HAPPY NEW YEAR HUG 2013-2014 Reflections and Opportunity

Terry DeMoure

Terry DeMoure

VIP Member
Our Houston Regional Users Group for Oracle JD Edwards and PeopleSoft Users, H.U.G. experienced an awesome year in 2013 because of our incredible members, our unlimited resources throughout the JD Edwards and PeopleSoft global communities, our devoted educational session presenters, our 3rd Annual HUG Holiday Social Networking Event and Casino Night event sponsors, our awesome new meeting and event venue, and our devoted 2013-2014 H.U.G. Executive BOD Management Team.

This last year we introduced a new venue at the Heights Villa, brought in awesome new keynote presentations such as FBI Special Agent William Weaver giving us an introduction to FBI Cyber Crimes Task Force and NASA Astronaut Michael E. Fossum sharing his NASA career and 3 space flights, with emphasis on his most recent mission, Expedition 28/29, when he launched on a Russian Soyuz rocket for a 5.5 month mission and served as Commander of the International Space Station, and ended the year with our incredible “The Grinch Who Stole a Holiday H.U.G.” 3rd Annual HUG Holiday Social Networking Event and Casino Night.

In 2014 we are totally committed to even surpassing the successes of this last year as together we strive towards being one of the top Oracle JD Edwards and PeopleSoft RUGs in the country through excellence in educational programming, invaluable networking opportunities, and promotion of personal and professional growth.

With the New Year we are having to express much gratitude to our incredible 2013-2014 H.U.G. Executive Board of Directors but are saddened to have to say goodbye to a couple officers that are departing to move on to new opportunities. We wish to thank Mary Hollis, Membership Vice President; Joe Tecca, Vice President JD Edwards Programming; and Nick Mirgeaux, Business Partner Vendor Liaison. All three have played an integral part in our organization’s success and will really be missed.

To continue our trek forward towards surpassing our limitless potential, HUG is seeking out a couple of our members to step forward right now to take over these areas through the end of the 2014 year:

Vice President of Membership
[Must be HUG Corporate Base Member]
The Vice President of Membership shall help to promote, contact and encourage J.D. Edwards and PeopleSoft clients to join the Organization. The Vice President of Membership shall maintain records of names and address of members, shall be responsible for maintaining and providing a current membership list to the Organization. The Vice President of Membership shall maintain a copy of the current bylaws of the Organization and make copies available to any member who requests such. The Vice President of Membership shall, if the President is absent, act in the place of the President

Vice President of JD Edwards Programming
[Must be HUG Corporate Base Member]

The Vice President of JD Edwards Programming Programs shall plan, prepare and co-present an agenda of JD Edwards related programming for each regular meeting, shall obtain and coordinate program speakers, shall assist in meeting speaker logistics needs for regular meetings.

Business Partner Vendor Liaison
[Must be HUG Business Partner Vendor Member]
The Business Partner Vendor Liaison shall coordinate communications with Business Partner Vendors, assist the Vice Presidents of JD Edwards and PeopleSoft Programming in eliciting educational curriculum from Business Partner Vendors, and promote HUG membership and HUG event sponsorship.

Those who choose to join our H.U.G. Executive BOD Management Team will be guaranteed that their allocated time is nurtured. Your team will do most of your communicating electronically by email and meeting when needed via teleconference and/or WebEx, and appropriately scheduled to meet the convenience of everyone’s schedule. The Houston Regional Group for Oracle JD Edwards and PeopleSoft Users is full of limitless potential and ready to be on the leading edge in our global user community. Taking us that direction requires a solid management team.

I respectfully invite all of you to consider one of these leadership positions with the Houston Regional Users Group for Oracle JD Edwards and PeopleSoft Users, H.U.G. If you are interested please email me directly at [email protected] as soon as possible as time is of the essence as we begin our 2014 programming year in February of 2014. I will arrange to have various members of the H.U.G. Executive BOD Management Team contact you directly to discuss your interest and share their experiences of the last year. Once the H.U.G. Executive BOD Management Team solidifies their recommendation, you will be approved for the position by Presidential appointment for the remainder of the 2014 and presented for ratification from the membership at the HUG 1st Quarter Membership Meeting on Thursday, February 13th, 2014.

I highly recommend these leadership opportunities and can guarantee that it will be an incredible experience where we all will continue to build something even greater together. You will experience the rewards in your professional growth while properly balanced between family, job, and community.

HUG 2014 Meeting Dates:

HUG 1st Quarter Membership Meeting
Thursday, February 13th, 2014

HUG 2nd Quarter Membership Meeting
Thursday, May 15th, 2014


HUG 3rd Quarter Membership Meeting
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

4th Annual HUG Holiday Social Networking Event and Casino Night
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

We are looking forward to a phenomenal HUG year in 2014 and we want you to be an integral part of it.

Happy New Year 2014 to you and your family!
 
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