National Contract Management Association
East Tennessee Chapter
October 17, 2000

David Wallace called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m.

The Officer and Committee update/status reports were as follows:

President: David Wallace initiated discussion on attendance in an open forum discussion. Board approved board meeting luncheons to be paid by the chapter. It was decided that the board would develop a survey to assess the needs of the members. The board would like to zero in on the hot topics that the membership is interested in. The board will begin to assess the audience (who is attending the meetings, who is reading the newsletter, etc.) to better serve the membership.

Vice President: No update.

Secretary: Katherine Bumgardner will draft a membership survey.

Treasurer: No update.

Education: No update.

Scholarship: No update.

Employment: No update.

Membership: No update.

Graalman: No update.

NES: No update.

Newsletter: Katherine Bumgardner requested newsletter articles to be in by Friday. David Wallace will submit a timely topics article.

Program: We may have Toni Duvall at the December evening meeting. We may try to have Doris Heim for the December 6th meeting. Possible topics include the transition of Y-12, construction management issues, risk management, skills for the contracting professionals for year 2000 and beyond. We may also request Bob Lynch to speak.

Social: No report. Board discussed the possibility of moving the evening Christmas Party to Tuesday instead of Wednesday night.

Historian: No report.

Constitution and Bylaws: No report.

Publicity/Webmaster: No report.

David Wallace adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m.