11/05/2009 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)

Topics

Membership Details!

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

Professional Member Promotion: $25 discount on the annual rate to new members through November 30th.

Main Topic:

• Guest Speaker: John Dougherty of Integrity Home-Care
• Mission Statement: Our mission is to cultivate a Christian-based environment in which we can identify and meet the home care needs of our clients and the career needs of our employees with unmatched skill, compassion and integrity.
  • Assisting 4000+  people with In-Home Care
  • Integrity was named “Top Innovator” with the Springfield Business Journal
  • Career Tips:
    • Get your degree
    • Be well rounded
    • People with good technical skills are a dime-a-dozen
    • You need good “tech” skills and good “soft” skills too
    • IT and Healthcare
      • Incorporate your IT into HealthCare
      • HIPAA (HealthCare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
        • Laptops with patient info must be Encrypted
        • E-mail outside of company firewall is not encrypted by exchange server
• EMR (Emergency Medical Records)

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
  • NCC Fund Raising
  • Future Meetings
    • Nov 30 – Monday – Spring Net Tour

On Monday, November 30 the AITP members are invited to tour Springfield Underground (Springnet).  This is a great opportunity to see a state-of-the-art technology center, and a utility that is vital to many Springfield businesses.  If you would like to attend, you are welcome to join us.  The tour starts at 4:00pm.

Due the intense security at this facility, we have some restrictions to follow.  First, we are not allowed to bring more than 10 cars into the facility parking lot.  So we will be carpooling from MSU and/or a business near the entrance.  We’ll send out more information about that closer to the date of the tour.

We must submit a list of guest names to the Springnet manager 24 hours prior to our visit.  Since this is the Monday after Thanksgiving, I’ll submit names on the Tuesday before (since we are out Wed-Fri).  There is a sign-up sheet for those who want to attend in the CIS office. **PLEASE SIGN UP IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND**. It is on the credenza beside the door to faculty offices.  Only the names on this list that we send in will be admitted into the facility. We’ll contact the names on the list by e-mail with carpool information.

We have to show a government issued photo ID when we get to the facility.

Michelle Hulett, Faculty Advisor

ANPAC is looking for an intern for the Help Desk area. They are looking for someone who is in their sophomore year so that they would be with the company for at least 2 years. If you are interested in the position please contact Anita King, Anita.King@anpac.com.

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

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

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

• Guest Speaker: ConocoPhillips
• ConocoPhillips Facts:
  • Focuses on delivering energy to the world
  • Businesses include exploration and production, refining, marketing, supply, transportation, natural gas gathering, processing, chemicals and plastics
  • Spirit(Safety, People, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation, and Team Work)
  • IT and Innovation(Fuels Technology, Heavy Oil, E-Gas, Carbon Sequestration, water sustainability, next-generation biofuels)
  • News: Recent news within ConocoPhillips
    • (September 02, 2009) ConocoPhillips to Present at Barclays Capital 2009 CEO Energy/Power Conference
    • (July 29, 2009) ConocoPhillips Reports Second-Quarter Earnings of $1.3 Billion or $0.87 Per Share

AITP: News and upcoming events

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

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

• Guest Speaker: Al Ware and Joe Seiden
• Monsanto Facts:
  • Focuses on Agriculture and supporting farmers around the world
  • Produce leading seed brands such as corn, cotton, oilseeds(soybeans and canola)
  • Integrity such as honesty, decency, consistency, and courage is their foundation
  • IT related terms with Monsanto(grid computing, cloud services, identity and access management, malware, data encryption, virtual desktop, and business process management)
  • News: Recent news within Monsanto
    • (Aug 13, 2009) Monsanto Is on the Verge of a Technology Explosion, Executives Tell Investors at Annual Field Event
    • (July 14, 2009) Monsanto Company Invests in Developing New Technologies for Wheat With Acquisition of WestBred Business
    • AITP: News and upcoming events
      • Promoting AITP to students
      • NCC Logo , web competitions, and fund raising

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

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:

• Teenager Invents Cheap Solar Panel From Human Hair
• Is the age of 140 char programs upon us?
• The latest technology in broadband internet, homing pigeons!
• Patent Trolling
• Windows 7 RC + Vista Remote BSOD(Full Disclosure)
• Windows 7 RC + Vista Remote BSOD (Slashdot)

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

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