Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, July 20, 2007

 

Time Called: 8:30 a.m.

 

Host: Milestone Systems - www.milestonesystems.com

Location: Matrix Resources, Dunwoody - www.matrixresources.com

 

I. Vendor Spotlight

Milestone Systems Michael Kohler - Michael.kohler@milestonesystems.com

 

II. Presentations

Member Spotlight: Atlanta Housing Authority CRM - Sam Esmeir, AHA - Sam.Esmeir@atlantahousing.org

 

Making Sense of Oracle's Business Intelligence Tools - Erez Azaria, Zanett Consulting

eazaria@whitbreadtech.com

 

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

 

III. Breakout Sessions

Atlanta Housing Authority - CRM Customizations - Ken Cisna, AHA - Ken.Cisna@atlantahousing.org

 

Public Sector – New Features (Financials) - Robert Foushee, Oracle

robert.foushee@oracle.com

 

Integrating Purchasing w/ Advanced Pricing in 11.5.10 - Arwen Hawes & Tina Mitchell, BIAS Corporation - Arwen.Hawes@biascorp.com; Tina.Mitchell@biascorp.com

 

IV. General Business Don Lastine, McKee Foods

NEXT MEETING September 21

Host: Noetix Corporation

Location: Matrix Resources, South Terrace Building, Dunwoody

Reservations: Charlene Seim, Charlene.Seim@noetix.com, 425-372-2606

See Agenda: www.atloaug.org

 

Oracle OpenWorld 2007

Oracle OpenWorld 2007 - November 11-15 - 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.

 

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 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 Matrix Resources for providing us with conference space and audiovisual equipment.

Thanks to Milestone Systems for providing us with breakfast, door prizes (iPod player) and administrative functions.

Thanks to Milestone Systems and OAUG for providing door prizes.

 

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

 

User Companies Represented:

Atlanta Housing Authority, Heery International, Huber Engineered Materials, GE Energy, Altec Industries, McKee Foods, City of Chattanooga

 

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