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From informal Collaboration to a cross-border Association

DSAG was actually established formally on 25th June 1997: On this day, five visionaries registered an association called Deutsche SAP-Anwendergruppe (German SAP User Group) – in brief DSAG – at the Local Court in Heidelberg. 

The executive board members who were authorized to represent the group and who were involved since day one met much earlier – namely already one year previously, when DSAG was still "more or less" an informal collaboration of companies with the prevailing concept that, if anything, the companies should be organised autonomously in the form of self-help groups. At the time the group was quite manageable with two special interest groups, nevertheless it did not stop them from setting up a steering committee even at this early stage. And they moved on: after the logo and the first informative meeting there followed further milestones: The group started up an additional 15 special interest groups. 

In 1999 the association announced the appointment of its very first managing director, Professor Dr. Paul Wenzel. Alons Wahlers was appointed as a successor to Peter Horner, the first chairmen of DSAG. 

At the turn of the millennium not only was the partnership with SAP manifested by the signing of an official cooperation agreement, but at the same time SAP granted DSAG a leading role amongst the European SAP user groups.

And as if that were not enough: DSAG set up its own office in the same year.

At the end of 2004 the time had come: DSAG crossed the borders for the first time when the members of the Austrian CCC forums decided to join DSAG. Deutsche SAP-Anwendergruppe (German SAP User-Group) then became – after approval by the Annual General Meeting – the Deutschsprachigen SAP-Anwendergruppe (German-speaking SAP User Group). This was just the kick-off, which was completed a year later with the integration of the Swiss SAP User Groups.

In 2007, at the Annual General Meeting, Prof. Karl Liebstückel was elected the new chairman of the Board, after Alfons Wahlers did not put himself up for re-election for professional reasons.