From ITGulfCoast.org (1/07):
The Information Technology Association of the Gulf Coast
(itgulfcoast) is a non-profit organization for information
technology professionals working on the Gulf Coast. There are
no membership fees to join itgulfcoast. Corporate sponsorships
help fund our scholarship program.
Our Charter is to:
-Link members of the IT community through activities that
promote communication, cooperation, education and partnering.
- Support regional efforts to promote the region as a center for
technology.
- Create a community resource of professionals available to assist
schools and community organizations with technology issues.
Our mission is to promote development and growth of the IT
industry in this region. Our members represent counties in
Northwest Florida (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton)
as well as counties in South Alabama (Mobile and Baldwin).
Monthly meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of each month -
usually at Pensacola Junior College Downtown from 11:30am to
1:00pm. Joint meetings are held quarterly with other regional
groups.
We are always looking for interesting speakers and programs for
our monthly meetings.
ITGULFCOAST and AFCEA sponsored joint meeting on Business
Continuity Planning on July 26, 2006.
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Database in works to help businesses waylaid by disaster
Friday, December 29, 2006 By KAIJA WILKINSON
Business Reporter
In the months following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina,
countless business owners found themselves not knowing where
to turn to get their businesses up and running again. Some
simply closed their doors.
That catastrophic event in 2005, as well as experiences during
Hurricane Ivan a year earlier, illustrated the need for an
Emergency Resource Database for Gulf Coast businesses, said
representatives from area technology councils.
In response, northwest Florida's technology council, IT Gulf
Coast, has partnered with Mobile's Gulf Coast Technology
Council, the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce and the Baldwin
County Economic Development Alliance in an effort to make the
database a reality during the first half of 2007.
Those entities want Gulf Coast companies that provide emergency
resources -- information technology companies, construction firms,
plumbing companies, temporary manpower suppliers -- to be part of
the database, said Allan Alderman, co-chair of IT Gulf Coast.
Before the database is unveiled, IT Gulf Coast will hold a
business continuity seminar next month, and is inviting companies
from Mobile and Baldwin counties to give short presentations at
that event, which is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 24 in
Pensacola.
The goal is to have six presenters from Alabama and six from
Florida, said Claudia Hamilton, project manager of economic
development for the Mobile chamber and coordinator of the Gulf
Coast council.
Hamilton added that though hurricanes immediately spring to mind
in discussions of disaster preparedness, fire and theft are also
major concerns for businesses.
Alderman said IT Gulf Coast decided to enlist the help of its
neighbors to expand the size of the database, and to make more
people aware of it. The organization is also hoping to draw
attention to its business continuity seminars.
Companies interested in being part of the database and/or giving
a presentation during the January meeting should send an e-mail
to IT Gulf Coast at itgc@cox.net, to Hamilton at:
chamilton@mobilechamber.com
or the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance at:
info@baldwineda.com
just so you know~~~ found at this link:
http://www.al.com/business/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/business/1167387464276110.xml&coll=3