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Meeting Minutes 10-21-2009

Nov 2nd, 2009
by Derek Cooper.
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10/21/2009 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

Officers: David  Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President) Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 7

Previous or New Members: Michael McGrath

Topics

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic:

  • Cisco Training Available in India!
    • 1 month of training
    • Cheaper
    • Bank Account at Commerce Bank

David Nichols: Relevant Topics

  • NCC is March 25-28, 2009
    • Competitions Include:
      • Business Intelligence
      • MS Office Solutions
      • PC Troubleshooting Qualifying Round
      • Systems Analysis and Design
      • Database Design
      • Network Design
      • Visual Studio Application Developer
      • Graphics Communications
      • PC Troubleshooting Finals!
      • Student Paper Presentations
      • Java
      • Student Web Project Presentations
      • AITP Student Chapter Banner Contest
  • Fund-Raising
    • Rent-a-Tech
    • Programming Competition
    • Gaming Contest (Halo-LAN Tournament) at Plasters Student Union
  • Future Meetings
    • Nov 14 – Final Project Study Hall
      • Possibly 4-6 PM(Computer Lab)
  • Nov 20 – Monday – Spring Net Tour

Posted in: Meeting Minutes.

Meeting Minutes 10-01-2009

Nov 2nd, 2009
by Derek Cooper.
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10/01/2009 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

Officers: David  Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President) Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 7

Previous or New Members: Larry Hicks, Lance Peppers, Chad Walton, Cassandra Artmen,  Michael Gulledge, Mark Holzem, Joshua Kampschmidt, and Jacob Nickel

Topics

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic: Guest Speaker from SRC (Springfield Remanufacturing Corp)

  • What is a business?
    • Employees who share common goals
    • Grow and invest in the company
    • Profits or responsibilities to shareholders
    • How can businesses processes be improved?
      • Itemized inventory
      • Reduce non-value-added input
      • Create enough lead time (longest amount of time needed to get a job done)
      • Technology is not out of date until it won’t get the job done
      • How Not To Get Promoted!
        • Doing the same thing you always do, without any changes
        • Get your foot in the door, and wearing the same shoes each time
        • Not create a vision for yourself
        • Be aware of the your environment
          • Where you want to go
          • Know your limit
          • Positive Outcomes

David Nichols: Upcoming Meeting Topics

  • Possible Upcoming Meetings or Visits
    • Tour of Spring-Net, MSU Computer Services, or Paperwise
    • Cabling workshop for computers
    • Linux workshop
    • VMware workshop
    • Computer building
  • Commerce Bank October 15, 2009

10/01/2009 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

Officers: David Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President) Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 7

Previous or New Members: Larry Hicks, Lance Peppers, Chad Walton, Cassandra Artmen, Michael Gulledge, Mark Holzem, Joshua Kampschmidt, and Jacob Nickel

Topics

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic: Guest Speaker from SRC (Springfield Remanufacturing Corp)

· What is a business?

· Employees who share common goals

· Grow and invest in the company

· Profits or responsibilities to shareholders

· How can businesses processes be improved?

· Itemized inventory

· Reduce non-value-added input

· Create enough lead time (longest amount of time needed to get a job done)

· Technology is not out of date until it won’t get the job done

· How Not To Get Promoted!

· Doing the same thing you always do, without any changes

· Get your foot in the door, and wearing the same shoes each time

· Not create a vision for yourself

· Be aware of the your environment

§ Where you want to go

§ Know your limit

§ Positive Outcomes

David Nichols: Upcoming Meeting Topics

· Possible Upcoming Meetings or Visits

o Tour of Spring-Net, MSU Computer Services, or Paperwise

o Cabling workshop for computers

o Linux workshop

o VMware workshop

o Computer building

· Commerce Bank October 15, 2009

Posted in: Meeting Minutes.

Meeting Minutes 9-17-2009

Nov 2nd, 2009
by Derek Cooper.
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9/17/2009 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

David  Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President), Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 10

Topics:

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic: Previous MSU students represent ConocoPhillips to Information Technology Students

AITP: News and upcoming events

  • Promoting AITP to students
  • NCC (National Collegiate Conference) in St. Louis
  • NCC Logo , web competitions, and fund raising

Posted in: Meeting Minutes.

Meeting Minutes 9-16-2009

Nov 2nd, 2009
by Derek Cooper.
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9/16/2009 5:00 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

David  Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President), Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 16

Topics

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic: Al Ware (SMSU graduate in 1988) explains the importance of Monsanto

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Meeting Minutes 09-15-2009

Nov 2nd, 2009
by Derek Cooper.
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9/15/2009 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

David  Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President), Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 10

Topics

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic: Career planning, Professionalism, and Healthcare

  • Guest Speaker: John McLaughlin (company recruiter)
  • Cerner Facts: Global supplier of healthcare solutions
    • Focusing on HIT(Health Information Technology)
    • Transforming from IT company to Healthcare company
    • Smart Room technologies for clients
    • Close to 2 Billion in Sales
    • Trace Devanny (Cerner President)
    • News: Recent news within Cerner Corporation
      • (April 28, 2009) Bookings in the first quarter of 2009 were $332.8 million.  First quarter revenue increased 2 percent over the year-ago period to $392.3 million.  
      • (Aug 4, 2009) Cerner Receives FDA Clearance for ProVision Workstation – Mammography Solution
      • (Sept 4, 2009) Cerner to present at Thomas Weisel Healthcare Conference
      • AITP: News and upcoming events
        • Promoting AITP to students
        • NCC Logo , web competitions, and fund raising

Posted in: Meeting Minutes.

Meeting Notes 9/15/2009

Sep 17th, 2009
by David Nichols.
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I’ve attached my presentation from the meeting on Tuesday, 9/15/09:

Meeting 9/15/09 Presentation

And here are the links from the last slide if you’re just interested in those:

Posted in: Meeting Notes.

Special Meetings Next Week for Computer Day

Sep 12th, 2009
by David Nichols.
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Mark your calendars for next week, there’ll be a lot going on.

Computer day will be Wednesday, September 16. Check out the link for more information from the CIS department: http://cis.missouristate.edu/3950.htm

There are also 3 AITP meetings this week:

  • Tuesday, 15: Cerner
  • Wednesday, 16: Monsanto
  • Thursday, 17: ConocoPhillips

National dues are still discounted right now. A one year membership is only $35 ($25 National + $10 Local). You can pick up a paper copy at the CIS office and fill in our chapter name (Missouri State University) and chapter number (4033). You can also register and pay online at http://aitp.org/join; however, if you go that route we’d appreciate you bringing the $10 for local dues to the CIS office or one of the meetings.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for information as it happens: http://twitter.com/aitp_msu

Posted in: Meetings Announcements.

Meeting Minutes 09/03/2009

Sep 8th, 2009
by Derek Cooper.
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9/3/2009 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols
Type of meeting: Regular Meeting
Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

David Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President), Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 30

Topics

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic: Marvelous Margavio and Fantastic Ford and Nifty Nichols Begin the Year !

  • Guest Speakers: Dr. Thomas Margavio (MSU IT Professor) and Jack Ford (Professional Chapter President)
  • Alternate Operating Systems(Ubuntu, Fedora Core, and Linux)
  • AITP Motto “No matter how sophisticated technology gets, it still takes people”
  • AITP Benefits (Social Networking, Business Opportunities, and Involvement)
  • Promotion(Growth of members in AITP)
  • New Website/Twitter (Join us on twitter for news, events; and our new website is more user compatible)
  • NCC ( Logo and Web Competitions)(Fund Raising)

Upcoming!!
Special Presentation by:  Cerner Corporation Sept 15, 2009  Glass Hall room 342 at 6:30 PM

Upcoming!!
Special Presentation by:  Monsanto Corporation Sept 16, 2009 Glass Hall room 342 at 6:30 PM

Upcoming!!
Special Presentation by:  ConocoPhillips Sept 17, 2009 Glass Hall room 342 at 6:30 PM

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Meeting Notes 9/3/09

Sep 4th, 2009
by David Nichols.
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I’ve attached the presentation I used for the meeting if you want to review the notes.

9/3/09 Meeting Presentation

Also, several people requested the links I included in the presentation. I’ve included a list of those below:

Posted in: Meeting Notes.

Meeting 9/3/09 Dr. Margavio and Jack Ford

Sep 1st, 2009
by David Nichols.
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Be sure to make it out this Thursday to the first AITP meeting of the semester. The meeting will be this Thursday, September 3, at 6:30 PM in Glass 342. We’ll have Dr. Margavio from the CIS Department and Jack Ford, President of the AITP Professional Chapter here in Springfield. There will also be free pizza available. Mark you dayplanners and come see what AITP has to offer!

Remember, national dues are discounted right now. A one year membership is only $35. Come check us out this Thursday and see the benefits of membership firsthand!

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/aitp_msu

Posted in: Meetings Announcements.

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