Dear AITP Region 18 Member,
Welcome to the March edition of the AITP Region 18 CommuniGram. We will keep you informed on a regular basis of current news and upcoming events around the region. Be a contributor for your chapter or as an individual member. To submit a short article, send it via email to John Parkinson at jwparky@gmail.com.
See the Chapter Events for upcoming meeting or events. Thanks to everyone for submitting information. I appreciate this more than you know!
Many thank to Bob Logan for
his President’s Message.
Next month I am going to try
to have a webcast interview with one of our Region 18 members with some
important news for Chapter Leaders.
John Parkinson, Greater
Region 18 President Contributors Corner Chapter Events C-Gram Archives Did You Know
Hello Region 18 Members,
Spring is in the air, and I
can see my yard for the first time in over a month!
I’m sure that by now you have
heard about the significant achievement made by the Pittsburgh Chapter in
winning the Association Outstanding Chapter Award (AOCA). Once again
congratulations to the Pittsburgh Chapter and President Stan Hoffman for a job
very well done – Region 18 is proud of your accomplishment!
Information on the Region 18
Spring Board Meeting and Planning Session, to be held on Saturday, April 24th
in
I’d also like to mention once
again the SQL Saturday event being hosted by the Greater Wheeling Chapter on
May 1st. You can check it out on the Region 18 website using this link.
In my last report, I
mentioned that one of my priorities was to help save chapters that are at risk.
One such chapter is
Also, don't forget to mark
your calendars now for the 2010 Region 18 Fall Conference which will be hosted
by the Research Triangle Park Chapter November 19-21, 2010 at the Pipestem
Resort in
Sincerely,
Bob Logan, Region 18
President
Contributor's Corner
Weather Technology Aids Local Government
Agencies
Beginning this year the National Weather Service (a division of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has been holding weather forecast webinars
for state, county, township and municipal officials. These webinars are
scheduled for moderate or severe weather events and are not for daily forecast.
The local webinars are based out of the Pittsburgh District of the NWS.
Webinars were held in the days prior to the heavy snows that we experienced in
early February, which enabled our County Road Department to better prepare for
road conditions. The webinar included graphics which showed air and ground
temperature, wind speed, surrounding weather systems and snow pack depth.
You
can see some of this same information at www.noaa.gov.
Enter your zip code to get weather updates in your area.
John
Parkinson
Region 18 Holds a Cleveland Chapter Revitalization
Meeting
On the evening of March 10th,
Bob Logan, the Region 18 president, held a meeting at the Microsoft Cleveland
offices to start the process to bring the Cleveland Chapter back to life.
Visiting dignitaries included Barb Shaver, Akron Chapter and Region 18
treasurer; George Ilkka, Pittsburgh Chapter and Region Director; Harvey
Schoenman, Pittsburgh chapter and Region 18 EVP; Mary Jane Scruggs, Akron
Chapter; and Carol Noel, Pittsburgh Chapter but now living in the Cleveland
area.
We had a number of guests
show up. Most found out about the meeting on LinkedIn.
Bob opened the meeting,
welcomed everyone and introduced Matt Hester, the regional Microsoft IT Pro
Evangelist. Matt gave a presentation on the upcoming Microsoft Office 2010.
Harvey talked about the benefits of belonging to AITP and of the chapter
belonging to GITCA and UGSS.
A number of prizes were
raffled off to benefit Haiti relief. Those signing up with AITP at the meeting
had their choice of a number of higher-end products for joining. We had three
people join AITP during the meeting with the rest considering it. Everyone got
a Windows 7 T-shirt and pens, compliments of Microsoft.
Brian Epp was named the new
AITP Cleveland Chapter president.
Bob has planned a follow-up
meeting.
If you have IT relatives,
friends or acquaintances in the Cleveland area who might be interested in finding
out more about AITP, please have them contact Bob Logan at rlogan@kent.edu.
Harvey Schoenman
AITP Region 18 EVP
AITP Pittsburgh Chapter Board
Fayetteville Technical Community College of North
Carolina to Attend Conference
The Fayetteville Technical
Community College student chapter will have 3 members and 1 advisor attend the
National Collegiate Conference in St. Louis.
Kenneth Kleiner, CCNA, CCAI,
IC3, CAW, Security+, RHCT, ICMP
Web Technologies Department Chair
- AITP Adviser
From the Tarheel Chapter
The Tarheel Chapter of the
Association of Information Technology Professionals co-sponsored with the Triad
SBS Group, a Microsoft event for the Month of March. This event was held in Greensboro on March 4,
2010 at The Wyndham Garden Hotel, from
7:30am – 12:00pm. 90 people attended the event.
Our topic, "Presenting
Windows 7," Our presenters were
Yung Chou and John Baker, IT Pro Evangelists, Microsoft. In addition we provided a free breakfast for
the earlybirds as well as a mid-morning break.
Microsoft provided door prizes and other "goodies" for the
attendees.
Carolyn Walters, Elsie Pearce
and Teretha Coe-Oakes from the Tarheel Chapter organized and ran a very
professional meeting!
Lance Kull
Father / Son Duo Featured in Online Magazine
Stan Hoffman of the
Pittsburgh Chapter and his son Matt of the Johnstown Chapter were featured in
an article in the Keystone Edge, an online magazine that features economic
stories about people, businesses and new development in Pennsylvania. Follow
this link to read the story:
http://www.keystoneedge.com/features/hoffmans0304.aspx
Akron Canton Chapter
What's New in Office 2010
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Brehme Conference
Center at Malone University [2600 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, Ohio 44709]
Anyone who's downloaded the
Office 2010 Beta or Release Candidate knows that Microsoft has added some great
features. But what abouth those of you that haven't tried the Beta? This is
your opportunity to hear about, and SEE, how the new features will help you and
your business enterprise be more productive. Join the Akron-Canton Chapter of
AITP as we welcome back Microsoft IT Pro, Matt Hester, to present on this
timely and important topic. Get a jump on your friends - and your competitors -
register by sending email to akron@aitp.org. For more information, and for
directions, visit our website at www.akron-aitp.org.
Next Month is Student
Presentation Night - Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Each or our student chapters
will be selecting the best student project for presentation at this special
meeting. Come see what tomorrows IT leaders are learning today!
Two great topics – same low price !!
From the Pittsburgh Chapter
for March 15, 2010
Microsoft Server Disaster
Recovery
Mike Betcher, Director of
Business Development
NetCare Managed Services
a division of Link Computer
Corp
The next time you are in your
data center, look around, and imagine for a moment that it is gone. And not
just the computers. Imagine that the entire building no longer exists.
Next, imagine that your job
is to get as much of the work that was being done in the data center going in
some fashion, somewhere, as soon as possible. What would you do?
We all know – Disasters come
in different sizes. IT emergencies can be as simple as a single server failure.
With NetCare BDR you can be prepared for the total loss of a datacenter or the loss
of a single server.
IBM System i Modernization
Derek McLaurin, Solutions
Architect
Link Computer Corp
This is not your father’s
AS/400. We will present some of the new features of the IBM System i including:
New Tools…………. IBM Rational Developer for i (RDi)
New Interfaces……..“Green
Screen” to GUI with Looksoftware
New Languages……. PHP
Development on i
New Reporting………IBM DB2
WebQuery for i
For details see the Events
page.
But wait… there’s more !!
Even more great door prizes
this month, complements of Microsoft. The number of door prizes will depend on
the number of people that register, so be sure to register now. Prizes will
come from a prize pool of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Office 2007 Professional,
Arc Mice, Xbox games, books and more.
And… bring a non-perishable
food item for the Washington County Food Bank and win a chance on Halo 3: DST
for the Xbox 360.
Wheeling Chapter Host
SQL Saturday
SQLSaturday is a training
event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server
and ASP.NET. This event will be held May 1st 2010 at West Virginia Northern
Community College, 1704 Market Street, Room 120A B&O Bldg, Wheeling, WV 26003.
Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and
sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and
colleagues know about the event.
The call for speakers is
currently open. We could also use a few
good sponsors. Online registration is
also open at this time. We look forward
to seeing you. Contact John Sterrett at jsterrett@gmail.com or John Parkinson at jwparky@gmail.com if you have any questions
about this event.
More details in this PDF document.
See the website at
http://www.sqlsaturday.com/36/eventhome.aspx.
· That in addition to belonging to your local chapter…
· You also belong to the AITP national association, http://www.aitp.org/, and…
· Region 18, the Leadership Region, http://www.aitp-region18.org/.
· Your Region 18 Officers, http://www.aitp-region18.org/officers.html.
· Your Region 18 Chapter Directors (RDs), http://www.aitp-region18.org/directors.html.
· You can ask questions of or request information about Region 18 via email at region18@aitp.org.
· Region
18 is comprised of
· Region 18 currently has 11 active chapters, 1 inactive chapter and 1 that qualifies as active but does not hold meetings.
· Active chapters can be found in the following cities: Akron, Charlotte, Columbus, Virginia Beach (Hampton Roads), Johnstown, Geneva (Northeast Ohio), Pittsburgh, Richmond, Raleigh (Research Triangle Park - RTP), Winston-Salem (Tarheel) and Wheeling.
· Region 18 sponsors two events a year – a Spring Conference and a Fall Leadership Retreat.
This CommuniGram is being sent to all AITP Region 18 members as listed on the association web site.
This issue created: 12/21/2009 Last updated: 12/22/2009