Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG
Meeting
Date: Friday, September 20, 2002
Time
Called: 8:30 a.m.
Host: Motorola
Location: Gwinnett
Civic & Cultural Center
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
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
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
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
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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
Oracle,
Optio, Noetix, Optio, Tickmark