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About Region 5
AITP Region 5 represents 12 professional, 1 satellite, and 44 student chapters of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, the St. Louis Metro area of Missouri, Northern Kentucky, Eastern Iowa and Wisconsin.
AITP is a national professional association comprised of career minded individuals who seek to expand their potential -- employers, employees, managers, programmers, and many others. The organization seeks to provide avenues for all their members to be teachers as well as students and to make contacts with other members in the Information Technology field, all in an effort to become more marketable in rapidly changing, technological careers.
Region Mission
The AITP Region 5 Mission is to:
- Provide a vehicle for the exchange of information among our chapters and members.
- Provide guidance, suggestions and training for successful chapter management.
- Provide educational, networking, and leadership opportunities for our members.
- Have fun and foster lasting friendships while we accomplish all of the above.
10/05/2012
Region 5 Fall 2013 Conference
October 10 - 11, 2013
The Chateau, Bloomington, IL
Hosted by the Twin City Chapter
The Twin City Chapter will host the 2013 Fall Region 5 Conference, October 10-11, 2013 at the Chateau, in Bloomington, IL.
Business Success Through IT will be the theme for this conference. Education sessions will start Thursday morning October 10 and run through late afternoon. There will be both Technical and Software skills sessions. The banquet dinner Thursday night, where an iPad mini as well as other prizes will be given away, will be followed by an entertainment and networking event.
On Friday, Region 5 will hold its Board of Directors meeting followed by a Chapter Leaders Workshop.
Gold, Silver, Bronze and other Sponsorship opportunities are available.
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Please contact Elias.Sahyouni@CountryFinancial.com.
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Bronze Sponsor:
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Watch this space for more details as they are finalized.
05/14/2013
2013 Region 5 NCC Student Chapter Grant Winners Announced
The 2013
AITP National Collegiate Conference (NCC) will be held April 4-7 in St. Louis, MO.
Region 5 provides grants to Region 5 student chapters to help defray the costs of participating in the NCC.
There were 12 entries received for this year's Region 5 grant. The Region 5 Board of Directors approved three grants of $250 each to be awarded for use in attending the 18th annual conference.
The entries were evaluated on:
- completeness of funding request
- student chapter activities/accomplishments through the previous year
- number of students that will be attending the NCC
- number of competitions and number of teams that the chapter will be entering in the competitions
- activities undertaken by the student chapters to obtain the funds to cover the costs to attend
- description of how the funds would be utilized if awarded
The winners are, in no particular order:
The other student chapters who submitted applications were:
We want to thank all the student chapters for participating in the grant process this year. The applications from Region 5 for the NCC Grant tally 112 students (Wow – Yes 112!) planning to attend the NCC. Our student chapters boast some of the best and brightest and have had several contest winners in recent years. We anxiously await the results of this year's competitions and wish all the best to all our students and teams in St. Louis, "The Gateway to Your IT Future!".
This year's NCC Grant Selection Committee consisted of Brian Runyon, Twin City Chapter (Bloomington, IL); Brent Davingman, Twin City Chapter (Bloomington, IL) and the chairperson, Kim Winter, Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter (Appleton/Green Bay, WI). Our thanks to Brian, Brent and Kim for the hours spent reviewing all the applications.
03/14/2014
2012 Recap in Region 5 Newsletter
Region 5 was very busy in 2012. Many great successes and opportunities for our members and chapters. Click here for the 2012 Region 5 Newsletter.
01/22/2013
Region 5 Elects 2013 Officers
The Region 5 Board of Directors elected its 2013 Officers at its fall meeting on October 11, 2012 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Serving for 2013 will be:
Chris Nimmer (Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter) - Region 5 President
Mark Gilfand (Twin City Chapter) - Region 5 Vice-President
Bill Riter (West Michigan Chapter) - Region 5 Treasurer
Dick Boenisch (Sheboygan Chapter) - Region 5 Secretary
Larry Schmitz (Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter) - Region 5 Immediate Past President
We appreciate these officers' willingness to serve the Region, who in turn, serves our chapters and members.
10/13/2012
Fall 2012 Region Conference a Great Success
The 2012 Region 5 Fall Conference, and AITP Annual Meeting of the Members were held October 10-11, at the Radisson Hotel & Convention Center in Green Bay.
Special thanks to the conference committee for all their hard work and dedication to make the conference a success and a big thank you to all those that volunteered to manage sessions during the conference.
Click here to see the conference schedule, topic details and sponsors.
Total conference attendance was 174:
- 90 AITP Professional Members:
- 54 – Northeastern Wisconsin (host chapter)
- 22 – Other Region 5 chapters
- 14 – Chapters outside of Region 5.
- 34 Student Members
- 50 Non-Members
See this Information Executive article for a recap of the conference: http://www.aitp.org/news/106813.
10/30/2012
Region 5 Members to Serve on 2013 Association Board of Directors
Congratulations to the Region 5 members who stepped up to the plate, volunteered their services and were appointed to the 2013 Association Board of Directors (ABoD)
Mike Welch - 2013 Association Executive Vice-President - President Elect
John Council -2013 Association Secretary
Rick Steeber - 2012-2013 Association Director from the Central District
Vicki Hampton - 2013-2014 Association Director from the Central District
We appreciate your willingness to serve and your dedication to move the association forward!
09/27/2012
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.
Region 5, Setting the Pace and on the Move!
Page last updated: 03/21/2013
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