Meetings and other stuff

First up in this hotch-potch (or is it hodge-podge?) is a reminder of a BI meeting in London in a few weeks time; Tuesday September 25 in fact. The UKOUG BIRT SIG meeting (wasn't BIRT SIG a Punk Rocker?) This looks an exciting event - the first one where I get hear about how the Hyperion tools fit in into brave new Oracle BI world. There's also some 11g stuff there too. So the whole meeting looks very worthwhile before you add in the extra attractions of lunch and UKOUG version of Mortal Combat, the election of SIG chair. So if you are a UKOUG member, come along, vote and use your influence on the direction of the next few years of meetings. I'll be along in that jacket - see if you recognise me.

Over on the other side of the Atlantic in October is the Oracle BIWA SIG Summit - I will not get to that one this year, but looking at the speaker list (and not just because I know many of them personally) you can appreciate the quality of the whole thing.

To be honest, I suspect that BIRT SIG will be the last meeting I get to for a while. I have a metamorphosis project in mind which should return me to my technical roots, but like all butterflies, it will involve becoming a chrysalis for a period. More of this later.

I have found another indicator of getting old - last year it was demonstrators at the supermarket trying to get me use moisturisers, this year it finding that I need to include my elder daughter on the register of electors form for the first time...