Queensland Ingres User Group Inc. 2002 Annual Report (for year ended 31 October 2002) Annual General Meeting held Tuesday 26 November 2002

2002 has been another successful year for the Queensland Ingres User Group. Again there were many quality presentations from members and CA staff, with the main highlight being the "Configuration Management of Database Objects" theme meeting in September.

Membership

In 2002 the QIUG had 9 corporate memberships (comprising 137 individuals) plus 13 individual members. There was a small decrease in corporate membership this year, but there was an increase in the total number of members. Membership fees for 2002 remained unchanged from the previous year at $200 for corporate and $20 for individual.

General Meetings

Five general meetings were held in 2002 with an average of 32 attendees at each meeting.
The presentations covered a wide range of topics:

• "Impacts of the New Privacy Act" by Allan Maraj - Thentec Group
• "Interfacing of Graphical Mining Packages to the Ingres Database" by Tony Shellshear - Software Design Consultants
• "CA World 2002 Update" by Bill Allan - CA, Brisbane
• "Java Development with Ingres" by Dennis Doolette - CA, Australia
• "Bea WebLogic, Java and Ingres" by Luke Glen, BEA Systems
• "Allocation in Modify Generated by Copydb" by Alan Brown, Polymorphic Solutions Pty Ltd
• "Configuration Management of Database Objects" Theme Meeting -
• "What Can Go Wrong" by Phil James
• "NRM Database Support Team Approaches" by Adilia Murabito, NRM
• "ABF and Ingres Config Management at Porgera" by Tony Shellshear, Software Design Consultants
• "Schema Management in an out of control world ..." by Trevor Hames
• "The QVAS Approach" by Jeff Hill, NRM
• "DiffMATE - A Schema Differencing Tool" by Robert Walter, Thentec
• "Managing Ingres with Unicenter" by Steven Whichelo, CA

It was very satisfying to have a number of quality presentations from user group members this year. The committee greatly appreciates the contribution from these members and their efforts in preparing these presentations.

I would like to thank CA and the CA presenters for their support this year. I would also like to thank Karen Young and Mark Crompton from CA for their support this year.

CA also sponsored refreshments after each meeting, providing the attendees with a valuable opportunity to network with other members of the user group and with CA staff.

Management Committee

President - Noel Thompson
Vice President - Ian Longford
Treasurer - Adilia Murabito
Secretary - Jason Rees
Members at Large - Eqbal Ahmed, Jeffrey Hill and Tony Shellshear

Major achievements of the 2002 committee included:

• Theme meeting - the "Configuration Management of Database Objects" theme meeting proved very popular and successful. Many user group members contributed to the meeting and we had feedback from attendees saying that it was one of the most beneficial meetings they had attended.
• Promotional items - the committee organised a number of promotional items as gifts for members and presenters. The items included the magnifying rulers, staplers and CD cases. Each item displayed the QIUG logo and a slogan stating one of the major objectives of the user group - "Keeping Ingres User Informed".
• Expanding membership criteria - this year the committee expanded the corporate membership criteria to include contractors who derived their main income from the organisation. The reason for this change was to encourage more Ingres users to be involved in the user group. This change was significant in the increase in overall member numbers by 23 to 150.
• Newsletters - a number of email newsletters were published during the year to keep members informed. The newsletters contained details of upcoming meetings, news from CA and QIUG, technical information and links to technical resources.

The committee members also perform many other tasks to successfully run the user group throughout the year. These tasks included organising meeting presentations, promoting the user group, membership drives, managing the finances, ordering food, serving drinks and so on. I would like to thank all members of the committee for their contributions and commitment during 2002. It is the time that they find in their busy schedules that enables our user group to continue providing a good service to the members.

Financial Results

Profit and Loss Statement for period 01-Nov-2001 to 31-Oct-2002.

The bank balance as at 31-Oct-2002 was $5,413.20.

The financial statements for the year ending 31-Oct-2002 have passed an audit by Dennis Ivers of Archer Gowland.

Closing

I will not be standing for re-election as President of the user group in 2003. I have found the role of president both satisfying and rewarding, but after 3 years as president and 2 years in other committee positions it is time for some fresh energy and ideas. I wish the new president and committee every success next year.
In closing I would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and wonderful 2003.

Noel Thompson
President - QIUG