Welcome

 

  Welcome to the Dallas/Fort Worth Local Interest Group for IT Service Management

  •  DFW Local Interest Group (LIG) is a non-profit Organization affiliated to the itSMF IT Service Management Forum (http://www.itsmfusa.org/).

  •  Our goal is to promote Best Practices in IT Service Management using frameworks and standards such as IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL V3 2011®), COBIT® 4.1, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 and TIPA for ITIL® just to name a few. 

 

 DFW LIG meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month - please check our calendar for details.  

 

DFW LIG NEWS:

Friend of the LIG Program:

We are pleased to announce that Quint Wellington Redwood has signed on as the first Friend of the DFW LIG.   

Quint sponsored our December Networking Event at The Blue Goose Cantina in Addison.  There was lots of great food,fun and door prizes all provided courtesy of Quint.  Brian Harden won an iPod Shuffle and $15 itune gift card and Susan Schellhase won a Kindle and $25 gift card for ebooks.  Thanks again to Quint for the great event.

 

Quint Wellington Redwood 

Ever since Quint was founded in 1992, the company has been dedicated to IT management advancement. Quint's managerial and business-oriented approach to IT has played a vital role in helping organizations get more from IT; not by adding more or new technology, but by simply managing IT better. Through this methodology, Quint has proven to be the biggest worldwide contributor to the improvements in IT management over the last 20 years.

Currently operating in more than 49 countries and across four continents, Quint provides strategy, sourcing and service management to leading organizations and is responsible for creating and implementing best practices worldwide. The Quint portfolio includes education services and consulting and measurement services; all of which are integrated across the domains of business and IT.

Our solutions capture the latest and greatest knowledge and experience worldwide, and they have become the benchmark of quality for many leading organizations across the globe.

Click Here for more information about Quint Wellington Redwood.

 

LIG Leadership Elections: 

2012 LIG Leadership Elections are coming up soon.  Please make note of the following important dates.

  • Jan 30, 2012 - Solicitation for nominations begins.
  • Feb 24, 2012 - Deadline for nominations.
  • Feb 29, 2012 - Notification to members of nominees.
  • Mar 15, 2012 - Voting begins.
  • Mar 30, 2012 - Voting ends.
  • Apr 6, 2012 - Results are announced.
  • Apr 12, 2012 - Hand-off to new leadership.

Elections will be held for the following positions:

  • President – elected prior year as Pres-elect; documents/publishes meeting minutes
  • President-Elect – becomes President the next year; backs up the President; maintains LIG budget; reconcile budget with data from itSMFUSA
  • Membership Chair – Reconcile LIG roster and mailing list; manages membership drives; produces name badges for each meeting
  • Events Chair – identifies coordinator for each meeting; follows up to ensure proper planning, etc.; submits required items to itSMF USA; project manages events
  • Communications Chair – maintains LIG web page(s); develops announcements/communications to LIG members; manages marketing initiatives

Policies for LIG Leadership positions:

  • LIG Leaders are required to attend at least 50% of ALL meetings, LIG events, and planning sessions.
  • If a Leader misses 4 consecutive meetings and/or events, the President may name a replacement.
  • If a Leader is not fulfilling their duties, the President may name a replacement.