Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, November 19, 2004

 

Time Called:   8:30 a.m.

 

Host:               Optio Software

Location:         Villa Christina, Dunwoody, GA

 

I. Vendor Spotlight

Option Software, Ben Lazer - blazar@optiosoftware.com

 

II. Presentation 

Demo: Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Module            Chris Thornhill, Oracle   Chris.Thornhill@oracle.com

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2004index.html

 

III. Presentation

It Is Month-End, Now comes the Reconciliation Crunch  Richard Byrom - Oracle Consultant, Speaker & Author - richard@richardbyrom.com

http://www.richardbyrom.com

http://www.oracleappsblog.com/

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2004index.html

 

IV. Breakout Sessions

 

  1. Technical: Apps on RAC; Mark Riley, Oracle - mark.riley@oracle.com
  2. Keeping Your Master Data Clean: Suppliers and Customers; Andrew Snyder, NoodleIt, Inc. - atsnyder@yahoo.com
  3. New Features: Financials 11.5.10; Karen Brownfield, Solution Beacon - kbrownfi@earthlink.net

Selected breakout presentations can be viewed at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2004index.html

 

V. OAUG News –

Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco

December 5 - 9, 2004, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California

The OAUG will be participating in Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, which will include keynote presentations, breakout sessions, SIG meetings, Geo/GAP-sponsored lunch tables and extensive networking opportunities.

The OAUG, IOUG and ODUTG will host a User Forum on Sunday, December 5. This will include SIG meetings, a welcome session, breakout sessions, a panel discussion and an evening networking reception.

 

VI. General Business - Brenda Carlton, Consultant

 

Next Meeting – January 21, 2005

Host:   Logical Apps

Location: The Clubhouse, Lenox Mall, Buckhead

Reservations: Mark Cuneo, mcuneo@logicalapps.com, (770) 371-5175

 

January 21 PRESENTATIONS

1. Vendor Spotlight:  Logical Apps – Mark Cuneo

2. XML Publisher (Tentative) - Gordon Crump, Oracle

3. Member Spotlight:      Need Volunteer

4. Technical: Standby DB Setup for E-Business Suite 11i Erik Shin, SageWise Group, Inc.

5. Tba - Need Volunteer

6. Tba   - Need Volunteer

 

Newsletter

The deadline for getting articles into the January newsletter is January 3rd.  Please email your contributions to our editors.

Functional - satyakanth@bosscorporation.com

Technical - eshin@sagewisegroup.com  

Previous issues can be viewed at http://www.atloaug.org/newsletters/

 

Volunteers Needed

Speakers & breakout session facilitators for 2005.

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

 

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

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.

 

Local Technical User Group

Monthly Meetings are in Dunwoody on the 2nd Thursday, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. See www.gouser.org.

 

VII. Thanks!

Thanks to Optio Software for providing us with conference space, breakfast, door prizes and audiovisual equipment.

Thanks to Optio Software, Colibri Ltd. and OAUG for providing door prizes.

 

45 attendees were present.  Companies represented are as follows:

 

Users:

AMVESCAP, NDC Health, McKee Foods, Southern Company, RMC USA, Mirant, WC Bradley, MACTEC, Oak Ridge AU, Brunswich Boat Group, Altec

 

Consultants:

Colibri, Baytree, SageWise, Oxford, USi. SSG. PriceCompete, DBA Group,

 

Vendors

Logical Apps, Optio Software, Oracle, 170 Systems, RingMaster, AppWorx