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

bmunch@VSIT.org 602-677-1988

Vice-President—Joe Guy, CPPB

guyj@mail.maricopa.gov 602-506-8718

Treasurer—Sharon Brause, CPPO

sharon.brause@mesaaz.gov 480-644-2815

Secretary—Heather Hodgman

hhodgman@ajcity.net 480-474-8500

Immediate Past President—Irma Guzman, CPPB

guzmani@mail.maricopa.gov 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.

Kristy.Garcia@MesaAZ.gov

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 guyj@mail.maricopa.gov.

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 rschoepe@azgfd.gov

Phone: 623-236-7457

Recent Award

Recipients:

Lauri Galaviz, AZ Dept. of Child

Safety. $760 for NIGP Seminar:

Effective Contract Writing.

Congratulations!

Contact Us

Need help, or have

comments?

Contact us at

info@aznigp.org

Or member-

ship@aznigp.org

Visit us on the web at

www.aznigp.org

Mailing Address:

PO Box 18123

Phoenix, AZ 85005

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