Since 1951, the Association of Information Technology Professionals has been a continuing resource to the IT professional for quality professional and self development, technology and industry trends, social networking and establishing lifelong friendships.  Serving the IT industry as a national organization and through our local chapters, AITP remains committed to delivering to its members the education, recognition, and credibility that will give them the competitive edge needed to succeed.

Aloha,

This month we have an exciting event planned in lieu of our regularly scheduled luncheon meeting.  AITP Honolulu, in cooperation with the Hawaii Telecommunications Association (HTCA) is presenting an all-day conference and luncheon on Tuesday February 7th at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  This year's theme is Technology: A Path to Hawaii's Economic Sustainability. For more information and registration details see link on Upcoming Events. AITP members will receive a special discounted price.

At last month's meeting James Brady, Director of Technical Services at Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, gave us an in-depth look at the current and near term IT projects being worked on at HHSC.  For those of you who missed Jim's presentation, you can find it here.

The AITP Honolulu Chapter is working on a mentorship program with the Information Technology Management Association (ITMA) club at UH Shidler School of Business.  ITMA has asked if any of our members would be willing to  "job shadow" a student for a day so they could get a firsthand look at working in the IT profession in Hawaii.  If anyone is interested, please contact me at president@aitphawaii.org

Mahalo,

Jeff Bloom
2012 AITP Honolulu Chapter President

New AITP Web Portal Previewed at Member Summit and NCC
 
AITP Members attending the 2011 AITP Member Summit and 2011 NCC (National Collegiate Conference) in Orlando got to be the first to see the look and feel of the new Web Portal being developed by the Web Migration team and a crew of volunteer Chapters and groups. AITP is investing in a new web portal infrastructure in order to increase functionality and save costs. The new portal will provide chapters with features they have been asking for. The portal will eventually replace today's www.aitp.org and www.aitpnetwork.org. See this Information Executive article (click here) for background on this project.

AITP Chicago and their team led by Charles Melidosian and Rose Southard represented large chapters. Charleston led by Thomas Malaniak represented mid-sized chapters. Las Vegas led by Robyne Hunsberger represented small chapters. Texas State Student Chapter of Region 3 led by Doug Fogle represented student chapters. The SLC (Student Leadership Council) also chaired by Doug Fogle represented Association committees. Region 5 led by Mark Gilfand represented Regions.
 
In addition to their landing page, each group also developed additional pages to highlight some of the new functionality available through the Your Membership product. Scheduled were demonstration pages for event management including credit card processing, newsletter creation, SIG's (Special Interest Groups), leader lists, and bulk email notifications.
 
We are still welcoming volunteers who would like to be part of the development effort. Please feel free to notify any of the members of the Web Migration Steering Committee of your interest at webmaster@aitp.org. Steering committee members are Bill Fly, Deborah Lovell, Mark Gilfand, Keven Webb, Darlene Gerber, Kristine Collins and Elaine Miller. Current plans are to open the new web portal this spring for chapters who want to migrate to or build new websites. Procedures will be developed and made available to chapters along with a migration timeline.

 
Article updated. Original by Elaine Miller published on March 2, 2011.