Re: Active Oracle user group in Raleigh, North Carolina area?

  • From: Kellyn Pot'vin <kellyn.potvin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "dackoc@xxxxxxxxx" <dackoc@xxxxxxxxx>, "dananrg@xxxxxxxxx" <dananrg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:08:19 -0700 (PDT)

On Carol's note... :)
RMOUG is doing well, but I give a lot of credit to the investment of time by 
the board of directors, the volunteers and the users!  This is a major 
contributor to its success.

We have a QEW, (Quarterly Event Workshop) tomorrow, ( you can see all our 
events and schtuff at www.rmoug.org) which has not only Oracle, but MySQL, (our 
new SIG) sessions.  Carolyn Fryc does a fantastic job planning these, Art 
Marshall pushes it all out to the websites and then I do the social media for 
most of our events.  We do have workshops with presentations or workshops with 
hands-on each quarter.  

There is one board member that is assigned our yearly Training Days event, 
(which often requires at least one year's rest afterwards! :)) It is quite the 
undertaking and we survive because of the support of Team YCC, (who also 
support ODTUG's events like KSCOPE) and the wonderful Rocky Mountain volunteers 
each year.  


The board meets monthly and our quarterly newsletter is in a hard-copy format 
and I hope that we will have it available in some form of electronic version 
soon, (we just revamped our website...)  Pat Van Buskirk does a phenomenal job 
each issue with the content, guest authors and focus articles.

I will also echo Carol's sentiments on other groups listed below-  I am always 
checking out what NoCOUG is up to!  They have great ideas and a fantastic group 
that are doing great things.  I've had dealings with NEOOUG and they are a 
great group from an area of the country that most would not recognize at 
first!  NYOUG always has an impressive list of presenters for their workshops.  
I'm consistently watching for their emails and HotSos is just as we all 
expect-  incredible!

 
Kellyn Pot'Vin
Senior Technical Consultant
Enkitec
DBAKevlar.com


________________________________
 From: Carol Dacko <dackoc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: dananrg@xxxxxxxxx 
Cc: "ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Active Oracle user group in Raleigh, North Carolina area?
 
Dana,
Best of Breed Regional Oracle User Groups - I sure can!
1) RMOUG - Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group, Denver, Colorado. They have a
two day training event every February plus quarterly 1 day events. They
have hightly respected speakers from all over the world at this event. It
is an event that I really love to attend. And I fly from Michigan to go to
this event. The networking is second to none and the hospitality is
outstanding. I self-fund this event because it is so worth while as a DBA
and/or Developer.

2) Northern California Oracle Users Group - San Fransico Bay Area. This is
one that I have not had an opportunity to attend yet as it would also be a
self-funded event for me. Not only does this group put on quarterly events,
they also sponsor special training events. Last year, James Morle did a 2
day Seminar on Storage. NoCOUG had to find a bigger venue because of the
great response for this seminar.

3) NEOOUG - This group in Ohio has great training events. They just had a 2
day training event earlier this week in Cleveland - and yes, Cleveland is
no longer the "Mistake on the Lake". Cleveland is actually a decent place.
They also have quarterly meetings. Cary Millsap did one of his full day
seminars right after the event. So the speaker selection is outstanding!

4) New York has a great Oracle User group and has events more often than
quarterly. The list of speakers that they have at their events are quite
outstanding.

5) HOTSOS Symposium - if you are a performance analyst, this is a 3 day
training event that is  not to be missed. Although it is not a User Group
that puts on this event, it is still the premier performance event in the
US. And at the end of the event, one highly respected speaker will have a
separate 1 day training event. This symposium is in the greater Dallas area
and is every March.

These are some of my favorites and ones that I highly recommend.

HTH!

Carol Dacko
University of Michigan


On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:02 AM, dnrg <dananrg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Chris, I think. :-) That group doesn't seem to be active. If it is
> I haven't heard of any meeting announcements lately.
>
> Of folks here who participate in local or regional Oracle User Group
> events:
> -- How valuable do you find them to be versus Internet resources like
> Oracle-L or annual Oracle conferences?
>
> -- How frequently does your group meet and is it as frequent as you like?
> What's optimal?
>
> -- What formats do you find to be most effective / worthwhile? Straight up
> presentations? Roundtable discussions? Interactive workshops?
>
> -- What type of content do you not see that you'd like to see at these
> types of events?
> -- Given "Oracle" represents such a large universe of potential topics and
> content, is it better to have a user group that addresses broad or narrow
> interests?
>
> -- Can anyone name a few local or regional Oracle User Groups that are
> Best of Breed? Would be interesting to see what these groups do and what
> makes them successful.
> -- What makes Oracle User Groups succeed or fail generally besides the
> obvious? (general lack of interest or insufficient # of local Oracle
> practitioners). With the Research Triangle Park here in North Carolina I
> suspect there are enough practitioners to support an active and productive
> group.
>
> And anything anyone else would like to add of course.
>
>
> Dana
>
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:24 PM
> Subject: RE: Active Oracle user group in Raleigh, North Carolina area?
>
> Hmmmmmm
>
> Region RUG/User Group Name RUG Liaison
>
> "SOUTHEAST North Carolina Oracle Users Group Donald Burleson"
>
> Dana - perhaps you should start one after all.....
>
> Chris Taylor
>
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> On Behalf Of dnrg
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:13 PM
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> Subject: Active Oracle user group in Raleigh, North Carolina area?
>
> Is there an active Oracle user group in the Raleigh, NC area? Seems there
> used to be. Asked my local Oracle rep and he didn't know of one. Would
> rather join an existing group. But I'm potentially open to helping organize
> a new one (lots of work if done right).
> Thanks.
>
> Dana
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