Sponsors: 
Hedrick Associates  Crowe Horwath  CPR  Metrics Reporting  Microsoft  Warner Norcross & Judd LLP |
| Sponsor Recognition Our sponsors help make ITMA possible, please support them when you can. Below is a list of our sponsors and their primary ITMA Contact. Hedrick Associates Eric Lanning lanninge@hedrickassoc.com Crowe Horwath LLC Cullen Hunter cullen.hunter@crowehorwath.com CPR Pete Koelzer pkoelzer@cprgr.com Metrics Reporting Andy Catlin andy.catlin@metricsreporting.com Microsoft Matthew Morris mmorris@microsoft.com Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Janet Knaus jknaus@wnj.com |
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| 2010
Meeting Topics & Dates We are excited to present the rest of the 2010 meeting line up. After reviewing monthly member meeting feedback, requested topics, the collaboration list developed by members during the September Bruce Rogow IT Odyssey visit and Steering Committee and Member Feedback our Steering Committee members assembled a list of topics. Many of the topics may sound familiar and were covered during the 2009 meetings, what we heard from our members is that you want more information, more time to dive deeper into the content. We hope this year’s format will serve that purpose. |
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| June 10 | Desktop & Application Virtualization |
| July | No Meeting |
| August | No Meeting |
| September 16* | Mobile Computing & Personal Devices |
| October 14 | Innovative Uses of Current Technologies |
| November 11 | eDiscovery Case Studies and Tools |
| December 9 | Cloud Computing 2010 |
*Indicates meeting to be held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. |
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| ITMA Welcomes New Members & Sponsor We are pleased to announce the addition of 8 new member companies and 1 new sponsor since September of 2009. |
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| • | BlueGranite |
| • | Hastings Mutual Insurance |
| • | H.T. Hackney |
| • | Lake Michigan Financial Corporation |
| • | Peckham |
| • | Reformed Church in America |
| • | Uniform Color Company |
| • | United Bank of Michigan |
| • | Warner Norcross & Judd LLP (Sponsor) |
| Help us grow our members We continue to see an increase in our guest attendance. Please refer your IT Peers to ITMA and bring them as a guest to an upcoming meeting. There is no additional cost, and guests can attend up to two meetings before we ask them to declare themselves a member. |
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Welcome New ITMA Steering Committee Members |
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| • | Barb Hiemsta Deputy Director for Technology Kent County |
| • | Bill Johnson Director of Information Technology Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services |
| • | French Williams IT Manager Royal Technologies |
We would also like to recognize and thank two Steering Committee members whose terms ended and have rotated off of the Steering Committee at the end of 2009. |
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| • | Charlie Dunn |
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Kevin DeVries |
A complete list of our Steering Committee Members can be found on our website. |
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| ITMA Facts 2009 Meeting evaluation ratings continued to rise over previous years! You are telling us you like the meetings, and presenters, and are also asking for more in-depth content on certain topics. We are also seeing more members and guests at our meetings check out the numbers below. |
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The average number of unique companies at our meetings grew 56% from 2008 – 2010. |
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The average number of contacts at our meetings grew 68% from 2008 – 2010. |
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The average number of guests (non members checking us out) doubled. |
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The number of RSVPS has doubled and our arrival success rate as gone up by 11%. |
| Jerry's Notes It is an exciting time for ITMA members with a great meeting line up, upcoming special sessions and the formation of ITEC (Infrastructure Technology Executive Council) a special group for large ITMA Member Companies. Thanks to your support and positive referrals of potential new members we are building momentum this year. In addition, our Steering Committee has selected relevant topics and speakers that have increased attendance and ratings. Our members, guests, and sponsors express their pleasure in cost cutting ideas, experience sharing and content from the meetings that help save money and time for their organizations. Please continue to invite guest to our meetings. It works! ITMA is all about knowledge sharing in a trustworthy environment that provides accelerated improvement for member companies. Our Steering Committee Members, Bill Chaddock, Melissa Engle, John Dean and Mark VandenBerge continue to come up with terrific ideas that increase our value proposition for our members. We encourage members to share feedback, thoughts and ideas. |
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