1775 Old 6 Road
PO Box 535
Brooklyn, IA 52211
Phone: 641-522-9206
fax: 641-522-5594

Nate Hopwood

Work abounds for the computer department. We are in the middle of shuffling around 31 PC’s in preparation for the Viewpoint launch later this spring. With a new accounting system, comes more stringent requirements for our computer systems in the Company. John has been doing a great job building systems and getting people moved across to new machines. I know it would make his job a lot easier if you could remember to SAVE YOUR FILES TO THE SERVER!!! It amazes me to see people saving important documents to their local hard drives. If the terms I just used are confusing to you, call Jamie and schedule some class time.

As many people in Brooklyn have noticed we are also making a lot of changes to the servers. Our servers had been running on Windows NT4, which Microsoft introduced in 1996. MS replaced this with Windows 2000 Server almost 2 years ago. The timeline for changing over came on very fast since Microsoft announced they would discontinue support for NT starting in 2003. Needless to say, this department has a big heapin’ helpin’ on its plate to finish off for the winter.

The topping on it all is the fantastic Christmas Light display in front of the Brooklyn office. Jamie and Candace carried the load on that this fall and did a great job. Tell them that when you see them!

As many of you have heard, we are going to construct a classroom in some unused space above the Technical Center in the new building. This room will comfortably hold 12 people and an instructor for classes. Each person will have a computer in front of them and the instructor’s computer screen will be connected to a projector. This method of teaching is very effective and will aid us greatly in rolling out Viewpoint this spring. The completed space is also going to double as a disaster recovery area. In the event of some unforeseen calamity this area could provide temporary shelter for the company’s vital systems.

That’s everything in a nutshell. I hope everybody has a Happy Holiday season. Work safe and work hard!