Minnesota ISSA Chapter Meeting Minutes

July 18, 2006

President, Rick Ensenbach opened the meeting

John Ford was recognized for his 4 years of service on the Board of Directors and was presented with a placque. In his accomplishments were the growth of the vendor sponsorship program, his involvement and leadership with the 2005 conference, which led to the Secure360 conference.

The current Board Members were introduced

The Corporate Sponsors were thanked for their support and sponsorship

There are 2 special interest groups within the chapter. Anyone is welcome to join.

Healthcare Security Professional Interest Group (HSPIG)

Security Awareness – this group will not be meeting again until October 2006

Reminder that there is a Mankato chapter of ISSA

The ISSA International is in transition, changing from an out-sourced organization to an in-house organization. If you experience any problems due to the transition, contact a board member for help.

Secure360 – was very successful. There were 385 registered attendees and a net revenue of $21,000+. This will probably go into the funds for next year’s conference.

Personal information from the conference was not given out to vendors. Only names and postal address. For those who have received e-mails or phone calls from vendors, the vendors obtained this information on their own. Next year no attendee information will be given to vendors.

Planning for next year will be underway shortly. Keep eye on the Secure360.org website. Next year everything be on same floor. For vendors, there will be a legal retrieval system.

The Midwest Security Alliance (MSA) will become official. It will consist of ISACA, ISSA, ASIS, BCPA and ISFA. Risk Management, ARMA and Infragard may also join. MSA to bring Secure360 to midewest.

Keep your contact information up to date with ISSA International. That’s how the chapter gets updated information about members.

Corporate sponsors need to let us know who they want added to our mailing list.

The sign-in sheets for the chapter meetings are used to for validation for CISSPs, CISM, CISA, etc.

Surveys will be sent to member asking what topics you would like to have presented.

Looking for 2 people to be on Nominating Committee for the November elections. The VP and Secretary positions will be up for election. If you are interested in a board position, let a current board member know.

Reminder of things on website – employers can post jobs and members can see jobs available.

Request for other business items to be discussed – no other items.

Meeting was adjourned.