23 Dec 09 SymEast 2010 – A Banner Year for the Committee
I don’t know how the rest of our SymEast regulars and fellow users are feeling about 2010, but I can tell you the SymEast Committee are all looking forward to the year ahead and showing those around us why credit unions continue to be the consumer’s best choice for servicing their financial needs. Because the SymEast Committee wants to make sure you are all prepared to face the coming year and be ready to take all of the challenges you may face head on, we have an all-star lineup for the key note at the conference.
Kathy Hooker and Ted Bilke will be making the opening remarks for the conference this year and I think we all are looking to forward to hearing from them. There are so many exciting developments from Symitar and other Credit Unions that we honestly have a hard time fitting them all into our short few days in Biloxi. Of course we are always looking for folks to present on what they have done over the past year to our other credit unions so please be sure to contact us if you have an idea.
I know I can’t wait to see all of you there and see what I can bring back to my new credit union home in New York. The committee share the same enthusiasm and we will see you in February!
Tags: conference, epysis, kathy hooker, symeast 2010, symitar, ted bilke
06 Sep 09 Virtual SEC 2009 – Was it all we hoped for?
So everyone now has had the chance to digest the content of the 2009 virtual SEC conference and think about how effective it was in terms of living up to a very accessible form of trade show. I know there were many dissatisfied folks during the conference due to the numerous technical difficulties that we all experienced, but if you put those aside for a second, did the conference live up to its goals? Obviously Symitar’s goals were to keep vendor participation and client attendance up, which it seemed to do since anyone could login and view the sessions if they were part of a Credit Union. How many of those people actually attended I don’t know though and it seemed as though it was the usual crowd of dedicated Symitar clients on the chat boards throughout the conference.
I’m curious to see what other Symitar clients and vendors thought of the conference this year? I think I would still prefer the live event even with the added cost, but it would be great if we could get a discussion going around this topic.
Tags: credit union, neighborhood sites, online, sec 2009, symitar, symitar educational conference, trade show, virtual conference
06 Sep 09 It’s Almost SymEast Time Again!
Guess what campers! It’s almost SymEast time again! That’s right, SymEast 2010 is right around the corner in February which is not all that far away. This year we are going to be in Biloxi, MS at the Beau Rivage! As an added bonus, there will be a Mardi Gras parade that attendees will be able to attend on the 16th as well! The details are below, mark your calendars now for another fun filled year of SymEast action!
Dates: February 16 – 18, 2010
Hotel: The Beau Rivage
Location: Biloxi, MS
Special Events: Mardi Gras Parade on February 16th! Check out the parade website at http://www.gulfcoastcarnivalassociation.com/parades.html
Tags: biloxi, conference, credit union, keesler, mississippi, symeast 2010, symitar, users group
13 Apr 09 Twitter Display ReOrg
Since we are starting to have more people signup and track the conference on Twitter, I have added a new page here http://blog.symeast.org/symitar-twitters/ which is also a navigation item along the top tool bar. This page will list all of the people who have sent us their Twitter user name so their feeds are available during the conference. Of course the SymEast Twitter account will also be following them as well so you will see their posts come through on the sidebar of the blog too.
I have also added a “Friends of SymEast” link section so I can start putting links to blogs that some of you Symitar users have on the site. My only request is that they be somewhat related to Symitar and not just a personal blog since this is a Symitar users group after all. If you have a blog or resource you want listed, send them to me at jonathan.cilley@mctfcu.org.
Tags: blogs, Friends of SymEast, request, resources, symeast conference, symitar, twitter
12 Apr 09 Cool CUIntegrator Uses
Being a .Net / PHP guy at heart, I have always been more interested in getting into the Symitar system through non-PowerOn related means than using RepDev or PowerOn Studio to code in native Symitar script. I know it is too late for this year, but I want to throw this out to all those using the CUIntegrator product to step up and put on a seminar at next year’s conference. I’ve heard about a ton of great stuff that people are doing out there with this nifty tool but haven’t really seen any of it at all.
So who will be brave and put themselves out there? I want to see your name on that seminar list next year!
Tags: .net, c sharp, c#, CUIntegrator, innovative uses, poweron, repgen, symitar, vb, visual basic
