Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, August 16, 2002

 

Time Called:             8:30 a.m.

 

Host:               Deloitte Consulting

Location:              Marriott, downtown

 

I. Presentation 

Member Spotlight – Advanced Glassfiber Yarns – Bruce Armstrong

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2002index.html

 

II. Presentation

Workflow Integration  - Muzaffer Lakdawala, PWC Consulting

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2002index.html

 

III. Breakout Sessions

a. Web Expenses - Christine Magnetti, Consultant

b. Technical: 11i Technical Support - Issues and their Resolutions, Jason Headley, Chick-fil-A

c. iProcurement, iSupplier, Jay Oliphant, Absolute Integrity

d. HRMS – Marci Ward, Xcelicor

 

 

V. General Business - Brenda Carlton, Consultant

 

Next Meeting – September 20

Host:               Motorola

Location:            http://www.gwinnettciviccenter.com/directions.html, Lawrenceville

 

Reservations:  Margaret Olmstead, Margaret.Olmstead@motorola.com, (770) 338-3636

 

September 30 Agenda

Main Presentations   

1. Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Demo – Larry Bass, Oracle

2. Upgrade Panel:

McKee Foods - Don Lastine & David Griffin

            Chick-fil-A - Dan Strain

            Equifax - Mark Robertson

            Merial - William Maynard

 

Breakout Sessions           

a. Inventory/Purchasing/Order Management Discussion - Chuck Steedley, Consultant

b. Implementing 11i on Windows NT/2000 - Jeff Walsh, BOSS Corp

c. 11i Architecture for the Non-Technical - Jim Cotton, Colibri

d. Navigating 11.5 -Linda Nagelsen, Oracle

 

New Newsletter Editors

Many thanks to Jim Crum for being our newsletter editor for 5 years!  He has done an awesome job.  Please take the time to thank him for his commitment to our user group.

Going forward, we will have two editors for our newsletter.  Erik Shin of SageWise Group will be responsible for technical content.  Satyakanth Abbaraju of BOSS Corp will be responsible for the functional content.  Please email your contributions to their respective addresses.

eshin@sagewisegroup.com

satyakanth@bosscorporation.com

Deadlines for contributions are Sept 4 for the Sept newsletter and October 24 for the November newsletter. 

 

Volunteers Needed

Nov 15 – Panel Members: Receivables and one breakout session leader

Please send an email to bcarlton@sprynet.com and volunteer in your area of expertise.

 

 

San Diego OAUG Conference – Oct 27-30

For more information and to register, visit www.oaug.org.  Book your hotel now in order to get a convenient location.

 

OAUG Asia Pacific 2002 Conference

17-20 November

Gold Coast, Australia

http://www.oaug.org/ap2002/CallPap_Step1.html 

Call for Presentations Submission Deadline is 26 July 2002

 

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

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List Server - OAUGNET

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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.

 

Thanks!

Thanks to Deloitte Consulting for providing us with the conference space, refreshments and audiovisual equipment.  Thanks also go to OAUG and Titan Technologies for providing door prizes. 

 

50 attendees were present.  Companies represented are as follows:

 

Users:

NDC Health, Boral Bricks, Motorola, Chick-fil-A, AT&T, ChoicePoint, AMVESCAP, Altec, Advance Glassfiber Yarns, Florida Housing Finance

 

Consultants:

Deloitte, e.Solutions, DBA Group, Segue, Titan, Baytree, Colibri, Softbase, Xcelicor, Oracle Database Solutions, SageWise, Absolute Integrity, Softbase, System Architechs, KPMG, PWC

 

Vendors

170 Systems, Oracle, Optio, Noetix, Outerbay,