MYOB – US Partner Conference 2007

November 1–3, 2007 Chateau Sonesta Hotel, French Quarter,

New Orleans

Los AngelesLeft Brisbane direct flight to Los Angeles on the 30th of October then onto Dallas Texas and finally arriving New Orleans 2.30 am Wednesday 31st October.

Los Angeles International Airport

New Orleans – 31st October

Slept most of the day & went site seeing in the afternoon to check out events for Halloween evening.

Mississippi River

Halloween NightDallas & I exploring “The French Quarter” nightlife in Bourbon Street.

Tasting the local cuisine

Lunch with Todd Salkovitz at “Mothers Restaurant”Macintosh Product Manager

MYOB Ltd

After filling up on Gumbo – A crawfish chilli seafood chowder

MYOB PROFESSIONAL PARTNER Welcome DinnerMYOB US Managemento Tom Nash - Managing Partner Acclivity/MYOB US o Scott Davisson - Managing Partner Acclivity/MYOB US o Todd Salkovitz - MAC Product Manager – MYOB Ltdo Stacie Corrao - MYOB US Reseller Relations Specialisto Glenn Elliott – MYOB US Marketing Manager

Scott Davisson introduced the Directors of Sofa, an independent Dutch software company which developed Checkout POS for MAC; product, initially launched December last year. The pre-announcement of Checkout version 2. will be released under the MYOB brand in the US.

Three Inner Circle CC Members

MYOB US Consultants travelled from all parts of the USA & Canada to attend the 2007 Partner Conference; “supporting New Orleans to get back on its feet”.

Scott Davisson outlined the weekend Agenda & a brief on Guest Speakers attending the Conference.

Larry Moss – from Apple, CA presented Leopard, MAC’s new operarting system.

Scott Davisson

Tom Nash

Day 1 Of Conference8.00 am – 4.15 pm Opening Remarks MYOB 2008 – Product Lines Market Snap Shot – Glenn Elliott Acclivity 2008 Developers Program – Tom Nash Solutions Market place

Stacie Corrao

Todd setting up

An overview of Developers Program & Add On Solutions Market Place Program. Full Payroll Service; start your own payroll service. Learn about a great way to earn recurring revenue.ACH Direct; Learn about credit card processing on the web with MYOB from CEO ACH Direct.

Day 2 Of Conference8.00 am – 7.30 pm Mac Strategy ACH Direct Make Money in Your Sleep MYOB Creative Work Arounds MYOB in the Marketplace Certified Consultant Round Table Discussion

ACH Direct Inc. Sponsors of 2007 Partner Conference

ACH Direct; Accept credit payments online. Hosting a webpage that allows customers or clients to pay via the internet. Exporting data & reporting to MYOB Software. Recurring Billing, Remote Credit Card Processing.

Account-Ability; Employee Time Clock; Wholesale Orders; Commission Report Calculator; Balance Sheet Consolidator; Web Shopping Cart to MYOB Convertor;

Compu-Books; Reservations 4.0 for hoteliers export guest invoices to MYOB; Student Tracker for fee-based schools utilisers MYOB virtual terminal to handle tuition payments.

MacSpeechi; iListen from MacSpeech – a speech recognition program for Mac. Mac users can speak wherever they would normally type in any application, including MYOB.

Surepayroll; With MYOB Full Service Payroll’s online convenience your clients remain in control.

Cocktail Hour & Closing Dinner Awards CeremonyOur final evening with MYOB US – the warm welcome we received, new friends & excellent resources was well worth taking time out from our businesses. Our clients “survived” without us. This has been a dream trip for me – New Orleans is a “City of Dreams”

Dallas just told Dennis how to find the “Northern Territories” !!!

Todd & Dallas

Tom, Gillian & Winner Rookie of The Year

Getting Out & About In New Orleans

Getting Out & About In New Orleans

Outside “Fats Dominos” Home Famous Soul & Blues Singer – in his 80’s

Katrina Damage – Services Still Not Restored

Tour New Orleans Historic Cemeteries

Celebrating “All Saints Day ” 1st November