Save the Dates
In these first days of Winter (for those of us living Down Under) why not cheer yourself up with thoughts of a Summer trip to the Gold Coast and perhaps a trip to Auckland in early 2012.
Alliance Down Under will be held at Jupiters on the Gold Coast, Australia, during the first days of Summer, 1-2 December, 2011. Look out for the call for papers which will be released soon!
The 2012 Mini ANZ HEUG meeting will be held in beautiful Auckland, New Zealand, 16-17 April (date subject to minor change).
ANZ HEUG members and indeed HEUG members from around the world should be factoring these opportunities into their diaries and discussing attendance with those who hold the purse strings.
Mini ANZ HEUG Meeting and Executive Forum Update
Members enjoyed the opportunity to get together at the University of Queensland on 9 & 10 May for our annual Semester 1 meeting. Items to note:
The Executive Forum and PAGs and TAG members agreed to work closely together in future to ensure that our collective views are more effectively conveyed.
Executive Forum members agreed to encourage staff in their institutions to participate in ANZ HEUG activities and to support conference attendance. Members will act as mentors to new conference paper presenters.
The President has written to the Vice-Chancellors of member institutions, promoting the benefits of participation in HEUG activities.
Members heard a presentation from Oracle given by Susan Beidler, with local input from Dave Redden and Paul Deshler.
Members identified difficulty in finding their way around the MyOracleSupport and also HEUG Online. In response to this we are planning sessions at the ADU Conference this year from the HEUG and Oracle to demonstrate use of these sites.
Oracle announced a new ANZ customer has come on board. Welcome to the International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS) and we hope to see you at the ADU conference in December.
Asia Pacific User group Community (APOUC) Update
The annual APOUC meeting was held on 5-6 May in Hong Kong, organised by Bambi Staveley of Oracle Australia. The meeting provided an opportunity for Oracle User Group leaders to meet with Oracle staff to discuss common issues. Gail White, President of the ANZ HEUG attended.
Participants included user group leaders from a variety of industries and countries. Mary Lou Dopart of Oracle USA, who is responsible for Oracle's user group community addressed the meeting and described the importance of user groups to Oracle.
Leaders shared information about their user groups, activities and membership. Many groups were in the early stages of development and found great value in this information sharing and networking opportunity.