The ICCA-NYC Membership Drive Limited Time Meeting/Dinner Discounts for both ICCA Members and Visitors are continuing...

These are some of the questions that we will attempt to answer in our discussion.

This topic is very controversial and very present in this political year. The following activity on this issue can be seen in our daily lives:

1. Companies we work for are outsourcing IT projects to India and other foreign companies.
2. People we know (and have met at ICCA-NYC meetings), have lost their jobs, presumably due to outsourcing activity.
3. Some people we know are now acting as project managers for projects being developed overseas.
4. Every night Lou Dobb's reports on CNN on companies who Outsource American Jobs.
5. There are bills pending in congress and state legislatures restricting access to government contracts or tax breaks to companies who shift jobs from local economies to overseas.
6. The IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and the NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers) have published many articles on the dangerous of outsourcing.
7. The ICCA has been addressing outsourcing in various ways in recent years.
8. Slashdot (www.slashdot.org) has published various articles on this issue in the past year.
9. The financial news networks keep quoting analysts and economists, who offer differing opinions on whether outsourcing is good or bad for the economy, and for America as a whole.

It is interesting to note that most of the people who think outsourcing is not hurtful, have nothing to do with our profession.

However, recently, that is changing, since quotes from people in Education (such as Engineering Schools, etc) are now appearing in the media.

Please bring your own stories, experiences, news clippings, and other references about this issue with you to our June meeting. If you have any other web links or other print or online media references of interest, feel free to email them to the ICCA-NYC board, for inclusion in our meeting outline.

We hope to bring everyone "up to speed" on this issue, and understand how we, as consultants, can survive and prosper in this new environment.

Other Meeting Activities:
- Member and Non-Member Networking
- Planning for the upcoming year
- ICCA-NYC Elections

IEEE USA Position on Offshore Outsourcing

NSPE Issue Brief

Just search Google for "outsourcing" and hundreds of articles will appear!

Costs:

This meeting is open to the public. Reservations are not required -- just show up!

The cost covers both the networking and main presentationparts of the meeting.

If paying for dinner: dessert, assorted soda, coffee/tea and tax/tip are all included. You have your choice of 3 entrees and dessert from a special ICCA-NYC menu.

The meeting and dinner are held in a private room in the rear of the restaurant.

Food:
The menu will have the following offerings: beef, chicken and vegetarian (K*) (*Restaurant Certified Glatt Kosher by Chaf-K)

Contact:
ICCA NYC-Metro Chapter Phone/Fax: (212) 271-1978
Email: info@iccanyc.org
Web: www.iccanyc.org

Tell your friends about the ICCA-NYC!
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!