About Region 5

Region 5 Student Chapters Apply for NCC Grants NOW!!!

Region 5 Student Chapters:  If your Student Chapter is planning on attending the National Collegiate Conference in San Antonio, March 29 - April 1, 2012, you may qualify to be awarded a $400 grant from Region 5 to help with your chapter's travel/registration expenses.

Region 5 is planning, subject to Region Board approval, to award up to 4 grants of $400 each to deserving chapters that will be attending the NCC.

In the "Region Quick Links" above: click on "Region Information".  There you will find links for the "Region 5 NCC Grant Application Form" and "Region 5 NCC Grant Application Procedure".

Download those and follow the instructions.

In the procedure, pay particular attention to point 6 since that is the criteria that is used by the Selection Committee to award grants.

The deadline for electronically submitting grant applications is February 10.

We hope to see you all in San Antonio!!

More information on the NCC is available at http://www.aitp.org/ncc. 

01/05/2012

Eastern Illinois University Named Region Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year

Region 5 is proud to announce that Eastern Illinois University is the 2010-2011 Region 5 Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year.

Eastern Illinois University was involved in a number of activities at the local, regional and association level. Some of these activities include:

• Members gave presentations and conducted workshops at their school and local area.
• Several members gave presentations to their own chapter.
• Members gave a presentation at the Springfield professional chapter several miles away.
• The chapter received local newspaper coverage of events.
• They utilized their web site and kept information well up to date.
• They had excellent turnout at chapter events.
• Eastern Illinois University sent a team of 5 to the 2011 National Collegiate Conference (NCC).

These activities resulted in continued growth in the membership of the student chapter.

Region 5 congratulates Eastern Illinois University, 2011-12 Student Chapter President Donovan Kay and Faculty Advisor Vicki Hampton on a job very well done! This is their second consecutive Region Outstanding Student Chapter award. Eastern Illinois University is sponsored by the Capitol Chapter.

Click here for a special announcement about this award from the Eastern Illinois University chapter.

Region 5 thanks the selection committee of Dick Boenisch, Christine Leja and Chris Nimmer. The committee was fortunate to have three excellent student chapters to pick from, who last fall earned the Student Chapter Outstanding Performance Award:

• Ball State University
• Central Michigan University
• Eastern Illinois University

02/01/2012

Spring 2012 Region 5 Conference
Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows
May 1-2, 2012

AITP Chicago is proud to host the 2012 Region 5 Spring Conference at the Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows. With outstanding support from area Exhibitors, organizations and members, the event will offer Region 5 members exceptional opportunities for education, and networking.

Highlights:

• Breakout Sessions
• Special Networking Session
• Exhibitor Area
• Conference Banquet
• Thursday Luncheon

Topics:

• Leadership
• Social Networking
• Cloud Computing
• Security
• Project Management
• Governance
• CIO Panel
• Business Intelligence
• Building IT Leaders
• and more

Registration:

• AITP Members $40
• AITP Student Members $20
• Non-Members $50

Chapter Dinner Meeting, Tuesday May 1
Members $30, Non-members $40, Students $20

Holiday Inn Reservations
$89 Single or Double. 
3405 Algonguin Road, Rolling Meadows, IL 60068
Call 847-259-5000.  Mention the group name "AITP".

Click here for more details.

01/03/2012

Fall 2011 Region Conference a Great Success

The 2011 Region V Conference held on October 19th and 20th at the Radisson Hotel & Convention Center in Green Bay was a tremendous success in a number of ways.

The Northeastern Wisconsin chapter reports the 2011 fall conference set a number of benchmarks:

• Highest attendance overall
• Highest student member attendance
• Most sponsors
• Highest income
• Highest income to the Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter

Special thanks to the committee for all their hard work and dedication to make the 2011 Region 5 Conference a success and a thank you to all those that volunteered to manage sessions during the conference.

The Conference Committee included: Larry Schmitz, Steve Krueger, Rick Steeber, Steve Gilsdorf, Chris Nimmer, Steve Femal, Maggie Beard, Joanne Fischer and Al Bandola.

01/09/2012

2011 Election Results

Region 5 congratulates Rick Steeber for being re-elected to the Assocation Board of Directors for 2012-2013.

And congratulations to Mike Welch, who was elected Assocation Treasurer for 2012.

The following Region Officers were re-elected for 2012:

President - Larry Schmitz
Vice President - Mark Gilfand
Secretary - Mike Hall
Treasurer - William Riter

Larry Schmitz will serve as Region President's Council President in 2012.

01/09/2012

2011 Recap in Region 5 Newsletter

Region 5 was very busy in 2011. Many great successes and opportunities for our members and chapters.  Click here for the 2011 Region 5 Newsletter.

01/09/2012

Region 5 Sponsors

We would like to thank Automated Records Management Systems (ARMS) for providing record retention services to our Region at no charge as their commitment to AITP and our profession.

Click the logo for more information on ARMS.