December 18, 2008
XSM Meets with the City of Dekalb and Dekalb County
Joe Johns and John Nordsell of Xstream Mobile Solutions met with representatives of the City of Dekalb and Dekalb County on Dec. 17th, 2008 in Sycamore, IL. The meeting was arranged through Bruce Harrison, Assistant Fire Chief of the City of Dekalb and was attended by him, Scott Love (City of Dekalb FD), Glenna Johnson (DeKalb County 911 Director), Dennis Miller (Dekalb County EMA Director), a representative from the Dekalb County Sheriff's Department and a council member the City of Dekalb. Future meetings are anticipated as city and county representatives discuss the uses and scope of the offering that were laid out in the hour and a half long meeting.
Dekalb County is the home to Northern Illinois University which is a client of Xstream Mobile Solutions.
December 11, 2008
XSM to meet with New Lenox Public Schools (District 122)
Joe Johns and John Nordsell of Xstream Mobile Solutions will meet with the Business Manager and IT Department Director for New Lenox Public Schools (District 122) on Thursday December 18th, 2008 to discuss emergency notification for parents, faculty and staff.
December 10, 2008
XSM to meet with Dekalb, IL Officials
Joe Johns and John Nordsell of Xstream Mobile Solutions will meet with both county and city representatives of Dekalb, IL on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 to discuss their emergency notification needs. Expected to attend are officials from the Dekalb Police and Fire Departments, Dekalb County Sheriff and the Dekalb County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (ESDA).
December 1, 2008
XSM Extends Gratitude to Virco
Xstream Mobile Solutions would like to thank education equipment suppliers, Virco, for graciously supplying chairs for the XSM Trade show booth.
"At Virco, we're committed to providing the best selection of Equipment for Educators™. As America's leading manufacturer and supplier of furniture and equipment for K-12 schools, Virco employs approximately 1,250 people nationwide. Our 560,000 square-foot Torrance, California headquarters features a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, as does our Conway, Arkansas location, which has over 2,000,000 square feet of operational space. Large distribution centers in Torrance and Conway facilitate the quick, efficient shipment of Virco products."
November 26, 2008
XSM Attends the IASB - IASA - IASBO Joint Annual Conference
Xstream Mobile Solutions’ 2nd annual attendance at the IASB – IASA – IASBO Joint Annual Conference was a great success. XSM President Joe Johns was pleased to talk with hundreds of superintendents, school board members and administrators from across the state that already benefit from the use of XSM’s Safe program. It was also a wonderful opportunity to personally thank them for their support and to get their personal feed back on the systems. In attendance at this event was Verizon Wireless, their support and cooperation has been instrumental in XSM’s powerful capabilities. The conference was held at the Chicago Hyatt Regency Hotel.
November 14, 2008
XSM Meets with Lincoln-Way High School
Joe Johns and John Nordsell, both with Xstream Mobile Solutions (XSM), met with Ron Sawin (Assistant Superintendent of Business) and John Pehle (Director of Technology), of Lincoln-Way High School on November 13th to move forward with Lincoln-Way’s decision to participate in Will County’s School Emergency Notification Program. This program is offered to every school in Will County and is made possible by the cooperative efforts of the Will County Emergency Management Agency and the Will County Regional Office of Education. This is the culmination of several meetings which will bring all four Lincoln-Way campuses, (Central, East, North and West) under the protection umbrella of the EMA/ROE affiliation. Lincoln-Way is expected to be fully operational within 30 days.
A similar program is offered through the cooperative efforts of the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department (KCSD) and the Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education (I-KAN). In the two county area covered under this offering, there are currently 30 separate school districts participating, which covers over 80 schools grades K-12 and also includes Kankakee Community College.
Every school in Will County has the opportunity to participate in the EMA/ROE affiliation, the cost of which is determined by a sliding scale based on school population. Costs range from $600-$1,500 (sliding scale) for the first year with annual renewals of 25% of the original cost. There has been grant money available in the past to assist with these costs so the hope is that every school in the county will eventually participate.
November 12, 2008
XSM Attends HSEIC Seminar
John Nordsell and Al Romano of Xstream Mobile Solutions attended a seminar dealing with government procurement in Evanston, IL on October 28th, 2008. The event was sponsored by the IL Homeland Security Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Northwestern University and dealt with both government and private sector strategies for promoting products with homeland security implications. The event was attended by approximately 15 people from various backgrounds that are attempting to market their products to government agencies.
November 6, 2008
XSM to Exhibit at (IASB/IASA/IASBO) 76th Annual Conference
Xstream Mobile Solutions (XSM) will be exhibiting again at the upcoming Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Administrators and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials
(IASB/IASA/IASBO) 76th Annual Conference, the premiere Educational Conference in the state of Illinois. School Administrators, Principals, Teachers, School Board members, Business Officials, and Technology personnel from across the state are among the 10,000-12,000 people expected to attend the 2-day event to be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Nov. 21st and 22nd, 2008. Last year’s conference was XSM’s first exposure to this school market. Since that conference last year, XSM now includes Northern Illinois University, Kankakee Community College and over 80 schools, grades K-12 as a part of their satisfied customers.
October 29, 2008
XSM Meets with Village of Mokena
John Nordsell of Xstream Mobile Solutions met with representatives from the village of Mokena on October 23rd, 2008 to discuss an emergency notification system the village is considering bringing to its residents.
Nordsell spoke with Chief Randy Rajewski of the Mokena Police Department and Kirk Zoellner, Assistant Village Administrator about how XSM SAFE would help the village with community policing efforts, neighborhood watch programs, village road closures and more.
Rajewski and Zoellner will be discussing this with village officials and will make a determination in the early months of 2009
October 23, 2008
XSM Meets with Frankfort Police
John Nordsell, Sales Director for Xstream Mobile Solutions, met with Commander Burica and Officer Bender of the Frankfort Police Department on Oct. 21st to discuss augmenting Frankfort’s existing community awareness program through the use of XSM SAFE. XSM products are currently being used by many organizations with whom the Frankfort Police are familiar including New Lenox Police Department, New Lenox ESDA, Will County Emergency Management Agency, Northern Illinois University, and Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department. Burica and Bender were encouraged to contact any or all of these organizations to better understand the scope of how XSM products could impact the notification abilities and help to build community rapport in Frankfort. Burica and Bender said Frankfort plans to offer a community newsletter via email soon. Nordsell explained that XSM SAFE would be a natural extension of programs they currently have in place and others they plan to implement in the near future.
