Julian Phillips

It’s very sad to be saying good-bye to this role, although I will be lurking in the background supporting Nigel and NZSUG, just on a smaller scale, to my relief!! Although the role only lasted just over a year, its sometimes felt like an eternity.

In that time we saw the birth of our first NZSUG website, which certainly made my role easier with regards communicating to you all. There was contentious debates around SAP's Enterprise Support, held in Auckland and Wellington. We had very successful user group meetings. Our numbers grew from approximately 250 to nearly 450. We introduced simultaneous streams, trying to offer more content, and where able tried to move away from Power-Points to more inter-active presentations.

Hopefully some of the ideas that Mike originally had were improved upon in my time, as I am sure Nigel will improve upon now for the benefit of this community, businesses and you personally. Nigel is an excellent speaker, knowledgeable SAP practitioner and has a great sense of humour. We are in safe hands!

My thanks goes out to Mike Palairet again for his stewardship, guidance and friendship. SAP, for the huge efforts in support especially in my infancy in the role. A special thanks to Martin Cairns (SAP) for always rocking up to present and putting up with my smart remarks. All the NZSUG Exec members, Scotty my web developer who did a sterling job in developing our website, my boss Steve and Gallagher's, for allowing me to support this role as well as hosting events and the website.

Many thanks to you all for your endorsements and support over this period.

Onwards and upwards!!