Operations Report

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State of the Association

• Mr. Gary Poleskey, CPCM, Fellow
• President-elect

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Financial Report Update
5.5 growth from last year
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Certification Program

• NCMA evaluating the certification programs.
• Will retain CPCM, CFCM, CCCM.
• Likely changes to test construct.
• One exam per credential.
• General business knowledge will be incorporated
  in exam.
• All credentials are independent of each other.
• Possible changes to prerequisites.
• Implementation goal is April 2009.
• Major test question rewrite based on CMBOK Rev. 3
  in 2010.

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CMBOK Revision 3

• Last study done gt5 years ago.
• Conduct professional practice (job) analysis.
• Validated in a public process within our
  community.
• Also used to develop legally defensible test
  specifications.
• Published document is a guide to the CMBOK.
• Target completion is 4/1/2010.

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• Last show airs 1/27/09 under existing format.
• Developing plans for new approach keeping GCW
  but producing as a podcast in-house.
• Weekly program
• News and analysis
• Interviews
• Audio-blog
• Sponsors and advertisers
• Member questions

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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

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Deidre Lee, Congress Chair
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Featured Speakers

• Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard
  Company (1999-2005) and Author of the Bestseller,
  Tough Choices
• The Honorable Thomas Davis III, former
  Representative, Eleventh District of Virginia,
  and Director, Deloitte Federal Government
  Services
• Congressman Darrell Issa, 49th District - CA (R),
  Ranking Republican Member, House Oversight and
  Government Reform Committee (invited)
• General Lester Lyles, USAF (Ret.), Board of
  Directors for General Dynamics Corporation,
  Battelle, MTC Technologies, Inc. and former
  Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, and USAF
  Vice Chief of Staff
• Larry Allen, Executive Vice President, Coalition
  for Government Procurement
• Kimberly S. Rupert, Senior Vice President for
  Contracts, Procurement and Pricing, SAIC

• Ralph Nash, Professor Emeritus, George Washington
  University Law School
• Charlie Williams, Director, Defense Contract
  Management Agency
• Jan Frye, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
  Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans
  Affairs
• Dr. Kathleen Hall, Stress and Life Balance Expert
• Professor Steven Kelman, Weatherhead Professor of
  Public Management at Harvard University's John F.
  Kennedy School of Government
• Robert Burton, Partner, Venable LLP
• Larry Schultz, Vice President, Corporate Contract
  Compliance, Parker Hannifin Corporation
• Christopher Dorobek, Editor in Chief, Federal
  Computer Week

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Contract Management Leadership Development
Program (CMLDP)

• Third CMLDP class graduates April 8, 2009 at
  World Congress 2009 in Long Beach.
• Applications for 2009-10 class due by February
  20th.
• Class begins July 2009.
• Program is free to students.
• Employer/chapter/individual provides funding for
  travel to 4 events.

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National Elections

• Interested members contact the Nominations and
  Elections Committee.
• Call for interest on February 1st.
• Committee develops a slate.
• Ballot issued March 15th.
• Members vote.
• Voting closes by March 31st.
• Four (4) Board members to be elected.
• Three-year terms.

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NCMA Logo Redesign

• NCMAs logo was adopted in 1961.
• Target membership was the defense industry.
• As part of our 50th anniversary preparations, we
  evaluated our logo as well as alternatives.
• Multiple focus groups and customer interviews.
• Found that
• The logo needs to be refreshed and updated
• Members would like an element of the current logo
  to be maintained in the future logo
• We should remove the pentagon from the logo.

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• AND THE NEW NCMA LOGO IS.

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