VOUG Membership - Well, today's the day - the last chance for you to take
advantage of the discount we offer to our members and past attendees! It's for
our big Fall conference in a few weeks: October 4th and 5th (Thurs & Fri) to be
exact, in Charlottesville, VA.

How To Get The Discount
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When you fill out the conference registration form at http://www.voug.org you'll
see a field marked "VIP Passcode". Type the word MEMBER in that field, and make
sure you choose "VIP Passcode" in the "Registration Rate" drop-down box. This
gets you through the door for $235 for both days - but make sure you do it
before COB today!

The Keynote
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In case you haven't heard, Oracle has really stepped up its support of the user
group community, and our keynote speaker is a prime example. He's Charles
Garry, Director, Product Management of Oracle Server Technologies, and his
keynote address will focus on how organizations can leverage 11g to achieve
infrastructure agility. This is an excellent choice - right now, IT
organizations continue to struggle with how the demands of their consumers (fast
turn-around times, flexibility, high availability) can be reconciled with the
practical limitations of the technology. It's a great opportunity to learn how
Oracle's engineers have addressed those issues with 11g, and how you can take
practical advantage of those advances.

Mr. Garry brings over 20 years of IT experience to the table. He has served as
the former Vice President and Director for META Group’s Technology Research
Services and has worked with hundreds of companies delivering support and
education in database design, performance tuning, backup/recovery, licensing,
and negotiation strategies. He presents regularly at Oracle World, IOUG, IDUG,
Teradata Partners and the MySQL User Conference, and was the author of a regular
column for eWEEK.com. This is a guy that understands the industry and knows the
technology.

See you in Charlottesville!

Craig Warman
VOUG Listserv Moderator

VOUG 2007
Doubletree Charlottesville Hotel
Charlottesville, VA
October 4-5, 2007
http://www.voug.org/