Meeting Minutes 01/21/2010

01/21/2010 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees: 20+

Total Chapter Members: 22

Non-Members Attended: 17

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

Topics

Membership Details!

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Student Membership dues are $25 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic:

• Guest Speaker: Shirley Cron (Director, Application Development) and Neil Anderson (Manager, Application Development) of ANPAC (American National Property and Casualty product)
• ANPAC Mission Statement: Their sole mission is to provide objective, insightful risk analysis and evaluation.
• Company Facts
  • Ticker: ANAT
  • Stock Price: 108.85 (As of January, 27, 2010)
  • CEO: Robert L. Moody
  • Full Time Employees: 3,160
  • Dividend: 3.08 (2.80%)
  • 5 million policy holders
• Presentation Topic: Green IT (Information Technology)
  • Green is not easy, it takes more than just best practices but also sound operating principles
  • ANPAC Green Initiatives:
    • Data Center Consolidation
      • Decrease carbon footprint
      • Paper reports to electronic
      • Virtualized servers
      • SharePoint collaboration
    • Reduce printing loads results in:
      • cost savings on stamps, paper, and less errors when interacting with customers
    • Reduced power usage ideas:
      • turn off computers and servers when not in use, results in less power consumption
      • find techniques that require less energy than online storage solutions

President: David Nichols: Relevant Topics about Association

• 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

Next Meeting: February 4, 2010 in Glass 342

Company/Business: Health MEDX.