Just in case someone would like to know: TECHNOLOGY AT TWILIGHT: TECH TUESDAY TAKES A TWIST -- Tuesday, November 11th, 5:30 pm Block off tomorrow night, Tuesday, November 11th from 5:30 to 7:30 for a very special evening at an historic site on Highland Road. IEM (Innovative Emergency Management) will host a wonderful pre-holiday gathering at The Stockade, a beautiful bed and breakfast manor home owned by local entrepreneur Janice de Lerno. The evening will include a full menu, wine tasting, and a chance for you to get some good ideas for holiday gift-giving. Santa has lined up some local subcontractors (like Sprint and Radio Shack) and focus group participants (from IEM, St. Joseph's Academy and the Tech Park) who will make special presentations on their favorite tech toys -- but EVERYONE is encouraged to bring along a tech show-and-tell, too. We'll have drawings for doorprizes and a special cash prize for the best tech toy presentation. The Stockade, located where Staring Lane dead-ends into Highland Road, marks the site of a Union Army Civil War stockade built in 1864. It is on the National Register of Historic Sites. Cost to attend is $5 for members and $15 for visitors
LOUISIANA .NET USERS GROUP -- Wednesday, November 12th, 5:30 pm Head over to Lamar Advertising at 5551 Corporate Blvd. and hook with .NET users from around the state. This meeting is for developers who want to learn more about .Net and do a little socializing too! The meeting, free to the public, has an information-rich agenda which should last until around 7:30ish. Topics range from concepts and architecture of ASP.Net, the process model, compilation, configuration, context and event pipeline, "Whidbey", ASP.Net 2.0. Refreshments will be provided by Ascent Consulting Group. For more information about the event, contact Jennifer Ledet at 504.598.9414. MAYOR'S ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY REPORT -- Monday, November 17th, 11:30am Mayor Bobby Simpson will present the Annual City/Parish Technology Report at the November BRTC General Membership Luncheon 11:30am - 1pm on Monday, November 17th, at the Associated Grocers Conference Center, 8600 Anselmo Lane, between Bluebonnet and Essen. Cost is $10 for BRTC Members and $15 for Visitors. Mayor Simpson will update us on what has happenend during the last year, talk about his recent trip to Austin, and set our sights on future projects that the Capital Region can expect to see. NEW STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY GROUP TO HOST INNAUGURAL MEETING -- Wednesday, November 19th, 10am* LaWIT (Louisiana Women, Insight, and Technology) will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, November 19th, in the heart of Louisiana: Alexandria. Members will meet at 10am at Alexandira Museum of Art to view the Heart of Spain Exhibit (www.heartofspain.com) until noon, then walk to the historic Bentley Hotel for a luncheon. At the luncheon meeting, exhibit organizers will talk about bringing the exhibit to Louisiana and building tech-based elements for the exhibit like the virtual tour and distance learning component. To attend the day's events, registration is required. Contact Ian West at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 318-443-0032. Each member will pay her/his own expenses, estimated to be $16 for the tour and less than $16 for lunch. LaWIT is a free online community for Louisiana women who work with and rely heavily on technology -- including those who work in tech sectors like IT and biomed, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sales/marketing/bizdev folks, consultants, educators, journalists, freelancers and attorneys. Started about two months ago, LaWIT already has 90+ subscribers from all over Louisiana and is part of WorldWIT (www.worldwit.org), a global network of 20,000+ subscribers. For more information on LaWIT and/or the meeting, contact Mary Bergeron at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 225-612-2136. To join LaWIT, simply send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; when you get an answer, just hit reply and send. (Don't go to the link or you'll have to fill out a lengthy online form.) New Orleans members will be organizing the next LaWIT meeting, slated for March and celebrating International Women's Day. BIKE & HIKE UPDATE So far, nearly 400 bike-and-hike-on-the-levee letters have gone out to public officials and gubernatorial candidates using a cool Louisiana-built technology tool. VoterVoice pumps up grassroots campaigns by letting online users swiftly share their opinions with public officials. Check it out at www.votervoice.net/groups/levee. If you haven't had an opportunity to put in your two cents, go ahead and follow the instructions to get your letters out, too! Leaders of the hike-and-bike-on-the-levee idea believe that it could be an important wild card for strategic economic development in Louisiana, appealing to eco-tourists, adventurers, and, most importantly, the young demographic group that Louisiana must convince to relocate to and remain in our state.
