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
• 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 website - 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: [email protected]
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