
ELECTIONS: Slate of Nominees Available, Voting Opens on 1/8
The Election Committee has vetted and approved this slate of nominees for the 2021-2022 DOUG Board of Directors. Voting will open on January 8th and occur via email to elections@doug.org. Since we have 5 nominees for 5 spots, we are making this available a straight up / down vote. Bios for each of the candidates are listed below. Thanks to everyone who participated with the process and thanks to those members who have accepted their nomination.

ELECTIONS: Call for Board Nominations Extended, Voting Timeline Updated
Do you know a leader within the Dallas Oracle Users Group who would be eager to serve on the 2021-2022 Board of Directors? If so, nominate them at elections@doug.org. Deadline for nominations have been extended until December 31st and voting has been moved to early January.

DATABASE FORUM: “Why to Use Oracle Cloud for Your Oracle Databases” with Charles Kim and “”How to Configure and Use Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing Service.” with Simon Law (11/10)
On Tuesday, November 10th, we’ll be bringing you another online Database Forum. This time with Charles Kim, Founder and CEO of Viscosity North America, and Simon Law, Senior Principal Product Manager, Oracle Corporation. Our online session starts at 2pm and will go until 6pm with two presentations, followed by a panel discussion.

TRAINING DAY 2020: Thanks for the Memories!
And that’s a wrap. On Thursday, we were able to bring together 123 registered attendees from 6 different countries. They were on hand to attend 28 virtual sessions with 30 speakers. Very proud of our partnership with the Texas Louisiana Oracle Applications and Technology Users Group (TLOATUG). A huge thanks go out to all the speakers, sponsors, board members, and moderators who donated their time and made our event a success. Because of their combined efforts, we were able to pull it off without any major technical glitches or cancelled sessions.

TRAINING DAY 2020: Jim Czuprynski and Jackie McIlroy Added to the Lineup
Both Jim Czuprynski and Jackie McIlroy were added to the lineup of Training Day speakers. Jim will be closing out the session for DOUG Virtual Room #2 at 4pm with his brand new presentation, "Politics Ain't Beanbag: Using APEX, ML, and Geocoding in a Modern Election...