There have been enough messages go by, that I'm not sure what the
original concern was, whether it was membership in the group... or
proximity to meetings.
If it would help, I have a very nice space in Belleville that I would
offer up as a satellite meeting place... assuming there isn't anything
fancy required for the Elluminate service. (I'm not yet familiar with it.)
Let me know,
Abe
On 9/14/2010 9:40 AM, Chris McMahon wrote:
I don't want to be misunderstood. I think alot of good could come from a
group like this and many could benefit.
I just wanted to shed the light on the fact that there are many of us
"down here" that want to participate. I'm willing to support that
effort to make that happen.
Chris McMahon
Belleville #118
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Richard Kasson <rkas...@valmeyerk12.org
<mailto:rkas...@valmeyerk12.org>> wrote:
I’ll agree with that. Those folks do have a lot to offer.
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I think there is an important issue raised here.
While as an EdTech group we really have to try to make the best use
of all technologies that are available. And, as someone who was in
the emergency room with a screwed up knee last Tuesday nite I was
very great full for the opportunity to still participate via
Eluminate. It cannot substitute for the experience of being in the
same room with people like Peterson, Donovan, et al.
Plus, lunch is nice.
I personally don't see a problem with a group setting up a satellite
site and feeding the Eluminate feed into it. As long as you can get
more than a couple of people there.
Jim
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On Sep 14, 2010, at 9:01 AM, "Richard Kasson"
<rkas...@valmeyerk12.org <mailto:rkas...@valmeyerk12.org>> wrote:
Is there a possibility of structuring more like the unions and
keep the goals and ideals in tact? Set up locals and the local
officers are responsible to make it to the meetings at Heartland
or to get the information out to the members of the local. Just
$.02. I would love to be able to attend meetings at Heartland,
but no matter how I slice it, it’s a 4-hour (or better) drive
from Waterloo.
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Jeffrey
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*Subject:* [tech-geeks] IL CTO
Thanks for the discussion about IL CTO membership and
participation. Right now the group’s membership is mainly
focused in DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Cook counties, with other
members peppered across the state. The individuals – Guy
Ballard, Jim Flanagan, Jim Gerry, Connie Hodson, Pete Knopf,
Jeff Romani and me -- who wrote the organization’s goals, formed
the original corporation, and gained 501 (c)(3) status work in
these counties. We met to address professional development
needs of our peer CTOs. In our jobs we are asked to provide
professional development for many groups in our districts, but
it seemed as though nobody was interested in our professional
growth. In meeting we promoted the group with our geographic
peers. From early in the organizational meetings we knew
addressing the professional development of all Illinois K-12
CTOs would be difficult. There is a large potential group
across the state. We’ve tried a variety of means of bringing in
CTOs who are not from the area.
In those early discussions, several of the founders were at or
nearing retirement, but we thought that we could anchor the
start-up of the organization and hand it off to the next group
of CTOs for growth and stability. Only three of the founders
are left on the current board of directors as this handoff
occurs. Jim Flanagan encouraged Jim Peterson to run for the
board. Jim P is the president-elect and will serve his term
starting in 2011. Keith Gillette, the current president, has
several goals, including improving member services on the web
site, expanding membership, and providing consistent electronic
connections to the on-site meeting. The first step is
immediately outside the membership area – that means the
northwestern part of the state and north central; so the
proposed meetings at Starved rock and Bloomington.
On April 15, 2011, the group, through Jim Peterson’s guidance,
will be meeting at Heartland Community College as an outreach to
potential members. Sure, that’s far from Belleville, but not
much farther than a drive from Waukegan. We have members in the
Chicago area who have never attended a meeting, but they think
that membership is important. Proximity has nothing to do with
participation. Do you want to be part of a group that is about
CTO professional development? Personally, I belong to several
professional organizations, volunteer on their committees, and
participate through the Internet and the telephone, but I do not
attend their conferences.
We’ve had discussions about having remote sites where members
can collect to network with peers and participate in the
meeting. It takes somebody at a location to reserve the room,
order lunch, set up a projector and connect their computer to
the Internet and the meeting. We have one open board slot in
2011. Several have written about their motivation, interest,
and issues of resistance on this list about joining the group.
Jim Peterson, as the coordinator of the slate for board
elections, may be calling you to run for that position. To be a
board member, you have to be a member of IL CTO. Your first
step to bring meetings farther south is to be a member. Join today!
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Jeff
Jeffrey L. Hunt, Ed.D.
Director, E-Learning
Treasurer, Illinois Chief Technology Officers, NFP
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