Date: August 8th, 2012
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Location: Old Overton Club
Member Companies: Representative(s): Attended:
ACTEK No Representative No
American Cast Iron Pipe Company Donald Cano No
Birmingham Water Works Board No Representative No
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama Blake LeCroy Yes
Cardinal Health No Representative No
City of Birmingham Tammy High Yes
Compass Bank Kore Basava No
Drummond Company Kevin Stone Yes
Energen Jean Lowry Yes
Veranda Greene No
Jacksonville State University Alan Wallace Yes
Jefferson County No Representative No
Liberty National Life Insurance Barbara Shook Yes
Motion Industries No Representative No
O’Neal Steel No Representative No
Regions Financial Corporation Mike Terry Yes
Samford University Debi Whitcomb Yes
Southern Progress No Representative No
Southern Company/ Alabama Power No Representative No
University of Alabama Birmingham Bill Laughlin Yes
Shelby County Winston Estes No
Next Meeting: August 8th, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Location: Old Overton Club – Monthly Meeting Location
Directions Attached
Calendar Year 2012 Meeting Schedule (Second Wednesday)
September 12th
October 10th
November 14th
December 112th
Attachments: BLUG Class Schedule
BLUG Attendance Record
Minutes
Kevin Stone (Drummond) presided over the meeting.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 11:00 a.m., at Old Overton Club.
OLD BUSINESS
· Class Schedule Review
o PMP check with flexibility on rate for a limited number of students.
· Membership
o EBSCO and Protective have elected not to renew their membership.
o Montevallo was transitioned to Tim.
o B. Shook – will true up the membership list.
· Internet Portal
o Increased traffic and understanding of requests; B. Laughlin has sent out a broadly stroked email to assess needs.
· Project Manager Introduction course is needed.
o This class should be tailored more towards basic PM skills and less towards PMP preparation.
o K. Stone will investigate with AMA, Roy Brewer, PMI-Birmingham, and Rick Morris
NEW BUSINESS
· Class Schedule Review
o Web 2.0
§ B. LeCroy will coordinate this class. Accelebrate should be considered for further cost savings; K. Stone will send old information.
§ Mobile development should be included in the agenda.
o P M Introductory Class
§ AMA option was too costly.
§ K. Stone to follow up with R- Squared to firm up pricing.
o PMP Exam Preparation Class
§ Renewed interest 2 UAB, 2 Regions, 2 Energen, 1 Samford, 1 Follow Up.
§ K. Stone to true up availability and redistribute to membership.
o dB2 / CICS
§ Regions lab is open 11/26 – 12/7
§ M. Terry will check on weeks in 2013.
o Cisco Call Manager
§ K. Stone will follow up with TekLinks for training options. No activity since 7/10.
o Java
§ D. Whitcomb will schedule and coordinate Introduction and Intermediate Java classes for January 2013.
o C#
§ B. Laughlin will schedule and coordinate the classes for 2013.
o SQL
§ B. Laughlin will schedule and coordinate the classes for 2013.
· Administration
o Budgeting 2013 – Please consider your technological initiatives planned for 2013. If there are shared training needs we can achieve greater economies of scale. Please consider sharing your 2013 plans with your Educational Committee representative so BLUG can plan accordingly.
o Energen requested a SharePoint training resource.
o B. Laughlin completed the Administration portion of BLUG website. (set up of instructors, facilities, classes, evaluations are ready)
§ B. Laughlin will send the documentation to the Education Committee.
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