Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, November 21, 2003

 

Time Called:   8:30 a.m.

 

Host:               Noetix Software

Location:         Villa Christina, Dunwoody

 

I. Vendor Spotlight

Noetix Software, Bill Weathers - Bill.Weathers@noetix.com

 

II. Presentation  

Member Spotlight – Atlanta Housing AuthorityTony Siebert, Sam Esmeir

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

 

III. Presentation

Financials 11i-New Features through 11.5.9, Karen Brownfield, Solution Beacon

kbrownfi@earthlink.net

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

 

IV. Breakout Sessions

a. Create Overhead Cost Pools through Oracle MassBudgets and AutoAllocations - Michael Anenen & Paul Kraskiewicz, SSI North America - Michael.Anenen@us.ssiworldwide.com

b. Release 11.5.9 Workflow, Karen Brownfield, Solution Beacon - kbrownfi@earthlink.net

c. European Implementations - Lourdes Godfrey, StratITgy International

- godfreyhouse@mindspring.com

d. Technical: How to Trouble-shoot 11i Issues - Adam Janbolat, dba4aday, Inc. - dba4aday@yahoo.com

 

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

 

V. General Business - Brenda Carlton, Consultant

 

Next Meeting – January 16, 2004

Host:   Noetix170 Systems

Location: Hilton Atlanta Northeast, Norcross

Reservations: Jill Hitchen, JHitchen@170Systems.com, 617-995-7277

 

 

MAIN PRESENTATIONS    

            1. Member Spotlight: Merial – Ed Cotter, Merial

2. NCR Global Project – Jay Patel, Bearing Point

 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  1. Vendor Managed Inventory - Arul Murugan, enrich IT
  2. Performance Tuning of 11i - Michael Yesudas, Sourcetec International
  3. Oracle Application Manager - Jeff Walsh, CSC
  4. Projects Resource Mgt (Contracts, Manager, Collaberation, Intelligence) - Jeanie Powell, Oracle

 

Newsletter

The deadline for getting articles into the January newsletter is December 29.  Please email your contributions to our editors.

Functional - satyakanth@bosscorporation.com

Technical - eshin@sagewisegroup.com  

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

 

Volunteers Needed

Speakers & Breakout session facilitators for 2004

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

 

Vendor Spotlight/Host Companies Selected for 2004

The following companies have volunteered to host our 2004 meetings which also entitle them to the vendor spotlight presentation.

 

Jan 16 - 170 Systems

Mar 19 - OuterBay Technologies

May 21 - Computer Associates

Aug 20 - 9ci, Inc

Oct 15  - Jaros Tech

Nov 19 - Optio Software

 

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.

 

VII. Thanks!

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

Thanks to Solution Beacon, OAUG and On Call DBA for providing door prizes.

 

60 attendees were present.  Companies represented are as follows:

 

Users:

Mirant, CDC, NDC Health, CTI Molecular Imaging, Choice Point, Cingular, Welding Services, Porex, McKee Foods, Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlantech, Georgia Lottery,

 

Consultants:

SSI, SageWise, Protégé, Hitachi, dba4aday, Baytree, Titan, Wave, Solution Beacon, Signum Group, CSC, b2bworkforce

 

Vendors

Noetix Software Optio Software, CorVu, 170 Systems, Cabrima, Logical Integrations