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Our Next Meeting is
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
SPECIAL MEETING
LOCATION:
NOAA Weather Center in
Wakefield, Va.
For Reservations: Call Digital Applications Inc., at 827-1250 no later
than noon on the Friday preceding the meeting.
OFFICERS
George Koscho, President
382-8909
Jim Pollan, Vice President 865-1400 ext 210
Bill Shumate, Treasurer 827-1250
Jim Moore, Secretary
Alan Sutton, Association Liaison 486-1700
DIRECTORS
Clara Fox, Awards 826-0519
Ed Miller, Newsletter / Website 553-0128
Bill Oshel, Program 249-2846
Steve Tyler, Corporate Sponsorships
Charles Anderson, Student Chapters Liaison
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Region 18 Leadership Retreat |
The planning for the Leadership
Retreat in Pipestem is underway and the details regarding this event
are available at the
AITP Region
18 Website. Please save the date - Nov. 10-12,
2006, and check the website for details.
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Dinner
Meeting, NOAA Weather Station in Wakefield, Va. |
| Nov 7 |
Dinner
Meeting, TBA |
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Visit
the Chapter Store |
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Buy
Hampton Roads AITP Merchandise!
Books,
T-shirts, Hats, Coffee Mugs and MORE! Support the Hampton
Roads AITP Chapter Store today!
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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
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October Meeting Preview |
Our October 3rd.
meeting will feature a site visit to the NOAA Wakefield Weather
Station. We will meet first at 6 PM at the Virginia Diner in
 Wakefield.
After dinner we will proceed to the Weather Station at 10009
General Mahone Highway, Wakefield, VA 23888-2742. Exact
directions, if needed, can be obtained at
MapQuest.
For security reasons, please let
Bill Oshel know by Friday,
September 29th if you will be attending this meeting so that he
can submit the names in advance.
Our tour guide
will be Bill Sammler of NOAA. He is the Warning Coordinator Meteorologist for
the NOAA Wakefield Weather Station.
In addition, Bill
is the external liaison at the Wakefield office, which serves central and
eastern Virginia, northeast North Carolina, and the Lower Maryland Eastern
Shore. He coordinates with state and local emergency managers, and other
(National Weather Service) NWS customers, to ensure NWS products and services
meet their needs. Bill is also the media liaison at NWS Wakefield. Bill also
participates in a number of training initiatives including CERT, the FEMA/NWS
Warning Coordination Course, and SKYWARN storm spotter training.
A 21 year NWS
employee, Bill spent 10 years at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in
Kansas City, MO (now the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK), issuing
nationwide forecasts for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, before coming to
Wakefield in April 1994. Bill is a native of southern New Jersey, and lives in
Prince George County. He has a B.S. in meteorology from Rutgers University
(1981), and a M.S. in meteorology from St. Louis University (1988).
Please plan on
joining us and please bring a guest.
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September Meeting Highlights |
Automation of the home has
become increasingly popular as a way to reduce workload and make
life easier. But, to achieve these benefits may not be as easy
as it sounds.
Our September 12 meeting speaker
was Bill Shumate, a long time member of AITP. Bill
demonstrated home automation as he is using it in his own house.
The Chapter greatly appreciates Bill's expertise and
hospitality. Thanks Bill!
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Announcing the Region 18
Spring Conference! |
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The Hampton Roads and
Richmond Chapters of the AITP will be co-hosting the Region 18
Spring Conference. The tentative date for this event is
April 19-21 and the location is the Williamsburg Marriott at
Kings Mill. Stay tuned for more information!
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