Please plan on joining us next week for a special webinar to be presented jointly to the St. Louis Gateway and Kansas City Heartland HDI chapters.

"Managing the Generational Gap - An Introduction" will be presented by Mary Kausch, president of HR etc!! and we're very excited to have her. Click on the "get more information" link below to visit the event home page and learn more!

This webinar will introduce you to what drives the attitudes and values prevalent at work today - all impacting success! Age stereotypes will be dispelled as participants learn the effect generational "reference points" have had on shaping the differing values, attitudes and behavior between themselves and each other - and they're all different!
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=dnri67cab&oeidk=a07e3y8awmm1054796d&oseq=

The Windows/Freeware Meeting on June 21st has been cancelled due to unexpected travel committment by Bill Diamond. This SIG will have a meeting on July 19th.

Quick Reminder of our first meetup of the Kansas City Python Users Group (KCPy)

Date: Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Place: Liquid 9 Studio - 515 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, MO - 64110

This is a great chance to get to meet Pythonistas of the KC Metro Area and surrounding towns and share ideas about Python-related activities for the group and future meetings.

I really hope you have a chance to join us and help us build a great Python Community that we can all benefit from.

This is an open meeting and developers from all levels of experience or even just "python-curious" are more than welcome to attend. Feel free to invite your friends and co-workers.

June 21st 6:30 PM - 9 PM

Where: New Horizons Computer Learning Center Metcalf South Shopping Center 96th & Metcalf, Overland Park, KS (Please enter the door of Metcalf South on the lower level of the shopping center on the West - You will find New Horizons inside the center area.) Room: 6 see a map at www.newhorizonskc.com

This month let us have some fun and everyone contribute. Details will follow. As usual, there will be a question answer period where we can discuss other issues as you see fit. Please email known questions to Bill Diamond at [email protected] before hand.

June 15th - Access SIG - 6:30 pm JCCC Regnier Bldg 2nd Floor
Two presentations.
Session 1. Janet Gelsinger of Hallmark will be doing Tip 3: Filling a Table with Numbers
Sessions 2. Jim Watkins will be doing Tip 35: Building an Access Web Application

June 14th - Share Point at 7:00 pm JCCC, Regnier 2nd Floor
John Krzysztow: What do you want to know about SharePoint?

SharePoint is a lot of things to many businesses. What problems can SharePoint solve? What does a successful implementation do for a business? Can I get started on my own?
How do you get started?
Biographical Sketch for John Krzysztow - John is a couple decades veteran in IT. He worked in several technology positions for RCA Computer Division, Unisys and (DEC) digital equipment corporation. John started Cjk Software Consultants, Inc in 1993 after accepting DEC's downsizing opportunity to start a custom software company. He received an ASC from Dean Junior College and BAC from Clark University in MA with a double major Math/Computer Science in 1991. He has observed and benefited from user groups in MA and KC. He participated on Technology Advisory committees for Van Horn High and Olathe High Schools. John is also a Toastmaster. He has led several IT non-profit organizations and user groups in KC.

Hey all, wanted to let you know about our upcoming Career fair. 9 awesome companies will be recruiting for mid to senior experience level IT jobs: Cerner, Commerce Bank, Digital Evolution Group, DST, Perceptive Software, MultiService, Red Nova Labs, Service Management Group, and Sprint.

There are lots of software engineer jobs (.NET, Java, PHP, etc), as well as IT Project Managers, Software Quality Assurance, Systems Engineers, Database Administrators, Business Analysts, etc. So, if you know any experienced IT people that are looking for a new opportunity - please tell them about it!

For the less experienced, we have a career enhancement segment, which will allow developing technology professionals to learn how to build their IT careers. They will receive advice from experts in the IT community on how to: build your resume/personal brand, become better software developers/project managers, and utilize social media to find new opportunities. Participating individuals/organizations include:
David Templeman, AdventureTech and The Social Media Club of Kansas City.

You can find more info/registration(required) here: http://www.kcitp.com/?p=2311