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Welcome to San Francisco…. Quick Survey. How many of you are new to the OraApps? How many are on pre-11.5.9, 11.5.9, 11.510? How many use MFG, FIN, PROJ, CRM, HR? How many of you are new to OAUG, NorCal OAUG? How many of you are users, consultants, vendors?. History.
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Quick Survey • How many of you are new to the OraApps? • How many are on pre-11.5.9, 11.5.9, 11.510? • How many use MFG, FIN, PROJ, CRM, HR? • How many of you are new to OAUG, NorCal OAUG? • How many of you are users, consultants, vendors?
History • Northern California area, defined as: • North of Fresno to the California/Oregon Border • Formed in the summer of 2000 • Merged with the Bay Area OAUG January 2001 • Elections were held to elect a new Board of Directors in January
History • OAUG GEO Certificate of Distinction the last three years: 2003, 2004 and 2005
Mission • A forum for sharing information and experiences on the selection, implementation and effective use of Oracle Applications • To learn about future directions in the Oracle product line • To offer resource assistance
Membership • There is no cost to join the Northern California Oracle Applications User Group • There is no limit to the number of users a company may have in the organization • We are trying to bring together the end users of the Oracle Applications • You do not have to be a member of the OAUG to be a member of the Northern California Oracle Applications User Group • Membership is easy to sign-up for – point to the following web-site - http://www.norcaloaug.org follow the links to the Membership page.
2005-2006 Board of Directors Chairperson Carl Harter, Logitech, Inc. Treasurer Cynthia Enderlein, Lucasfilm, Ltd (re-elected) Secretary Mohan Iyer, FSCP Solutions, Inc. (re-elected) Communications and WebMaster John Peters, JRPJR, Inc. Meeting Planners Tom Connors, Oracle Ken Krall, Xilinx (newly elected)
Board Member Elections • There are 6 Board Members. • No more than 3 non-users are allowed on the board. • All board positions are held for 2 years. • Board positions are staggered so that 3 positions come up every year. • Elections are held via email and every NorCal OAUG member gets three votes (one per position). • Keep an eye open for the signup page on the web site. • Nomination/Election process will take place in Nov/Dec time frame. • New board members will take their position the first of Feburary
Web Site http://www.norcaloaug.org/ • We currently have over 240 papers and presentations (210MB) from Seminars and Training Days • The web site and email will be our primary methods for communicating with the group
Events - Seminars • Bi-monthly meetings with alternate locations between the San Francisco, San Jose, and the Tri/Central Valley region • A single specific topic will be covered • Panel discussion format • Cost is free (we just ask that you please sign up on the web site)
Past Seminar Topics • Application management and Internal Controls (Sarbanes- Oxley and Oracle) • Intercompany Gap in Oracle Applications • Project Accounting • Workflow and the Oracle Applications • WMS (warehouse management system)/Shipping/Distribution • iProcurement in Action • Myths about global and international implementations • Human Resources • Order Management • Oracle Applications Tips and Tricks
Seminars Calendar • At this time there are no seminars scheduled • Future possible topics:- Migrating to Linux- Oracle’s Procurement Solutions • We are looking for topics and locations where we can hold future seminars.
Events – Training Days • Annual day long meeting with 8 tracks x 6 sessions (48 sessions in total). • At least 12 of the sessions are from Oracle Presenters • There is also a vendor exhibit hall with ~30 exhibitors. • We have held 4 Training Days (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). • Paper archives from past ones are on the web site. • 2006 Training Day will be January 24th, 2006 in San Ramon, CA • There is a minimal charge, ~$95 to offset the facility expenses and lunch costs.
Training Day Exhibitors • This really offsets most of the cost of the Training Day Event, keeping user registration below $100. • We have ~30 exhibitor booths in the exhibit hall. • This is a one day conference, setup 6:30am, tear down 4:30pm • Exhibitor booths are 8x8 and cost $750 for the day • A very limited number of Presentations are available to exhibitors for an additional fee. • Once we open up the registration space goes very quickly, so if you are interested please let the NorCal OAUG board know: board@norcaloaug.org
Volunteer We need You! • Suggestions for future events • Email newsletter with Tips and Suggestions • Meeting locations/venues • Meeting presenters • Sponsorships for Seminars and Training Day