NIGP Buy Weekly - 11/24/2004 (Plain Text Version)

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“Celebrate the Magic” - 60th Annual Forum and Products Exposition

Register by April 30th and Save $$

Join us in Anaheim, California July 30 - August 3, 2005 as we "Celebrate the Magic of 60 Years," the Diamond Anniversary of NIGP’s Annual Forum and Products Exposition.

Through April 30, 2005, NIGP national and chapter members, as well as non-members, can take advantage of a $50 early registration discount off the standard registration fees by submitting their registration and payment to the NIGP National Office. First-time Forum attendees can take advantage of an additional $50 discount off the standard registration fee. Additionally, NIGP is offering a discount to those delegates who make reservations at the host hotel, the Hilton Anaheim. Your total discount could equal savings of $150! Standard registration fees are $650 for national members, $750 for chapter members, and $850 for non-members.

HELP! Update Your NIGP Profile Today!

Please help NIGP continue to provide you with the services and tools that add value in today’s working environment - update your record and demographic profile today!

Currently, NIGP has complete demographic information on only thirty-three percent of its membership, which primarily is provided by the Representative of the Agency. Individuals may update their demographic profile with little effort by logging on to the members-only section of the NIGP Web site at: https://www.nigp.org/Common/login_nigp.asp
Click where it says to View/Change your NIGP profile to make the changes.

Today’s workforce is changing at a dynamic rate. Many baby boomers are considering retirement options, making way for a new generation of future professionals and more women are moving into management positions. Member-based organizations must be able to identify and respond to the flux of new expectations that the changing workforce generates. By understanding the makeup of its membership, NIGP will be able to provide services geared to the future direction and needs of the profession.

NIGP is committed to providing services that are valuable to current and future public procurement professionals. For more information, contact Belinda D. Reutter, CMP, Director of Member Services, NIGP at 800-FOR NIGPx231. [return to top]

Next Webinar – Procurement Protests

Registration Deadline:  Monday, December 6, 2004

Register now for Procurement Protests: They Can Happen to You Webinar presented by Robin Rickard, CPPO on Wednesday, December 8, 2004.  In this 90-minute session, Mr. Rickard will help you recognize why protests happen, and how to handle them.  Ask questions and interact with Mr. Rickard and the other participants from across the country! 

For more information or to register, visit http://www.nigp.org/educate/WebinarProcProtest.htm

Attend Webinars right from your office .  .  . all you need is a telephone and a computer with Internet access.  The audio is over the phone and the visual is over the Internet.  By using a speakerphone, you can add guests (see rates for guests) and train multiple individuals!

For general Information regarding Webinars visit http://www.nigp.org/professional_development/Webinars.htm

Check the Web site for complete registration details and options.
For additional information, email distancelearning@nigp.org or call 800-FOR-NIGPx233.
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Empowering the Procurement Community

February 23-25, 2005 in Orlando, Florida

For the 4th consecutive year, NIGP is announcing its eProcurement Symposium. NIGP is excited about bringing procurement professionals together to network and dialogue with those who are making a difference. These sessions will offer practical electronic applications available to the government community from practitioners with experience.

This symposium will challenge your thinking and give you the chance to explore different tools and techniques available that may maximize your investments and offer greater efficiency. Regardless of financial roadblocks and staffing cutbacks, governments continue to set eGovernment priorities. This symposium will feature general sessions that address broad issues and presentations that address solution experiences.

Affordable overnight accommodations with reasonable airfares make this symposium a value add for those interested in making a difference. Intended to bring those with questions together with those who have the answers, participants will be able to network and dialogue with other procurement professionals facing electronic decisions on a regular basis. In-depth discussions surrounding reverse auctions, best practice, and eCommerce as they affect government agencies, with practical applications for the “electronic” procurement professionals will be featured.

Empowering the eProcurement Community is one component of the many NIGP Educational Offerings. Interested participants are encouraged to visit http://www.nigp.org/educate/eProcSymp05.htm and register early.   Registrations will be accepted on-line, via fax and phone through February 2, 2005. After this date, a $75 late registration fee will be assessed.  Participants can take advantage of a $50 per person discount off the registration fee by sending three or more attendees from the same agency.   [return to top]

Moving Up – Moving On

There are a few notable changes on the NIGP Management Team in Herndon!

Belinda Reutter, CMP was recently promoted as NIGP’s Member Services and Technical Resources Director.  Belinda joined the NIGP team in October 2000 as the Education Department's Seminar Coordinator where she coordinated the logistics for more than 230 educational seminars sponsored by NIGP on an annual basis.  Belinda was also responsible for managing the educational workshops during the annual Forum. 

Belinda plans to focus on three goals in the coming year: (1) database integrity; (2) member awareness of NIGP's products and services; and (3) development of a student member program within the college/university system.  To support these goals, Belinda recently hired Harry Kraemer as NIGP’s new Member Services Coordinator.  Belinda and Harry can be reached at (800) FOR-NIGP x231 (Belinda) and x223 (Harry).  

After nineteen years of service to the Institute, Cyndi Cooksey is retiring from NIGP on December 15th!  As our first Director of Chapter Development and Support, Cyndi was responsible for the charter of three new chapters each year from 2001 to 2003!  She also spearheaded the Chapter Networker Newsletter, Chapter leadership initiatives, the Chapter awards programs, and several manuals and governance documents supporting the creation of new chapter charters.  She also served as the staff liaison to the NIGP National Diversity Committee.  In addition to her accomplishments with the chapter program, long-time friends of NIGP will remember Cyndi as our seminar coordinator in the 1990s and our certification coordinator in the 1980s.

We wish Cyndi and her husband the very best as they move to their new retirement home near Richmond, Virginia.  And we wish Belinda and Harry the very best as they promote the value of NIGP national membership to our profession!  [return to top]

Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Awards

Congratulations to All!

In a historic opportunity to support the public procurement profession, NIGP joined with the Florida Association of Public Procurement (FAPPO), the California Association of Public Procurement (CAPPO), and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) as an official sponsor of the AEP Award founded by the National Purchasing Institute  (NPI) in 1995.

The program was created by NPI to:

  Recognize organizational excellence in public and no-profit procurement,
  Encourage development of excellence,
  Provide benchmarks for continued excellence, and
  Increase awareness of public procurement as a profession.

The 9th annual  "Achievement of Excellence in Procurement" awards for 2004 were earned by the following jurisdictions:

Alameda County Water District
Gerald D. Bretag, C.P.M., Purchasing Officer
Allegheny County
Thomas Youngs, Jr., CPPO, C.P.M., Chief Purchasing Officer
Arizona State
John O. Adler, CPPO, State Procurement Administrator
Broward County
Glenn R. Cummings, CPPO, Purchasing Director
Bucks County
Bill Lyle, C.P.M., Purchasing Director
Cal Poly State University
Matthew Roberts, Director, Contract and Procurement Services
California State University
Pat Dayneko, Director, Contract Services and Procurement
California State University Long Beach
Charles W. Hughes, Director of Procurement
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Diane Wagner, Purchasing and Materials Manager
Charlotte County
Kimberly A. Corbett, C.P.M., CPPB, Director of Purchasing
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
John Trunk, C.P.M., Procurement Services Director
City of Allen
Herbert Miller, Jr., CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Manager
City of Alpharetta
Aaron Bovos, Director of Finance
City of Anaheim
Carole A. Ayuso, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent
City of Arlington
Debra K. Carrejo, CPPB, Purchasing Manager
City of Aurora
John Hilton, Director, Internal Services
City of Bryan
Roger D. Dempsey, A.P.P., Purchasing Manager
City of Chula Vista
John P. Coggins, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent
City of College Station
Cheryl K. Turney, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
City of Costa Mesa
Cynthya West, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor
City of Denton
Tom D. Shaw, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent
City of Edmonton
Gerald Goodall, Director, Materials Management Division
City of Garland
Carol Cooper, C.P.M., Director, Material Management
City of Grand Prairie
Marty Davis, Purchasing Manager
City of Lancaster
Brenda Gamlowski, Buyer
City of Lewisville
Amy Feille, Purchasing Agent
City of Livermore
Robert P. Federle, C.P.M., Purchasing Assistant
City of Lompoc
Ray Ambler, Purchasing and Materials Manager
City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Albert A. Stephens, Director, Supply Chain Management
City of Mesquite
Michele Brand, Manager, Purchasing and Telecommunications
City of Miramar
Carlos A. Vilches, CPCM, CPPO, C.P.M., Manager, Procurement Division
City of Mountain View
Jim Williamson, C.P.M., Administrative Services Manager
City of Naperville
Michael E. Bevis, CPPO, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
City of Orange
Glenn Kaye, C.P.M., Purchasing Officer
City of Orlando
Jon Mead, C.P.M., Director of Purchasing
City of Peoria
Herman Koebergen, CPPB, Materials Manager
City of Plano
Mike Ryan, Purchasing Manager
City of Port Saint Lucie
Cheryl Shanaberger, CPPO, Deputy Director
City of Portland
Sue Klobertanz, Director, Bureau of Purchases
City of Punta Gorda
Mary M. Howe, CPPO, CPPB, Procurement Manager
City of Richardson
Pam Kirkland, CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Manager
City of Richmond
Sundra Johnson, CPPB, C.P.M., A.P.P., Director, Procurement Services
City of Rochester Hills
Jean A. Farris, CPPB, Supervisor of Procurement
City of San Antonio
Janie B. Cantu, CPPB, C.P.M., Director, Purchasing and General Services Department
City of San Buenaventura
Dan Marran, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
City of San Diego
Walter Rossmann, Purchasing Agent
City of San Jose
John Alden, Purchasing Division Manager
City of Scottsdale
Monroe C. Warren, CPPO, Purchasing Director
City of Sparks
Frank D. Rothwell, C.P.M., Purchasing/Contracts Manager
City of Sunnyvale
Elaine Wesely, C.P.M., Purchasing Officer
City of Temple
Amy M. Olson, CPPB, Director of Purchasing
City of Troy
Jeanette Bennett, Purchasing Director
City of Tucson
Wayne A. Casper, C.P.M., Procurement Director
City of University Park
Christine Green, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent
City of Wichita
Melinda A. Walker, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
City of Yuba City
Jack Smith, General Services Manager
Clark County School District
Bramby Tollen, Director, Purchasing and Warehousing
Collin County
Franklin Ybarbo, Purchasing Agent
Contra Costa Water District
Douglas Anderson, Purchasing Officer
County of Dutchess
Donald C. Miller, MBA, CPPB, CPPO, Director, Division of Central Services
County of Los Angeles ISD
Joe Sandoval, Division Manager, Purchasing
County of Placer
David Seward, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
County of Riverside
Jennifer M. Sims, C.P.M., Procurement Contracts Specialist
County of Sacramento
Brian Chin, Purchasing Agent
County of San Bernardino
Aurelio De La Torre, Director of Purchasing
County of San Diego
Winston F. McColl, Director, Department of Purchasing and Contracting
County of Santa Clara
Jenti Vandertuig, Director of Procurement
County of Ventura
Rosa Ceniceros, Procurement Services Manager
County of Volusia
Cheryl L. Olson, C.P.M., CPM, Director, Purchasing and Contracts
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
John Wesley White, Vice President, Procurement and Materials Management
Denton County
Beth Fleming, C.P.M., A.P.P., Director of Purchasing
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Renee A. Marsh,  Director of Purchasing
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
Roger L. Ball, CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M., A.P.P., Director of Procurement Services
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Paul R. Ghere, Manager of Purchasing
Escambia County
Joe F. Pillitary, Jr., CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Manager
Fulton County
Jerome Noble, Director of Purchasing
Fulton County Schools
Wilma A. Gibbs-Matthews, Director of Purchasing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Judy Whitfield, C.P.M., Associate Director, Procurement
Georgia Technology Authority
Mike McClearn, CPPO, Director, Acquisition Management Office
Gwinnett County
Debra B. Green, CPPB, CPPO, Purchasing Director
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Cameron B. Langner, Manager of Contracts
Irvine  Water District
Patricia Broadway, Purchasing Manager
Lansing Community College
Rebecca G. Beard, Director, Purchasing and Materials Management
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
Craig A. Rowley, C.P.M., Director, Materials Management
Lewisville Independent School District
Rick Coulter, CTSBO, Executive Director, Purchasing
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Lonnie Mitchell, Executive Officer, Procurement and Material Management
Loudoun County
Tina M. Borger, CPPO, Procurement  Manager
Miami-Dade County
Theodore G. Lucas, CPPO, Director of Procurement
Montgomery County
Carolyn Hooper, Assistant Purchasing Agent
Muskegon County
Lynn Zatalokin, Purchasing Manager
Norfolk Public Schools
Christopher P. Steele, C.P.M., CMA, Senior Director, Purchases and Supply Department
Orange County
Johnny M. Richardson, CPPO, CACM, Manager, Purchasing and Contracts Division
Orange County Sanitation District
Chris Maher, Senior Buyer
Osceola County
Rey A. Palma, MPA, CPPB, Director, Procurement Services Office
Pinellas County Schools
Mark Lindemann, Director of Purchasing
Polk Community College
Wendy Geltch, COOP, CPPB, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Agent/Risk Manager
Portland Public Schools
Darin Matthews, CPPO, C.P.M., Director of Procurement
Princeton University
Brian E. Rounsavill, C.P.M., A.P.P., Associate Director, Purchasing
Rockwood School District
Stephen G. Wester, C.P.M., Purchasing Coordinator
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Roy B. Baker, III, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
St. Johns River Water Management District
Patrick Sherbak, Director, Division of Procurement Services
Salt Lake County
Richard L. Chamberlain, C.P.M., Division Director
San Jose State University
Don Kassing, Vice President, Administration and Finance
Seminole County
Ray Hooper, CPCM, Purchasing and Contracts Manager
South Florida Water Management District
Frank Hayden, Procurement Director
State of Florida
William R. Rothman, Chief Purchasing Officer
State of Georgia
Hugh Farley, State Purchasing Division Director
Tarrant County
Jack Beacham, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Agent
Town of Flower Mound
Melanie Harden, C.P.M., Director, Purchasing and General Services
University of Cincinnati
Thomas B. Guerin, , Associate Vice President, Purchasing and Materials Management Services
University of West Florida
David O'Brien, C.P.M., Procurement and Contracts Director
Washoe County
John L. Balentine, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing and Contracts Administrator
Washoe County School District
Linda McKeand, C.P.M., Purchasing Supervisor
Williamson County
Robert E. Space, CPA, Purchasing Director [return to top]