April 2009 Chapter Telecon Mary Beth Lech, CFCM, Fellow NCMA Chapter Relations Manager x419

1 World Congress 2009 Largest attended Congress ever! Watch your e mail for your survey Certificates will be mailed after you complete the survey

2 We Have a New Logo! Links to the Graphics Files will be posted on the Intranet this week

3 We Have a New Chapter! Welcome South Sound! –Olympia Washington area

4 New Members Board of Directors Russ Blaine Rob Burton Kathleen Hines Bill Kaplan Whitney Taylor Rita Wells Congratulations!

5 Executive Council Gary Poleskey, President Karen Wilson, President Elect Steve Ayers, Past President Mike Fischetti, Secretary DuWayne Jones, Treasurer

6 It’s Time for Chapter Elections! Are You Ready? –Do you have a Nominations and Elections committee? Your chapter Fellows are excellent sources for a candidate screening committee

7 Contract Management Leadership Development Program (CMLDP) Third CMLDP class graduated at WC09 Next class selected – 20 students – start July Program is free to students. –Employer/chapter/individual provides funding for travel to 4 events. Did your chapter sponsor a CMLDP candidate?

8 National Education Seminar (NES) Cost Estimating and Contract Pricing The 7 Habits for Managers Solicitations, Bids, Proposals, and Source Selection Contract Negotiations Leadership: Building High-Performance Buying & Selling Teams Performance Based Acquisition It’s not too late for your chapter to sign up to host!

9 Lifetime Membership Special Do the math. Will you be in this profession for 10 more years? –The average NCMA member spends 15+ years in the contract management profession, making this limited-time offer a positive investment in your future. During the month of April, in recognition of NCMA's 50th anniversary celebration, NCMA is offering the deal of the half-century: 100 lifetime memberships for the low cost of $1,000 each.* (*This offer does NOT apply to organizational or group membership prices, only to individual memberships) This promotion expires on April 30, 2009, and is limited to the first 100 applicants. Availability not guaranteed!

10 Upcoming Events Save These Dates! Aerospace and Defense Contract Management Conference 2009: July 9-10, 2009; Westin Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado Leadership Summit 2009: July , 2009; Westin Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado Academic Conference 2009: August 5-6, 2009; GWU Campus, Washington DC Government Contract Management Conference 2009: November 4-6, 2009; North Bethesda Marriott, Bethesda, Maryland Aerospace and Defense Contract Management Conference 2010: March 2010; World Congress 2010: July 18-21, 2010; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

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Certification Program Over 100 people sat for the exams at World Congress!

14 Certification Program Update Telecon Friday, April 17 th Call in phone number and pass code # Hosted by Dr John Wilkinson, NCMA Director of Education If you are calling in East of the Mississippi river, the phone call will be at 12 Noon EDT time. If you are calling in from West of the Mississippi, please call in at 5 PM EDT. The target audience for this call is our chapter leaders. The May WebEx call will be targeted for all members. PLEASE NOTE- THE CALL IN # IN THE APRIL CHAPTERSCONNECT IS WRONG

15 Commerce During the Past 12 Months: Registered Job Seekers: 3,737 Registered Employers: 1,029 Jobs Posted: 3,130 Job Applications: 16,876 Need to hire a contract manager? Are you looking for a new job?

16 Changes to Chapter Policy NCMA APM 5-7 Chapter Bylaws Contracts entered into by chapters

17 Chapter Bylaws “Chapters are expected to operate within a governance system consistent with the NCMA National bylaws. Bylaws should be established at the time of chapter chartering and should be reviewed and updated every 5 years unless other conditions, such as changes to the national bylaws, would require a more immediate change. Any changes or additions to chapter bylaws required the approval of the NCMA secretary prior to implementation. A copy of the chapter bylaws should be maintained by the chapter secretary. A copy of the approved chapter bylaws shall be maintained in an electronic file format at NCMA headquarters. A copy of the NCMA headquarters approved chapter bylaws shall be submitted annually as an attachment with the submission of the Chapter Annual Report.”

18 Five Requirements for Chapters to Submit Chapter Annual Report Chapter Officer / volunteer list Chapter Financial Report Chapter Audit Report Chapter Bylaws

19 Chapter Contracts “Chapters shall submit any proposed chapter contracts with an estimated price of $5,000 or more and ALL contracts associated with exhibit sales to NCMA headquarters for approval. The contracts may be for (but are not limited to) speaker services, meetings, conferences, seminars, IT, web services or chapter management services. A copy of the proposed contract shall be sent to not later than 10 days prior to the execution of the proposed contract. A copy of the fully executed contract shall be sent to NCMA headquarters.”

20 Special Task Force “How to provide NCMA members improved value through chapters.” –How to define value : “A service of worth to members, that satisfies their expectations from membership in NCMA". Commissioned by NCMA President, Steve Ayers Chaired by NCMA President-elect, Gary Poleskey First meeting is in May

21 Committee Members Steve Ayers Gary Poleskey Neal Couture Cambria Tidwell Mary Beth Lech Brian Greenberg Beverly Arviso Chad Janovec Jamie Gracia Jason Ortiz Lisa Farrall Whitney Taylor Share your thoughts with them when you see them, or via e mail

22 What’s On Your Mind ?

Thank you for calling in today! Now…go file your taxes!

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