catch up. After some head scratching, the members have decided to call the group "ANT" (Amiga North Thames). We work as a team, we like picnics and we bite... okay, maybe not that last bit. Founded by the man behind the Amiga Yellow Pages, Michael Carrillo, the new user group for people north of the Thames is bursting with energy and is growing fast. ANT promises to be an exciting and active group of individuals, hoping to cater for the needs of the north London Amigan. Whether it's friendly advice, demonstrations of new software, presentations of existing software and how to get the most from it, the chance to meet up with some real Amiga celebrities or simply a chance to exchange a few words with other people with the same interests, ANT say they can offer the lot. Contact Michael Carrillo at Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. or you can call him on 0181 5247544. Also, since AmigaSoc launched the Soul Hunter in October 1998, the database of lost souls has been steadily increasing on a daily basis. The Soul Hunter offers something that isn't available on any other Amiga website. Amiga users in the UK who don't live close enough to an established user group can sign up to the Lost Souls database. However, rather than simply placing all the names in a database, the Soul Hunter periodically compares the geographical location of each member using AmigaSoc's UK postcode technology in an attempt to find users who are within easy travelling distance of each other. In some cases there have been sufficient people living in close proximity to each other to facilitate the creation of a new user group.