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Shirl Kennedy passes the torch.
Shirl Kennedy has been Newsletter Editor, gatherer of information, and diligent searcher of sites of interest for quite some time now. She’s finally decided to share the fun, ending her term as Newsletter Editor. All of us in the organization say "Thank you!" to Shirl for her hard work making the Newsletter a success. She’s going to be a hard act to follow.
Your new Editor is Nancy Becker. Nancy is a recent graduate from USF’s Library and Information Science program. Presently working as an independent contractor, Nancy is teaching Microsoft applications to the staff at Tampa/Hillsborough Public Library and to staff from other county agencies. In September, she will begin working on a project to collect Oral Histories from Hillsborough county residents.
Any questions, suggestions, inclusions, or any other news items or meeting summaries should be sent to Nancy at: nbecker@ij.net.
KnowMarketing: The Internet’s Marketing Virtual Library
This site is organized by information areas, which include Academic Interest, Business and Marketing, Database Marketing, and more.
http://www.knowthis.com/
Allexperts.com is a free question and answer service
This free question and answer service has pulled together more than 4,000 volunteers (aka experts) to answer questions on over 1,000 topics.
http://www.allexperts.com/
Hypertext Library Lingo
A glossary of library terminology contains approximately 1,000 definitions, with words in the definitions hyperlinked to more definitions. Maintained by Joan Reitz, librarian at Western Connecticut State University. (LIIWeek 8/9/99)
http://www.wcsu.edu/library/library_lingo.html
Executive Cliff Notes
Sites or organizations that provide executive summaries of business books.
- Executive Book Summaries, http://www.summary.com (subscription service)
- The Business Source, http://www.thebusinesssource.com/ (subscription service)
- The Business Reader Review, http://home1.gte.net/bizbooks/ (free, but these are brief reviews, not executive summaries)(Christine Reusch:ResPool 8/23/99)
The October meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 6, 1999.
| Where: | Paradyne Corporation 8550 Ulmerton Road Largo, FL 33773 |
| Who: | CD McLean (Paradyne) and Theresa Burress (TECO) will present the program. |
| What: | "Intranets That Work: Two Case Studies". |
| When: | Arrivals after 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Meeting after dinner. Dinner costs and menu to be determined. |
| RSVP: | Mary Kaye Raddatz, raddatzm@spjc.edu, or 727-341-3657 by Monday, September 27th. |
Directions from Tampa:
Directions from downtown Clearwater:
Directions from Countryside area/Courtney Campbell Causeway:
Directions from St. Petersburg:
Please review the following suggested changes to our SIS By-laws. They may be viewed on the web at http://tblc.org/sis/bylaws.htm . Proposed deletions are in red bold strikeout and proposed additions are in blue bold italics. Some of the changes being proposed include the number of meetings per year, the official year of the association, the date of elections, committee membership, and ways SIS can correspond with its membership.
We will discuss and vote on the proposed changes at the October meeting - so please plan to attend! In the meantime please direct any comments or suggestions to Mary Kaye Raddatz at raddatzm@mail.spjc.cc.fl.us
Thank you,
Trudie Root, SIS Outgoing President
The meeting was hosted by Raytheon Systems Co. in St. Petersburg, and their Librarian Sue Weiss. Lunch was catered in a nice conference room next door to the Library. Twenty-one people, plus the speaker, attended. Mary Kaye Raddatz, Vice-President, started the meeting at 12:30 PM after we ate. Proposed by-law changes, discussed at the July officers meeting, will be sent out to members soon for a vote at the October meeting. Proposed changes involve such things as moving the official year from Oct.-Sept. to Jan.-Dec.; and allowing electronic voting by the membership. Suggestions for meeting sites, speakers and programs should be directed to Ray Eydmann, at TECO in Tampa. Shirl Kennedy requested help with newsletter input or for someone to take over entirely as newsletter editor.
Kerry Huelle, of Time-Warner, gave a slide presentation on the high-speed cable Internet access service "Roadrunner" for home and business use. Folders of information were distributed to all attendees. There were lots of questions for Kerry. The main advantage to Road Runner is the incredible speed of accessing and downloading. You do not have to subscribe to Time-Warner cable tv in order to get RR - you just pay more per month - but you do have to live in a RR serviceable area. RR is not yet available throughout the nation, much less all of the greater Tampa Bay area. Mary Kaye Raddatz and Shirl Kennedy are current satisfied customers of RR.
Sue Weiss, RSC, gave a brief overview of Raytheon Systems Co. history. The original company began in NJ in 1927 as an aircraft parts supplier. 30 years later it became electronic Communications, Inc, and 49 years later ECI Division of E-Systems. In 1956 the company moved to the current Florida location. During the current decade,
Raytheon Co. purchased E-Systems,Inc. plus portions of Texas Instruments and Hughes Defense. The combined merger of these four groups is now Raytheon Systems Co. The current focus of the St. Petersburg Data Systems location is still defense communications, with much of the manufacturing tasks being moved to the new Largo Manufacturing Center, in the Star Ctr. complex. The St. Petersburg location will continue to perform engineering tasks focused on all aspects of the defense communications business.
The next meeting will be in October, when CD McLean and Theresa Burress will present "Intranets That Work: Two Case Studies".
| President | Trudie Root: Juvenile Welfare Board, Pinellas
County 727/547-5671, troot@jwbpinellas.org |
| Vice President | Mary Kaye Raddatz, St. Petersburg Junior College,
Health Education Center 727/341-3657, raddatzm@spjc.edu |
| Secretary | Mary Marny Brady, 2601 53rd Street N, St.
Petersburg, FL 33710 727/323-0078, sfzznsh1@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us |
| Treasurer | Betsy King, Reflectone, Inc, Tampa 813/887-1658, kingb@cftnet.com |
| Newsletter Editor (appointed) |
Nancy Becker, 5125 - 4th Street So., St.
Petersburg, FL 33705 727/867-2005 nbecker@ij.net |
| Immediate Past President (87-98) |
Joyce Burkhart, St. Petersburg Junior College,
Seminole Campus 727/394-8775, burkhartj@spjc.edu |