Events are listed below in descending (newest to oldest) order.

Wednesday, December 17, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Captain Mark Warren, Commander of Precinct 7, Baltimore County Police Department will talk on Current Crime Trends. There will be regular monthly reports on issues affecting transportation by State Highway Administration.

Summary

Thursday, December 4, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Controlling Heath Care Costs led by Steve Butterworth, The Hays Companies, discussing proven methods and strategies to decrease health care costs without making any significant employee benefit changes, along with:

• The cost and ROI of each method and strategy.

• Can they be proved?

• Uncovering the mystery of Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) pricing schemes.

• How do I really know how much I'm paying in commissions?

Summary

Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 8:00 - 10:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Identifying the legal risks and benefits of operating a website. This is a joint meeting with the Lattanze Center @ Loyola College. There is a continental breakfast at 7:30 AM.

Summary

Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Baltimore County Department of Economic Development.

Summary

Thursday, November 13, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: A joint meeting with the Lattanze Center @ Loyola College conducted by TESSCO Technologies discussing the effects on their information systems caused by a catastrophic event.

Summary

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

KCI Technologies, Inc
10 North Park Drive
Hunt Valley

Agenda: Employee Assistance Programs

Summary

Wednesday, October 15, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting- Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Six Sigma. Process Improvement Techniques.

Summary

Friday, October 10, 2003, 8:00 - 11:00 AM
Homeland Security Workshop

Registration begins at 7:30 AM

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Homeland Security will be the focus of a Workshop to be held by the Forum and the Baltimore County Office of Emergency Management. The Workshop is for senior management and managers with security responsibilities.

This Workshop follows one held on June 6 and builds upon the lessons learned and the input from the twenty-five participating companies. Group breakout sessions will focus on understanding the issues beyond the current scope of readiness about Homeland Security, which is a work in progress. Attendance at the June 6 Workshop is not a prerequisite. Those who did attend on June 6 are especially welcome. Some of our largest corporate members who are dealing with these issues nationally and internationally will participate in this event.

Thursday, October 9, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Computerized Maintenance Management Systems.

Summary

Thursday, October 2, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting- Human Resources Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Group Discussion on Deferred Compensation and Benefits led by Steve Thaler, HRH.

Summary

Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Baltimore County Zoning Process.

Summary

Thursday, September 11, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: SPAM: How to deal with it, reduce it and prevent it.

Are you plagued by inappropriate, irrelevant junk emails -- spam! At
this IT Roundtable, you'll learn about tools that manage email, prevent
mailbox overload, and improve efficiency in your organization. Our
speaker is Andy Hack, director of Internet operations for System Source. Andy will discuss how to prevent spam from using valuable resources and briefly touch on content filtering tools and secure email. Andy has more than five years experience in wide-area networking, ISP
operations and most recently wireless Internet services (WISP). He
holds advanced internetworking certifications from Cisco, Microsoft and Novell. Please arrive early to meet our presenter, network with IT members and enjoy refreshments.

Summary

Thursday, September 4, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Workers Compensation, ADA, and FMLA - what you can and can't do under these laws w/heavy emphasis on Workers Compensation. Investigating workers' compensation claims from an employer standpoint - what you want to do in the first 24 hours; questions you can and can't ask an employee in regards to previous claims w/previous employers; fraud aspects, back-to-work/light duty programs.

Summary

Thursday, August 7, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Benefits of Training on Morale and Retention led by Melissa Wilcox of Market Works.

Summary

Wednesday, July 16, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Reverse auctions with Kathy Robertson of Baltimore Gas & Electric Company. Reverse auctions are similar to E-bay, but in reverse. This purchasing tool puts your service or material requirements on the web for prospective vendors. BG & E does this and will walk us through the process. BCPD Precinct 7 will give their regular monthly report on public safety and SHA will report on road conditions.

Summary

Thursday July 10, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: As Maryland moves to a paperless purchase and bid environment, eMaryland Marketplace will be the vehicle through which the process will occur. David Spitzer of eMaryland Marketplace will discuss when this will become a reality and the process.

Summary

Thursday, July 3, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Broadmead, Inc
13801 York Road
Cockeysville

Directions: From South: Take I 83 to Exit 20 Shawan Road. Travel to York Road. At light turn left going North on York Road. Broadmead is on the right hand side after you cross bridge. As you enter Broadmead, follow signs to Community Center. Park along the road. Enter at the Community Center main doors. Proceed up the stairs and to the right. When you see the first hallway turn right. At the end of hallway turn left. Straight ahead is the Board Room.

Agenda: Legal Update by Jay Fries of Kuchko & Fries.

Summary

Wednesday, June 18, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Disaster Recovery.

Thursday, June 12, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Daryl Sirota will lead a discussion on why security policy is necessary and critical to all organizations. At this roundtable, you'll learn about policy creation, implementation, administration and compliance. Daryl is a consulting engineer and instructor with System Source. He will share practical examples of security policies and discuss who should administer them. You will be invited to join in a roundtable conversation using guidelines from the SAN Institute.

In addition to designing and supporting complex network environments, Daryl Sirota teaches the course, Network Defense and Countermeasures, at System Source Technical Learning Center. Daryl holds industry certifications as: Security Certified Network Professional, HP Master Accredited Systems Engineer, and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Instructor.

Register now, by calling 410-771-5560

Summary

Friday June 6, 2003

The Hunt Valley Business Forum will conduct a workshop on Homeland Security in cooperation with the Baltimore County Office of Emergency Preparedness. The workshop will develop and discuss solutions to long-term effects of Homeland Security threats. We will go beyond the actions of first responders and emergency plans that deal with short-term weather and environmental events. The focus will be on reaction to long-term threats that would affect operations and employees. Experts in government and industry will participate. Our mission is to educate each other and learn together. For more information about this event contact us at director@hvbf.org.

Thursday, June 5, 2003, 8:30 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Woodhall Wine Cellars
17912 York Rd.
Parkton, MD

Woodhall Wine Cellars is on York Road just north of Hereford High School on the Gunpowder Falls. Woodhall Wine Cellars produces quality wine for the mid-Atlantic region; hosts business meetings, retreats, and social receptions in its rustic tasting room and open deck.

Agenda: A "best of" session - ideas initiated in your company that were helpful or profited your company in some way - bring your ideas and share!!

Summary

Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Hunt Valley Transportation Study presentation by Emery Hines, Senior Transportation Officer, Baltimore County Department of Public Works. There will also be a regular monthly public safety report from Precinct 7 and a highway report from S.H.A.

Summary

Thursday, May 8, 2003, 7:30 - 11:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

A Joint Meeting with the Lattanze Center at Loyola College

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Tablet PC presented by John Keefauver of Ajilon Consulting.

Please join Manchester Technologies and Ajilon Consulting in a discussion and demonstration of the emerging tablet hardware and operating system. This technology brings together the functionality of a mobile PC, the ease of use of a legal pad, and the versatility of a wireless handheld device, into a single package. Welcome to the next generation of computing!

Discuss this new technology with Bruce Clasing, a 30-year veteran of the computer industry, currently employed as a design engineer and project manager from Manchester Technology Inc (MANC:Nasdaq). Bruce spent 10 years with Xerox, the developer of the Graphic User Interface (GUI) and Ethernet, during the developmental stages of Client/Server networking, as a Systems Engineer and Instructor. He has worked the last 15 years in various positions with Manchester Technologies and it’s subsidiaries. Manchester Technologies is a frequent partner with Ajilon Consulting in the pursuit and delivery of information technology solutions.

Summary

Thursday, May 1, 2003, 8:30 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson
72 Loveton Circle
Sparks, MD

Agenda: Immigration Law Process with Peter Guattery of member Whiteford, Taylor & Preston.

Summary

Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Development at The Highlands...A Discussion led by Chris Smith of TriAlliance. Reports on Public Safety from Precinct 7 and Road Conditions from S.H.A.

Summary

Thursday, April 10, 2003, 7:30 - 11:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

A Joint Meeting with the Lattanze Center at Loyola College

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: “Project Implementation: How to Get from Estimates to Actuals in the Black in Your Projects”

Presented by Hiller Glazer, Principal, Entinex, Inc., The Technology Strategy Company

How often do your estimates meet your actuals and how wide is the gap between them? Where do your estimates come from and what goes into them?
What’s the impact on your business of a project’s actual results missing its estimates?

It it wasn’t for the fact that somewhere there’s a cost, schedule, and performance benchmark that the project must meet, estimates wouldn’t be an issue, and nothing else would really be too concerting. After all, if we could take as much time as we wanted and could get paid for as much time as we took, there wouldn’t be a concern for whether we did requirements discovery very well, or had a robust project plan, or a well-oiled QA system. But the reality is that estimates are how software companies bid their projects and customers expect projects to come in on time.

“How to Get from Estimates to Actuals in the Black” looks at this issue, asks probing questions and suggests answers to them with straight-talking, practical approaches to align actuals with estimates using management tools that generate business intelligence necessary to run software development like a business.

Summary

Thursday, April 3, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Point Breeze Credit Union
11104 McCormick Road
Hunt Valley, MD

Agenda: Creative Recruiting Methods...A Roundtable Discussion.

Summary

Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 8:00 AM
Annual Meeting of Members of the Hunt Valley Business Forum

Hunt Valley Inn
Salon A
245 Shawan Road
Hunt Valley, MD

Agenda: Election of Directors and a Keynote Address from
James T. Smith, Jr., Baltimore County Executive. Followed by the Annual Board of Directors' Meeting.

Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Marriott Courtyard at Hunt Valley
221 International Circle
Hunt Valley, MD

Agenda: Update on development opportunities from the Baltimore County Office of Economic Development.

Summary

Thursday, March 13, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: A discussion on Sprint Wireless.

Summary

Thursday, March 6, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

KCI Technologies
10 North Park Drive; Suite 200
Hunt Valley, MD

Agenda: Employee Terminations. Melissa Menkel of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston will lead the discussion.

Summary

Thursday, February 13, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: A discussion on Microsoft .Net led by John Keefauver of Ajilon Consulting. Demystify .NET! We’ll take a look at Microsoft’s newest development platform and separate the marketing hype from the reality of this exciting technology. In addition, we’ll take a look at important aspects of today’s systems such as XML Web Services and the business possibilities that this brings to bear. Imagine seamless integration and access to your data anytime, anywhere, from any device. Welcome to .NET.

Summary

Thursday, February 6, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Roundtable discussion of company policies such as bad weather, background checks, drug testing. Share your successes and concerns.

Summary

Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Facilities, Security, Transportation Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: Hunt Valley Mall presentation. Brian Gibbons of Erwin L. Greenberg Commercial Corporation will tell us about the plans they have for the Mall after their recent purchase.

Summary

Thursday January 9, 2003, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting - Information Systems Roundtable

Loyola Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Agenda: A management oriented presentation on minimizing training and user costs via the use of Microsoft’s Net Meeting. A demonstration of Net Meeting will be included. Al Wainger of EA Engineering will lead the discussion and presentation.

Summary

Thursday, January 2, 2003, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable

Community College of Baltimore County
Executive Plaza III
Rooms J & K
11350 McCormick Road
Hunt Valley, MD

Agenda: Controlling Health Care Costs. With everyone facing rising health care costs, it’s more important than ever to have effective cost management strategies in place. Come to the first HR Roundtable of 2003 as we discuss key healthcare strategies, including renewals, consumer-directed healthcare and prescription drugs, with Francesca Lynch of Aon Consulting.

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