Transcript CDCA Annual Business Meeting

Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
Annual Business Meeting
25 May 2011
CDCA Conference
Committee
Co-Chairs:
Beth Waugh/Malcolm Fages
C5ISR
Conference
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CDCA Newsletter
Committee
Chair:
Steve Amell
Newsletter
 Committee at work
 Due out July 2012
 Seeking members
CDCA
Small Business & Industry
Outreach Initiative “SBIOI”
Josh Hatter
Our Purpose
Foster professional relationships
between SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic’s Large
and Small Businesses for the purpose of
increasing the business base of potential small
business opportunities based on trust,
approach, and commitment gained by working
relationships, continued networking, and
specialized experience.
SBIOI
 21 July 2011
 Trident Technical College, Culinary Arts Institute
 0730-1500
CDCA Strategic Planning
Committee
Overview and Summary
Elizabeth Nettles
Our Purpose
The focus of the CSPC is to help identify and
focus on the future. Our goal is to help define
the path forward for the organization –
through membership, growth, and expansion.
CSPC
CSPC currently meets twice a month to discuss
these issues and consists of the following
members:
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Elizabeth Nettles
Cynthia Holt
Steve Amell
Dave Hamburger
Josh Hatter
Pat Keaveny
Charlie Templeton
Noah Leask
Mark Gadomski
CSPC
 Topics of Discussion:
Value of Membership – how do we define?
• How to retain/grow members – obtain
feedback, increase retention
• Marketing Plan – Reach out to new
companies for involvement
• Organizational Growth – align ourselves only
to SPAWAR or branch out within the
community?
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Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
CIC Update
Jack Hogan for CIC Team
Manpower
Reporting
 Contract Amendments
 Importance of these reports to:
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You/SSC-Atlantic/OSD
CIC Nominees
 Recommendations
 Announcement on 10 June 2011
Future Pilot
RFPs
 Met with William Paggi-Tues, 24 May
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Sensitive to industry needs
Working all 6 Pilots concurrently
Wednesday, 1 June, Meeting with ASN
decision makers to review and discuss DRAFT
Acquisition plans (Discussions address all 6
Pilots)
Tuesday, 7 June, CIC Meeting
NLT Friday, 10 June, SSC-Atlantic or Industry
CIC will Pilot Status Report, schedule; Industry
Day; possible release dates
CIC
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Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
Education Committee
David Hamburger – Senior Co-Chair
John Jones – Co-Chair
Our Purpose
Our desire is to educate and mentor students in
the engineering and business fields who may
one day join our industry
Summer Internship
Program
 Member companies host college interns for the Summer Internship
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Program.
The CDCA provides up to $4000 to member companies to supplement
the labor cost for these interns.
The CDCA will work with Colleges and Universities to post the
positions.
It is the responsibility of the host company to evaluate candidate interns
and request the supplemental funds from the CDCA education
committee.
Requirements for student applicants:
 Must be a resident of South Carolina
 Must be a college student pursuing a degree at a South Carolina
College or University
 Must be a Citizen of the United States of America
Host companies are encouraged to give preference to student
applicants who are pursuing engineering or technical degrees.
However, selection based on DoD relevance, not technical relevance.
Summer Internship
Program
 Board of Directors approved eight $4,000
internship awards for the 2011 summer.
 A 100% increase in the number of awards
over last year!
 Education Committee reviewed all
applications and selected the top eight
 Five corporate member companies obtained
internships
Connected
Associations
 Complimentary Affiliations With:
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AFCEA
TASC
ASTRA
WID
Navy League
SSC-LANT Education Program Office
AOC and Others…
To complement and supplement, not to compete…
Contributions
 The CDCA Education Committee continually
looks for ways to attract talent to the region or
promote organic development through the
local educational infrastructure.
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Robotics - $25,000 donated to Palmetto
Partners
Regional Science Fair- Multiple education
committee members served as Judges for the
Regional Science Fair
AFCEA Scholarship Golf Tournament
Benefactor – $18,000 donated as of 3/7/11
Web Development Intern $6,000
2011 Investment
 Summer Internship  Robotics  AFCEA Scholarship  Web Internship  Grand Total
$32,000
$25,000
$18,000
$ 6,000
$81,000
Pending Support
 Additional $60,000 being considered for
allocation to support additional educational
initiatives.
 CDCA’s total investment for educational
initiatives in 2011?
$141,000
Path Forward
 Outreach
 High School (PLTW, STEM, Robotics, Science Fairs,
etc…)
 College & University (Initiated through Summer
Internship Program)
 Local
 State
 Regional
 Internship Expansion and Co-Op Opportunities
 Become the “The e-Harmony of Education”
 Student Portal (complements both Internship and CoOp initiatives)
 Grants & Other Financial Aid
 Research
 Application Submission
Questions?
[email protected]
843-323-6567
[email protected]
843-554-6111
Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
Financial Update
Pat Keaveny
Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
Membership Update
Charlie Templeton
Membership
 CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
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Four Platinum Members
143 Corporate Members (6 inactive)
172 Affiliate Members (38 Inactive)
Total Membership—319
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE FORMING
Charleston Defense
Contractors Association
Board of Director Elections
Jack Hogan
Committee: Cynthia Holt, Ron Malec, Jack Hogan
BOD Elections
 Voting closed Monday night, 23 May
 Counting of ballots, Tuesday, 10-1130, 24 May
 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 up to date
Ballots had 15 or less “X”
Ballots exceed Quorum requirement
BOD Elections
 Be Assured cont’d:
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Ballots were tallied
Verified Tally
BOD Elected noted
All Voting materials were signed; packaged in
secure container; and deposited in CDCA archives
No Questions or Discussion from Committee
Newly Elected
BOD
Our newly elected Board of Directors are:
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Steve Amell
Ron Buske
Dave Dobry
Mark Gadomski
Dave Hamburger
Josh Hatter
Bob Hayes
Pat Keaveny
Noah Leask
Fred McCarthy
Jack Moore
Elizabeth Nettles
Charlie Templeton
Rebecca Ufkes
Beth Waugh.
Thank You!
Thank you for your
support of this Association!