November Dinner Meeting
Tuesday,
November 23, 2004 ~ Jim 'n' Nicks ~ 220 Oxmoor Rd. in Homewood ~
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Featured Speaker
Rick Morris
Rick Morris is the Wealth Management Project Office Manager at AmSouth
Bank. He has 9 years of project management experience working with
national organizations such as GE, Xerox, Eli Lilly, Hilton Hotels, 6
Continents Hotels, CAT Financial and local companies such as Protective
Life, SouthTrust, and Energen. He is currently organizing support for a
new nonprofit organization, The Ramsey Foundation, aimed at delivering
project management skills to the charities that need it the most. He
grew up in Orlando, FL and is married with a 3 year old daughter named
Ramsey. Has has been living in Birmingham for 11 years and is ready to
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President's Message |
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Greetings for the Final
Installment of the Year,
This month’s message is going to be short and hopefully
sweet.
It has been a year. Not just in AITP, but all across
Birmingham. Not just in IT, but in all jobs. In this year, a lot of
companies have prospered and a lot have not. A lot of people have done
well and furthered their careers and a lot have not. There have been
many changes and there are probably many more on the Horizon. But it is
not just the Winners and Losers, we also need to consider the survivors.
We, as AITP, have survived. And we will continue to
survive. I see that in the Core group of people that keep it alive and
active. We will also grow and prosper again. Everything runs in cycles
and I feel that we are nearing our upswing. There is a lot of potential
sitting on the Board of Directors for this New Year. And I expect that
we will see great things. I am excited to have Barbara Shook on-deck as
the In-coming President for 2005. Barbara has a sense of urgency about
her that will push us back up the growth curve next year.
I also want to say “Thank You” to each of the members
of the Board for 2004. I appreciate every one of you and the hard work
that you have put into AITP this year. Everyone one has done an
outstanding job and you should each pat yourselves on the back. I also
have to mention that a lot of the Board for 2004 will be on the Board
for 2005, but there have been some changes.
I also want to say “Thank You” to Paul Stewart for all
of the work that he has put into AITP over the years, and especially
this last. Paul is not leaving us, but he has retired and will no longer
serve on the Board. His input and guidance will be missed. Paul helped
me tremendously in 2004 and kept me on the straight and narrow when I
tended to stray.
And lastly, Thanks to all of you for letting me serve
as the President for 2004. I look forward to helping Barbara this next
year with her term as President.
Chapter President |
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Minutes |
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No Minutes for October |
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Board
of Directors |
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President
Steve
Romine -
sromine@mdicareers.com
Past
President
Maurice Myers
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mmyers@amsouth.com
Liaison
Ted
Hagler -
ted.hagler@motion-ind.com
Executive
Vice President
Barbara
Shook -
bshook@regionsbank.com
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Secretary/Treasurer
John Barnhart
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jbarnhart@acipco.com
Program
Chair/Newsletter
Paul Stewart
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pbs@uwa.edu
Toni Ellis
- tellis@regionsbank.com
Student
Chapter/Publicity
Andrea
Simmons -
javischristian@aol.com
Membership Attendance/Acquisitions
Charlie Cook
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ccook@uwa.edu
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AITP Anniversaries
November
John Barnhart - American Cast Iron Pipe
Company
Ted Hagler - Motion Industries
Edward Shockey - Amerex Corporation
Dorothy Williams - SouthTrust |
Deadline for articles submitted for the next
BITPRO is the first of each month. The editor reserves the right
to edit for clarity, accuracy, and length. All entries for
publication should be submitted to
Paul Stewart or
Toni Ellis by email. |
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AITP Region/Association |
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The
Regional leadership training workshop and Board of Directors meeting was
held on Saturday and Sunday October 16/17 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Barbara Shook and Maurice Myers were our representatives. I did not
attend due to several conflicts that occurred at the last minute.
Barbara got some good ideas about chapter leadership and what our
Chapter might do to improve in all respects. Along with attending
Maurice submitted our chapter to hold the student conference, regional
workshop and Board of Directors meeting in Birmingham for 2005. The
region voted and Birmingham got the bid. This will be a major
undertaking for our chapter and all will be involved in some way. Please
let Maurice know what area you would like to volunteer and work. Get
involved in some way so we can show the region what Southern Hospitality
is all about.
During the meeting the following were elected as our
regional officers:
President Julian Wade Atlanta Chapter
Vice President Joe Cobb Tampa Chapter
Treasurer Frank Reagor Nashville Chapter
Secretary Evan Eldridge Individual Member
Let’s support
each in year 2005 to keep our region at the top.
In order to stimulate membership growth in region 7,
the Regional Membership Committee has approved a membership campaign.
The campaign will start November 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005. The
winning chapter must have a 10% increase in membership using two decimal
places that includes both retaining and new membership. The following
will be the awards presented at the regional meeting in 2005.
$400.00 Largest percentage increase in numbers of members
$200.00 Second largest percentage increase in numbers of members
$100.00 Third largest percentage increase in number of members
As of November 9, 2004 our chapter has a membership of
31. As you can figure, we have a lot of work to do on our membership.
Let’s all pitch in and become the largest percentage increase in
membership.
Don’t forget the collegiate conference in Atlanta in
2005. Universities from all over will be attending. Our chapter needs to
support the students making plans to attend and give a helping hand
whenever needed. UAB our newest student chapter is making plans to be at
this conference and I hope to see others. Again here are the details:
“Ride the Wave of Technology’
When: April 7-9, 2005 Where: Atlanta, Georgia
Hotel: Atlanta Renaissance Waverly Hotel
Hosts: Chattahoochee Technical College Student Chapter and the Atlanta
Chapter
Start making your plans to help a student or attending this event. You
as a professional will be surprise what you can learn from the
conference.
To get up to date with all the current
news check the AITP web site. You will never know what you can learn
until you try it. Bring a guest or new member to our November 23th
meeting. Let’s get Birmingham Chapter membership in an upward wing.
Chapter Liaison
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