[TRITLA] TRITLA Update

[Gray Cassell]

As recommended by the attorney that I consulted with on the By-Laws, (he gave us his time and advice free of charge) the TRITLA should file for articles of incorporation to protect the officers of the association. There is a fee involved. I recently did two LLC's and that cost $140 each. I would expect INC to be similar. How do we fund this?

We should also register the group name (IMHO) in either Forsyth County or Guilford County as a business/organization. This typically costs $26. One would submit a form in person at Register of Deeds office. This time line for this after the INC is established go the INC is included in the name.

I have spent a small amount of money to register the TRITLG and subsequently TRITLA. I am not seeking reimbursement. Consider it a donation to the group.

Matias is working on a new format for the listserv and changing the name from TRITLG to TRITLA. He also has a bare bones website.

Let us add these to the next agenda for discussion if appropriate.


Gray Cassell
Chief Information Officer
Town of Kernersville
(336) 992-0406 Desk
(336) 414-1551 Cell

From: Tom Kureczka <tomk at cityofws.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:29 AM
To: Triad Regional IT Leadership Group <tritlg at listserv.toknc.com>; Nancy Brown <nancyb at cityofws.org>
Subject: [TRITLA] TRITLA Update

Good morning Folks,

I hope that all of you are enjoying the warmer months and the longer days (in terms of daylight, not work hours).  I want to share some information with the group.

In July we conducted on-line voting for the nominations for officers that were made during the June meeting.  The following nominations were made (there was only one nomination per position):

            President - Tom Kureczka
            President-Elect - Jane Nickles
            Secretary - Nancy Brown
            Treasurer - Martha Brintle

The results of the voting via email and the listserv were 17 Yays and 0 Nays.   Jane, Nancy, and Martha will be great folks to work with as we move forward as an organization.  All three of these ladies gladly accepted their respective nominations, we did not have to twist any arms.  If you know them then you are aware of the passion that each brings to their work and organization, and I am sure this will carry over as we take on regional opportunities.

I was hoping and intending to schedule our next meeting in August.  However, with competition from the GMIS Conference, NC Digital Summit Conference, NCLGISA meetings, the Wyndam championship, and vacations, August simply did not look like a good month to get us together and expect good participation.  I would like to schedule the next meeting for either the September 11th - 13th time period or September 18th - 20th time period.  I am not aware of any conferences or major events that would draw us away, if there are any please respond and share.  We will likely have the meeting either in a Winston-Salem facility or the PTRC facility in Kernersville, more to follow on that.

I think a couple of items discussed in the June Roundtable discussion merit being on the next agenda.  One was the concept of using our respective organizations for shadowing opportunities.  For example, a young network engineer from one agency spends time shadowing a senior engineer from another agency.  There are many ways this could be structured, as the June conversation illustrated.

Another item from June was the association putting together some form of documentation or portfolio on who we are, what we offer, and what assets we have in place, such as data centers, fiber, and training facilities.  We could use this portfolio for sharing with folks such as members within the COG, vendors that may want to make unsolicited proposals on working with us (think about the fiber from Burlington to Greensboro to Winston-Salem example), and other marketing purposes.  It would also be very valuable for ourselves.  If we have a weather disaster it would be very beneficial for an agency that was hit hard to turn to this document immediately to see who can possibly offer help, such as use of a data center, than to try to locate options after the crisis hits.

Please share other ideas and topics that you want to offer for both the next agenda and long term.

Thanks, Tom

Chief Information Officer
Information Systems
City of Winston-Salem
Ph: (336) 747-7005
Email: tomk at cityofws.org<mailto:tomk at cityofws.org>



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