OATHA at a glance.....
The Organization for the Advancement of Technology in Housing Agencies is a group that was formed to assist and support Public and Indian Housing professionals to successfully identify, implement and integrate technology into organizational business processes.
By sharing ideas, experience, and technology solutions to common housing problems, pooling resources for education and training, members can implement the latest technologies in the housing market and offer effective assistance and support to all Housing Agency members in the industry.
The membership is not vendor specific. As a group, the membership is more easily accessible, presents a single voice and provides greater strength to discuss problems and concerns with vendors and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
OATHA provides resources that allow the membership to get answers, get support and get connected to other agencies. Sharing information, as a group, allows members to explore multiple methods of doing things, provides for more efficient, effective operations and is especially beneficial for smaller agencies with limited staff.
The membership stays connected through conferences, subject specific mailing lists, a website, and discussion forums. OATHA offers the resources to examine hardware, software, exchange thoughts, ideas and share solutions. By optimizing the available technology information to all housing agencies, members are better equipped to make sound, cost effective decisions.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.
2010 Conference Announcements
UPDATE: The 2010 Conference Information is now posted! Please click here to go to our 2010 Conference Page.
New Online Payments via PayPal
You may now make your payments for Annual Membership Dues and Conference Registrations using PayPal directly from our website. To access our payment page click here.
Harvey Cook Memorial
OATHA will honor our dear friend Harvey Cook by starting a memorial fund. To start the fund, OATHA will be donating $250.00. If you would like tomake a donation, you may do so using PayPal from our payments page. There is a specific item called "Donation to Harvey Cook Memorial Fund" that will make sure those funds go to the appropriate place. On January 18, we will close the donation process and write a check to the Messiah United Methodist Church Music Department in Glen Burnie Maryland.
2009 Conference Highlights
Our 2009 conference was held at the Regal Sun Resort, Lake BUena Vista Florida, (in Downtown Disney). Our agenda again included an entire day of sessions presented by HUD, as well as sessions presented by vendors and other members of OATHA. For the number of people in attendance at our conference, we feel our indivdiual sessions were very well attended.
For fun, we again hosted a Welcome Reception on Sunday night and enjoyed a fabulous private event at Epcot Center. Our event included a brownie desert buffet and a private viewing location for the end of night fireworks display called Illuminations.
Many of our presenters have agreed to make their session presentation available via our website. To view the presentations click here.
To view pictures from the 2009 Conference click here.
