Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, January 17, 2003

 

Time Called:   8:30 a.m.

 

Host:               BMC Software

Location:         BMC Software offices, Dunwoody

 

I. Vendor Spotlight

BMC Software:  PATROL -Management & Monitoring Software, Lane Pierce

 

II. Presentation 

11i-Upgrade or Fresh Install? 10 Points to Consider - Randy Watteau, Motion International

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2003index.html

 

III. Presentation

Manufacturing - Discrete, OPM or Mixed;

Steve Wittry - Reilly & Associates; Grayson Technologies

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2003index.html

 

 

IV. Breakout Sessions

a. TCA: Oracle's Customer Master    -Craig Mikus, Oracle

b. Technical: High Availability for Oracle e-Business Suite - Rob Edmiston, DataRoad

c. Figuring Out Where Everything Is Stuck In 11i - Randy Watteau, Motion International

d. Manufacturing Help Session - Steve Wittry - Reilly & Associates; Grayson Technologies

 

V. General Business - Brenda Carlton, Consultant

 

Next Meeting – March 21

Host:               DBA Group, LLC

Location:         to be announced

Reservations:  David Wolf, dwolf@dbagroup.net, 678-393-0479

 

March 21 Agenda

MAIN PRESENTATIONS      

  1. Leverage Your ERP System to Increase Cash Flow - Derk Weinheimer, Deloitte Solutions
  2. Understanding your Customer with the eBusiness Center - Scott Fitzgerald, Protégé

 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS      

  1. Volunteer Needed – (Multi-Org topic requested)
  2. Volunteer Needed
  3. Volunteer Needed
  4. Volunteer Needed

 

Newsletter

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The deadline for getting articles into the March newsletter is February 24.  Please email your contributions to our new editors.

Technical - eshin@sagewisegroup.com  

Functional - satyakanth@bosscorporation.com

The newsletter can be viewed at http://www.atloaug.org/newsletters/

 

Volunteers Needed

March 21 - Breakout session facilitators.

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

 

e-Learning Seminars from OAUG

OAUG is working hard to provide its members and Oracle Applications users worldwide with an alternative means of education opportunities apart from the annual conferences.

Review the schedule of OAUG e-Learning seminars at http://www.oaug.org/Education/e-learning.html..

 

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.

 

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:

subscribe-oaugnet@lists.ksinet.com

If you have any questions about this new service, please visit OAUG’s Web site for full details:

http://www.oaug.org/public/oaugnet.html

 

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.

 

VI. Thanks!

Thanks to BMC Software for providing us with conference space, refreshments, audiovisual equipment and door prizes. Thanks also go to OAUG, BMC Software, Noetix, BOSS Corp, Motion International and Nancy Hill for providing door prizes. 

 

75 attendees were present.  Companies represented are as follows:

 

Users:

Merial, Cendian Chemical Logistics, Boral Bricks, McKee Foods, Ga Lottery, MBIA-Panasonic, Atlanta Housing Authority, Lend Lease, Welding Services Inc, Cingular Wireless,

 

Consultants:

DBA Group, BOSS Corp, Synergy America, iSAM,  Lorient, Motion Intl, e-Jiva, Wave, SageWise, CSC, IBM, DataRoad, Value-Technology, Inamax,

 

Vendors

Oracle, Noetix, Taxware, Applimation, Quest Software, Shannon Data Systems,