Southeast District Presidents Forum

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Southeast District Presidents Forum

• Kc. Kasserman, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP
• and Fred Tolbert, CPIM, CSCP, CPM
• February 8, 2008

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Here we are

• Welcome to Orlando, FL and the Inaugural
  Southeast District meeting!!!
• You represent the largest district in APICS
• ? 53 Chapters (20 of chapters)
• ? Almost 6,000 Members (15 of membership)
• ? 12 States
• TN, KY, MS, AL, LA, GA, FL, SC, NC, PR, IN, VA

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On Tap for Today

• Introductions
• Housekeeping
• Weekend Highlights
• District Business
• APICS BOD Activities
• Open Forum
• Wrap Up

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Introductions

• Forum Facilitators
• District Staff
• Chapter Presidents

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Housekeeping

• Where we are located
• Where you might need to go
• Where you should be going later
• Feedback, please

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Weekend Highlights

• Friday
• Presidents Forum
• Executive SOP (Tom Wallace)
• SCM _at_ Steelcase (Wendy Kremers)
• BASF Education Program (Alan Milliken)
• Hospitality

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Weekend Highlights

• Saturday
• Society Speaker (Sharon Rice)
• SCM 2010 Report (Jerry Kilty)
• Charged Up Instructors (Terry Lunn)
• Grant Money (Dwaine Raper)
• Instructor Panel (Jerry Kilty)
• Chapter Introductions (All)
• Shared Resources (Arvil Sexton)
• Logistics of an Education Program (Dave Lehman)
• Student Chapter Development (Malaina Hudson)
• Innovative Instructor Ideas (Jerry Kilty)

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Southeast District - Business

• Calendar of Events
• Raleigh meeting (Jun 6-7)
• Chattanooga meeting (Oct 17-18)
• Monthly Webinars
• Chapter Representatives
• District Financials (Randell Eldridge)

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APICS BOD Update

• Strong Financial position for APICs
• Reserve position grows (short and long term
  Reserves)
• Revenue for 2007 look very good (jus under 20M)
• Expenses coming the 19M range (in large part
  from salaries savings)
• Positive Net Income out of 2007
• Leadership Team - 2008
• Robert Vokurka Chair of Board
• Tom Krupka Chair Elect
• Karl Klaesius Secretary/Trasurer
• Karen Alber Director at Large
• Mel Nelson District Director

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APICS BOD Update (cont)

• Call for Committee Volunteers
• 500 responses into APICS
• Committee Appointments being finalized currently
• Dues Increase
• Passed by BOD
• Effective April 1st, 2008
• Society dues from 110 to 150
• Total membership dues to 200 annually (50 to
  chapter)
• Value of Membership
• Qualified instructor Program
• Being re-launched
• More coming during Society session tomorrow
  (Sharon Rice)

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APICS BOD Update (cont)

• OMBOK
• Operations Management Body of Knowledge
• Guiding direction for APICS of what OM is and
  what APICS should be developing for products
• Will be published in some manner (TBD)
• 2008 Conference Kansas City, KS
• Sept 14-16, 2008
• Call for Speakers underway currently
• Student/Scholar Involvement
• Goal of 100 Scholars and 100 Students
• Next BOD meeting April 12 _at_ Chicago, IL

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Open Forum

• Time for you to ask any questions you may have

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Wrap Up

• Thanks for you time and participation!
• Dont forget to complete the survey/feedback
• Mark your calendar now
• Raleigh, NC Jun 6-7
• Chattanooga, TN Oct 17-18
• See you there!!!