Purpose
To discuss activities happening in the tech community and to share ways we can better communicate what’s going on in each organization.
Attendance
- Jason Arend, Eagle Speak — MATA, SGF Web Dev Group
- Myke Bates, The Alchemedia Project (TAP) and Eagle Speak — Springfield Web Dev Group
- Scott Bratcher, Marlin – Springfield Creatives
- Sherry Coker, OTC Workforce Development — MATA
- Greg Johnson, Tech Recruiter — MATA/H4G
- Jason Klein, Logic Forte — AITP
- Mike LaPage – Raspberry Pi User Group
- Maranda Provance, Mostly Serious — Geek Foundation, Springfield Creatives
- Paul Rucker, PR SharePoint Consulting — SharePoint User Group
- Cody Stringer, Mercy R&D — MATA, Spin66
- Eric Warakomski, AECI — ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)
October Agenda
- Shared Storage Space for Groups
- Group Updates
- ISACA Cybersecurity Competition (10/25)
- Tech IT Out Expo (10/26)
- CSI Springfield (11/03)
- Hack 4 Good Springfield (11/03-11/05)
- Technology Awards (03/01) – Nominations Open 10/26
Welcome Tech Leaders
- Jimmy Ledbetter – Co-Lead of Shop Talk for Technical Managers
- Jordan Phillips – Co-Lead of Shop Talk for Technical Managers
- Jordan Griffin – SGF Women In Technology
- Mike LaPage – Ozarks Raspberry Pi User Group
- Mike Shepard – PowerShell User Group
- Nash Fritsche – VP of MSU AITP Student Group
- Paul Rucker – SharePoint User Group
- Dr Tim DeClue – SBU CIS Department Chair
Discussion
Shared Storage Space for Groups
- Springfield Creatives – Projector Screen, Cooler
- Springfield Web Devs – Streaming Computer, Video Rig.
- AITP/ISACA/MATA – Sharing Space
- MATA – Chip clips, cooler, food supplies.
- ISACA – Banners, coffee mugs, give aways. President going shopping for attractive shelving. Needs to be better organized and more attractive. Shelving all around room and table with chairs in center of room.
- Maranda is going to meet with The eFactory to discuss. Electronic access? Other storage options?
Group Updates
Springfield Creatives — Scott Bratcher, Maranda Provence
https://www.springfieldcreatives.com/
https://www.facebook.com/springfield.creatives/
- Board of Directors – Looking for nominations or volunteers for 3 board seats before end of the year.
- Outreach Committee – Looking to partner with other groups and organizations to collaborate on projects.
- November Meeting – TBD
- December Meeting – Christmas Party. Pixels of Fury. Two designers go head to head.
Geek Foundation – Maranda Provence https://www.thegeekfoundation.org/
https://www.facebook.com/thegeekfoundation/
- Would like to serve at risk youth and women.
- Going to approach Boys and Girls Club of Springfield.
- Also working with Missouri Job Center. They can reimburse people for time they spend in training.
Springfield Women in Technology – Maranda Provence
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sgfwit/
- Next Meeting – Panel Discussion: Hear each panelist’s Journey into Technology
Spin66 – Cody Stringer
http://spin66.org/
- No updates. Currently securing speakers for 2018.
Springfield Atlasssian User Group – Myke Bates
https://www.meetup.com/SGF-Atlassian-User-Group/
- First kickoff meeting is tonight at Metro Farmer. 5:30-7pm
- Meeting every other month. Unsure of future dates/schedule.
- Products – JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, SourceTree
- Demographic is likely project managers.
Springfield Web Developers – Myke Bates, Jason Arend
https://www.meetup.com/SGF-Web-Devs/
- November/December – Group planning/design/coding of SGF Web Dev App
- Intending to host larger annual Web Development Conference in late 2018 or early 2019
- Growing the Web Devs organization and establishing entity in prep for conference.
- October Event featured Mozilla. Great attendance. Great live stream.
- Sharing live streaming information with other groups.
ISACA – Eric Warakomski
http://www.isaca.org/chapters2/Springfield/
https://www.facebook.com/ISACA.SGF/
- Regional Conference
- Last meeting – Blockchain @ The eFactory. Well attended.
- ISACA Cybersecurity Competition (10/25 2-6pm) – CTF (Capture The Flag) event. Registration limited to 50. Shannon says 38 registered as of yesterday. Professional and Amateur Groups. Free event. Software focused. Scanning, exploitation, pilfering. Giving away a Raspberry Pi 3
- 12/08 – Ransomeware by Lorne Hazelwood
- February – “Threat Intelligence” by a SANS speaker. Pull info from external sources and use to defend your network.
- Membership @ 81
MATA Hack 4 Good – Greg Johnson
http://hack4goodsgf.com/
https://www.facebook.com/hack4goodsgf/
- Hack 4 Good Springfield (11/03-11/05) @ The eFactory
- Needing more event sponsors. Contact Sherry Coker for details regarding these sponsorship levels: $500, $1000, $2500, $5000.
- Watch for Challenge Video. Produced but not yet posted.
- Needing more teams to signup. Can provide discount codes if necessary.
- Myke – Several from Web Dev group are completing 2016 project.
- Student Pricing $10/person
- Wanting one giveaway worth $100 from each organization or user group.
- Recognized Greg Johnson for producing the excellent promo videos for this event.
Development Bootcamp – Greg Johnson
- Working on new event with Springfield Chamber
- 11/30 (7:30-8:30am?) @ The eFactory – Roundtable Discussion to gather input from stakeholders
- Encouraging developers and employers to attend
- Contact Greg Johnson <gjohnson@atrilogy.com>
AITP – Jason Klein
http://aitpozarks.org/
https://www.facebook.com/aitpozarks/
- Tech IT Out Expo (10/26) – Expecting 800 attendees, 50-60 exhibitors, 25-30 vendors. View Schedule and Register online @ https://techitoutexpo.com/
- Technology Awards (03/01) presented by Total Highspeed and Biz417. Hosted at Old Glass Place 5pm-9pm. Save the date! Nominations will be opening on 10/26 or 11/01. Simplified nomination process.
MATA – Sherry Coker
https://www.matasgf.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MATASGF/
- CSI Springfield (11/03) @ Jarrett Middle School – Over 100 students learning about careers in Computer Science. Have plenty of volunteers and job fair participants.
- Working on programming for 2018. Idea Mashup attendance has been low in 2017. Trying to focus on specific topic/strand.
- Working to expand website.
- Working to expand value to sponsors.
- Greg Johnson is producing videos for MATA. MATA has purchased lighting and backdrops. Greg is using Filmora to edit videos. https://filmora.wondershare.com/
- Sherry/Greg – Showcase local groups and events on MATA website? Interview founders and feature/pan actual meetings?
Office 365 & SharePoint User Group – Paul Rucker
http://aitpozarks.org/SharePoint_SIG
- Welcome Paul
- Paul has been leading this group for about a year.
- Participants include Jack Henry, Guaranty Bank, O’Reilly, etc.
- Attendance has been around 5-6 people.
- Have been relabeling the group as “Office 365”. Previously focused on “SharePoint”
- SharePoint beats Exchange Server as #1 server application from Microsoft
- Show users how to easily build applications and link to Excel or Access. Easier than building in Access.
- Eric asked Paul to consider speaking to ISACA in 2018 Q2. Securing SharePoint. Role management.
Raspberry Pi User Group – Mike LaPage
https://www.meetup.com/Ozarks-Raspberry-Pi-Meetup/
- New Meetup User Group. Monthly meetings on 3rd Wednesday night.
- Attendance 7-9 of the 80 members on Meetup
- Working to grow to core group of 20 participants
- Working to rename group to cover all single board computers (e.g. RPi, Arduino, etc) and robotics.
- Sherry – Invite to talk about group at MATA booth at CSI Springfield.
- November meeting – Hands on Project to build a robot
Tech Leaders Group
- Scott recommends issuing press release to SBJ/Biz417/etc based on TLG meeting notes. Great source of upcoming events. Jason will discuss with Scott and media contacts.
Group Leaders – Please join the discussion in our #TechLeaders channel on Slack (https://matasgf.slack.com/). Not a member? Request an invite from Sherry Coker or Jason Klein.
Refer to Local Tech Calendar (http://aitpozarks.org/calendar) for event details and/or links to group pages. Group Leaders – Be sure to post your upcoming events to the calendar!
Adjourned 1:15pm
Next Meeting: Thursday November 16th 2017 @ TBD (South Side?). Save the date!