Date: Friday, June 18, 1999
Time Called: 9:30 a.m.
Location: W Hotel, Hosted by AnswerThink Consulting
New Record Broken – 86 Attendees!
See www.atloaug.org for presentations
I. Presentation
Member Spotlight: The Southern Company
Eric Stouffer - Manager of Oracle Financial Solutions
Dan Stephens - Business Analyst / Project Director-Oracle Financial Solutions
Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/index.html#jun99
II. Presentation
"SQL for the Non-Technician"
Jeff Walsh, AnswerThink Consulting
See presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/index.html#jun99
III. Breakout Sessions
The breakout sessions are a huge success. Breakout sessions will be offered at future meetings with a variety of rotating topics.
Volunteers are needed to facilitate the breakout sessions. Please send an email to bcarlton@kpmg.com and volunteer in your area of expertise.
The following sessions were held on June 18:
R-11 Financials Jim Crum, BOSS Corp.
Multi-Org Steve Bradley, Oasis Consulting
Technical-DBA/Developers Erik Shin, Sage Group
CRM (Customer Relationship Mgt) Mark Kilburn, Deloitte-Touche Consulting
Basic SQL Jeff Walsch, Answerthink Consulting
The attendees at the technical breakout session organized and plan to meet at all Atl-OAUG meetings. They have selected topics for the remainder of the year. The topic for the August meeting will be "Performance Tuning".
Next Meeting - August 20
Host: CSA Consulting
Northpark Center, 1100 Abernathy, 400 Building
Reservations: Alicia Hoekstra 1-800-225-6205 x228, ahoekstr@csac.com
Agenda
1) "Project Related Procurement Using Project Manufacturing" - Sachin Joshi, KPMG Consulting
2) "Technical Foundations – General Ledger" - Brad Eldredge, AnswerThink Consulting
3) Breakout Sessions – tentative schedule
Remaining 1999 Atl-OAUG Meetings: Aug 20, Oct 15, Nov 19
OAUG Orlando Conference
The OAUG fall conference is in Orlando Sept 26-30. See www.oaug.org for details. Register now so you can book your hotel at the OAUG member discount price.
ECO/SEOUC Conference in Atlanta – March 19-22, 2000
For the first time ever, the East Coast’s "oldest, newest and best" Oracle developers’ conference (ECO) is joining forces with their southern (SEOUC) counterpart. Join us in Atlanta March 19-22, 2000 at the Atlanta Hilton and Towers. Ten tracks per day, 100 sessions (35+ for apps) are scheduled. Attendance is expected to be ~800. The call for papers will be Aug/Sept. Web sites (when completed) are www.seouc.org and www.oracleusers.com.
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 AnswerThink for providing us with the conference space, refreshments, and door prizes. Thanks to Caribiner International for providing the audiovisual equipment.
86 attendees were present (our largest to date!). Companies represented are as follows.
Users:
W.C. Bradley Company, Johnson Controls, Caribiner International, ChoicePoint, NCR, Flexible Products, Schweitzer-Mauduit, Tensar, Chick-fil-A, BellSouth, Motorola Energy Systems, Char-Broil, Cotton States Insurance, Equifax, GE Capital, Southern Company, UPS Logistics, Sieman Electromechanical Components, U.S. Dept of Energy, Invesco Capital Management, Inacom,
Consultants:
AnswerThink, KPMG, BOSS Corp, Application Technology Services, Deloitte, Ballantyne Consulting, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Everest Technologies, DP Applications, Romac, CAC, TekConnect, Oasis Consulting
Vendors
AppWorx, FRX Software, Optio Software, Precise Software, Oracle,
See web page for updates, agendas, directions, minutes, list server, etc.