| Iowa/Illinois Chapter National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 11 September 2008 Close this window |
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1. The Iowa-Illinois Chapter of NDIA Board of Directors held their bimonthly meeting at Bennigan’s Grill and Tavern in the Holiday Inn, Bettendorf, IA on 10 July 2008. Mr. George Rivard, chapter president, called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm. Board members and chapter officers present were Mr. Art Heyderman, Mr. John Masengarb, Mr. Jimmy Morgan, Mr. Rivard, Mr. John Shipley and Ms. Chris Weatherspoon. 2. The board held a moment of silence in memory of those who lost their lives in the events that took place on Sep 11, 2001. 3. Mr. Rivard noted that the minutes from the July 2008 board meeting had been electronically distributed and approved prior to this meeting. 4. Mr. Shipley requested the board for reinstatement as a board member. The board unanimously accepted his request. 5. Treasurer’s Report. Mr. Masengarb presented the treasurer’s report for the period of 1 Jul 08 – 31 Aug 08. He reported that the chapter has a combined total of $15,215.33 in its checking and savings accounts. After chapter commitments and monies due to the chapter are accounted for, the chapter’s uncommitted balance is $12,415.33. He reported that the chapter had received a donation from Rockwell Collins since the last meeting. Mr. Morgan made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report. Motion was seconded by Ms. Weatherspoon and passed. Since the last board meeting, the board members approved a donation request to provide $500 to the Rock Island Arsenal Development Group in support of the Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center’s (JMTC) Industry Day scheduled for 18 Sep 08. Mr. Rivard submitted a $45 bill for reimbursement for gas purchased in conjunction with a visit by several board members to the Gateway Academy in Waterloo, IA. Mr. Morgan made a motion for payment. Motion was seconded by Mr. Heyderman and passed. Mr. Shipley discussed the Honor Flight program for WW II veterans. This is a one day trip for those veterans to visit several memorials in the National Capitol Region. Mr Rivard made a motion for the chapter to donate $1,000 to support an Honor Flight from the Quad Cities. Ms. Weatherspoon seconded the motion. Motion passed. 6. Program Committee. Mr. Masengarb reported that planning has been initiated for a May 2009 regional small business symposium at the new Bettendorf Conference Center. Planners are looking to consolidate several separate events into one three day symposium. Mr. Masengarb presented a draft timeline of the activities that need to occur prior to the symposium. The next planning group meeting will be held 25 Sep 08. At the July board meeting, Mr. Heyderman recommended that we contact the NDIA Small Business Division for input to the 2009 conference. Mr. Bob Radkiewicz has advised NDIA of our proposed symposium. Mr. Rivard mentioned that a picture from our May luncheon meeting in Burlington will be included in the September issue of National Defense. He also mentioned that the chapter will have a booth at the JMTC Industry Day. 7. Scholarship. Mr. Masengarb reported that if Arsenal Island was going to have a consolidated recognition ceremony in 2009 our submission date for applications will have to be moved from early May to early April. The scholarship committee did not recommend any changes in our application form. Scholarship applications for academic year 2009-10 will be available in early February. 8. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).. In August Mr. Rivard, Mr. Heyderman and Mr. Steve Mapley met with Robert Partarrieu, Senior Development Officer, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation at the Gateway Academy in Waterloo, IA. Mr. Rivard gave a brief overview to the board members present and subsequently provided the following details of the visit for our minutes: Gateway academy is weeklong (6 hours/day) camp in the summer that accepts middle school students (6/7/8) on a first come/first served basis with instructor/course expenses funded by SME Educational Fund, as Gateway Academy sponsor. Students are generally nominated by faculty/advisers/principals at their middle schools. The concept is to 'excite' the students during the camp about STEM and be a 'gateway' toward students engaging in PLTW program curriculum in their normal school setting. Some of the camps are gender or minority focused and tuition is always free, except in some areas/regions where the communities are more capable of covering some or all the expenses. SME intends to cap the total number of academies at 200 - they currently have grown to 180 nationwide. Instructors must be certified before doing the Gateway Academy training, by attending an SME week long training session. PLTW certified instructors would be already certified to instruct at a Gateway Academy. Robert Partarrieu, the SME rep, saw our potential role with Gateway as one to gain entry to the local area, and primarily industry sponsors. Start-up of a local effort might run $9k the first year and maybe $2.5k annually. We believe that a large portion of the first year cost might be associated with instructor certifications. We indicated that we would likely first broach the Gateway Academy concept with the local PLTW board, to determine how or if the Academy venue has been considered. That would include discussions with QCESC to see what knowledge/prior involvement they may have. We indicated that we likely had a good entry capability to facilities/operations on the Federal Campus at RIA, and certainly could facilitate those learning opportunities with any Gateway/PLTW program.Mr. Rivard reported that Mr. Mapley was to brief the QCESC board about Gateway on 17 September; the board will further discuss its proposed role in local STEM activities at its November meeting. 9. Women in Defense. Ms. Weatherspoon provided a summary of recent and planned WID activities. Recent activities included its annual golf outing and preparations for election of officers. She mentioned that the terms of office were revised from one to two years. This year the secretary and treasurer positions will be elected with the president and vice-president elected next year. Ms. Weatherspoon said that she will be attending the WID National Leadership Conference in October at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, VA. The chapter’s annual symposium will be held in March 2009 at the Isle of Capri Conference Center. 10. New Business. a. NDIA Logos. Mr. Rivard reviewed the proposed national and chapter level logos with the board members. He mentioned that our chapter had provided some comments on the logos. It is expected that the new logos will be approved by NDIA National in the near future. b. Department of Army Ethics Memorandum. In August the Department of the Army distributed a memorandum reminding all employees that they may not use or permit their government position or title to endorse any product, service or enterprise. This is a restatement of existing policy.11. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mr. Shipley. Seconding the motion was Ms. Weatherspoon. Motion passed and meeting was adjourned at 6:15 pm. 12. Next board meeting will be November 13, 2008. Meeting will be held at Bennigan’s Grill and Tavern in the Bettendorf Holiday Inn beginning at 5 pm. John W. Masengarb Secretary |