|
|
Gateway
Association News
February 4, 2011
Registration Deadlines for Southern Region Seminar Imminent
 NASTD’s Southern Region seminar is taking place from March 6–9 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Hutton Hotel. The hotel registration deadline is today, February 4, and the conference registration deadline is February 12.
The seminar agenda includes state reports and procurement spotlights. Panel discussions include a CIO panel discussion on the business of state IT service delivery, the future of state networks and service delivery, a vision of cloud computing, birth of a federated exchange and its implications to fixed mobile convergence and how to extend the network and best practices for mobile convergence.
Please check the Web site for agenda updates.
34th Annual Conference and Technology Showcase – Call for Presentations
On January 10, NASTD sent out a call for presentations to the primary contacts from its corporate affiliate members for the 34th Annual Conference, scheduled to take place August 28 – September 1 in Omaha, Nebraska. The proposal return deadline is Friday, February 18.
Vice President and Program Chair Claire Bailey (AR) has selected “Yours, Mine and Ours – State Technology Leaders Driving Operational Excellence” as this year’s conference theme, based on member feedback from last year’s Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon.
The conference emphasizes operational excellence in the delivery of public services by showcasing different methods and sourcing opportunities. Presentations will be built around three major tracks:
- Excellence in service leadership
- Excellence in data center management
- Excellence in network operations
Corporate affiliate members are invited to share their organizations’ leadership, expertise and experience by submitting a presentation proposal for consideration.
Inquiries regarding the process may be directed to Bailey or NASTD Executive Director Mark McCord.
February Conference Calls
The following is the schedule for this month’s state regional, corporate affiliate, and special interest group (SIG) conference calls. Please consult the relevant eGroup for agenda and call in information.
Southern Region
|
Thursday, February 10
|
10:00-11:00 a.m EST
|
Eastern Region
|
Thursday, February 10
|
1:00-2:00 p.m. EST
|
Western Region
|
Tuesday, February 15
|
2:00-3:00 p.m. EST
|
Midwestern Region
|
Tuesday, February 15
|
3:00-4:00 p.m. EST
|
Corporate Affiliate Council
|
Tuesday, February 15
|
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST
|
Disaster Recovery SIG
|
Monday, February 28
|
2:00-3:00 p.m .EST
|
You can find the dates and times of upcoming conference calls on the NASTD event calendar.
New Look for Gateway
The next issue of Gateway will be delivered to your inbox on February 18. With the beginning of the seminar season, Gateway will resume a weekly publication schedule.
Web Site Tip of the Week – Managing Your Profile
The NASTD Web site allows each member to create and manage a user profile. Members can provide information about their background, areas of expertise, certifications, education and job history and build networks that facilitate networking and sharing of professional information.
The Web interface allows each member to control how much of their profile information is available to other NASTD members. To review and modify your profile settings, do the following:
- go to www.nastd.org
- click on the “login to see members only content” link in the upper-right hand corner of the home page
- log in using your e-mail address and password
- click the “Profile” link in the “Welcome” box in the upper-right hand corner
- under “My Profile”, click the “Preferences” link in the left navigation bar
- you can control what information is visible to whom for each of the listed features
- after you’ve made changes, click the “Save” button at the bottom of the page
If you have any questions, please contact Paul Czarnecki.
|