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ODTUG Innovation Award ~ Make Your Nomination Now!

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Nominations for the 2017 ODTUG Innovation Award are open now through June 2nd.  Make your nomination now, before your Memorial Day weekend.

We are looking for innovative, exceptional, ahead-of-the-curve applications of Oracle development tools that stand out as examples of “the next big thing”, or maybe the really neat next small thing,  in Oracle technology.   Can’t think of anything? Nah, I don’t believe that.  Consider:

  • Do  you have, or does your co-worker have an unusually creative application or combination of new and emerging Oracle tools?
  • Did you find a new open source project that makes your life easier?  Open source projects are eligible, as long as they integrate some Oracle technology.
  • Does your latest project enable faster, smoother, cleaner adoption of an Oracle tool?
  • Are you envying someone else’s work, saying “Wish I thought of that …”?
  • Have you seen a real neat learning tool that aids others in understanding a new Oracle tool?   All projects, large and small, are eligible.
  • Does your organization have an exception program for attracting or training persons new to Oracle technology?
  • Have you created, seen or adopted a new plugin or feature, large or small, that others may not have seen yet?

We are looking for the stuff that makes you say “Wow, great idea …”  or “Neat stuff …” or “wicked cool …” (you can tell where I am from).  We need your help to get as many innovation examples in before the June 2nd deadline.

Now is the time to make your nomination.

The ODTUG Innovation Award honors excellence in creative, effective, and innovative use of Oracle development tools within ODTUG’s supported communities (ADF, APEX, BI, Database, EPM and Career). The goal is to honor developers – individuals or teams – whose passion and creativity shine through in their application of Oracle technology to address real-world problems.  Note that this year we are not excluding anything or anyone, so projects and individuals from all organizations (Oracle, too!) are welcome.

Note that ODTUG members get to vote this year.  Make your nomination, then vote for it too! Member voting will be combined with judges scoring to determine an overall Innovation Award winner.

Check out the full information on the ODTUG web site here:

ODTUG Innovation Award Nominations

Nominations close June 2nd, so act soon!

ODTUG Board of Directors Election ~ Vote!

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Vote for the ODTUG Board

The ODTUG Board of Directors election is underway now.  ODTUG memebers, this is your chance to choose 5 new board members for the 2016-2017 term.

Again this year there is a stellar selection of candidates.

Why do I run?  I have served ODTUG in many capacities behinds the scenes and as Editor of the Technical Journal, and want to :

  • Bring more quality learning material in all formats, online and offlne, to all Oracle developers:
    • more online material in more formats, and
    • more meetups to bring the message local.
  • Encourage women in technical fields:
    • to strive for higher positions in those careers, and
    • to have greater confidence in what they bring to the table technically and personally.
  • Strengthen the ODTUG Communities so that material and answers from ODTUG experts shows up in every search. We cannot keep our knowledge behind (fire)walls!

ODTUG should be the Oracle Developer go-to resource for learning, online and locally.  As a board member I will work to increase ODTUG’s online presence and increase ODTUG’s regional and local presence via co-hosted meetups.

There are many qualified candidates – regardless of who you vote for, VOTE!

Read all the campaign statements and biographies of the candidates.

ODTUG is the best source of learning for all Oracle development tools ~ your vote ensures we not only stay that way but grow as fast or faster as the tools we use.

To vote, please visit https://www.associationvoting.com/odtug and enter your email and Voter ID exactly as shown in the email you received from ODTUG (actually from announcement@associationvotiing.com) on or about 10/06/2015.

Not a member? Join!  You are missing out on the best Oracle training in the world, at minimal investment of a year’s membership fee. Betteryet, VOLUNTEER and quadruple the learning advantage.

As always, Happy Coding!

BTW ~ Accepting Viedos, Blog Posts, papers, podcasts – send us your excellence for publication in the ODTUG Technical Journal.

Karen

ODTUG Technical Journal Corner

ODTUG Technical Journal – submit papers now!