ATLOAUG Minutes -- June 19, 1998

Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

Date: Friday, June 19, 1998

Submitted by: Brenda Carlton, KPMG

Time Called: 9:30 a.m.

Location: CSA Consulting

I. Presentation: "Supply Chain Management"
Tim Boyle, AnswerThink

II. Presentation: "Release 11.0 & 11.5 New Features / Future Directions"
AP/PO/FA Steve Bradley, BOSS Corp
GL/AR Michelle Lane, A2i Assoc.
Self Service Web/Workflow Brenda Carlton, KPMG

See www.atloaug.org for presentations.

III. Karen Gilbert, President - OAUG

Karen discussed highlights of the San Diego conference and the first European conference held in France. The next European conference will be April 1999 in Spain. The next conference held in the Americas is Oct 25-29 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Registration must be prepaid in order to reserve a hotel room and receive the OAUG discount. The conference has been extended to four days. A keynote address will be held each morning by Oracle executives. The Geo/SIG meetings will also be held during the conference. Competition was fierce for paper selections. Eight hundred papers were submitted. The top 120 will be selected.

Karen also discussed results achieved regarding pricing, future releases, etc. at the past meeting the OAUG board held with Oracle executives.

IV. General Business - Brenda Carlton, KPMG

Future Meetings
Aug 21	BellSouth
Sept 18	Oracle Corp
Nov 20	KPMG Peat Marwick

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Thanks!

Special thanks to Kirby Kraft and Karen Gilbert of CSA Consulting who provided us with a wonderful conference space and refreshments.

Sixty-five attendees were present. Companies represented:

Users:	Consultants:	Vendors:
Tensar Corp	CSA	Sequent Computers
Bell South Corp	KPMG	Optio Software
TAVS	AnswerThink	Cinap
Caribiner Audio Visual	Oracle
ChoicePoint	CAC
UPS	Application Technology
South Carolina Dept of Health & Environmental Control	Sun Data
Lithonia Lighting	BOSS Corp
Vanstar	Consultis Group
NCR	A2i Inc
Equifax	Deloitte & Touche
McKee Foods	Mastech
Chick-fil-A	Coopers & Lybrand
	Zytics
	Sage Group
	Everest Technologies
	KARE Consulting
	IntelliMark
	Lueke Consulting
	Gupta Consulting
	Empowered Solutions

Attendees from afar: Via car -- Charlotte, NC, Via plane -- Dallas, Tx

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