The NCMA VOICE
December
2001
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NCMA
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Where: Garden Plaza Hotel, Board Room When: December 5, 2001, 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Mr. Charles (Chuck) Williams Topic: New and Upcoming Changes in the Small Business Administration’s
Policies and Programs Cost: No Cost to Members RSVP: Call Vicki Dyer at 483-9332 or fax to 483-0241. Questions call Mary Berry at 220-4959 or
Barbara Turner at 717-3216. NCMA MEMBERSHIP MEETING Where: Garden Plaza Hotel When: December 5, 2001 Social Hour begins at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. Cost: $12 Members, $15 Non-Members Topic: ORO’s Procurement Perspective Speaker: Mr. Charles Crowe, Director of the
Procurement and Contracts Division, Department of Energy Menu: Fresh Tossed Garden Salad with Ranch & Honey Dijon
Dressings, Turkey with Dressing, Southern Style Green Beans, Candied Yams,
Assorted Dinner Rolls with Butter, Southern Pecan Pie, Coffee, Iced Tea and
Water. Come celebrate with us. Let’s
enjoy a holiday feast, music, and door prizes. RSVP: Call Vicki Dyer at 483-9332 or fax to 483-0241. NOTE: Please make reservations by 5:00 p.m., Friday, November 30,
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The
President’s Corner.........
We have all
suffered losses these last few months, both here and nationally. The Chapter will miss Mark and his
leadership greatly. However, I am
comforted by the quality of our Chapter leadership and their willingness to do
whatever is necessary. I can’t count
the times each of you have come to me and volunteered to do anything
needed. We do need to focus our
attention on the Chapter in this tumultuous time and make our Chapter stronger
for the effort. We owe it to Mark and
his vision for us.
Joel Pearman
About The
Speaker..........
Charles D.
Crowe is the Director of the Procurement and Contracts Division for the
Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations (ORO) Office. He began his government career in
1975 as an
Industrial Relations Specialist at ORO following several years as in the
private sector working in academia and as a contractor. In 1980 Charles moved to the
Procurement
and Contracts Division at ORO as a Contract Specialist, and was promoted to
Chief of the Contract Management Branch in 1987. When emphasis began to focus on environmental clean-up, the
Division was
reorganized,
and Charles became the Chief of the
Environmental
Acquisitions Branch, with responsibility for all ORO Environmental Restoration
and Waste Management
contracts. He was selected as Director, of the Procurement
and Contracts Division in October 1999, and currently has responsibility for
ORO procurement, contracts, personal
property,
and real estate.
Charles has
a Bachelors Degree from Berea College and a Masters Degree form Eastern
Kentucky University. He is a native of
Johnson City, Tennessee. Charles and
his wife Edwena are residents of Oak Ridge, and have two children Nicholas and
Rebecca. Both children are students at
the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.