As you may've heard, a call for papers closes soon for the VOUG conference this
coming October 4-5 in Charlottesville, Virginia. If you've ever considered
presenting at a user group conference - or, if it's been awhile and you'd like
to get back into the user group community - I'd like to encourage you to give
this one a shot.

Now, to those of you who are relative newcomers to Oracle, I would like to
encourage your participation as well. Many times people think they have to
submit some really deep technical paper to get considered. That is not the
case. In fact, many attendees would really like to see presentations that cover
the basics. Things like "Here is an overview of what this product does and here
is what we had to go through to get it set up in our shop" or "Here are the top
ten things you need to know to get started with this product."

The point is, if you are working with Oracle products and have tips or advice
you're willing to give, a story to tell, or have figured out some neat way to
"get the job done" then we'd really like you consider sharing it. One other
thing - this doesn't have to be a one-person show - you are welcome to "tag
team" with other members of your group. That takes the burden off of you to do
it all alone, plus it's kind of fun.

Complete details about how to submit your abstract can be found at the
conference website:

http://www.voug.org/

We look forward to receiving your abstract!

Craig

PS. One more thing - The call for papers is open until Tuesday, July 31st. We
won't be extending that deadline, so go ahead and get your submission in this
weekend!