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Dec 2007 |
NCMA

2007-2008 Board of Directors
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President Emeritus/Graalman Chair 303-236-9560 |
Denver Chapter President 720-286-2552 |
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President-Elect 303-381-8000 |
Secretary and Registrar 303-634-4428 |
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Treasurer 303-707-8545 |
Newsletter Chair 303-676-3516 |
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Membership Chair 303-533-4140 |
Education Chair 303-939-7804 |
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Employment Chair 303-277-1444 |
Facilities Chair 303-969-2473 |
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Symposium Chair 303-676-3595 |
Scholarship Chair 719-579-9474 |
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Nominations Chair 303-445-2442 |
Program Chair & Volunteer Coordinator 303-391-8567 |
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Corporate Sponsor Chait 303-969-2114 |
Awards/Fellows Chair 303-391-8567 |
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Webmaster 303-937-6979 |
Publicity/Photographer/Historian Chair 303-445-2403 |
2007-2008
Board of Advisors
Sue Bienulis
CH2M Hill
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Leigh Ann
Bunetta GSA |
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Ken
Degenhart Kaiser-Hill
Company, LLC |
Brad
Duchein Northrop
Grumman Corp. |
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John Godzac Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp. |
Tom Hohman Lockheed
Martin Corp.(Retired) |
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Bill Ingram |
Thomas A.
Lemmer |
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C. Richard
Pennington |
Karla
Smiley Bureau of
Reclamation |
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connections? If you are not receiving email notifications
relating to Denver Chapter events and newsletter postings, please email Stacey
Gustus or call her at 303-634-4428 to be added to this private email
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Membership |
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CONGRATULATIONS
ON
The
Symposium on Scope Definition and Management held on Thursday,
November 15, 2007 was a resounding success.
Excellent participation by all attendees in search of the elusive ESI
prizes provided as an incentive to answer. A fun learning experience was had by all!!!!
December Monthly Meeting is this Year’s Holiday Party
This Year’s Annual Holiday Party is set
for Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at 240 Union (6th Avenue and
the 11th! Happy
holidays!
Chapter
meetings
January Monthly Meeting
On January 15, 2008 the NCMA lunch meeting topic will be ("Rights in
Technical Data
- An Update") and will be presented by Mr.
William (Bill) C. Anderson.
William (Bill) C. Anderson is Assistant General
Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, United Launch Alliance, LLC,
Centennial, Colorado. In his current
capacity, Bill is responsible for all IP issues at ULA including Government
data rights issues. Bill worked for Boeing for over twenty years during two
stints. In between those two stints
(June 1999 and April 2002), he was Assistant General Counsel, Honeywell
International Inc., Aerospace Electronic Systems, in
Fellows and
Awards
The due dates for the first National
awards for the Chapter year are upon us.
Future Newsletters will provide additional information on upcoming
awards with the associated deadlines for application as follows:
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January 15 |
Honorary Life Member Award |
NCMA’s highest member award. Recognition of exceptional and noteworthy achievements to the purpose of NCMA. |
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February 1 |
Herbert Roback Memorial Award |
Annual award to a nationally renowned & distinguished American for significant, lifelong achievements in the profession |
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March 1 |
Education Award |
Recognition of exemplary contributions to the profession through education. |
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March 1 |
National Achievement Award |
Special recognition to volunteers who have made notable contributions to NCMA deserving of national recognition. |
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April 15 |
Albert Berger Outstanding Chapter Leadership Award |
Special recognition for superior chapter leadership |
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First Week of June |
NCMA/ICAF |
Recognition of outstanding research in the contracting/acquisition area |
From the Scholarship Chair
Scholarships Are Still Available!!!!
The NCMA
The NCMA Denver Chapter has scholarship opportunities
to provide funding for (i) membership dues to the NCMA Denver Chapter, (ii)
continuing education for current Chapter members, and (iii) college
scholarships for anyone interested in contracting as a career. If you or anyone you know is interested in a
scholarship, please contact the Scholarship Chair, Corey Sanchez at
303-634-4000 or at csanchez@mckennalong.com
From the Education Chair
The Denver Chapter sponsors, free
of charge, Host Facilities for the various Audio Seminars. The site host information will be sent via
e-mail prior to each seminar. It is the member’s responsibility to contact
the designated Point of Contact in advance so that adequate materials,
certificate of attendance, security badges and facility entrance paperwork (if
applicable) can be prepared for the seminar.
To attend a specific audio seminar, please register with Stacey
Gustus at sgustus@mckennalong.com or 303-634-4428. Please note the topic, dates and locations
for the upcoming seminars.
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All audio seminars will be held at: McKenna Long &
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If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Blake Couture at dcouture@ball.com or 303-939-7804.
We are actively
seeking a third Host Facility to sponsor the Audio Seminars that is south of
the Mason/Dixon Line (
Your Denver NCMA Chapter will reimburse the Host Facility for the expense of the seminar in exchange for providing venues for our membership to gather, hear and interact with one another members over a seminar topic.
An “out of cycle” Audio Seminar will be held as follows:
Certification
Study Groups
If there is any interest in
participating in a certification study group, please forward your interest to dcouture@ball.com. List what you are studying for, what is a
good time, your general location, do you have the materials, etc. I am in the process of purchasing all of the
study materials for each area and will let the membership know when this is
completed.
The Denver Chapter sponsors, free of charge, Host Facilities for the various Audio Seminars. The site host information will be sent via e-mail prior to each seminar. It is the member’s responsibility to contact the designated Point of Contact in advance so that adequate materials, certificate of attendance, security badges and facility entrance paperwork (if applicable) can be prepared for the seminar. To attend a specific audio seminar, please register with Stacey Gustus at sgustus@mckennalong.com or 303-634-4428. Please note the topic, dates and locations for the upcoming seminars.
An “out of cycle” Audio Seminar will be held as follows:
GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Contracts on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 10-11:30 a.m. at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (1875 Lawrence Street, Suite 200, Denver) and United Launch Alliance (9100 East Mineral Circle, Centennial)
From the
Membership Chair

Welcome New Members!
Christy Bridges
US Geological Survey
John Henry
David Lighthall
Wells
Derek Mikulski
Flight Safety Services Corp.
Christopher Stuart
Irving Burton Associates,
Inc.