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Upcoming meetings of the KW Non-Profit System Administrator's group:
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Purchasing and Procurement
- Date
- Monday, 17 September 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
- Meetup Event
- https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/253047725/
- Location
- 4th Floor, 121 Charles Street West, Kitchener, Ontario Map
- Search for Danielle McCormack on the iPad through Envoy
- Event Announcement
- Purchasing and Procurement/Announcement 2018-09-17
Does your organization buy things? Do you go to the local store? Or do you issue Requests for Information, Quotes, or Proposals? How do you evaluate those RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs? How do you find suppliers? Contractors? Vendors? Does your organization have minimum standards for vendors? How can you ensure vendors making bids meet these standards? Isn't there some software that can help with all this?
Yes! Local company Bonfire creates purchasing and Procurement software. Special guests Danielle McCormack and Ethan Driedger will will give us an overview of what a Non-Profit organization should look for in purchasing and procurement software, and will give us a demonstration of the Bonfire software.
--Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman
Training
- Date
- Monday, 15 October 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
- Meetup Event
- https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/253049800/
- Location
- The Parlour in First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo, Ontario Map
- Event Announcement
- Training/Announcement 2018-10-15
How complex is your Non-Profit organization? Does your newly hired staff need training on your policies and procedures? On your products and services? On your software and hardware? What happens when you change procedures, get new products, update your software? Does your existing staff need training? How do you supply the training? On the job? In the classroom? Online learning courses? And how do you manage the training administration? Keep track of results? Determine who is eligible for additional training?
At this months' round table discussion let's talk about our experiences in providing training to staff, or receiving training to be better SysAdmins. How can the Non-Profit SysAdmin help deliver and track training for our organizations' training requirements?
In a future session we'll discuss providing education to the clients of our organizations; this month let's focus on internal training.
--Bob Jonkman & Marc Paré
Tech Wobblies
- Date
- Monday, 12 November 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
- Meetup Event
- https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/253998238/
- Location
- Room 1301 -- Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario Map
- Event Announcement
- Tech Wobblies/Announcement 2018-11-12
Is automation taking over Systems Administration? Are highly skilled SysAdmin jobs (and their highly skilled SysAdmins) becoming obsolete? What is to become of the Non-Profit SysAdmin? Are we all going to become Mechanical Turks? Or should tech workers become Wobblies? Who are the Wobblies? Is the tech industry ready for collective action?
We're joined by special guests Sean Howard and "Wobbly Sunny" at our round table to discuss the state of the tech industry, the working conditions for tech workers, and what can be done about it.
--Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman
Tech Wobblies/Meeting Notes 2018-11-12
Social Night 2018
- Date
- Monday, 10 December 2018 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
- Meetup Event
- https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/255515953/
- Location
- Abe Erb Restaurant and Brewery, 151 Charles Street, Kitchener, Ontario Map
- Event Announcement
- Social Night 2018/Announcement 2018-12-10
System Administrators have worked hard all year, with only a few brief hours off. Now it's the Holiday Season again, so KWNPSA will be taking a holiday!
Join us for an evening of good food and fine beverages at the Abe Erb Restaurant and Brewery. Bring your family, friends and relations -- Social Nights (like every other KWNPSA event) is open to everyone.
We'll start this "meeting" an hour earlier than usual, at 6:00pm, to give us more time to enjoy the evening.
--Bob Jonkman & Marc Paré
- No meeting notes for social nights...
GDPR
- Date
- Monday, 14 January 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
- Meetup Event
- https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/255516932/
- Location
- *** Room 1300 *** -- Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario Map
- Event Announcement
- GDPR/Announcement 2019-01-14
Does your Non-Profit organization collect personal data on people? People in Europe? And what is Personal Data anyway? Does your organization have an office in Europe? Store data in Europe? Process data in Europe? What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Does it apply to your organization? What policies does your organization need to have? What technical measures need to be in place? What's the SysAdmin's role in all this? Could a SysAdmin be liable?
Marc Paré will provide us with an overview of the GDPR, and outline some of the concerns for Non-Profit SysAdmins.
--Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman
Gaming
- Date
- Monday, 11 February 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
- Meetup Event
- https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/256359263/
- Location
- *** Room 1300 *** -- Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario Map
- Event Announcement
- Gaming/Announcement 2019-02-11
Are you a gamer? Wouldn't it be great to play games during work? Are you a game designer? What role does gamification have in Non-Profit organizations? Can gamification make a SysAdmin's life easier? What value do games have in the Non-Profit sector?
Join our round-table discussion on Gaming, and share your views.
--Bob Jonkman & Marc Paré
Network Security
- Date
- Monday, 11 March 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
- Meetup Event
- https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/257702185/
- Location
- *** Room 1300 *** -- Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario Map
We've talked about Malware and the importance of Keeping Computers Up To Date, and even just about The Things We Should Fear. But what new hazards are unveiled when you connect two or more computers together? When some of those computers aren't on your own network? When malusers are out there trying to break into your network? When you're actually inviting everyone into your network by running servers and services? Should you just outsource everything? Or are there tools available for the Non-Profit SysAdmin to help secure your networks?
We'll talk about the hazards of running a public network, and go over a list of tools and software.
--Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman
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