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Sybase User’s Group Of Texas, Inc. Annual Meeting
Donald D. Clayton President Intertech Consulting, Inc.
August 18-19, 2005
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Agenda
Introduction
Welcome Sybase User Q&A
Year In Review Recap Officer elections, Cindy Bean presiding
President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
2005 Planning Meeting, goal setting for 2005 Sybase User’s Group of Texas, Inc. Annual Board Meeting Wrap Up/Head to Champps for Happy Hour
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Introduction
Welcome Sybase User Q&A
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Year In Review Recap
For 2004, the officers were:
Donald Clayton, President Bernie Dye, Vice President Cindy Bean, Secretary Kathy Ridley, Treasurer
Meetings
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January: Planning meeting February : Joe Weinman of Bradmark Technologies (NORAD) March : Joseph Shaffner offered a fascinating look into the Sybase IQ product April : Don Clayton various perspectives on application development May : Memorial Day Holiday June : Appeon for PowerBuilder 2.7 July : Special presentation on PowerBuilder 9 and 10 by John Strano August : TechWave Recap September : PowerBuilder to Web Strategies October : Matt Creason: PowerDesigner 10 November : Bill Wing: Sybase Dynamic Archive December : Holiday Party, Fox Sports Grille
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Achievements
Website
Sorted out the mess Carson made of our website Rebuilt website with new look and feel Re-hosted @ Intertech Consulting Created User Portal
User Database
Took various spreadsheets and mailing lists and converged into one dataset on ASA.
Developed Stored Procs and other procedures to update more easily Integrated database into web site to achieve member self service
Officer Portal
Deployed Officer Portal as Appeon Application
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Financial Information
The user’s group has $5,232,42 in the bank!
Group financials in Quicken 2001 format and updated through December 2003
Kathy needs to update Quicken data and create 1120
Challenge for Treasurer in 2005 is to leverage our strength yet preserve our nest egg
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Goal Setting For 2005
Mission: Promote the exchange of ideas and information between users of Sybase products and services in the Texas Area. Not so secret Mission: Be the largest and most successful Sybase user group in the country!
But how do we get there?
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Challenges For 2005
Sybase Market Share/Momentum Internet as a research medium Professional/Financial/Personal pressures Keeping meetings relevant and interesting Providing value for attendees
Opportunities in 2005
Technology market is recovering Sybase is healthy Better local support from Sybase office Tool set is still competitive
PowerBuilder 11 will be .Net language this year DataWindow .Net is compelling technology EAServer market share is lagging PowerDesigner leads Gartner Magic Quadrant
What database topics should we offer in 2005?
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Sybase User’s Group of Texas, Inc. Annual Board Meeting
Call to order, Don Clayton Officer nominations and elections, Cindy Bean presiding
President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
Other official matters Adjourn
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Brainstorming Exercise
What would you like to see happen in 2005?
2005 Draft Calendar What sorts of topics would interest you most?
What can we do better this year?
How would you like to help out this year?
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Wrap Up/Head to Champps for Happy Hour
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