Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

Date: Friday, March 16, 2001

Time Called: 8:30 a.m.

Location: Network Appliance at Perimeter Westin

I. Presentation

Survivor – 10.7 to 11.5 Upgrade

Alan Green, Mirant Corp

Eric Stouffer, System Architechs

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2001index.html

II. Presentation

Driving Process Improvements With ERP Systems

Ed Martinez, BellSouth

** Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2001index.html

III. Breakout Sessions

Oracle Financial Analyzer/Data Warehousing

Julian Kozicki, JP Kozicki & Associates

Technical - 11i Install from DBA Perspective

David Rincon, DBA Group

Imaging/Workflow in Payables

Bill Pipkin, BellSouth **

11i Upgrade – Project Management

Eric Stouffer, System Architechs

IV. Networking Game - Marge Olmstead, Motorola

V. Vendor Spotlight – Decision Point Software - www.dpapplications.com

Mary Ledbetter & Glen Cronin

During our networking time one vendor is invited to display and demo their product offering.

VI. General Business - Brenda Carlton, e.Solutions Consulting

Next Meeting – May 18

Host: ClearOrbit - www.clearorbit.com

Location: Renaissance Atlanta Hotel (downtown), 590 West Peachtree Street

Reservations: Kim Dickerson, rsvpatloaug-may2001@clearorbit.com, 309-243-1125

May 18 Agenda

Vendor Spotlight Volunteer Needed

Presentation #1

Member Spotlight Equifax's Global Financial System Implementation

Lourdes Mallo Godfrey, Equifax

Presentation #2 Volunteer Needed

Networking Fun Lori Hudson, GE Power Systems

Breakout Sessions

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Technical: Database Purge, Archive and Re-building Issues

Rich Butterfield, OuterBay Technologies

Volunteers are needed to facilitate future breakout sessions. Please send an email to bcarlton@sprynet.com and volunteer in your area of expertise.

OAUG in Atlanta April 24-28

Conference will be held in our hometown Atlanta! Web site is www.oaug.org.

Here’s how the local Atlanta GEO can assist with the conference.

  1. Pick up an Atlanta Geo ribbon from our booth and be an ambassodor for Atlanta.
  2. An Atlanta GEO booth near the registration section or in the exhibit hall advertising our group. This serves two purposes. a) Serve as Welcome Ambassadors. Our Atlanta residents can answer questions about the local area and things to see/do. b) Advertise our group in order to get more members. We would man the booth on opening night and the first day of the conference.
  3. Reserved VIP seating near the front of the opening session. Don Payne to announce our presence during the General Session.
  4. Designated tables at lunches for GEO and SIGs with the Atlanta section larger and with advertisement.

Volunteers are needed for the following.

  1. Volunteers to work the booth on opening night and the first day of sessions. Contact David Wolf, dwolf@dbagroup.net.
  2. Would someone like to write a song or jingle for us to sing during the General Session?
  3. Marketing materials to hand out from the booth. Perhaps the flyer would advertise our group plus, give information about Atlanta. A volunteer to write the flyer plus pay the cost of producing.

Dates & Deadlines for San Diego OAUG Sept 19 – 23

Apr 25 Call for Papers & Panels Open

May 18 Paper & Panel Applications Due

June 7 Accepted Papers & Panel Moderators Notified

July 11 Papers Due

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:

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

To SUBSCRIBE – Atlanta OAUG List Server

  1. Send an email message to majordomo@atloaug.org

2) Leave the subject line blank

3) The text of the message should be SUBSCRIBE atl-apps-l [your email address ]

  1. Please send inquires to Atl-Apps-L-Owner@atloaug.org

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers needed to present a topic, facilitate a breakout session, serve on a panel or present their company as the Member Spotlight Company. Send an email to bcarlton@sprynet.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.

Thanks!

Thanks to Network Appliance for providing us with the conference space, sit-down breakfast, refreshments, audiovisual equipment, caps for all attendees and three appliances for doorprizes – food processer, CD player and toaster. Thanks also go to Gupta Consulting and Motorola for providing door prizes.

65 attendees were present. Companies represented are as follows:

Users:

Mirant, Southern Company, NCR, National Computer Print, Suntory Water Group, MediaOcean, GE Power, Georgia Lottery, CRI, WebMD, BellSouth, Tensar, DOAS State of Ga, Chick-fil-A, Motorola,

Consultants:

e.Solutions, System Architechs, Application Technology Services, DBA Group, AnswerThink, SageWise Group, BOSS, Gupta, Protégé, Standard Focus, Julian Kozicki

Vendors

OptioSoftware, DecisionPoint, 170 Systems, e.Jiva