🌟 Get Ready for Action! Shape the Future of our Community!

Hello there, amazing members of the EAC!

Happy Fri-yay! I hope you are all in high spirits and ready to conquer the world, especially as we approach a long holiday weekend. Today, I want to jazz things up and bring some pizzazz to your day by highlighting the thrilling action items from our recent Executive Advisory Council meeting in good ol’ Kansas City. Get ready to be inspired, my friends, because together, we are about to make some serious magic happen!

First things first, let me remind you that your input and participation are the secret sauce that will shape the future of our extraordinary community. So, grab hold of these exhilarating opportunities and let your awesomeness shine!

1) Future UAI Training Opportunities: Your Feedback Matters! 🚀🎓
You have the power, my friends! Yes, you heard that right. By taking part in this poll, you can become a certified influencer of our training and certification programs. Imagine the impact you can make! Let’s join forces and shape the future together. Your destiny awaits, so go ahead and conquer that poll! Take the poll here: https://www.menti.com/al7uo4qrug3p

2) Join the 2023 Sub-Committees! 🤝💪
Are you ready to level up the greatness we achieved in 2022? Of course, you are! So, let’s roll up our sleeves and form some spectacular sub-committees for 2023-2024. We need heroes like you to join the Membership, Training, and Content sub-committees. Your expertise and involvement will be more valuable than gold! Get ready to make a difference and submit your interest right here: https://uaievents.wufoo.com/forms/call-for-2023-subcommittee-members/

3) UAI Utility Member Service Territories MAP: Uniting Our Strength! 🗺️🤝💡
Guess what?  UAI and MAPSearch have teamed up to create a map showcasing the service territories of our fantastic UAI membership across the United States. It’s like a superhero alliance, but for utilities! However, we can’t stop there. We want to include even more data, like our Canadian and international buddies, plus the addition of natural gas territories. To make this map the stuff of legends, we need your help! If your territory is not included on the map, share your service territory data with me, @Leslie, at lcook@utilityanalytics.com. Together, we shall create a comprehensive and mind-bogglingly accurate representation of our united membership! Please see image of map at the very bottom of this message. And BONUS… UAI’s sister organization, MAPSearch, will grant ALL EAC members one month of free service… If you want to take advantage, reach out to me, Leslie.

4) Latest Utility Analytics Challenges, Industry Trends, Hot Topics – 2023 and Beyond! 🔥📈🌟
Calling all trailblazers and trendsetters! We want you to unleash your brilliance and actively participate in shaping the future of utility analytics. What challenges are you facing? What mind-blowing trends and hot topics have you discovered lately? We want to hear it all! Your insights will fuel our discussions and ignite our initiatives. So, drop a line in this thread or send your electrifying thoughts to me, Leslie. Your voice matters, my friends!  Here is the list we started…

• Generative AI (example: ChatGPT)

• Here’s an article about why Amazon isn’t allowing employees to use ChatGPT: Don’t Chat With ChatGPT: Amazon’s Warning To Employees | by Liquid Ocelot | InkWater Atlas | Jan, 2023 | Medium
• Research around security of using ChatGPT
• ChatGPT, potential project proposal… what if we created a utility based ChatGPT environment that we share across utilities. This would allow us to leverage the tool in a specific domain that we can control, may address security/proprietary issues, and allow us to leverage our common industry knowledge. Wants to use for code reviews, automation. Wants to maximize it, but utility has shut it down.