Welcome
to the ACS SA weekly e-newsletter for the week ending Friday 12th September 2008.
- Curry SIG - Today!
- SA Branch Forum - Wednesday 24th September
- IT Project Management SIG - Joint session with UniSA/ ACS Roundtable
- EdXN 4th Quarter - The World Internet
Project - Wednesday 29th October
- Computer Professional Education Program Enrolments Now
Open!
- Seeking Employment or
Post-graduate Study Opportunities?
- ACS Member Advantage
Package
- Looking for on-line information about Business Skills?
- Red Hat
Courses – Discounts for ACS Members
1. Curry SIG - Today!The longest running ACS SA Special Interest Group...
Date: Friday 12th
September
Time: 12:30pm
Venue: TG's Restaurant,
Stamford Plaza, 150 North Terrace, Adelaide.
If you would like to attend and haven’t already replied,
please contact Peter Griffith 0408 832 891
For Your Diary
Friday 10th
October Nu Thai
Friday 14th
November
TBA
Friday 12th
December Naval and Military Club
2. SA Branch Forum - Wednesday 24th September
Topic: 'Observations of Open Source Software - Perspectives from a Sun Guy' The internet and the explosion in communication and collaboration has made it
possible for teams of programmers, experts and subject matter enthusiasts to
work together from all over the globe so as to create and share software in ways
that was fundamentally impossible previously.
Speaker: Tom Daly
Date: Wednesday 24th September 2008
Time: 5:30
Venue: Internode, 150 Grenfell Street, Adelaide (next door to the Griffin's Head Hotel)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10115757773975
3. IT Project Management SIG - Joint session with UniSA/ ACS Roundtable
Topic: 'Projects in a Complex World – Improving the Odds for Success' The odds often seem stacked against delivering major projects on time and on
budget. Large and complex projects in particular can be a hard work and present
challenges for Project Sponsors, Project Managers and their teams....
Speaker: Paul Edgar
Date: Monday 29th September 2008
Time: 5:15 for a 5:45 start
Venue: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 2, Westpac House, corner of King William St &
Grenfell St, Adelaide (enter from Grenfell St)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10113871935371
4. EdXN 4th Quarter - The World Internet
Project - Wednesday 29th October Topic: What do Australians do
online? The internet is everywhere, at work, at
home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be
in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old, and
some of the most popular sites, such as You Tube and Facebook, are only a few
years old, but this new world of information and communcation is now, for many
of us, an utterly everyday experience. Speaker: Scott Ewing
Date: Wednesday 29th Octoberr 2008
Time: 5:30 start
Venue: Internode, 150 Grenfell Street, Adelaide (Next door to the Griffins Head Hotel)
PCP Hours: 3 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9012&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10116005020705
5. Computer Professional Education Program Enrolments Now
Open!
Looking for
postgraduate studies that you can apply in the workplace? Visit www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram to learn
how the Computer Professional Education Program will advance your
career. Computer Professional Education Program Newsletter
6. Seeking Employment or
Post-graduate Study Opportunities?
The ACS Foundation offers a number of
scholarships and work-study opportunities interstate and overseas for recent and
intending ICT graduates. A number of these are described in the latest ACS
Foundation newsletter which can be viewed at the following link: www.acsfoundation.com.au/newsletter/ACSFnewsletter.html.
To find out more about the ACS Foundation and its activities just follow the
links within the newsletter. It just might prove to be a very good career
move.
An initiative of the Australian
Computer Society (ACS) the ACS Foundation was established in August
2001 to encourage both private and public sponsorship of ICT
scholarships, higher education and research projects. The ACS
Foundation receives funding from more than 200 sponsors – including ICT
companies, industry associations, Government bodies, individuals and
the ACS itself. Since the ACS Foundation’s inception, it has raised
over $12 million in cash and in-kind sponsorship for scholarships and
research, awarding more than 650 scholarships to high achievers and
people who are disadvantaged in some way.
7. ACS Member Advantage
Package
Check the Member Advantage page for a full list of
benefits available to you through your ACS membership:
http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=show&conID=memberbenefits
Just one of those Member Advantages is the ACS AMP Affinity Banking
Package.
The website gives details of the savings available to you through your
ACS Membership, however if you would like to make an appointment to
speak to someone here in Adelaide you can contact the Paramount Finance Group.
8. Looking for on-line information about Business Skills?
Then look no further! Go to: http://www.maurafay.com.au/positive_business_minutes/938live.html
for an interesting series of one minute sound bites from Paul
Tolton which covers topics such as Networking, Communication, Global
Communication and Learning from Complaints.
9. Red Hat
Courses – Special Discounts for ACS Members
Express Training Connections
Pty. Ltd., Level 5, 38 Gawler
Place, Adelaide
5000
Full schedule on web site www.etc-australia.com
Are you an IT
professional looking to gain knowledge in the Linux environment? This is an opportunity to get your Red Hat skills
up and running or consolidate your knowledge.
Most courses are 4 or 5 day duration
and run from Monday to Friday.
NEXT RHO33 - THIS IS WHERE YOU START! Red Hat Linux Essentials - Week commencing 29th September 2008
OR MORE ADVANCED? RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration and RHCT EXAM
OR MORE ADVANCED STILL? RH300 Rapid Track Course and RHCE Exam or RH253 Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Administration.
All courses are Red Hat
accredited using qualified Red Hat instructors. This is an opportunity to
increase your Red
Hat skills or consolidate your knowledge and gain industry
certifications as a Red Hat Certified Technician or Red
Hat Certified engineer.
Registration Fees (includes GST): 16%
discount off retail prices is awarded to all ACS Members.
Please book through the email address below to assist with registration details
and to ensure you receive the specific courses’ latest datest. sue@etc-australia.com or phone 8232
4502
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