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Go West Young Man!

 

 

Next week I will be traveling to San Francisco to attend the 2010 annual meeting of the United Methodist Information Technology Association (UMITA).  Representatives from the IT staff of many of our Annual Conferences will be meeting for a week to discuss the latest technology trends, share insights and fellowship with each other.  Unlike previous years we are coordinating our meeting with the United Methodist Association of Communicators (UMAC).  My presentation this year will be on migrating our e-mail infrastructure to Google Apps.  Last year I presented on the Google Apps system in general.  This year I will be discussing where we are in the overall migration along with lessons learned.  I’ll have to keep in mind during my presentation that the room isn’t just full of other IT folks.

The conference this year takes place in San Francisco!  I am particularly excited about this trip as it is the second time I have been able to visit the west coast.  These opportunities don’t come along very often.  I doubt I will have much time for touring the city since our schedule is full of action packed meetings and social events.  Since the Giants beat my beloved Braves in the NLDS maybe I’ll be able to catch a baseball game?  I wouldn’t mind visiting Alcatraz if time permits.  Ah well, meetings come first!

2009 UMITA Presentation Resources

Presentation Slides

  • Powerpoint (PPT)
  • Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

The video that was embedded in slide number eight can be found here.

Additional Resources

UMITA Conference

As the IT Director for the NC Methodist Conference I belong to the United Methodist Information Technology Association (UMITA).  We meet once a year and discuss issues affecting technology and the United Methodist Church.  This year’s meeting will be held next week in Norcross, GA.  I will be presenting on why churches need a web presence and how to get one established.

I covered this topic with my coworker Derek Leek at annual conference a few months ago and have built off of the same materials.  This presenation will focus exclusively on using open source software and free online tools to accomplish the job.  No church should have to spend lots of money to create their place online.

I am looking forward to seeing old friends again and catching up with the other conferences.  It will be interesting to see and hear about their current issues.

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