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THE PURCHASING EXCHANGE
In This Issue
President’s Message
Executive Board
September Luncheon
Recap
NIGP Seminar Recap
Fitness Challenge
Volunteers Needed
Regional Conference
Recap
Charity News
New CPPO’s and
CPPB’s
Birthdays!
Membership Report
Member Spotlight
Upcoming Events
Scholarships
Mentoring Works!
Connected?
Contact Us
New Sponsors
President’s Message By Bill Munch, CPPB
Oh my gosh, it’s November already! Thanksgiving is just around the cor-ner and the stores are gearing up for old St. Nick. One more of these President’s Messages after this one and I will be handing the reigns over to Joe Guy. Where has this year gone? In October, we wrapped up the CPPO and CPPB Review Sessions. We are confident all those who took the test during this testing cycle will be successful. We should be proud of the professionalism we display and know that Procurement is job one! Our 2016 Regional Conference and Vendor Expo was held on October 20, 2016 in Mesa. The conference is our premiere affordable professional development opportunity of the year. The Game Show theme was fun and exciting. We had close to 90 vendors that you and your end users were able to visit with. I want to thank the conference committee volun-teers for making the event such a success. Special thanks also goes out to all the vendors that supported us and our visitors from the Copper and Grand Canyon Chapters! There were so many great educational sessions going on it was oh so hard to choose which to attend. Congrats to every-one involved.
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The Official Newsletter of the Arizona State Capitol Chapter of NIGP Nov/Dec 2016
2016 Executive Board President—Bill Munch, CPPB
[email protected] 602-677-1988
Vice-President—Joe Guy, CPPB
[email protected] 602-506-8718
Treasurer—Sharon Brause, CPPO
[email protected] 480-644-2815
Secretary—Heather Hodgman
[email protected] 480-474-8500
Immediate Past President—Irma Guzman, CPPB
[email protected] 602-506-8715
September Luncheon Recap
President’s Message (Continued from previous page)
In November, we have a one-day class on Effective Decision Making at Tolleson Union High School District. Sorry, this one is so popular it is filled! For those who signed up through the U.S. Communities grant, please please please be aware that if you fail to attend or make arrangements for another chapter member to attend in your place, we will be forced to charge you the full fee for the class. We don’t want anyone missing out. Finally, for this calendar year, is our annual Holiday and Awards Business Meeting on December 13th at the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT). Our lunch will be served by the high school students in the Culinary Department that attend EVIT. I am so excited that our chapter is able to support these students that will be the restaurateurs of tomorrow! If you have never had the opportunity to experience what EVIT has to offer, you are in for a treat. There is no cost for this meeting as a holiday thank you to all of our members. However, if you fail to attend or send another member as a replacement, we must charge $20.00 for no-shows. Seats are going fast so I would register right now if I were YOU. Thanks again, everyone and Go Purchasing Go!
Sincerely, Bill Munch, CPPB AZNIGP President, 2016
The September Luncheon Meeting
was held on September 13, 2016 at
Embassy Suites in Tempe with 60
members in attendance.
Lisa Maxwell, Town Clerk with the
Town of Gilbert presented on Man-
aging Public Records. The topic of
discussion included, What is a Rec-
ord?, Public Records Laws, Public
Records Requests, Retention of
Records, Destruction of Records,
Electronic Records and Email. A
copy of her presentation is available
on the Chapter website if anyone is
interested in viewing it.
The business meeting portion of the
luncheon included nominations for
Vice-President and Treasurer. Sha-
ron Brause, City of Mesa and cur-
rent Treasurer will be running for
Treasurer again and Kristy Garcia,
City of Mesa was nominated for
Vice-President. Elections will be
held the first part of October with
election results being announced at
the Regional Conference on Octo-
ber 20th.
Several members won prizes as
part of the pro-d prize drawing and
Steve Troxel, ADOT and Jim Ruiz,
City of Mesa, won a free lunch to
attend a future luncheon meeting.
Thank you to everyone for attending
and we look forward to seeing you
in December at the Holiday Awards
luncheon.
This workshop held on
September 19th and 20th
was designed to cover
the structure and mean-
ing of enforceable con-
tracts. As purchasing pro-
fessionals we are re-
quired to organize, write
and interpret contracts
everyday. This seminar
offered tips and tricks on
the language that can be
used when writing con-
tracts.
Our class was very di-
verse with a mix of pro-
curement staff from state,
school, city, and county
agencies. We had mem-
bers come from all over.
It was great to share what
other agencies are doing
and their best practices
and the challenges they
face when dealing with
vendors and legal when it
comes to contract issues.
Our instructor, Mr. Mi-
chael J. Kolodisner,
CPPO, shared his nearly
20 years of purchasing
and legal experience.
Mike does training and
consulting for both private
and public organizations
throughout the United
States, Canada, Europe,
Asia and South America.
Mike is a recognized ex-
pert in his field and made
this class very enjoyable
and interesting.
Thank you Christina
Jimenez with ADOT for
facilitating and providing
the location.
NIGP Seminar Recap—Effective Contract Writing
September 19-20, 2016
NIGP Chapter Document Fitness Challenge Calling all Chapters to exercise your talents and skills to help get the doc-
ument library in shape! Are you up for the challenge? The goal...a healthy,
active document library that meets and exceeds your training and profes-
sional development needs. The key to the fitness challenge is to work as
a team and stay motivated and focused on a daily document exercise re-
gime.
Does your chapter have the stamina?
Does your chapter have the strength?
Does your chapter have the speed?
Does your chapter have the endurance?
Challenge Dates:
October 15, 2016—February 15, 2017
The Winner Is… We are all winners—the document library fitness challenge benefits all of us to keep our procurement skills sharp and in the best shape possible.
Grand Prize: The teams (by chapter size) that has reviewed and rated the most docu-ments by February 15 will be announced at the Chapter Leadership Sym-posium on February 24th. Each chapter winner by size category will re-ceive a check made out to the charity of their choice. A special recognition plaque will be presented as well as a special visit to the Chapter by NIG-P’s CEO Rick Grimm to the overall highest winner. (all donations will be made in the Fall of 2017)
To Join: Email Sharon Brause your information. A welcome email with instructions will be sent to you. Thank you!
PLEASE VOLUNTEER! Volunteer opportunities are
available for
P.F. Chang’s (1/15/2017)
Visit our website at
www.aznigp.org for more infor-
mation and to sign up.
MEMBERS NEEDED
Members needed to serve on
Standing Committees:
Community Outreach
Cooperative
Education and Pro-D
Mentoring
Pro-D Prize Drawing
Programs / Webinars
Regional Conference
Reverse Trade Show
Young Professionals
Thanks for considering these
opportunities to share your
talents. Volunteer leaders are
essential to the ongoing suc-
cess of our chapter.
Interested members please
email Joe Guy, incoming Pres-
ident if you would like to serve
on a committee in 2017.
27th Annual Regional Conference The 27th Annual Regional Conference and Vendor Expo was held October
20, 2016 at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa.
Attendees enjoyed a productive and informative AZNIGP Regional Conference.
The all day event featured a vendor trade show, keynote speaker, luncheon meet-
ing, after hour social event, and more than a dozen thought-provoking class ses-
sions given by public procurement professionals.
The day was a huge success with 90 vendor booths and 260 members in attend-
ance. Plus more than 50 employee walk-ins from member agencies.
Our members also donated items to our charity organization, St. Vincent de Paul
and raised $408.00. Thank you for your generous contributions!
Thank You Sponsor Vendors We want to thank our sponsor vendors for their participation and support.
Gold Sponsors: 1GPA, U.S. Communities, National IPA, and The Home
Depot Pro.
Silver Sponsors: Arizona Gym Floors, Keystone Purchasing Network,
National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA), NPPGov, Valley Schools Management
Group (VSMG), and Wholesale Floors.
Without the assistance of these sponsors, and participation of all vendors, our
registration fee for this event would be much higher. Thanks to the vendors at-
tendance they help pay the conference expenses which help reduce the cost to
members.
Thank You Speakers Thank you to the many volunteer speakers who graciously took the time to share
their knowledge and help our members by providing valuable professional devel-
opment.
Chris Hunter, Kurt Krause, Peggy Ferrin, Wayne Casper, Jim Mack, Pete Weaver,
Casey Self, Louis Anaya, Kelvin Ong, Chris Frydrych, Michael Greene, Cyndi
Hawk, Suzanne Alberts, Rob Fiorilli, Jennifer Munoz, Joey Molina, Gary Barkman,
and Nicole Stec.
Committee It is a huge undertaking to organize
an event this size every year but
each year it gets done and it is
always better than the year before.
Thank you committee members for
all your hard work. It takes a small
village and a year of planning but it
is all worth it!
Joe Guy, Bill Munch, Sharon Brause,
Gary Barkman, Kristy Garcia, Jess
Romney, Vicki Fitzpatrick, Cheryl
Rentscheler, Heather Hodgman,
Cyndi Hawk, Joyann George,
Andrea Stupka, Nicole Redding,
Irma Guzman, Kelvin Ong, Suzanne
Alberts, Peggy Ferrin, Karie Ingles,
Darryl Woodson, Ingrid Arnott and
John and Jane Albin.
Michael Greene, City of Tempe, leading the panel discussion
Your 2016 Regional Conference Committee
Sharon Brause and Kristy Garcia, City of Mesa
27th Annual Regional Conference and Vendor Expo was a success!
Thank you members and speakers for attending!
Members enjoying the day!
Thank you vendors for your support!
Our Vendors and Sponsors are Awesome!
Charity News As public servants, each of us supports the communities in which we live and work every
day. The Arizona State Capitol Chapter of NIGP believes it is important to give back to our
local communities and support those who support others.
The December luncheon is the last opportunity to donate to The Society of St. Vincent de
Paul.
Please bring your charitable contributions so we can help those in Arizona who are less fortu-
nate. Your donations helps the St. Vincent de Paul’s mission to feed, clothe, house and heal
our neighbors in need.
Your donation provides hot meals for families living in poverty, family friendly dental clinics,
eases the suffering of seniors and provides food boxes to deserving families.
St. Vincent de Paul prepares and serves 4,000 meals every day in their 5 dining rooms.
Please consider giving to help them provide hot, nourishing meals for our hungry neighbors.
Let’s show our support for this charity by donating the following items at the December lunch-
eon:
MOST-NEEDED ITEMS:
* Peanut Butter
* Canned Meat
* Canned Fruits & Vegetables
* Soup, Stews, Chili, Beans
* Rice and Pasta
* Cereal-Whole Grain, Low Sugar
* Cash Donations
THANK YOU!
Members of the Community Outreach Committee
and Executive Board dropping off donations
collected at the Regional Conference
Birthdays!
November
2nd—Valarie Erwin
7th—Marci Agredano
7th—Gidget Vigil
8th—Victoria Jackson
9th—Matt Bauer
10th—Jesse Atoigue
17th—Pam Giroux
19th—Chris Williams
21st—Kristy Garcia
27th—Phyllis Mack
28th—Shane Kiesow
December
1st—Gina Castner-Corwin
1st—Lynn Gustafson
3rd—Gary Barkman
3rd—Nancy Oyler
4th—Crystal Ramirez
7th—Amie Bristol
7th—Deborah Fasano
7th—Kathryn Small
8th—Cathy Calles-Anzures
8th—Lauri Galaviz
8th—Haydee Nora
9th—Shireen Boone
13th—Simon Alvarez
13th—Lisa Nash
16th—Randy Boyle
16th—Brian Maness
18th—Marsha Chavez
18th—Lisa Goodman
23rd—Debbie Bearden
23rd—Bariah Steiner
29th—Laura Ceballos
30th—Elena Adame
31st—Louise Higuera
UPPCC Announces New
CPPOs and CPPBs The coveted Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO) and Certi-
fied Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) credentials, recognized
throughout the public procurement profession, demonstrate an individ-
ual’s comprehensive knowledge of public procurement.
Obtaining either UPPCC certification requires the candidate to demon-
strate through an application process, that they meet specific requi-
sites; including formal education, procurement related coursework/
training and public procurement employment experience. A compre-
hensive written examination (specific to each certification) is required
to confirm the candidate’s mastery of a variety of public procurement
concepts found in the UPPCC Body of Knowledge.
The next examinations are scheduled for October 17-29, 2016.
UPPCC is currently accepting applications for the May 2017 testing
window through the January 30, 2017 application deadline.
Congratulations to the following AZNIGP members who passed
the May 2016 UPPCC Exam and earned their professional desig-
nations:
Christina Pryor, CPPO, CPPB—City of Chandler
Nick Perrera, CPPB—Maricopa County
Paul Shamrock, CPPB—Maricopa County
Ai Linn Smith, CPPB—AZ Department of Child Safety
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
Membership Report Active Members = 422
Pending Members = 1
Expired Members = 0
Vacant Positions = 3
New Members = 18
Please report any members that
have left your agency so they
can be marked as expired and
your agency can get credit for a
vacant membership. You can
apply this vacant membership to
any new hire. (same member-
ship year only)
Membership renewals or any
new membership is $40.00. All
NEW members receive a free
lunch voucher to attend a chap-
ter luncheon ($20 value).
Benefits to being a Chapter
Member include, free webinars,
networking opportunities, dis-
counted professional develop-
ment events, scholarship oppor-
tunities, and much more!
Please contact Kristy Garcia,
Membership Chair, to redeem
free lunch vouchers, remove or
add any members, and with any
questions or help getting regis-
tered.
New Members at the Regional Conference in October
Welcome New Members Monique Harris
Tempe Elementary
Rick McComsey
AZ Department of Economic Security
Keith Brown
AZ Department of Economic Security
William Lamarche
AZ Department of Economic Security
Julie Patterson
City of Glendale
Patricia Eaton
ADOA / SPO
Debbie Bearden
City of Mesa
Laura Ceballos
City of Mesa
Jill Lin
Arizona Department of Corrections
LaVonne Morris
City of Phoenix
Kimberly Fiumara
City of Glendale
Sheila Hoppe
AZ Department of Economic Security
Marco Fort
AZ Department of Economic Security
Pearl Meza
City of Phoenix
Diane Cabanillas
Maricopa County Superior Court
Marian Whilden
Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Authority
Christina Pina
Tempe Union High School District
Donovan Goldtooth
City of Tempe
The AZNIGP family is continuing to grow!! We had 23 new members
register and attend the Regional Conference. Their attendance is a di-
rect reflection on the excellent programming and the fun energetic at-
mosphere of our organization.
We again want to extend a warm AZNIGP “Welcome” to all new Mem-
bers and to our first time conference attendees. We look forward to see-
ing you at more upcoming AZNIGP events and conferences.
How long have you been in Purchasing? I started in commer-cial for 30 years and for school district for 7 years.
How long have you worked for your em-ployer? 13 years with Apache Junction Uni-fied School District #43.
Before joining my current employer, I was: A buyer, ware-house, checkouts, supervisor check-outs, cash cage, layouts, and service desk supervi-sor for Kmart. I could do anything in a Kmart store but make pizza.
What was your first car? A 4 door red 1967 Chevy Bis-cayne (standard transmission). My father bought me the car and told me that I will learn how to drive a standard
transmission and will pay for the car.
My favorite place is: By any body of water with a fishing pole in my hand.
It’s your day off. What are you doing? Working in my garden and canning from the vegetables I get from
my garden.
Where is your home town? Bay City Michigan.
What do you like to do outside of work? My fam-ily likes to shoot rockets, camping, and shopping at second hand stores.
Favorite movie? Fast and Furious (I like old fast cars)
Any recent accomplish-ment / recognition you are proud of and would like to share? Getting on the Board of
Trustees for Mohave.
Member Spotlight: KAREN FINN
ATTENTION MEMBERS!
Please visit www.aznigp.org to ensure your profile is up-to-date and that if you are a NIGP National
member, that the proper box is checked. (The Chapter pays NIGP different rates based on this!)
Also make sure your Job Title and Department are documented in the required fields as well as
your birthday so we can send you birthday greetings!
You can also review your history and print attendance certificates and receipts/invoices under
Review / Update Your Profile then select the History tab.
Free NIGP
Webinars*
Webinars are a great training
opportunity and are offered at
NO COST to members. All
registrants receive a certifi-
cate of completion and one
contact hour for attending.
Offered during lunch time, a
Webinar includes 60-70
minutes of information fol-
lowed by a Q&A session.
November 8, 2016
(Above are recordings of previously offered NIGP webinars and are hosted at City of Mesa and ADOT) *webinar topics tbd
NEWS FROM NIGP
Are you taking advantage of
FREE?
NIGP is offering webinars at
no cost to National Members.
That’s a $190 Value……..
FREE!
That’s free Recertification
Points!
Click here to read about free
webinars and upcoming top-
ics and dates.
www.nigp.org
Upcoming Events You Don’t Want to Miss
Chapter Luncheon Meeting’s
December 13, 2016—11:30 AM (Registration Now Open and No Cost!)
*If you register for this event and fail to attend you will be charged $20.00 for the cost
of the lunch. Please cancel in advance or send someone in your place if needed.
January 10, 2017—11:30 AM
Professional Development Opportunities
November 21, 2016—NIGP Seminar: Effective Decision Making
February 20-21, 2017—NIGP Seminar: Logistics and Transportation
Career Seminar’s
March 14, 2017—8:00 AM
Events, dates, and times are subject to change. Please check the website for
current information, details and registration information. www.aznigp.org
Mentoring Works!
Scholarship Submission Guidelines:
Designed to assist members with a need for funds to help pay for continuing education and professional development
efforts
Maximum amount $1,000 in the same 12-month period
Must be an active and participating member
Use for:
Chapter Sponsored NIGP Courses
Chapter Sponsored Seminars and Workshops
College Purchasing Courses
CPPB/CPPO Test Fees
The Scholarship Application and Instructions are posted on the Chapter website at www.aznigp.org
under Documents and Files.
Submit all applications to the Vice President of AZNIGP, Joe Guy, at [email protected].
The mentor program is geared
toward the professional develop-
ment of procurement practition-
ers. The goal is to match experi-
enced professionals with part-
ners seeking to advance or ex-
pand their skills. We are looking
for members who are commit-
ted, encouraging, motivating,
and supportive.
This program is perfect for the
new procurement professional
who wants to learn more about
government procurement and
NIGP. You will be matched with
a seasoned member who will
guide you and help you set
goals and help you achieve
those goals.
Gain knowledge from long-term
members who have experience
and wisdom and develop a loyal
network of supporters. Mentors
gain satisfaction in sharing ex-
pertise with others and can as-
sist mentees with customized
plans to meet member’s goals.
Interested in being a Mentor
or Mentee, please contact
Robert Schoepe, Committee
Chair at [email protected]
Phone: 623-236-7457
Recent Award
Recipients:
Lauri Galaviz, AZ Dept. of Child
Safety. $760 for NIGP Seminar:
Effective Contract Writing.
Congratulations!
Contact Us
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