SOLE

Garden State Chapter
District 10, Chapter 77D

Society of Logistics, Chapter 7 - District 10

08 January 09

Chapter Management Committee Meeting Minutes

Bill Hogelin, Chapter Chair, convened a regular meeting of the Chapter's Management Committee at 11:45 a.m., on 08 Jan 09, at LogSec Corp in Eatontown , NJ .

Attendees:

Bill Hogelin, Bob Featheringham, Ken East, Steve Bromka, Bill McLean, Sabrina Fowler-Turner, Ann St. Germaine

Reports of Officers:

Reports were presented by:

Bob Featheringham - VC Finance

Bill McLean – VC Membership

MAJ Paul McCullough – VC Education (Sent in)

Rich Nichols – VC Prof. Development (Sent in)

Steve Bromka – Publicity

Ann St. Germaine – Newsletter

Ken East – Symposium

Administration:

Since Jeannie Allerton was absent, the minutes from the last meeting were read by Bill Hogelin, Chapter Chair. Ken East made a motion to accept the minutes as read and Steve Bromka seconded the motion.

Finance:

Bob Featheringham provided a hard copy of a new

approach to track the Chapter’s fiscal activity by the number of transactions rather than the amount in dollars. He reviewed the Chapter finances noting that the luncheon subsidies had been planned at $22 per person, but now fees have increased. No luncheon meetings are scheduled for May, June, July, and August at this time.

Membership:

Bill McLean stated that we now have 180 active Chapter members, with 6 renewals and 2 newly registered members. He will email the current updated membership list to all Committee members. An idea was discussed to try to sign up Interns from Ft. Monmouth when they attend workshops that provide information about the SOLE organization.

Education:

Since MAJ Paul McCullough was not in attendance, his report was read by Bill Hogelin. The Logistics Course being offered at CSC through Enlogex is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from 5 – 7 PM. Plans are in process for a CML Prep Course tentatively to begin in mid-February. Books will be needed to be purchased from SOLE prior to the start of the course. Also, a DL workshop is planned for later in 2009. MAJ McCullough requested that the cost of the DL certification, $25, be covered for all SOLE members. He is also looking for suggestions for more workshop ideas.

LEF Liaison:

At the January 20th luncheon, $42 was donated to the LEF.

Programs:

Bill Hogelin announced that Rich Nichols’ new job limits his time for SOLE activities. Rich will be unable to attend the luncheon meetings for awhile, so help is needed to move all the equipment to the Sheraton every month and set up for the presentations. Rich’s report stated that our December 16th speaker, Robert Goodwin, gave an excellent talk on LEFT BEHIND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT. A replacement is needed for the January luncheon since the scheduled speaker is unable to attend. Dr. Richard Wittstruck, Chief Systems Engineer at USA PEO IEW&S will speak in February. Jennifer Reed, Chief, Communications Electronics is scheduled for the March luncheon.

Reports of Committees:

Symposium:

Ken East reported that the 31st SOLE Symposium will take place on Tuesday, May 12th, at the Sheraton Eatontown. The keynote speaker, Mr. Randy Fowler, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Materiel Readiness) is scheduled, but Ken is looking for current and timely topics and speakers to fill the day.

Awards:

A Certificate of Appreciation was presented by Bill Hogelin, Chapter Chair, to Mr. Michael O’Donnell, Project Lead for Material Requirements Planning, CECOM LRC-LEO Directorate at the 20 Jan 09 luncheon for his presentation of "LRC’s MRP Expansion/Certification Scorecard.”

Government Affairs. None

Industrial Affairs Committee: None

Newsletter:

Ann St. Germaine passed out the current newsletter draft for review. The committee members agreed that she should email it to the SOLE membership to read. This will be standard procedure to send out monthly newsletters so members receive current updates on Chapter activities.

Publicity.

Steve Bromka stated that he has been posting all the newsletters and luncheon presentations on the Chapter website. He also needs articles 3 to 4 weeks ahead of time so he can post them in the Monmouth Message for Ft. Monmouth distribution.

New Business:

Bill Hogelin stated that more discussion is needed on whether the Chapter will cover the $25 fee for the SOLE members who apply for DL certification. He said we may need to buy the books commercially for the CML course if they are not supplied by the SOLE office. Bill said that two new positions are under consideration for the Chapter. One position is for a Networking Social position, and the other is for a CML/CPL position.

Adjournment:

Motion to adjourn was made by Ken East and seconded by Bob Featheringham. The meeting was adjourned at 1:00.

Respectfully submitted:

Ann St. Germaine for Jeannie Allerton
Chapter Secretary

jeanne.m.allerton@conus.army.mil