As you may've heard, the Ninth Annual SouthEast Oracle User's Conference (SEOUC)
in Charlotte is only six weeks away - this coming March 1st & 2nd, in fact. The
cool thing about these conferences is that you get two days of solid technical
training for less than what you'd pay for one day at the big West Coast
conferences with all the travel costs. Plus you don't have to deal with flights
- just get in the car and drive there. Personally, I'd be happy if I never had
to climb aboard another airplane.

Anyway, there's two things you need to know about this conference. First,
there's a nifty 10% discount available to all VOUG members - Just choose VIP
passcode from the dropdown registration rate menu and enter the word SPECIAL.
That brings your final cost down to $220 and some change. But - you have to do
this *before* February 2nd.

Second, the conference hotel is offering a discounted $135/night rate for SEOUC
attendees who make reservations by January 29th. This is the Renaissance Suites
Hotel <http://www.renaissancehotels.com/CLTBR> - you won't get that sort of
price from any of the discount travel sites (in fact, I just went to hotels.com
and they quoted me $189/night). You'll need to call them at 704.357.1414 or
800.HOTELS1 and mention the SEOUC conference to get this discounted rate.

Okay, that's about it. Well, almost - here's the conference website:
http://www.seouc.com

See you in Charlotte!

Craig