Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, September 20, 2002

 

Time Called:   8:30 a.m.

 

Host:               Motorola

Location:         Gwinnett Civic & Cultural Center

 

I. Presentation 

Oracle Enterprise Asset Management – Larry Bass, Oracle

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

 

II. Presentation

Upgrade Panel:McKee Foods, Chick-fil-A, Equifax, Tensar

Members: Don Lastine & David Griffin, Dan Strain, Mark Robertson, Hank Edwards,

John Faucher

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

 

III. 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

 

IV. General Business - Brenda Carlton, Consultant

 

Next Meeting – November 15

Host:               GE Energy Services

Location:         4200 Wildwood Parkway, Marietta

Reservations:  Tracie Hughes, Tracie.Hughes@ps.ge.com, (678) 844.7776

 

November 15 Agenda

MAIN PRESENTATIONS      

  1. Member Spotlight: RMC Industries – iProcurement - Marsha Golletti & Rodney Anthony
  2. New Features: 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7       PA, FA – Julian Kozicki, Consultant, AR - Jay Oliphant, Absolute Integrity, GL, AP – Steve Bradley, Oasis, PO –Derk Weinheimer,  INV – Brian Lueke, Consultant

BREAKOUT SESSIONS      

a. Contracts & Advanced Pricing - Pam McGregor, National Data Corp

b. Advanced: Flexfield Validation Concepts and Designs - Marty Schlafer, Answerthink

c. iProcurement & iSupplier - Linda Nagelson, Oracle

d. Chat with the Experts            - Julian Kozicki, Jay Oliphant, Steve Bradley, Derk Weinheimer & Brian Lueke

 

Newsletter

An OAUG member volunteer golf shirt was presented to Jim Crum in appreciation for being our newsletter editor for 5 years.

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

Technical - eshin@sagewisegroup.com  

Functional - satyakanth@bosscorporation.com

 

Volunteers Needed

January 17 - breakout session facilitators.

Hosts for 2003 – Jan 17, Apr 18, Jun 20, Aug 15, Oct 17, Nov 21.

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 held in North America, Europe, and Asia pacific. Beginning October 2002, OAUG will be offering e-Learning seminars presented from industry experts and trainers from KBACE, KPMG, and Solbourne.

Review the schedule of OAUG e-Learning seminars at http://www.oaug.org/Education/e-learning.html. Space is limited so register now.

 

San Diego OAUG Conference – Oct 27-30

For more information and to register, visit www.oaug.org. 

 

OAUG Asia Pacific 2002 Conference

November 17-20

Gold Coast, Australia

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

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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 Motorola for providing us with the door prizes, conference space, refreshments and audiovisual equipment. Motorola provided a Motorola cordless phone and two sets of 2-way radios in addition to numerous other gifts. Thanks also go to OAUG, BOSS Corp and KPMG for providing door prizes. 

 

102 attendees were present.  Companies represented are as follows:

 

Users:

Motorola, Chick-fil-A, Choice Point, McKee Foods, Chick-fil-A, Tensar, Equifax, Welding Services, Alcoa, Kawneer, Dept of Energy,

 

Consultants:

DBA Group, Segue, Titan, Baytree, Colibri, Softbase, SageWise, Softbase, Reilly & Assoc, Mentora, Wave, BOSS, Price Compete, Synergy America, Signum, iSAM, KPMG, Lorient

 

Vendors

Oracle, Optio, Noetix, Optio, Tickmark