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Submitted by Mariel Dennis, President
Happy New Year! Is one of your New Year’s
Resolutions to take charge of your career? One way is actively pursuing lifelong learning. And there’s no better organization than NCMA for accredited certification, national conferences with leading experts or value-packed local educational events! Chapter meetings let you network with other professionals, learn new skills and keep up with changes affecting the profession – values for you and your employer.
Another way to move your career forward is to build your leadership skills by becoming a chapter officer.
NCMA officers get excellent leadership training and opportunities for travel! Next month’s newsletter will provide information about all the chapter offices.
Your Executive Committee has two New Year’s
Resolutions. The first is to continue to offer value to our members through excellent educational programs . Here are some highlights:
January - “ Earned Value Management
System” . EVMS is new, so keep pace with changes affecting government contracts while expanding project management knowledge.
February - Member Appreciation Month .
Check out how we celebrate our long-term members and encourage new members to join.
Won’t you bring a colleague and join us?
Spring- (March or April), attend NCMA’s newest
National Education Seminar on Performance
Based Acquisition . Stay tuned for details.
In April, celebrate Contract Management
Week with World Congress 2006, April 10-12.
If your organization has an event to support contract professionals around this time, please let us know so we can share your efforts.
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Our second resolution is to Grow the Chapter -- this is essential to serve the Sacramento contracting community. Please help by:
1. Recruit New Members.
Bring at least one new person to an event and encourage them to join over
20,000 contracting professionals.
2. Expand Base of Support.
Help us reach out to local employers (government or industry) to support
NCMA. Help identify your executives (with contact information) so we can introduce them to NCMA.
3. Grow New Leaders.
If the chapter is going to survive, we welcome help in many ways – just ask how you can get involved!
I look forward to hearing from you with your ideas and suggestions. Please call me at (916) 375-4945 or email me at Mariel.Dennis@dgs.ca.gov
Office
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Name Phone
Mariel Dennis
Joan Rene
375-4945
367-8662
Perry Sloan 530-432-4277
Secretary
VP Education
VP Membership
VP Hospitality
VP Awards
VP Programs
Mary Lawrence
Vacant
Alice Morgan
Holli Nguyen
Vacant
Pat Collins
569-4809
978-5561
636-5740
204-4457
Newsletter Editor Liz Bourrage 375-4359
Gold Rush Chapter Web site: http://intranet.ncmahq.org/Sacramentogoldrush/
NCMA National Web site: www.ncmahq.org
President’s Corner .......................................... 1
Chapter Meetings ............................................ 2
Calendar of Events.......................................... 2
World Congress 2006…………… ................ ...3
Cancellation Policy .......................................... 4
Keeping Your Edge Beyond Age 45 ............. 4-5
NASPO Resolution .......................................... 6
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The January meeting will be held on January
18 at Strada’s, 3427 Orange Grove Avenue in North Highlands just off Watt north of
Hwy 80. The menu selections include Caesar
Salad, Fettuccine Alfredo, Chicken Pasta
Primavera, and Lasagna Bolognese.
The audio seminar topic will be Changes to the Earned Value Management System
(EVMS). The EVMS is a key tool used to track, measure and report on the progress of projects, both large and small. Using
EVMS helps prevent cost overruns and schedule creep.
The tool is used by certified Project
Managers everywhere, is required for all federal agencies by the Office of
Management & Budget Exhibit 300, and is mandatory in the Department of Defense.
Registration Information:
$15.00 for NCMA members
$20.00 for non-members
Contact Holli Nguyen at 916-636-5740 or at holli.nguyen@necsam.com
Time: 11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Calendar of Events
Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is …Mick Jagger
January 2006
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18
27-28
February 2006
8
15
March 2006
8
TBD
Executive Committee Meeting
Chapter Meeting--
Earned Value Management System
Strada ’s (I-80 off Watt)
NCMA Headquarters Mid-Year
Leadership Conference
San Francisco
Executive Committee Meeting
Chapter Meeting —
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED)
Ziggurat
Membership Appreciation Month
Membership Recruitment Month
Executive Committee Meeting
Nominations for Elections
National Education Seminar (NES)
Performance-Based Contracting
April 2006
5
TBD
10-12
Executive Committee Meeting
Chapter Elections – email ballot
Chapter Meeting
World Congress, Atlanta, GA
May 2006
15-19 Chapter Meeting
Election Results Announced
Government Technology Conference
Gold Rush Chapter to sponsor
Seminar on Changes to State
Legislation Affecting Procurement and DVBE
June 2006
7
TBD
Executive Committee Meeting
Chapter Meeting
Installation of Officers
July 2006
Summer Break —no Chapter Meeting
August 2006
Summer Break —no Chapter Meeting
By Pat Collins, Vice President Programs
On February 15, come to the Ziggurat for our luncheon talk on Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design ( LEED™). What is LEED™, and why does it matter to my construction projects?
Come hear a presentation from the local Project
Manager of the international
Architectural/Engineering firm 3D/International.
Jim Ogden is a Senior Associate and LEED™
Accredited Professional for 3D/I and recently acted as Project Consultant on the high-profile Capitol
Area East End Complex project, a five-building office complex for the State of California,
Department of General Services.
The project was awarded the US Green Building
Council’s LEED™ “Gold” certification; the second one to do this in the State and the first public facility in the country. The fact that such incredible environmental results (energy reduction of 30% below Code, 97% diversion of waste from the landfill and the highest level of sustainable building materials) were achieved for a large public agency building further adds to its triumph.
The entire method of building definition, evaluation criteria for determining the winning contractor, and overall project management has served as a model for how to successfully develop a sustainable building. The LEED award certifies the building’s incredible level of performance; achieved within the
State’s contract price and schedule.
Jim will discuss LEED™ concepts and provide guidance on “going green” within mainstream project management.
3D/I is also a subcontractor on a US Bureau of
Reclamation LEED project here in California, and is one of the Prime contractors on the Pentagon rebuilding project and has an extensive K-12 facilities practice nationwide. See more at www.3di.com
and the US Green Building Council at www.usgbc.org
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Details will be provided in a separate flyer. Bring your colleagues, as this is Membership Recruitment
Month and guests are admitted free with an accompanying paid member!
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By Alice Morgan, VP Membership
February is Membership Appreciation and
Recruitment Month! At our luncheon meeting at the
Ziggurat, we will present Service Pins honoring our
Members with five-year, ten-year, and beyond, years of membership and service to the contracting profession. Your name will be published in the
February newsletter. Please come to the meeting to collect your Service Pin!
To help recruit new members, we are offering the
February event at NO charge to guests who are accompanied by a paying member. The February luncheon event is at the Ziggurat and the cost to members is nominal; lunch is available in the Café.
The topic is green building design (LEED) and promises to be very informative.
By Perry Sloan, Treasurer
The Chapter has continued to operate within budget. We received our rebate from NCMA headquarters for the November NES, one of our principal sources of income, and expenses have been per plan. We look forward to seeing many of you at the January 18 th program meeting.
Achieving High Performance in Global Business
Leadership, Outsourcing, & Risk Management
April 10 –12, 2006 • Atlanta, GA
Attend this event for the opportunity to network, share information, and learn about contract management trends, technology, best practices, and updates on legislation that affect you day to day.
World Congress 2006 offers:
More than 100 educational sessions,
More than 100 exhibits,
Networking receptions, and
Active recruiting in exhibit hall.
Register by March 17 and save!
By Mariel Dennis, President
Due to the consistently high number of members and guests who register for Chapter events and then don’t show up, the Board has decided to implement a
Cancellation Policy in order to curb costs.
Effective Date: As of January 1, 2006, the following
Cancellation Policy will apply for all chapter events (with the exception of National Education Seminars hosted by the NCMA National Office). This policy will be included on event flyers and our Web site at http://intranet.ncmahq.org/Sacramentogoldrush
Substitutions: If you cannot attend, you may substitute another person without notifying NCMA, at any time.
The person attending must accept the same meal selection, if any, unless coordinated with the event registrar within the time required in the meeting notice.
Non-members who substitute for a member must pay the non-member price.
Cancellations:
No Charge Cancellation: To cancel at no charge, we require advance notice by voice or email at least 72 hours (or 3 business days) prior to the function.
Cancellation Fee : Cancellations with “short notice”
(i.e., less than 72 hours notice) or no notice (“noshows”) will be subject to a
$25 cancellation fee .
Cancellation Fee Exception: NCMA may, in its sole discretion and on a case-by-case basis, elect not to charge a cancellation fee. Examples: the facility does not charge NCMA; the fee would present a hardship; or family emergencies outside the control of a registrant. Note : Bad weather is not an acceptable excuse for not attending. While we do understand that your well-being is important, the
Chapter still must pay our guaranteed attendance.
Notice: Notice must be received via the registration telephone number (916-636-5740) or event registration email address holli.nguyen@necsam.com
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Other fiscal policies:
Miscellaneous Fees: For events where payment is made in advance, if NCMA would cancel at no charge per the above, NCMA reserves the right to refuse to refund any portion of the payment attributable to transaction processing fees, such as credit card processing fees, check processing fees, etc., which NCMA is required to pay to a third party.
Bounced Checks: Any person who pays for an
NCMA event with a check which is not honored by their bank will pay the actual fees that NCMA is charged plus $10.
Chapter Presidents,
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In a workplace full of young employees, staying smart and staying competitive are key to giving baby boomers the drive, motivation, force, and ability to continue moving ahead.
By Dr. Philip L. Miller
It is a recurring theme —the baby boomers lead once again. Why? There are 76 million of us turning 50 at the rate of 1 every 18 seconds for the next 20 years. We remain a potent force, as we have for the past five decades. You can’t ignore us because the population bulge in the modern world continues to favor the baby boom population. We are an aging society. The World
Health Organization and large annuity companies are only too aware of this developing fact. The fastestgrowing segment of our population is…85 and above.
A new field and discipline is emerging in medicine. It has various appellations —anti-aging medicine, rejuvenation medicine, longevity medicine, or age management. But its common theme is applying well-researched phenomenon of the aging process to a focus on a new paradigm. This is the essence of functional medicine. It is the application of medicine to improve and optimize function, as opposed to the late-stage intervention and treating of disease states. It is forward thinking and is the solution to the dilemma facing modern medicine — treating larger numbers of people with diminishing national economic resources.
So, what does this mean to you? Here in the Silicon
Valley, as in so many large metropolitan areas around the country and even around the world, we are faced with the business dilemma of retaining an aging workforce. Until recently, the simple solution has been the hiring of younger workers at less expensive salaries or, worse, offshoring. But we lose an entire generation of expertise, savvy, and know-how. It is a temporary fix.
Long term, more and more post-50 workers will stay in the work force —out of necessity. How?
The most successful application of anti-aging programs is a coordinated and structured approach that begins with solid and time-tested principles of good nutrition, exercise, and supplementation. There is a level of hormonal modulation and balance, but it is followed by
“cognitive enhancement.” This means staying smart and retaining memory. Brain Longevity , as it was called by
Dharma Singh Khalsa in his epic volume. We all experience a loss of memory for names and small details past the age of 50 (actually past 38). A structured
approach to reviving this memory gap remains vital. Our memory storage and recall are our little internal hard discs. We resort to the use of external devices such as
PDAs and Google searches.
Staying competitive. What does it take? We have the experience and knowledge. So, staying competitive is reviving the drive, the motivation, the force, and the ability to move ahead. Staying competitive is what it took in our 20s and 30s to get started. Do we now have what it takes to keep going? It is about looking, feeling, and performing at our optimal best.
The most formidable interview I have seen in years was an interview with George Burns
—one of the icons of aging well. There are others including John Glenn,
Sophia Loren, and, of course, Jack LaLaine. George was
92 years young. His recall, timing, and delivery were impeccable and undiminished. His goal was to play the
London Palladium at age 100. It was daunting that a man
40 years older could be so sharp and witty and “on.” So, gentle reader, it is not necessarily a function of age. Age is a state of mind. Aging is not inevitable.
Our target audience is the 40- to 55-year-old group, which happens to be the leading edge of the baby boom population. It is when the motivation to recapturing lost vigor and stamina presents itself as “I am losing energy” or “I just don’t feel like myself any longer” or it may be out of lost physical, mental, sexual, or even spiritual energy that a glimmer of the final end becomes more tangible. You begin to sense the game is moving into later innings.
I see dentists who are losing the ability to move from chair to chair as easily. I see software engineers having difficulty keeping up. “I feel beat up.” But the most striking example is a 72-year-old real estate broker who just wanted some small changes in her hormonal routines. She is a youthful, vivacious, and charge-ahead woman who, in the end, was most fretful of losing her job. And why? Despite the fact that she was the most productive sales person in her unit, she was constantly fearful of revealing her true age. She looks and acts about 62. But she is 72.
They most often come out of a vague sense of lost energy or fatigue that is so poorly addressed or understood in conventional medicine. This is a functional concept
—restoring lost function—lost vim and vigor.
But, in the end, it so often comes down to competitiveness in the workplace. At any level up to corporate CEOs, it is about restoring confidence,
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—physical and mental—that is the ultimate quest.
This is a nation that values “productivity.” It is part of the
GNP. It may be part of company annual reports and
10Ks and daily stock market charting. It may be a facet of the annual employee review. I often say that, here in the Silicon Valley, we have what may pass for the most egalitarian society imaginable. Race, color, ethnicity, and gender are all subordinate to productivity. It is how much you can produce that matters. What is your intellectual value?
The pursuit of optimal health and well-being starts as a personal goal and ends as a personal triumph. “I feel like myself again.” “This is the best I have felt in 10 to 20 years.” We all have the capacity to regain “that feeling.”
But in the marketplace, this is ultimately a matter of increased productivity
—the ability to stay competitive and thrive
—unless you are one of the few who have attained “critical mass” and can retire prematurely.
However, there are far more of us out there who need the “edge.” The answer is here. The government is not here to help. Medicare is going broke. It is up to you.
The strength and motivation must come from within each one of you. We in the anti-aging, longevity medicine field are merely the vanguard of an entirely new way of offering the help, the guidance, and some answers. The phoenix rises. There is the certainty of far more John
Glenns rising into space at age 78, Sophia Lorens at age
70, Jack LaLaines at age 91, and the creativeness of
Clint Eastwoods into the 70s and beyond. The hope and prospects are at hand. Now reach out. It is up to you to take the first steps.
About the Author
Dr. Philip Lee Miller, a physician and author, specializes in anti-aging and longevity medicine. With more than 30 years’ experience, he is a diplomat of the American
Board on Anti-Aging Medicine. As coauthor of the new book, “The Life Extension Revolution: The New Science of Growing Older Without Aging,” Dr. Miller offers a comprehensive guide for achieving optimal health through healthy nutrition, supplements, exercise, stress reduction, and more. He holds degrees from UC
Berkeley and UC San Diego and is founder of the Los
Gatos Longevity Institute.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE
PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING PRIVATIZATION OR
OUTSOURCING OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Whereas, state procurement is an inherently governmental function;
Whereas, 50 state and 87,525 local jurisdictions spend $1.1 - $1.35 trillion annually of public funds procuring goods, services and construction;
Whereas, state procurement has a strategic role in every function of government;
Whereas, state procurement requires specialized skills, knowledge and ability;
Whereas, state procurement requires a transparent process with clearly stated rules to ensure equity and fairness in awarding contracts and instill public confidence;
Whereas, state procurement protects public funds from conflicts of interest, anti-trust violations, fraud and abuse;
Whereas, state procurement ensures that contracting decisions serve the best interests of the government and its citizens;
Whereas, state procurement efficiently provides government programs with essential, quality and durable goods, services and construction;
Whereas, state procurement seeks maximum competition to obtain best value for the government and its citizens;
Whereas, state procurement serves small and disadvantaged businesses through open and fair competition and training, networking, outreach, mentoring and other programs;
Whereas, state procurement serves to improve our environment by seeking environmentally safe and energy efficient products, recycling and landfill reduction;
Whereas, state procurement serves communities in each state through cooperative procurement programs; and
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Whereas, state procurement officials must maintain public trust and confidence and be accountable to the public.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, any effort to outsource or privatize state procurement is opposed by the National Association of State
Procurement Officials; and be it further
RESOLVED that outsourcing state procurement functions is contrary to sound public and fiscal policy; and be it further
RESOLVED that outsourcing state procurement presents an opportunity for significant waste, fraud and abuse.
Adopted by
National Association of State Procurement Officials
April 22, 2005
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