BITUG Chairman's Chat (Autumn 2013)

As we head towards Christmas (yes, so soon), and I start getting ready to hand over the stewardship of BITUG, I do so with a tinge of sadness. I have to say that it has been both a pleasure and an honour to Chair this year; knowing that one is serving the best interests of the community (or at least trying to) is a great feeling, and I thank all of you for that chance – wasn’t it Henry Ford who once said “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success”? I firmly believe that BITUG is successful because we do exactly that; we come together, we keep together and we work together – and I sincerely thank all of the committee members for all of their hard work and commitment over the past 12 months (remember that these guys do this in their own time and for free!).
However, my time is up and the baton has to be passed on, and I wish my successor all the best for 2014, but enough of this drivel, you want to hear about the interesting stuff - so here goes…


THE BIG SIG IS COMING!

Education Day – Wednesday 4th December, HP Offices – Wood Street.
Evening Event – Wednesday 4th December, The Minories (www.minories-london.co.uk)
BIG SIG – Thursday 5th December, Trinity House, London
The format this year for BIG SIG is the tried and tested 3 tracks - covering Application Modernisation, HP & Infrastructure/Migrations.

 

TBC (Technical Boot Camp)

Technical boot camp this year will be held in San Jose, CA on November 3-5 and is a truly Nonstop event – not to be missed. As a taster, this year’s event will feature over 50 Technical Sessions, Partner Pavilion, Vendor Theaters, Nonstop SIG Meetings: SQL/MX, Security/Audit, Open SIG, and of course the good old Nonstop Availability Award Presentations. See www.connect-community.org/?TBC2013 for further details.

Rick Stather
Chairman, BITUG

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BITUG Chairman’s Chat (Winter 2012)

Dear Members, A very Happy Nonstopping New Year To You All (The World Didn’t End After All !)

I’m delighted to take over the reins of BITUG from Damian and look forward to an enjoyable period as your Chair. A big thank you goes out to Damian for steering us through the last 12 months. With the Chairmanship comes certain responsibilities, and I hope that I can fulfil those and much more in the coming year.

My aims for 2013 are very simple:

(a) To ensure that we continue to provide a meaningful service to all members.

(b) To build on the successful collaboration with our partners and Chapters around the world (Connect, GNUG, FTUG, HP etc).

(c) To bring BITUG into the 21st Century with an updated Web site taking full advantage of using Social Media.

Thank you for your continued support and attendances over the last year at the various events that BITUG organised. My partners in crime are busying themselves once again and finalising a programme for the next twelve months or so (dates to be published).  

After the success of last year’s events, we know we have our work cut out to ensure that we deliver even more this year, but I believe that we are up for the challenge to deliver ( an even better programme). One thing I will be looking to improve is the number of user presentations that we provide, however, user presentations would normally need the inclusion of a user or 2, so be prepared for an approach. In the meantime I look forward to your participation and meeting you at our future events and functions and hope that you make full use of the website and Linked-in to keep updated as to what is happening on our beloved (and the only true fault tolerant) platform.

The presentation material from the last 12 months (Little SIG and Big SIG) is now available for download from the BITUG website.

The next committee meeting is to be held on Tuesday the 5th February. If any members have anything they wish to be raised, then please send an email via the BITUG website and I will ensure that it is put onto an agenda.

Rick Stather BITUG Chairman

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