I am thrilled to be able to announce that a recent survey of SirsiDynix customers unanimously approved the adoption of COSA, Inc. (SirsiDynix User Group of Australasia) as the national user group for the region. There are still a few legalities to work through but providing there are no major hiccups with that process then the 2010 conference will be the inaugural COSA conference.
I know that this has been an extremely long, and at times painful, gestation but I am sure you will celebrate this very positive outcome with me.
I would like to thank all those individuals who have helped in this process and who have helped me personally with their support, encouragement and advice.
I would also like to announce that planning for the 2010 User Conference APAC Region is well underway. In the previous post it was announced that the conference will be held at the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa from 25th to 27th October 2010. The 25th will be a day of training opportunities or Library tours and the remaining days will be a mix of customer and company presentations. More information on the conference program will be forthcoming.
Whilst on the subject of the 2010 conference the organising committee has put the call out for speakers. If you would like to take advantage of a 20% speaker discount and present on a topic; or you would like to nominate a colleague; or you just have a suggestion for an interesting presentation or panel discussion then please contact one of the conference organising committee members. They are:
• Carolyn McDonald - CAMcDonald@goldcoast.qld.gov.au
• Wendy Barling – WendyBarling@logan.qld.gov.au
• Tom Condric - tom.condric@brisbane.qld.gov.au
• Amanda Carlson – Amanda.Carlson@sirsidynix.com
• Melanie Chin – Melanie.Chin@sirsidynix.com
• Marg Scantlebury – margs@angliss.edu.au
The conference committee is also gathering ideas for the training day as we would like to make this as relevant and as interesting as possible. As has occurred in the past there will be Horizon training and Symphony training. Some suggestions already received are:
• Generic System Admin training for Horizon customers who may be moving, or contemplating moving, to Symphony. Covering things like tips on cleaning up files and other requirements prior to a Symphony migration.
• Web Reporter and/or Director’s Station for Symphony
But what we really want is your ideas. This is your conference and your training day, so please contact one of committee with your suggestions.
Finally I would like to congratulate Elena Barger, from William Angliss Institute, who designed the winning logo and thank you to all who voted in that competition. Elena wins for herself a Border’s voucher, and before anyone accuses me of nepotism I actually voted for one of the other logos!!! The winning logo can be viewed here
