First Austin 2009 AITP Meeting tonight at at Rudy's BBQ on 360 at 6pm

As many of you may already know I am Currently the President of the Austin Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals. The Austin AITP is a professional association comprised of career minded individuals who seek to expand their potential -- employers, employees, managers, programmers, and many others. The organization seeks to provide avenues for all members to be teachers as well as students and to make contacts with other members in the IS field for professional development and personal growth.

Our first meeting of the year is Tonight Wednesday January the 14th at Rudy's BBQ on 360 at 6pm.
Our slate of new board members will ratified at tonight’s meeting.

Over the past year I have spoken personally to many of you about getting involved with the Austin AITP. There are many ways to server and get involved.

We are always looking for individuals to present on current topics of interest to the IT industry
Solicit Event sponsors
Membership activities
Event Sponsors, Event Coordinators
Member Communications – Someone to get announcements out earlier!!!
Planning for the IT Barcamp 2009
Community Outreach Projects
Teaching, promoting, organizing, planning related to our INTERNET SAFETY EDUCATION (www.isafe.org)
AITP-Austin's goal is to build awareness of this program to communities andschools as well as encourage our own AITP-Austin membership to participate.. AITP-Austin has been working to foster online safety education utilizing the certified iSAFE program. iSAFE is the leader inInternet safety education. Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. i-SAFE incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic communityoutreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place. Please join us today in the fight to safeguard our children's online experience. (www.isafe.org)

Annual IT Recognition Awards at Austin Innotech Conference
Nominations committee
Judges Committee
Team Innovation Award
IT Public Sector Executive
IT Solution of the Year
IT Corporate Executive of the Year
Reception Event for the Nominees planning
CIO/CTO Roundtables throughout the year.
Webeditor
Future events / Topics


Don’t miss this opportunity to get involved in your local IT community.

Please feel free to call or write with questions, concerns or comments directly to the board at AustinAITPmem@yahoogroups.com or start a public discussion or follow us at http://austinaitp.blogspot.com/

I look forward to a great 2009.