GFD Dennou Club?

A Japanese volunteer-base (grass-root) project
     of scientists and students in the fields mainly of 
     atmospheric, oceanographic, and planetary fluids 
     on various aspects of computer and Internet usages 
GFD = Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 
Dennou (電脳) = computer in chinese  
Founded in 1988 
           by Y-Y Hayashi, M Shiotani, S Sakai, ...
           10-20 active members