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NOAA to speak at February dinner meeting
Pete Wolf, Science & Operations Officer of the Jacksonville NOAA will talk about an exciting upgrade coming to the NWS Jacksonville WSR-88D.
Starting February 13, 2012, the radar will be transformed into a dual-polarization radar!
The new radar will:
- Improve the accuracy of identifying precipitation types.
- Improve precipitation estimation, which will ultimately improve flash flood warnings and river level forecasts.
- Identify precipitation types which will ultimately improve winter weather forecasting and hail detection.
- Filter out atmospheric targets like birds, bugs, and bats so forecasters can focus on weather only.
- Identify airborne tornado debris, which will assist in locating and tracking some tornadoes.
We hope you can join us for this fascinating presentation!
Meet-n-Greet Tuesday, January 24
Your North-Central Florida chapter of AITP will host a Meet-n-Greet at Beef O'Bradys in the Holiday Inn, 1250 W University Ave, on Tuesday, January 24, from 6 to 8 PM.
Meet the Chapter members and enjoy networking, fellowship, and learning in a relaxed, no-pressure environment. The first round of wings will be on us!
As you know, the North Central Florida Chapter, Region 7 and all of AITP lost a great friend and resource in the passing of Evan Eldridge this past month.
Many folks have expreseed interest in any arrangements for a celebration of Evan's life and here are the details. Evan's family asked that we pass these details along to you.
In case you have any trouble using the link above, here are the details of the event:
Celebration Of The Life Of James Evan Eldridge
Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Milam Funeral Home - Newberry
22405 W. Newberry Road
Newberry FL 32669
Join us as we celebrate the life of our husband, father, grandfather and brother. We ask that you come and share some of the wonderful moments you had with Evan.
Please call Scott 813-767-1011 or Deborah 813-767-8650 for any information on the event, hotels, or the Gainesville area you may need.
We would ask also that you pass this invitation on to anyone you feel would like to join us.
Thank you.
The Eldridge Family
The 2012 Board was nominated and elected at the December dinner meeting.
- President: Michael Lucas
- Vice President: Tammy Rutledge
- Treasurer: TBD
- Secretary: TBD
- Immediate Past President: Scott Sheridan
Sad news for the Chapter-- Evan Eldridge passes
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Mr. J. Evan Eldridge, a long-time and Life Member of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) passed away suddenly on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.
Mr. Eldridge most recently served as Chapter Liaison for the North-Central Florida Chapter, and as Region 7 Secretary, for AITP.
A family member stated that an obituary notice has been placed and scheduled to run on Sunday, December 18, 2011 in the Gainesville (Florida) Sun, the Aiken (South Carolina) Standard, and in one of the Chattanooga (Tennessee) newspapers.
Services for Mr. Eldridge have not been finalized, but are expected to be private. A Memorial Service is planned for some time in February, 2012.
A special e-mail account is in the process of being established by Mr. Eldridge’s survivors to facilitate communications with friends and associates.
Please keep Mr. Eldridge and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
With deepest sympathy,
Stephen Flowers
Vice President and Treasurer
North-Central Florida Chapter
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
Your North Central Florida chapter of AITP has been awarded the
Chapter Outstanding Performance Award for 2011! Our Chapter Liaison, Evan Eldrige, collected the award on our behalf at the recent Regional meeting in Orlando.
Altavian to speak at December meeting.
Our speakers for the holiday meeting scheduled for December 13 represent a local startup company.
Altavian manufactures and markets the services of small unmanned aircraft fitted with high-resolution cameras that can be used for property inspections at lower cost than current manned craft options. The aircraft can be used by farmers and law enforcement agencies, and is now being used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Recently founded by four UF graduate students, Altavian specializes in using unmanned technology for precision scientific and engineering applications.
Their systems provide high-resolution images for products like Google Earth faster and less expensively than alternatives.
Targeting the civilian market, Altavian joins the growing unmanned aircraft industry in North Central Florida.
The New Horizons discount offer for AITP members has been extended until Dec 30, 2011! Click here for more.
Allen Rout to present 3D printer
At our November dinner meeting, Allen Rout of UF CNS and Skillhouse Hackerspace will demonstrate a Makerbot Cupcake 3D printer!
Special New Horizons offer for AITP members
New Horizons has offered significant discounts on training to AITP-NCFL members through November 30. For more information, see the coupon in our Classifieds section.
New Horizons to present at October meeting
Don Pezet, Training Manager, and Andrea Dzavik, Senior Manager of Learning & Development at New Horizons Gainesville, will be our speakers for the October dinner meeting. The topic is "IT Process Management: Three Roles Critical to Success".
At the September meeting we will premier our new logo (based on the recently-updated AITP National logo) as well as our all-new Chapter Website.
Kevin Johnson to speak at September meeting
On September 27th, Kevin Johnson of Secure Ideas will present Don't Drop the SOAP: Real World Web Service Testing.
"From critical business applications like SAP to popular mobile applications, web services are becoming more of an attack vector than ever before. Unfortunately, penetration testers have failed to keep up with the popularity of web services, the recent advancements in web service technology, and the available testing methodologies and tools.
"In fact, most of the methodologies and tools currently available either don't work properly, are poorly designed, don't fully test for real world web service vulnerabilities, or lack appropriate testbeds."
In this presentation Kevin will discuss specific emerging security issues with web services. He will also release an updated web service testing methodology that will be integrated into the OWASP testing guide, new Metasploit modules, and exploits for attacking web services. In addition he will show an open-source web service that is intentionally left vulnerable so that penetration testers to test web service attack tools and techniques.