Tuesday, February 17th, 4-6pm

4:00 - 4:40 Open Networking
and HGBA Business

4:40 - 5:00 Battlefield Boosters Presentation

5:00 - 5:05 Q&A

5:05 - 6:00 Ribbon Cutting for Piedmont Center Plaza Busineses

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Our February Meeting brings together a dynamic group:
Kid Drop Zone
Battlefield Senior High School Boosters
Piedmont Center Plaza Businesses

As you may already know, mother nature snowed out our January meeting at Battlefield Senior High. So we will have a full schedule for our February Meeting.

The meeting place is Kid Drop Zone
6888 Piedmont Center Plaza
Gainesville, VA 20155
phone 703-468-0664
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Our speakers will be: Booster President John Tuell, Athletic Director Ben Stutler and Principal Amy Ethridge Conti. They will share with us three initiatives for business partnerships with Battlefield Senior High and the role of the Battlefield Boosters.

We will also welcome new Center businesses:
Zed's Bistro (yes the same as Georgetown - Ethiopian cuisine),
Rainbow Station (childcare, new in Gainesville),
BrainZoom (a fun learning center) and of course Kid Drop Zone.
A ribbon cutting ceremony will be officiated by PWCGMCC.

The Winter Warm-UP! program has been kicked off this season by the PWCGMCC Education Committee. In conjunction with Kits for Kidz, you can provide students the warm clothing they need during the cold winter months.

Kits are distributed to students in local schools and area shelters. For about the cost of lunch, just $10, you will give one child a kit containing:
Sweat Pants, Fleece, 100% Cotton
Sweatshirt, Fleece, 100% Cotton
Winter Cap, 100% Cotton, One Size Fits All
Winter Gloves, Stretchable Lycra, One Size Fits All

Read more about the program and purchase a kit now >
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Monday, January 26th, the Haymarket Town Council approved of the sale of the Town Center property to commerical developer Gerry Kennedy for $2.3 million.

The anticipated settlement date is February 28, when control of the property will be turned over to Mr. Kennedy. As part of a preservation effort, Kennedy has agreed to move four historic buildings from around town onto the property. He plans to develop a series of small businesses and retail spaces and has confirmed after the that he has secured 17 of 20-28 tenants so far.

Mr. Kennedy graciously thanked the HGBA for their support.

Tech Protect - "Downadup, Conficker or Kido" all bad.

According to UPI, a virulent computer virus has infected as many as 15 million computers around the world. The virus - a self-replicating computer worm known as Downadup, Conficker or Kido - spreads across computer networks using Microsoft Windows software which have not been patched or updated properly. Microsoft issued a patch that fixes the vulnerability the virus exploits last October; and U.S. computer security firm Symantec noted that very few computers in North America had been infected, a trend which it attributed to the greater prevalence of legal and fully patched software.The virus primarily spreads through unpatched Windows networks, but computers can also become infected via a USB flash drive. According to the UPI report, to protect themselves, users should download Microsoft patch MS08-067 and update their antivirus software. Read full article>

What are you doing?

Social Media - Networking in 140 characters or less.

With so much work being done through our "inter-web-mail-cast" the need to connect on a more personal level is growing. So, we have the somewhat ironic boom of Social Media or also referred to as Web 2.0. You have either heard of, or use one or more of the following: Blogs, Microblogs such as Twitter, Podcasts, Opinion sites and surveys, Message Boards, Social Networks like Linked-in, Video sharing YouTube and Photo sharing Flickr to name a few.

To get your feet wet, here's a wonderful primer on Twitter by Common Craft.
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