AITP of Hampton Roads, Va. (Association of Information Technology Professionals)

November 2005 Newsletter

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Our Next Meeting is 
Tuesday, November 1 2005

Point Plaza Suites & Conference Hotel at I-64 & US 17, Newport News, Va.

Social Hour - 5:30 PM
Dinner - 6:30 PM
Program - 7:30 PM

Members - $17 
Spouse/Significant Other - $20 
Guests - $20 
Students - $14

If you will be joining us for the speaker and not for dinner, we request a donation of $5. 

For Reservations: Call Digital Applications Inc., at 827-1250 no later than noon on the Friday preceding the meeting.

Officers and Directors

OFFICERS

George Koscho, President 382-8909 
Clifton Hayes, Past President 460-7284 
Jim Pollan, Vice President 865-1400 ext 210 
Bill Shumate, Secy./Treasurer 827-1250
Alan Sutton, Association Liaison 486-1700

DIRECTORS

Clara Fox, Awards  826-0519
Ed Miller, Newsletter / Website 553-0128 
Bill Oshel, Program 249-2846 

Microsoft / AITP Special Event

The Hampton Roads Chapter of AITP proudly announces a Special Event featuring Kelley DuBois of Microsoft Corporation.

Are you ready for Microsoft SQL 2005? How about Windows Vista? Think about your current SQL system: Can you still access your database if the server goes down? How fast can you failover? What is your Maintenance Plan? Who is Locking and who is Blocking? Join us as we discuss upgrade an existing SQL Server database to SQL Server 2005 and how to maintain a more secure, reliable database solution for your business. As an added bonus, lets take a sneak peak at Windows Vista.

The Seminar will be conducted at the Tidewater Community College Technology Center located on the Virginia Beach campus at the end of Faculty Boulevard (1700 College Crescent). The time is from 7 PM to 9 PM on Thursday, October 27th.

There is no cost to attend; however there will be refreshments served and great door prizes available.

For this event only, The Hampton Roads Chapter will offer a much reduced year's chapter membership dues (check out the AITP web site at www.aitp.org)

Sign up for AITP membership at this event and be eligible for more special prizes.

You will find this a fast moving session with a dynamic speaker who will welcome questions. Mark your calendar and bring a friend.

 

Calendar
Oct 27 Microsoft/AITP Seminar - Kelley DuBois at Tidewater Community College Va. Beach at 7 PM
Nov 1
Max Bartholomew, 
Dominion Resources
Dec 6 Scott Striepe, NASA

 

 

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Contact Us

AITP 
The Association of 
Information Technology Professionals

c/o Digital Applications Inc
2714 W Mercury Blvd, Hampton, VA 23666
Phone: (757) 827-1250

 

 
November Meeting Preview

Our November 1st. meeting will feature a presentation by Max Bartholomew Jr..  Max will speak on the "State of Dominion Resources“.  In addition he will speak on the deregulation time table for utilities under the Electric Restructure Act.  Max is the Eastern Regional Senior External Affairs Manager for Dominion Power.  He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Old Dominion University, class of 1970.  He has worked for Virginia Power for 34 years in Fredricksburg, Charlottesville, Richmond and Virginia Beach.  He also attended the University of Michigan Executive Program in 1996.

He is very active in the community and was the South Hampton Roads United Way 2000 Chairman of Board of Directors.  He was also a member of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Virginia Air & Space Center Board of Directors, the City of Virginia Beach Industrial Development Authority, the City of Virginia Beach Resort Advisory Commission, the Virginia Aquarium & Science Museum Board of Directors, the Cape Henry Rotary Club and was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Virginia Beach Friend of Agriculture 2002. 

He enjoys golf and deer hunting.  He has a wife, Liz and a son, Tripp.

Please plan on joining us for this very interesting presentation and bring a guest.

October Meeting Highlights


Our October 4th meeting included a presentation by Scott Dewhirst. Scott spoke on the technology used in the water industry. Scott is employed by The City of Newport News in the Waterworks/Public Utilities Department. He currently serves as the Chief of Facilities Engineering where he oversees the engineering support for all of the Waterworks facilities ranging from dams, storage tanks, pump stations, and water treatment facilities. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and South Carolina where he previously was employed as an engineering consultant. Scott is a native of Virginia. He was born and raised in Richmond and attended Virginia Tech where he obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering, respectively.


 

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