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NorCal OAUG

Northern California OAUG

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Cynthia Enderlein

NorCal OAUG Board

Camelbak Products, LLC

NorCal OAUG 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

• 9 board members: 8 elected, 1 appointed

– Serves a two year term

– Election held every year for 4 board positions

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Mission

• A forum for sharing information and experiences on

the selection, implementation and effective use of

Oracle e-Business Suite

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Web Site

• The NorCal OAUG Web Site is moving!

• You can access the new site at:

http://norcal.communities.oaug.org/

• This change was dictated to us by the OAUG to

remain an affiliate

• The old site is still up but will no longer be

maintained

http://norcaloaug.org

• We are trying to figure out how to move out

domains and email hosting

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Membership

• No cost to join the Northern California Oracle

Applications Users Group (NorCal OAUG)

• You do NOT have to be a member of the OAUG to

be a member of the NorCal OAUG

• You do NOT have to be a member of the OAUG to

attend NorCal OAUG events

• You DO need to be a member of the OAUG to

access NorCal OAUG presentations and papers

– this change is in process

(probably completed over the summer)

– This change was dictated to us by the OAUG to

remain an affiliate

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Membership

• NorCal OAUG Membership is now moving over the

OAUG

• It looks like we won’t be able to move over the

current membership lists, users will need to reapply

using the OAUG registration mechanism

• Registration Process:

– http://oaug.com

– If you do not have an existing OAUG account/profile

you have to create one (there is no cost)

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Membership Registration Process

• http://oaug.com

• If you do not have an existing OAUG account/profile you have

to create one, there is no cost. If you do have an existing

OAUG account/profile skip ahead.

• Click on Create Profile

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Membership Registration Process

• Click on Create a New OAUG Profile

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Membership Registration Process

• Click on Create a New OAUG Profile

– Fill in New to this site? section

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Membership Registration Process

• Click on Create a New OAUG Profile

– Fill in New to this site? Section

– Select your company name or if not found please complete the

New Company Form

– Complete the rest of the Create Account form

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Membership Registration Process

• Login with your OAUG Profile

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Membership Registration Process

• Select Update your OAUG Profile

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Membership Registration Process

• Scroll down to GEOs and SIGs

• Select Join a GEO/SIG

• Scroll through the list and select the GEO/SIG you want to join

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Event Registrations

• In the past Registering for a NorCal OAUG Event

would automatically register you in the NorCal

OAUG.

• We still have to figure out event registrations and

how this will be done off of your OAUG Profile.

• Stay tuned

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Awards

• OAUG Geo Certificate of Distinction the last eleven years: 2003 through 2015

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Web Site

• Is moving – http://norcaloaug.com works but will not be updated

– Use http://norcal.communities.oaug.org/

– We are working on moving domains

• Over 1,000 papers and presentations from Seminars and past Training Day events – You must be an OAUG Member to access them

• The web site and email are our primary methods for communicating with the group – We are still working out how we are going to send email

blasts

• Join our LinkedIn Group: Northern California Oracle Applications Users Group

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Panel Discussions

• We need ideas for Panel Discussions

• What do you want to hear about?

• Some current ideas we have:

– Reporting Tools Comparison: OBIEE, Endec, APEX, 3rd

Party Tools

– Survey of methods used to Interface EBS with other

systems

– Cloud Systems: Cloud Applications and Hosted Applications

– ???

• We sent out a survery to the members https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2015NorCalOAUGmembersurvey

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Training Days

• Last one was August 26, 2014

• These are full day conferences

• Typically 9 rooms x 6 sessions

• Minimal cost ~$95 in advance to offset meals and

AV equipment costs

• Typically free passes available from exhibitors

• We are working with OAUG to hold what they refer

to as a Connection Point event in the SF Bay Area

• Stay tuned for more details

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Board Elections

• Held in Spring each year – 3 weeks - ballot nominations 4/25 - 5/15

– 1 week - confirm ballot 5/16 - 5/22

– 2 weeks - for the elections 5/23 - 6/3

– 1 week - count votes, confirm board 6/4 - 6/11

• Each year 4 positions are elected

• Term is 2 years

• Board Members must be OAUG Members – This change was dictated to us by the OAUG to remain an affiliate

• Current Board – Cynthia Enderlein

– Robert Feldscher

– Carl Harter (up for election in 2016)

– Dave Herrington (up for election in 2016)

– John Peters (up for election in 2016)

– Ramesh K Potta

– Mark West (resigned in 2015)

– Sandra Vucinic

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Volunteer – We need YOU!!!

• Suggestions for future events

• Meeting locations/venues

• Meeting presenters

• Sponsorships for Panels and Training Days

• Consider running for the board during the next

election

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Next Event - ???

• When:

• Where:

• Why:

• Presenters:

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Thank You!!

• board@norcaloaug.org

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