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Quick Survey How many of you are new to the OraApps? How many are on pre , , ? 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 - follow the links to the Membership page.

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 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 We currently have over 240 papers and presentations (210MB) from Seminars and Training Days The web site and 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 Training Day will be January 24 th, 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:

Volunteer We need You!  Suggestions for future events  newsletter with Tips and Suggestions  Meeting locations/venues  Meeting presenters  Sponsorships for Seminars and Training Day