Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, May 18, 2007

 

Time Called: 8:30 a.m.

 

Host: Oracle Corporation

 

Location: Oracle Abernathy offices, Dunwoody

 

I. Vendor Spotlight

Oracle Corporation

 

II. Presentations

GRC Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager - Sean Cronin, Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance -    sean.cronin@oracle.com

 

Member Spotlight: Equifax - Mark Robertson, Equifax; Mark.Robertson@equifax.com

 

Presentations: Presentations can be viewed at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2007index.html

 

III. Breakout Sessions

R12 Supply Chain Enhancements- Mark Mandeville, Oracle; mark.mandeville@oracle.com

 

Automating Purchasing documents (End to End) - Shree Iyer, R & R Technology, Inc; shree.iyer@gmail.com

 

Current Trends in Business Intelligence and How Oracle Applications Fit In - Paul Frangoulis, NCR; pfrangoulis@bellsouth.net

 

IV. General Business Brenda Carlton, Consultant

NEXT MEETING – JULY 20

Host: Milestone Systems - www.milestonesystems.com

Location: Matrix Resources, South Terrace Building, Dunwoody

Reservations: Doris M Bourgeois, doris.bourgeois@milestonesystems.com, 952.767.5104

See Agenda: www.atloaug.org

 

OAUG Call for Presentations for Oracle OpenWorld 2007

Oracle OpenWorld 2007 - November 11-15, 2006 - Moscone Center - San Francisco

The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) invites the family of Oracle Applications users to share its ideas, innovations and solutions during Oracle OpenWorld 2007. Accepted presenters and co-presenters (up to two presenters per session) will receive a complimentary, full-conference registration.

 

The OAUG call for presentations for Oracle OpenWorld 2007 is now open. The deadline for submission is July 1, 2007. Please direct any inquiries regarding paper submission to speakerprograms@oaug.com.

 

OAUG eLearning Returns: Free Online Education and Training

The OAUG is offering free, easy-to-access educational, training and networking opportunities for the Oracle family of applications users OAUG Training Tuesdays and OAUG Community Thursdays.

Atlanta GEO needs to host an OAUG Community Thursday eLearning session prior to the end of the year. A volunteer is needed to present a topic of interest to the entire OAUG audience. Additional information about the OAUG eLearning program is available at

See http://www.oaug.org/conferencesandeducation/elearning/index.html

For questions or assistance with submitting your eLearning presentation, please contact SallyAnn Ulm at 404-467-6936 or e-mail elearning@oaug.com.

 

Volunteers Needed

***Speakers & breakout facilitators for 2007. ***

Please send an email to bcarlton@sprynet.com to volunteer.

 

Remaining meeting dates in 2007 are Jul 20, Sep 21 and Oct 19.

 

Become a Member of Atlanta OAUG

Go to www.atloaug.org and click on the button ‘Register as a Member’.  Admission is free and this keeps you informed as to upcoming meeting agendas, copies of newsletters, etc.  If you have changed email addresses lately, be sure to update your registration with a permanent address so you will receive meeting notifications.

 

Update Your Email Address

If you have changed email addresses since registering as a member of Atl-OAUG, please update your address by sending an email to webmaster@atloaug.org.

 

OAUG Skills Marketplace

Find qualified candidates easily with the OAUG Skills Marketplace! The OAUG Skills Marketplace is a robust and flexible application that allows companies to set up their own job descriptions or modify one of hundreds of available templates to assist in targeting the exact candidate they need. Furthermore, hiring managers can take advantage of an extensible questionnaire system, which is built into the application process, to automatically pre-screen and rank applicants in those categories that are most important to them.

To experience and learn more about the OAUG Skills Marketplace today, please visit the Skills Marketplace home page on the OAUG Web site. If you have any questions about the OAUG Skills Marketplace, or require assistance, please e-mail skillsmarketplace@oaug.com.

 

List Server - OAUGNET

The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) hosts an Oracle Applications list server, OAUGnet. OAUGnet offers you a list server with constant monitoring, prompt communication of any list server problems, an easy-to-use web interface, and an archive updated daily. To subscribe to OAUGnet, send a blank email to: OAUGNet-subscribe@oaug.com . The address of the new list is OAUGNet@oaug.com.  To switch to digest mode, send a blank e-mail to: OAUGNet-digest@oaug.com

 

Liaison Contact Person Needed from each Member Company

One liaison is needed from each company to forward Atl-OAUG notifications and newsletters to the other Oracle users/consultants within your company. Consultants are encouraged to invite their clients to Atl-OAUG.

 

V. Thanks!

Thanks to Oracle Corp for providing us with conference space, audiovisual equipment, breakfast and lunch.

Thanks to Oracle Corp, Solution Beacon and OAUG for providing door prizes.

 

60 attendees were present.  User companies are represented as follows:

 

User Companies Represented:

Cox Communications, Silgan, Mirant, Teradata, Atlanta Housing Authority, Cingular, City of Chattanooga, Inc, Equifax, Internapp, Merial, McKee Foods

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