AITP Newsletter

Firestorm 2007 - I.T. Reacts to Disaster!

Julius Remigio — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:23:14 -0700

Event Date: February 13, 2008

The 2007 firestorms in San Diego challenged individuals, companies, and government throughout the region. We made it through and now there are lots of "after action" reports, revised disaster plans, and a collective sigh of relief.
AITP presents a panel that offers three different perspectives on the fires, the impacts on their organizations, "heat of battle" notes, and how they each dealt with the "real time" challenges facing their organizations.

Cindy Ireland, Cindy Ireland, Sr. Director, Information Systems for Gen-Probe, will discuss the contingencies she put in place when her DR site was at risk, planning for a potential loss of power, and some of the human issues in this event when more than 60% of her IT staff had personal issues to deal with, and the business also required immediate attention.

Bill Jenkins, IT Operations Manager at Otay Water District, will share his experience in using GIS and GPS technologies to manage resources, as well as how to reconstruct and operate a disaster operations center when his became unavailable.

Bill Norris, IT Director at 2-1-1 San Diego, will discuss how his organization increased its information service capacity by 7000% in less than 72 hours and utilized government and private sector partnerships to operate the information center that served the victims all eight fires.

Location (New Location and Format!)
National University
3678 Aero Court
San Diego, CA 92123
Directions
Schedule of Events
5:30 - 6:15 pm The Social includes hors d' oeuvres & no host bar.
6:15 - 7:45 pm Presentation
8:00 Adjourn

Reservations
Reservations are due by Friday, February 8 at close of business. In order to confirm your reservation and allow us to commit to having an excellent dinner available, please make your payment online as soon as possible.

Members: $25.00 Online Payment
Guests: $30.00 Online Payment
Students: $10.00 Online Payment
Registration at the door add $5.00

If you need to cancel, please do so 72 hours in advance and we will provide a refund or offer a credit for our next Dinner Meeting. If you are unable to make the payment online, please send an RSVP to info [at] sandiego [dot] aitp [dot] org and be prepared to make a payment at the door.

Weekly Update

Julius Remigio — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:05:58 -0700

Tour of Campus TNS & Woodstocks Pizza Social

Tue, 11/06/2007 - 7:58pm — s.knopp

Start: Nov 17 2007 - 5:00pm

End: Nov 17 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-7

Have you ever wondered how such a large campus like SDSU handles their network services? Wonder no more! On Thursday, November 15th at 5:00pm AITP will be touring the Telecommunications and Network Services right here at the San Diego State campus. Meet some of the staff, check out how a networks facility is run and get up close and personal with the infamous ROHAN.

Oh, and did somebody say pizza? We will be having an informal social gathering at Woodstocks after the event to discuss the tour, network and eat some good food.

Help End World Hunger

Mon, 11/12/2007 - 4:49pm — JuliusR

Do you ever wonder if you would ever find a real use for the hundreds of SAT word we all learned in high school? Do you even still remember them? Find out how after the break.

Karen Wilcken Memorial Scholarship

Tue, 11/13/2007 - 11:54pm — JuliusR

This is a brand new scholarship worth atleast $5000! This is not a national scholarship and is only eligible to information systems majors at SDSU! This wil be awarded to between 6-10 people!

Happy Halloween from AITP!

Julius Remigio — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:38:35 -0700

AITP FireStorm 2007 Victims Fund
With your help, we hae raised $780 for the victims of the San Diego wild fires. If you have not already made a donation please do! We need your help! Our goal is to raise $2000 by the end of next week! Together we can make it happen!
http://aitp.chipin.com/fire-storm-2007-victims-fund

AITP Social - Woodstock Pizza (Tuesday, October 30 6:30 PM - 9PM)
Free PIZZA!!! Enough said right? This will be a meet and greet. Get a chance to hang out with AITP officers and meet other AITP members. The food is on us!
http://www.sdaitp.org/event/content/2007/october/17/woodstock-pizza

Reminder: You DO have class this week!
Alas, the fires are contained and it is indeed safe to go back to school.
http://www.sdaitp.org/story/content/2007/october/27/casses-resume-monday...

Have you been affected by the fire?
How have you been affected by the fire? We'd like to know! Send us your story by posting a message in our forums or by emailing me at vp [at] sdaitp [dot] org. We'll select one story and posting on our frontpage!

Please have a safe and happy Halloween! Please don't drink and drive!

Sincerely,

Julius Remigio
Executive Vice President
Association of Information Technology Professionals
www.sdaitp.org

October Newsletter (Important Information)

Julius Remigio — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:29:30 -0700

Our hearts and prayers go out to all those affected by the raging California fires. Please take a moment to review the following important information.

SDSU Classes are canceleld October 22 & 23
http://www.sdaitp.org/story/content/2007/october/22/sdsu-tuesday-classes...

AITP has started a fund to help the victims of the San Diego Wild Fires
I have personally donated $100 to the fund. 100% of the proceeds will go to the City of San Diego Fire Fund. http://aitp.chipin.com/fire-storm-2007-victims-fund

AITP Fire Storm 2007 Forum Created
To help coordinate our efforts, we have created a forum to organize information about the San Diego Fires as it comes in. If you have any important information you would like to contribute, please post a message in the forum.
http://www.sdaitp.org/category/forums/general-forums/fire-storm-2007

For up-to-the-minute information regarding the fires, please visit our website!

We need your help!
AITP has committed itself to help the victims of the fires by taking donations and provide up-to-date information and contact information as the situation develops. We are looking for volunteers to help coordinate the effort. If you are intrested in helping, please register on our website and post a message in our forums.

Please pass this message along to your friends, family and co-workers. Please stay safe and visit our website regularly to stay informed.

Sincerely,

Julius Remigio
Executive Vice President
Assocation of Information Technology Professionals
San Diego State University
www.sdaitp.org
vp [at] sdaitp [dot] org

For the duration of the fires, we will be sending out newsletters with important information on an ongoing, as-needed basis. We apologize for any inconvience.

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