The first year of the new millenium was another very successful year for DAMA International and its affiliated chapters. DAMA International is rapidly becoming the professional organization of choice for data management professionals and practitioners.
The DAMA International Conference in Anaheim, co-located with the Meta Data Conference, was our largest conference to date with 1,200 people exchanging ideas, concepts, problems and successes. The DAMA International Europe Conference in London, co-located with the Meta Data Conference and Information Quality Conference, doubled in size over last year. The annual conference in Australia was billed as the DAMA International Australia Conference and joins the other two Conferences in terms of success. DAMA International was involved again in the ER Conference in Yokohama. Plans are in progress to increase the scope and size of the three DAMA International Conferences in 2002 and to be involved with the ER Conference in Finland.
Another success last year was the acquisition of a Membership Management System to provide a central location for member information. This system will be brought online and populated early this year. With this system, chapters will be able to maintain current, accurate member information; and that information will be available for providing additional services to the members.
The DAMA International Web page continues to be expanded and enhanced. With the implementation of the Membership Management System, a members-only Web page will be created containing useful information such as standards pertaining to data management, education resources and member discounts for products and services. DAMA International is forming a variety of alliances with different organizations, including ICCP, that provide benefits for its members.
The Chapter Presidents, through their Presidents Council Liaison, provide input about the direction and activities for DAMA International. The DAMA International Advisors also provide insight into the direction of the data management discipline as well as the direction and activities for DAMA International. The tremendous exchange of ideas between the Chapter Presidents, DAMA International Board Members and the Advisors at the Presidents Council meeting in Anaheim last year resulted in an extremely successful meeting.
If you are interested in more information about DAMA International please check our Web page at www.dama.org or send me an e-mail at president@dama.org.
| DAMA Chapter and Events Calendar http://www.dama.org/ | |
| Austin/San Antonio | Contact Andres Perez at andres.perez@usaa.com. The chapter meets the last Monday of January-May and August-October at 7:00 p.m. in San Marcos. |
| Atlanta | Contact Barbara Helmer, BHelmer@DataArchitects.com, for meeting schedule. |
| Boston | Email Kris Chatterjee, Kris_Chatterjee@gillette.com, for meeting schedule. |
| British Columbia, Canada | Call Peter Kho, 604-666-3027, or e-mail khop@vcn.bc.ca. |
| Canberra, Australia | E-mail Rob Smith- Roberts, rsmithrob@oosw.com.au, for meeting details. |
| Carolina | E-mail Connie Cain, cain.connie@burlington.com, for meeting schedule. |
| Central Ohio (Columbus) | Visit www.DAMACOC.org for meeting schedule or contact information.. |
| Central Virginia | Contact Ryan Slye, ryans@i- b-s-i.com, for more information or visit www.goto/dama-cv/. |
| Chicago | Visit www.DAMAChicago.org for meeting schedule or contact information. |
| Dallas/Fort Worth | Call Rodney Cole, 972-693-1009, for meeting schedule or visit www.dfwdama.org. |
| Denver (Rocky Mountain) | Contact Janet Schoen, 303-894-3810 for meeting schedule or visit www.dama- rmc.org. |
| Germany | http://www.informatik.tu- cottbus.de/~thalheim/DAMA/dama.html. |
| Heart of Texas | Contact Andres Perez at andres.perez@usaa.com. The chapter meets the last Monday of January-May and August-October at 7:00 p.m. in San Marcos. |
| Houston | Visit http://www.damahouston.org/ for more information. |
| Italy | Contact Paolo Cecchellero, ceck@comm2000.it or 3923 02 2533, for meeting schedule. |
| Kansas City | Visit www.dama.org/chapters/kc.htm for chapter information. |
| Kentucky Tri-State | Contact Pat Lavigne, 502-774-7425, for more information. |
| London | Chapter now forming! Contact Brett Champlin, bchamplin@concentric.net, for more information. |
| Los Angeles | Contact Bill Harenburg, wharenburg@aol.com, for meeting schedule. |
| Melbourne, Australia | Contact Daniel Moody, danielm@staff.dis.unimelb.edu.au , or http://www.dama.org.au/ or +61-3-9650-5100 for details. |
| Minnesota | Visit www.dama-mn.org for chapter information. |
| Nashville | Contact Bryan Jones, 615-748-1421, for meeting schedule. |
| New Jersey | Visit www.dama-nj.org for chapter information. |
| New York City | Please see www.dama-ny.com or call 212-439-0063 for meeting details. |
| Northeast Region (New York) | E-mail registration@damane.org or call 516- 221-5560 for meeting details. |
| North Florida | Chapter now forming! Contact Susan E. Stelzmann, stelzman@mail.irm.state.fl.us, for more information. |
| Ohio (Southwest) | Contact Mark Wysong, mwysong@kpmg.com, for meeting schedule. |
| Philadelphia/ Delaware Valley | Chapter meets quarterly. Visit http://www.dama.org/chapters/philly.htm or call 610-690- 1653 for more information. |
| Phoenix | Call Laura Kostyo, 602-766-5486, or visit www.dama-phx.org, for meeting schedule. |
| Portland | Visit www.dama- pdx.org for meeting schedule and chapter information. |
| Rochester/ Upstate New York | Contact Sue Bartleson, sbartleson@paychex.com, for meeting schedule or visit www.damaruny.org. |
| Sacramento Valley | Call Judy Candlish, 916-227-3074, candlij@hdcdojnet.state.ca.us, for meeting schedule or visit http://go.to./dama-sac, P.O. Box 996, Sacramento, CA 95812- 0996. |
| San Francisco Bay Area | Call Dan Weller, 510-272-8126, for details or see www.sfdama.org. |
| Scandinavia | Contact Eskil Swende, +46- 8-80-22-40, or eskil.swende@irm.se for meeting schedule. |
| Seattle (DRMA) | Visit www.drma-seattle.org for registration and meeting details. |
| St. Louis | Please visit the DAMA-St. Louis Chapter Web site at www.damastlouis.org for information about upcoming meetings and events. |
| Sydney, Australia | Contact Robert Arnold, damasydney@poboxes.com, or +61-2-9211- 6200, for meeting details. |
| Topeka | Chapter now forming! Contact Dan Roehler, 785-291-3477, for more information. |
| Toronto, Canada | (Information Resource Management Association of Canada) Please visit the Toronto IRMAC Web site at www.irmac.ca for information about upcoming meetings and events. |
| Washington, D.C. (National Capitol Region) | Contact Jim Carpenter, carpenterj@bls.gov, or www.dama-ncr.org or call DAMA- NCR headquarters at 703-442-8780. |
| Wisconsin | Contact Cathy Stacy, cstacy@wpsic.com, for meeting details. |
| Can't find a chapter near you? Check out our Web site, www.dama.org, for information about our Member-at- Large program. Send updates for this listing to vp_communications@dama.org. | |
Michael H. Brackett is a consulting data architect helping public and private sector organizations understand their disparate data and develop an integrated data resource. He can be reached at mhbrackett@aol.com.
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