1. Chapter Officer’s Meeting October 21, 2014

2. Agenda Opening Remarks - Bill Approval of Minutes – Andrea Officer One-Pagers – Vice Chair – Joe – Treasurer – Tonya – Membership – Donna – Chapter Programs – Roger – Marketing – Whitney – Web Master – Jennifer

3. Mid-South Chapter Goals Provide education and networking through F2F and virtual venues – Host Monthly Chapter Meetings (10 meetings/yr) – Conduct one meeting/quarter outside of HSV – Conduct Monthly Officers Meeting – Government and Commercial focus Grow Membership – 2013: From 18 to 36 – 2014: From 36 to 72 – 2015: From 72 to 144 Grow Corporate Sponsorships – 2013: From 0 to 5 – 2014: From 5 to 10 – 2015: From 10 to 15 Establish partnerships with Universities & Associations – e.g., UAH, FIT, Vanderbilt, PMI, NCA Create, maintain, and grow a professional Chapter Website Broaden awareness of APMP by issuing at least one Press Release per quarter

4. Bill’s Thoughts Officer Nominations and Elections – Firm up nominations for November Chapter meeting (11/4) – Send out ballot and tally votes – Bridge new officers Spend time to transfer duties (if required) Create one pager to document duties Membership – Stalled – Re-charge – Bill to take trip to Birmingham? – Bill to visit HSV companies? Established a Good Core, Now need to Grow

5. Vice Chair – Joe Sponsors – Renewals BD Solved 08-06-2013WILL NOT RENEW Decosimo 08-21-2013WILL NOT RENEW Clean Harbors08-26-2013SENT REMINDER Proposals to Go 09-03-2013SENT REMINDER Boeing 09-06-2013 RENEW Aerojet Rocketdyne 11-08-2013 RENEW DataSmythe 05-06-2014 General BOD Election submitted to membership; 2 confirmed repeats (Roger and Jennifer) No additional Sponsors

6. Secretary - Andrea No Report this month

7. Treasurer – Tonya Maurice No Report this month

8. Membership – Ken Current Membership 54 Two new members Alvin Whitt Terri Morris Currently have 53 members in the Linked-In Group

9. Planning Chair Status ActivityStatusNotes Plan fifteenth meeting in November (Nashville) November 4 th, 5:30 – 7:30, “What proposal writers can learn from songwriters” Robin Davis, Urban Grub, 2506 12th Ave. South, Nashville, TN, Charcuterie, Choice of Entrée, Tea/Soft Drinks Plan sixteenth meeting in December December 2 nd, 5:30 – 7:00, “Using Porter’s 5 Forces to Hit the Target” Randy Richter, Gibson’s BBQ (?) 3319 Memorial Parkway, BBQ buffet (BBQ Pork/Chicken, Slaw, Potato Salad, Baked Beans), Pie, Tea/Soft Drinks Plan seventeenth meeting in January January 6 th, 5:30 – 7:00, “Cost Estimating Tools and Techniques” Randy Centanni, Food/Location - TBD Plan eighteenth meeting in February February 3 rd, 5:30 – 7:00, “What I Learned out on the Road: My First Year as a Proposal Consultant” Bill Allen, Food/Location - TBD

10. October 7 th Presentation Feedback 97% A

11. Marketing - Whitney No Report this month

12. Webmaster – Jennifer Hamaker Content Needed:  August & September Chapter Member Mtg. – Speaker PowerPoint Decks!  Photos from our April through October Member Meetings – Urgently Needed for our new Photo Montage! Website Statistics for Month of September – Slight Dip 79 Website Visits Over the Past Month (86 Last Month)