Central Ohio

Columbus and its suburbs. I include southeastern Ohio here too, such as Athens.

UX core

BuckCHI (a local chapter of ACM SIGCHI) was very active from 1996-2002 but has since ceased operations
UPA Columbus started up in 2008
IxDA Columbus is taking shape (May 2009) - see also ixdacolumbus.org

Central Ohio HFES
The Mideast district of IDSA serves central Ohio (the focus seems to be on an annual regional conference)
Columbus Society of Communicating Arts

November 3, 2005: Columbus World Usability Day activities. (Did not attend, OSU and elsewhere)
May 26, 2005: Spring <BR> 2005 Info Tech Conference. Designer's Challenge: The Difference Between A Good Website and A Great Website Happens Before You Begin Coding, Keith Instone (Presented, SEOMUG)
November 10, 2004: Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies, Ben Shneiderman (Did not attend, OSU)
May 20, 2004: Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things, Don Norman [PDF flyer] (Attended, CSCA, BuckCHI, IDSA CO)
March 24, 2004: Spring <BR> 2005 Info Tech Conference. Web User Experience; Web Navigation, Keith Instone (Two presentations, SEOMUG)
April 26, 2003: Adopting a User-Centered Approach to Interface Design, Frank Brusca (Did not attend, Columbus AIP)
August 14, 2001: Web Navigation Discussion, Keith Instone (Presented, BuckCHI)
April 24, 1997: Moving Beyond 'Cool': Building a Usable Website, Jared Spool (Attended, BuckCHI)