This has always been one of the hurdles of any group like this. I remember 12 years ago there was an attempt to create one (it's where I first met Gerry). Something is either started by someone up North, invitations are offered to those of us in the south but because the sites are generally up in the North to accommodate the majority of the founding participants, the southerners don't participate in large numbers.
So the Southerners offer to have meetings somewhat a little more geographically in the middle and in many instances it falls on deaf ears. "Near the geographic center<http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/il_geography.htm>of Illinois is a small village in Logan County called Chestnut<http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Chestnut&state=IL&slt=40.059299&sln=-89.195000&mlt=40.064900&mln=-89.206900&name=&zip=62518&country=us&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=5&desc=&cs=9&newmag=6&poititle=&poi=>. Chestnut is located between Lincoln<http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/lincoln/lincoln1.html>and Decatur <http://www.ci.decatur.il.us/> about 28 miles northeast of Springfield <http://www.springfield.il.us/>. Longitude: 89° 18.4'W Latitude: 40° 0.8'N" Offer a place close to the geographic center of the state and see what kind of response you get. Everyone wants it in their backyard (unless it's a TIF district). Chris On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Gerry Mattix-Wand <gmw...@eawr.org> wrote: > FWIW, to me the "best of both worlds" scenario might be to have a "southern > branch" meeting location that meets at the same day/time as the "official" > meeting. The two sites connected via Elluminate but there is still the > richness of personal Face-to-Face interaction. > > > I have not joined IL-CTO yet and the only reason is that I cannot > participate in the meetings. I would if there was a way for me to be > actively involved with the group. > > > -gerry > > > > > >>> Tom Donovan 09/13/10 1:50 PM >>> > I expect one of the officers will chime in with more reliable info, > but speaking only as a participant, I'd say that they are already > trying to come up with ways to remedy the situation. They stream the > meetings via Elluminate and at last week's meeting, they shared that > two meetings for the 2011-2012 school year are tentatively scheduled > for downstate (Starved Rock and Heartland CC). Also, they have a > presence at IETC. > > If you haven't already, visit ILTCO.org and get in touch with a board > member so they know what kind of interest there is. > > -Tom > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Dan Ragen wrote: > > We all talked about the IL-CTO last spring I think. > > > > I am now a member but attending a meeting will be > > pretty rough being that the other members are mostly in Northern > Illinois. > > > > I was wondering if anybody else decided to join besides me? I remember a > > couple of people > > mentioning it. I would be willing to start a chapter in southern > Illinois > > if we can get a decent membership. > > Any body out there still interested? > > > > Let me know to see if it worth going forward. > > > > Thanks > > > - > -- > Tom Donovan > Chief Technology Officer > Aptakisic-Tripp SD 102 > Buffalo Grove, IL > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- Chris McMahon Director of Technology Belleville Public School District #118 105 West A St. Belleville, IL 62220 (618) 233-2830 cmcma...@belleville118.org
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