Transcript Charleston Defense Contractors Association

Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
Annual Business Meeting
29 May 2013
CDCA
“Summit Committee”
Chair: Beth Waugh
Co-Chair: Dave Dobry
C5ISR Summit
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CDCA
“Communicator Committee”
Chair: Steve Amell
Co-Chair: Dave Dobry
Communicator
 Communicator Committee is working on the next edition
 Due out in the summer.
 Investigating how to involve our industry members more.
 Plan forward will be worked out with the new BoDs in the
next few weeks.
 Still looking for additional committee members.
CDCA
“Small Business & Industry
Outreach Initiative or SBIOI”
Chair: Brian Lindgren
Co-Chair: Dave Dobry
SBIOI Purpose
& Mission
Purpose: Foster professional relationships between SSC-LANT
and large and small industry businesses for the purpose of
increasing potential opportunities for small businesses. Through
these interactive symposia we help develop relationships based
on trust, approach, and commitment gained by working
relationships, continued networking, and specialized experience.
Mission: To develop a Network of Professional Competent
Small Businesses that have the appropriate infrastructure,
processes, and Program Management and technical skills to
integrate their products and services as potential primes or
subcontractors for peacetime and mission critical operations
opportunities.
SBIOI
 Upcoming 2013 Symposia
 Trident Technical College, Culinary Arts Institute
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SBIOI 29, 18 JUL 2013, 0730-1500
North Charleston Convention Center
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SBIOI 30, 15 NOV 2013, 0800-1200
CDCA
“Think Tank” Committee
Chair: Elizabeth Stober
Co-Chair: Pat Keaveny
Think Tank
Purpose
The focus of the Think Tank Committee is to
help identify ways to improve and focus on the
future. Our goal is to help define the path
forward for the organization – through
membership, growth, and expansion. This is
also the forum where Industry and Government
leaders can provide input to the CDCA.
Think Tank
The “Think Tank” meets once a month to discuss
CDCA issues and consists of the following
members:
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Elizabeth Stober
Pat Keaveny
Cynthia Holt
Dave Hamburger
Jack Moore
Mark Gadomski
Think Tank
 Topics of Discussion:
• Standardizing key committee associations with elected
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office positions (ex: Treasurer = Finance Chair)
Establishing job descriptions for every committee to
better ensure continuity
Limiting BOD members to no more than 2 committee
Chair/Co-Chair assignments, so as not to dilute their
abilities and to “spread the wealth”
Researching ways to improve and update the
organizations’ by-laws. Our current by-laws have not
been reviewed since 2002
Ensuring we are up to date on all IRS documentation
Exploring new value initiatives to our Industry (ex:
potential TEDx)
CDCA
“Education Committee”
Chair: C. David Hamburger
Co-Chair: John Jones
Overview
Purpose: To nurture, educate, mentor and
foster relationships with students
who may one day join our industry.
Method: Continual pursuit of innovative ways
to attract young talent to our
industry and our region – supporting
development of our youth through
the existing educational
infrastructure.
Connected
Associations
 Complementary Relationships with Other
Industry Groups who are involved in
Education:
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AFCEA
WID
Navy League
SSC-LANT Education Program Office
AOC and Others…
To complement, not compete…
Summer Internship
Metrics
 Eleven $4,000 internships awarded, 9 accepted.
 15 applications received from 13 corporate
member companies.
 Students represented 8 different schools.
 Average Student GPA: 3.5, Highest: 4.0.
 Majors: Business Management, Statistics,
Computer Science and many Engineering
disciplines. Also, Aerospace Engineering and
Biomedical Engineering.
Summer Internship
2013 Activities
 June 7 – Welcome and
Networking Event.
 July SBIOI Introduction
& Social.
 August Farewell Event.
CDCA Social
Media Internship
 Title: Social Media and Internet
Marketing Internship
 10 – 20 Hours Weekly (as needed
for the CDCA Intern season).
 Responsible for increasing our
brand awareness, driving internet
traffic, organizing and engaging
the CDCA Summer Interns.
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Increase CDCA internship
communication and awareness.
Leverage social networks to
strengthen relationships with
existing interns.
Raise our CDCA web presence
and placement on web searches.
Joan Rodgers
Inaugural Social Media Intern
Robotics
 Palmetto Partners
 $25K donated in 2011
 $15K donated in 2012
 $10K donated in 2013
 FRC Regional Competition
Judging & Volunteer support.
 Jack Moore - FIRST Palmetto
Regional Robotics Outstanding
Volunteer Award.
Low Country
Science Fair
 CDCA Members served as
Judges & Judge Coordinator
 CDCA donated $5,000 for the
regional runner-up to attend
the International Science and
Engineering Fair (ISEF) in
Phoenix, AZ in June
 Monetary awards
given to teachers of
winners in all groups
AFCEA
Scholarships
 CDCA Supported the AFCEA Lowcountry
Chapter’s Scholarship Program.
 2013 Donation = $6,000.
 Former winners have participated in CDCA’s
Summer Internship Program.
GSSM
 CDCA donated $3,000 to
support iTeams camps in
the local area.
 iTeams – Provides rising 8th
and 9th graders an
environment to explore
economics,
entrepreneurship and
computer innovation.
 GSSM will now distribute Summer Internship
opportunities to GSSM alumni
Military Magnet
 CDCA will be donating $5,000 in
August to support various school
programs and after school
activities.
 Incubating a STEM oriented,
integrated learning program
that allows teachers to
engage students
through the VEX IQ
Curriculum as a
companion to the VEX
IQ platform for
elementary and middle
school students.
2013 Budget
 Summer Internships -
$63,000*
 Robotics $10,000*
 AFCEA $ 6,000
 GSSM iTeams Camp $ 3,000
 Military Magnet $ 5,000*
 Lowcountry Science Fair - $ 5,000*
 Grand Total
$92,000
* Denotes committee/membership participation efforts.
CDCA
“Philanthropic Committee”
Chair: Katie Arrington
Co-Chair: Bob Hayes
Our Mission
To provide opportunities for philanthropic
activities and services to the community by
reviewing current and future charitable
organizations that the CDCA can support with
donations aimed at helping the community
and the war-fighter.
Donations
 2013 Budget
$18,000.00
 WID/Citadel Oyster Roast Donation
to fund the WID/Citadel Scholarship Fund
$ 6,000.00
 The “Shock Troop” Sponsor of the
17th Annual Bulldog Challenge
to fund the Semper Fi Society Scholarship
 Balance remaining in 2013 Budget
$ 1,000.00
$ 10,800.00
Progress
 Worked together with the Public Relations and
Education committees to review requests
 Developed a Management Process to examine
requests and make recommendations to BOD
based on approved CDCA budget
 Held virtual meetings to make most effective
use of time for BOD participation in
Philanthropic efforts for CDCA
Philanthropy
 Katie Arrington
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[email protected]
 Bob Hayes
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[email protected]
[email protected]
CDCA
“Membership Update”
Chair: Charlie Templeton
Co-Chair: Jimi Elderman
Membership
 CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
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4 Platinum Members
191 Corporate Members
134 Affiliate Members
Total Membership— 329
Membership
 Membership Committee
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Formed in May 2011
 Focusing on four areas
 Membership renewals
 Recruiting companies that do business with
the Defense Community
 Recruiting businesses with connections to
the Defense Community
 Representing CDCA at events in the
Community, SBIOI, C5ISR Summit, etc.
CDCA
“Political Relations Update”
Chair: Ron “Buzz” Buske
Co-Chair: Steve Amell
Political
Relations
MISSION:
 Perform as an advocacy group for the defense industry in the
Charleston metro area and other surrounding regions.
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VISION:
Develop connections to local interest groups and individuals
including local, state, and federally elected officials, chamber of
commerce, technical development groups, professional military
organizations and committees, and defense agency leadership.
Take action to provide information, solicit desired outcomes, and
promote issues in the best interest of the local defense
community.
Actively work in the best interest of SPAWAR Atlantic and the
Charleston Joint Base on Military Value, Transformation and
support to the Joint Warfighter.
Research and coordinate efforts to initiate special legislation that
will help SPAWAR Atlantic perform expanded or new missions.
Political
Relations
 Chamber of Commerce Annual DC Fly-In
 AFRICOM Relocation Task Force
 Seat on Chamber of Commerce Military
Relations Policy Council
 Letter Writing campaign in opposition to
Sequester and on-going CRA
 Primary liaison to SC POLDEL for CDCA
CDCA
“Public Relations Update”
Chair: Jack Moore
Co-Chair: Beth Waugh
Public Relations
“CDCA’s Public Relations Committee manages
all official media contacts, speaking
engagements, press releases, public affairs
issues, and other related contacts with the
media on behalf or in representation of the
CDCA.”
CDCA
“Technology Update”
Chair: Dave Dobry
Co-Chair: Brian Lindgren
Technology
 New website rolled
out April 3rd
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Major upgrade to
SharePoint backend
from custom CMS
Minor debugging in
progress
Site will include SB
Portal and integrated
“members only”
area
Committee-based
navigation
Technology
 Established Social Media Presence
 Facebook:
 /CharlestonDCA – Public
 46 Likes
 Twitter:
 @CharlestonDCA – Public
 112 Followers
 LinkedIn:
 CDCA – Members Only
 232 Members
Technology
 Implemented new
C5ISR Summit
Registration Portal
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Formerly RegOnline,
Now Cvent
Allows both attendee
and Sponsor
Registration
Allows “RSVP”
invitations
More robust features
for e-mail, agendas,
etc.
Technology
 Dave Dobry
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[email protected]
 Brian Lindgren
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[email protected]
[email protected]
Ideas/Suggestions/Volunteers Welcome!!
CDCA
“Finance Committee”
Chair: Josh Hatter
Co-Chair: Pat Keaveny
Finance
• CDCA is a 501(c)(6) organization; thus …
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we do pay sales tax
we do file Form 990 (long-version) annually (McGuire & Associates)
we have no employees; therefore, we have no FICA or FUTA
2 sources of revenue – memberships and annual summit
all banking is under one roof (Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union)
each revenue stream has checking and Money Market accounts, and we
have a member account that holds our reserve
safe depository used for offsite back-ups & long-term storage
tools of choice include QuickBooks 2012, PayPal & Cvent
• semi-annual internal audits – conducted by minimum of 3 board
members
• transitioned to annual invoicing – better predictability of revenue
and expenses
Finance
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Opening Balances, as of 24 May 2013:
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$ 100,045.76
$ 52,227.04
$ 46,816.10
$ 150,473.29
$ 38,445.39
$ 388,007.58
Activity on-hand/in queue, as of 24 May 2013:
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Primary Savings Account
BAU (business-as-usual) Checking Account
C5ISR Conference Checking Account
BAU Money Market
C5ISR Conference Money Market
sub-total:
accrued PayPal membership dues
accrued PayPal Summit payments
invoices paid, not yet cleared (6 internships = $24K)
invoices received, not yet processed for payment
Net position:
$
909.10
$ 11,000.83
($ 26,104.44)
($ 1,528.00)
$372,285.07
Finance
Expenses by Com m ittee YTD
2013 Expenses YTD
2013 Approved Budget
2013 Budget Rem aining
0.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
51,911.85
92,000.00
40,088.15
2,679.68
22,000.00
19,320.32
Internal Audit
0.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Finance Com m ittee
0.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mem bership
0.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
4,535.09
12,000.00
7,464.91
Operational Expenses
30,761.77
101,600.00
70,838.23
Philanthropy
10,200.00
18,000.00
7,800.00
375.00
5,000.00
4,625.00
0.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
27,081.33
37,500.00
10,418.67
0.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
10,063.04
0.00
0.00
7,800.00
18,000.00
10,200.00
145,407.76
322,100.00
186,755.28
Contracts Industry Council
Education
Event
New sletter
Political Action/Relations
Public Relations
SBIOI
Strategy, "Think Tank"
Sum m it
Technology
Total Expenses
Finance
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“Contracts Industry
Council” (CIC) Update
Nancy Straight,
CDCA BOD Liaison for CIC
CIC
Purpose
Purpose: To increase the degree of integration and
quality of the business partnership between SSCATLANTIC and its industry partners. The CIC is a forum
with industry partners to develop a culture of continuous
improvement in order to produce better products/services
for the war-fighter.
The CIC provides a forum for the exchange of ideas to
enhance processes to do things smarter, better, and more
efficiently and help the SPAWAR/Industry team co-evolve
our technologies to maintain our competitive advantage.
CIC
• Representatives consist of two each from:
• Small Business (as defined by NAICS 541330),
• Medium Business (> SB size standards but not in top
20)
• Large Business (In the top 20 of the top 100 Federal
Contractor List)
• AFCEA Appointments (3)
• CDCA Appointments (3)
• Steve Golle (Mid) Jun 2013
• Don Pearsall (Large) Jun 2014
• Ron Malec (Small) Jun 2015
• Address issues of interest to all, not company specific
concerns.
Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
Board of Director Elections
Ron Bushey
Committee: Ron Bushey, Cynthia Holt, Fred McCarthy
BOD Elections
 Voting closed, midnight, 22 May 2013
 Ballots counted, Friday, 1030-1300, 24 May 2013
 Be Assured:
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Electronic and hard copy ballots were protected
and fully secured
Committee process confirmed:
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Company membership in good standing
Ballots had 15 or less “X”
Ballots exceed Quorum requirement, 51%
BOD Elections
 Be Assured cont’d:
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Ballots were tallied
Verified Tally
All Voting materials were signed; packaged in
secure container; and deposited in CDCA archives
No Questions or Discussion from Committee
BOD Elections
Your newly elected Board
of Directors are:
Newly Elected
BOD
Our newly elected Board of Directors are:
1. Steve Amell
2. Katie Arrington
3. Ron “Buzz” Buske
4. Jimi Elderman
5. Mark Gadomski
6. C. David Hamburger
7. Josh Hatter
8. Andrea Julius
9. Ryan Lemire
10. Brian J. Lindgren
11. Jack Moore
12. Elizabeth Stober (Nettles)
13. Nancy Straight
14. Charlie Templeton
15. Elizabeth R. Waugh, PMP
Thank You!
Thank you for your
support of this Association!