Please join us next WEDNESDAY, Oct 11th for an evening session with:

The Data Warehousing Institute
Dave Wells, Director of Education
Bringing Business and IT Together

Working relationships between Business and IT groups have been troubled
since the dawn of the information age. Poor working relationships have
a high cost to the organization in many ways. As the interdependencies
of business and technology grow, the cost of failed relationships also
increases. It is essential that Business/IT working relationships
undergo fundamental and systemic change if the value of information
technology is to be fully realized. Almost everyone is familiar with
the symptoms and many of us recognize the problem, yet few know how to
correct the problem. This presentation offers a systematic approach to
address real problems and improve business/IT working relationships
through continuous attention to organizational alignment.

International Spectrum's MultiValue Conference and Vendor Fair is
returning to Seattle on October 11th - 12th, 2006. The event will be
held at the Holiday Inn - SeaTac Airport. With the enthusiastic support
of SAPUG, International Spectrum's new management is putting together a
robust new conference program.

International Spectrum donated three Full Conference Passes to a lucky
SAPUG meeting attendees. Congratulations to winners Greg Heinrich - Jun
15th, Theresa Bagnell - Aug 24th, and David Kralman - Sep 21st. A big
Thanks! goes to Nathan Rector and International Spectrum for their
support! Visit www.intl-spectrum.com for the most current information
about the conference.

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Attendance Details

Since this is in conjunction with Seattle Regional Spectrum conference,
we are meeting at the Holiday Inn - SeaTac Airport.
The meeting costs $30.00 if you register in advance ($35.00 if you just
show up). If you come to any part of the meeting, you need to pay since
we will be charged whether you eat dinner or not.

5:00 - 9:00: Exhibits / User Group Meeting

Note the date and times and RSVP today
to William Timbrook at notices (AT) sapug (DOT) org (a forwarder to
williamt (AT) gmnameplate (DOT) com )
or call at: (206) 436-6965 (can leave voice mail)

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Future Meetings

Thursday, Dec 7 - Raining Data
Annual Christmas Gala with fabulous prizes!