Welcome to Denver…

Quick Survey

• How many of you are new to the Oracle E-Busines Suite?

• How many are on pre-11.5.10, 11.5.10, R12?

• 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

2008 Board of DirectorsChairperson

Carl Harter, Logitech, Inc. (re-elected)

TreasurerCynthia Enderlein, Lucasfilm, Ltd

SecretaryMohan Iyer, FSCP Solutions, Inc.

Communications and WebMasterJohn Peters, JRPJR, Inc. (re-elected)

Meeting PlannersKai Hypko, Senior Director Supply Chain Systems, PlantronicsManish Khanna, IT Project Manager, NetApps (just elected)

Jyothi Pingali, Section Manager, ERP Systems, Network ApplianceMark West, AnswerThink (re-elected)

Oracle LiasonIndy Bains, Oracle (just appointed)

OAUG GEO Certificate of Distinction the last six years:

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

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.

OAUG MembershipThe OAUG is the national organization we are affiliated with.

There is a charge for companies to become members of the OAUG.

For a limited time the NorCal OAUG is offering a discount (up to $445) for companies that want to join the OAUG.

Check out our web site for the discount information and code:

http://www.norcaloaug.org

You do not have to be a member of the OAUG to be a member of the NorCal OAUG.

Board Member Elections• There are 8 Board Members.

•No more than 4 non-users are allowed on the board.

• All board positions are held for 2 years.

• Board positions are staggered so that 4 positions come up every year.

• Elections are held via email and every NorCal OAUG member gets four votes (one per position).

• Keep an eye open for the signup page on the web site.

• Nomination/Election process will take place in Dec/Jan time frame.

• New board members will take their position the first of Feburary

Web Site

http://www.norcaloaug.org/• We currently have over 500 papers and

presentations (1GB) 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:

???

• We are looking for topics and locations

where we can hold future seminars.

Events – Training Days• Annual day long meeting with 18 tracks x 6 sessions

(108 sessions in total).

• We have content for:E-Business Suite, Siebel, Hyperion, Agile, PeopleSoft

• At least 18 of the sessions are from Oracle Presenters

• There is also a vendor exhibit hall with 47 exhibitors.

• This year will be our 7th annual Training Day

• Paper archives from past ones are on the web site.

• 2009 Training Day will be January 21st, 2009 in Santa Clara, 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 47 exhibitor booths in the exhibit hall.

• This is a one day conference, setup 6:30am, tear down 7pm

• We will have a social event this year in the exhibit hall from 4-7pm.

• Exhibitor booths are 10x10 and cost $1500 for the day, going up to $2000 12/1.

• We have sponsorship opportunities available to the Exhibitors

• 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

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Meeting presenters

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