Plan for another forward thinking year from the HEUG Board of Directors. The HEUG BOD met July 16-17 in San Francisco. The meeting allowed for both extensive interaction with Oracle executives as well as a day of planning for the year's HEUG activities. I continue to be impressed by the level of passion and interest this BOD has. I am looking forward to further advancement of the HEUG strategic plan this year.
The BOD had the opportunity to spend several hours with the following Oracle executives the first day of the meeting:
- Paco Aubrejuan, Sr. Vice President, PeopleSoft Development
- Cliff Godwin, Sr. Vice President, Applications Development
- Gretchen Alarcon, Vice President, Human Capital Management Strategy
- Mark Armstrong, Vice President, Oracle Higher Ed Product Development
- Cole Clark, Global Vice President, Oracle Education and Research Industry Business Unit
- Mary Lou Dopart, Senior Director, Oracle Global Customer Programs
- Jeff Robbins, Senior Director, PeopleTools Strategy
The executives were asked not to come with powerpoint presentations but to simply engage in discussion related to current climate of higher education and future direction. While the opportunity for technical dialogue of course took place, there was also an opportunity to discuss how best to promote the HEUG voice both strategically and tactically in the future.
The second day focused on reports from current committee work as well as discussion on direction moving forward. We had updates regarding the Alliance conference, the regional conferences and the international conferences (Alliance Down Under, HEUG EMEA, and HEUG Asia). There was significant discussion regarding seeking assistance from the Product Advisory Groups to determine how we evolve to meet the product advocacy needs of the HEUG.
Once again, a very productive, hard working two days of meetings and we are off to another strong year!