June 1999

Membership Meeting

When: June 9, 1999

Registration and Networking 11:30 to 11:45 a.m. Meeting begins promptly at 11:45 a.m.

Cost: $8 Members, $12 Non-Members

Where: Garden Plaza Hotel

Speaker: James L. Gallagher, President Westinghouse Government Services Group

Topic: Project Management

Menu: Barbecue Pork Sandwich, Baked Beans, Chips, Pecan Pie, Coffee (Regular or Decaf), Iced Tea, and Water.

RSVP: Call Vicki Dyer at 483-9332.

NOTE: Please make reservations by 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 4.

The President's Corner.........

The end of the 1998-1999 NCMA program year is fast approaching, and we are all looking forward to warm weather and summer vacation. Our last membership meeting will be on June 9, 1999 at the Garden Plaza. The guest speaker will be Mr. James L. Gallagher, President of the Westinghouse Government Services Group. His presentation topic will be Project Management I also encourage you to forward copies of this newsletter to those individuals in your organizations that are involved in engineering services and project controls. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

There is also another good reason to attend our last meeting and that is to help me recognize and thank your Chapter Officers and Committee Chairs for the great job they have done this past year. They have volunteered their time and missed many a lunch in order to ensure that the Chapter:

continues to provide quality educational programs, workshops and seminars for its members;

retains the financial capability to offer scholarships to our local students; and

preserves its history and accomplishments for future years.

Please come and join me in thanking the following individuals:

Elise Roske Vice President and your new 1999-2000 President Steve Hodges National Director and past President Katherine Bumgardner Secretary and next year's Secretary David Wallace Treasurer and next year's Vice President Mark Williams Membership and next year's Treasurer Karen Shears Education Darlene Ahlers Education Al Guidry Employment Debra Hickman Graalman Award Bob Lynch National Education Seminar Robert Madgett National Education Seminar Beth Holt Historian and Librarian Donna Waddell Newsletter Connie Bayless Newsletter and Historian and Librarian Judy Franklin Programs McArthur Moore Scholarships Vicki Dyer Social and Facilities Tracie Rucker Tennessee Technology Summit and WATTec'99 Seaira Stephenson Tennessee Technology Summit and WATTec'99 Mike Criss Certification

Finally, to my fellow officers, committee chairs, NCMA members, and friends: "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take my leave of you." George Washington Frances Tavern, NYC, Dec. 4, 1783

Mary Berry

From the Vice President......

The election of Officers for the NCMA-ET Chapter for the 1999-2000 Program Year was held at the May Membership Meeting on May 12, 1999. The 1999-2000 Program Year Officers are as follows:

Elise Roske President
David Wallace Vice President
Mary Berry National Director
Katherine Bumgardner Secretary
Mark Williams Treasurer

The following individuals have volunteered as Committee Chairs for the 1999-2000 Program Year. These individuals, along with the Chapter Officers, will make up the Chapter Board of Directors for next year. As you will note, there are still several open positions on the Board.

Certification Mike Criss
Constitution/Bylaws Joel Pearman
Education OPEN
Employment Al Guidry
Fellows Ann Johnson
Graalman Debra Hickman
Historian/Librarian Beth Holt/Connie Bayless
Membership Lisa Oldham
NES OPEN
Newsletter Connie Bayless
Photographer OPEN
Program Jill Armstrong/Tracie Rucker
Publicity/Web Page Robert Madgett
Scholarship McArthur Moore
Social Vicki Dyer
Wattec 2000 Seaira Stephenson
World Congress 2000 OPEN

I'd like to thank everyone who volunteered to serve on the Board next year. I'd also like to make a plea to you as members of this Chapter to keep in mind that this is a volunteer run organization; and without volunteers we can't run the organization. If you are interested in volunteering for any of the open Board positions, please call me at 531-1922, ext. 3007, or e-mail at eroske@harding.com.

Elise Roske

Calendar of Events........

June 1-3 Tennessee Technology Summit (June 2 NCMA Session, 2:00 p.m.)
June 9 NCMA Membership Meeting
June 16 NCMA Last Board Meeting

WATTec '99/Tennessee's Technology Summit '99

Tennessee's Technology Summit has arrived. If you haven't registered or need further information you can log on to the Summit Website at www.kornet.org/wattec.

NCMA's Session will be on June 2, 1999, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Our Session Speakers and Agenda are listed below.

Date: June 2, 1999, 2:00 - 5:30 p.m. Location: Knoxville Convention Center (Holiday Inn - World's Fair Site) Session Title: Transition Issues and Challenges: Assuring Business Development and a World Class Workforce in the 21st Century

Session Moderator: Peter D. Dayton, Director, Procurement and Contract, U.S. Department of Energy

Opening Remarks: 2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

Session Titles and Speakers:

Presentation 1: 2:10 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Session Title: Moving from Self-Performance to Subcontracting with Workforce Presenters: Darell von der Linden, Manager or Procurement and John Lyons, Manager of Workforce Transition Presenters Affiliation: Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC

Break: 2:55 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Presentation 2: 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Session Title: Reindustrialization: Reaching the Next Level Presenter: Larry W. Clark, Office of Assets Speak Affiliation: U.S. DOE

Break: 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Presentation 3: 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Session Title: Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Contracting Challenges Presenter: Lisa Brown Presenter Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation

Presentation 4: 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Session Title: Lessons Learned on LMES/IT Outsourcing Presenter: Stuart Philips, Corporate Vice President and Sector Contracts manager Presenter Affiliation: SAIC

Tracie Rucker

Membership News.........

As of April 30, 1999, the East Tennessee Chapter had 176 members. We are proud to welcome three new members: Joyce Johnson, Steve Shook and David Smith

Mark Williams