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November 2013 AZ NIGP P.O. Box 18123 Phoenix, AZ 85005

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ARIZONA STATE CAPITOLCHAPTER

2013 Executive BoardPresident Sharon Brause, CPPB.......480-644-2815 [email protected] Valarie Erwin, CPPB...........602-712-8582 [email protected] Gary Barkman....................480-472-6116 [email protected] Kim Clark, CPPO, CPPB.......480-358-3000

ext.3174 [email protected] Past President John Albin, CPPO, CPPB.....480-988-2188 [email protected]

Inside This Issue

Pres. Message continued........................2Membership Report..................................22013 Calendar of Events........................3Election Results......................................4Community Outreach Event..................4Regional Conference Photos...........5-17Scholarship Letter.................................18Reverse Trade Show..............................19Professional D. Opportunities.............20

Coming EventsPerformance Based RFP’s........................November 4-5, 2013Copper Chapter Reverse Trade Show........................November 13, 2013We No Bid.........November 19, 2013Board Meeting....November 14, 2013Reverse Trade Show.....Dec. 2, 2013Transitional Board Mtg...Dec. 10, 2013Luncheon Meeting......Dec. 10, 2013

See our Calendar of Events on pg. 3

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President’s Messageby Sharon Brause, CPPB

The Official Newsletter of the Arizona State Capitol Chapter of NIGP

Continued on pg. 2

Aloha AZ-NIGP members,By the time this newsletter is issued, the 24th annual RegionalConference & Vendor Exposition will have come and gone, andall the hard work by the committee members will just be amemory. I’d like to take this time to personally thank thecommittee members – Valarie Erwin, John & Jane Albin

(lovingly “renamed” the A-Team”), Kristy Garcia, Mary Talerico, Irma Guzman,Bill Munch, Gary Barkman, Susanna Hernandez, Bertha Whitby, SaraStravers, Heather Hodgman, Myrna Quihuis, Jess Romney, VickiFitzpatrick, Barbara Smith, Peggy Ferrin, Cheryl Rentscheler, and AngelaBennett. And special thanks to our “adoptee”, Rick Kahn, from ArizonaCorrection Industries for all his support.

We had a tremendous turnout, both from our record number of registrantsattending our training sessions (241) and visited our Product Expo to our walk-ins(87) that we were able to capture and took the time to sign-in so we know theycame to visit with new and existing vendors. Both members and end-usersshowed up in record numbers!! Thank you everyone for encouraging yourdepartments and staff members to support the product show – after all, without thevendors there would be no show! And again special thanks to our Gold Sponsorsfor 2013 Plus6 Technologies and 1GPA, as well as our Silver Sponsors, and theother vendors who helped make this show a success.

On a personal note – because I know he THINKS he’s retired – I’d like tothank John Albin for all his dedication and hard work in helping to make this asuccessful event for our Chapter. Because of his hard work, we have become oneof the leading Chapters with regards to Regional Conferences and definitelyProduct Shows, and had attendees from out of state this year!! For the first timeever, we have 37 spaces already pre-sold for our 2014 Products Show. If I didn’tthink it would go to his head, I’d tell him how very proud I was of him!!

Our next training event is scheduled for November 19th at the Edna VihelCenter in Tempe. We’ll be co-hosting the White Paper seminar “We No Bid andI’ll Tell You Why” session with the Grand Canyon Chapter, sponsored by theNational NIGP Business Council. A lite lunch will be provided after the session.Please go to www.aznigp.org to register. There’s no fee to attend for AZ-NIGPmembers, Grand Canyon Chapter (GCC) members, or members belonging to otherchapters; however, there is a small fee if an NIGP member wishes to attend.

Winding down 2013, we have our last opportunities to “Pay it Forward” toour community. On October 27th, Valarie Erwin – your incoming President – ishosting a “Walk for Autism-Team NIGP” at the event being held at Tempe BeachPark. November 2nd, our most ambitious volunteer, Steve Troxel, is still lookingfor more volunteers for his Team NIGP rest stop/water station (at Mill & Curry) forthe Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) event.

Special Regional Conference

Wrapup Issue


Membership Report

November 2013

by Kristy Garcia, CPPB

Active Members = 363Expired Members = 0Vacant Members = 3Pending Members = 1New Members = 11

Membership Renewal Noticeshave been sent out for the 2013/2014 year. Please renewpromptly.

Membership renewals or anynew membership is $40.00. AllNEW members receive a freelunch voucher to attend a chapterluncheon ($10-$15 value).Redeem any free lunch vouchersas soon as you can.

Benefits to being a Chaptermember include, Free webinars,Networking Opportunities,discounted ProfessionalDevelopment events, InfluenceOutcomes and Industry Standards,Enhance Leadership Skills andNational Staff and Resources.

Please contact Kristy Garciawith any questions or help gettingregistered at 480-782-2402 or emailat [email protected].

Our New SponsorsDon’t forget to patronize our corporate sponsors if possible. Links to their websites are at the bottom of our

chapter website at: www.aznigp.org

President’s Message continued from page 1

Your 2013 Executive BoardGary Barkman, Secretary - Kim Clark, Treasurer - Valarie Erwin, Vice Presi-dent - Sharon Brause, President and John Albin, Immediate Past President

Sharon Brause

And between now and our Transitional Board meeting / Luncheon onDecember 10th to be held at the Phoenix Airport Marriott, the Outreach Committeeis collecting New Socks for Men & Women to be donated to the JustaCenter forhomeless in downtown Phoenix. Cheryl Rentscheler and several other ladiesvisit this center on a monthly basis, wash their feet, and replace whatever was onthem (if anything) with brand new socks. If you’re unable to purchase socks, wewill have our typical coffee bucket at the luncheon and will accept donations aswell. Also has been our typical fashion for the past several years, we will behaving a canned /dry food drive for a food bank on the Westside. We will have alocal set up for donations at the December luncheon, as well, or you may contactBarbara Corella to coordinate pickup.

Finally, on a more personal note, I would like to thank each and every oneof you for trusting me enough to be worthy of serving as your President for twoyears. It has been a very rewarding experience for me, I’ve made many newfriends, changed employers (would like to sneak a “happy retirement, boss” inhere), and had come be “out of my comfort zone” but I wouldn’t trade any of it –and I owe most of it to you, my fellow AZ-NIGP members. Thank you!

As always, any comments or suggestions, please contact me or any of theother officers and we would be happy to listen. Thank you all for your commitmentnow and in the future to our wonderful chapter and to NIGP.


November 2013

2013Calendar of Events

2013Calendar of Events

January 10 Board Meeting 2:00 PM TeleconferenceJanuary 15 Chapter Lunceon Meeting 11:30 AM Hilton Garden Inn, PhoenixJanuary 20 PF Chang’s Rock & Roll Marathon Volunteer Event

February 8 Buyer/Manager of the Year submittals due 5:00 PMFebruary 14 Board Meeting 2:00 PM TeleconferenceFebruary 19 Webinar / LBU 11:30 AM ADOT EQS 2225 S. 22nd Ave., PhxFebruary 25-26 Seminar-Procurement Under Federal Grants 8:00 AM Valley Metro 101 N. 1st Ave. Phx.

March Purchasing Month Volunteer EventSock/Blanket Drive for Springdale Village East

March 5 Career Seminar I 8:30 AM ADOT HRDCMarch 14 Board Meeting 2:00 PM Teleconference

April 9 Webinar / LBU 11:30 AM ADOT HRDCApril 11 Board Meeting 2:00 PM TeleconferenceApril 20 Pat’s Run Volunteer EventApril 29-May 1 Seminar-Legal Aspects of Public Procurement City of Mesa

May 9 Board Meeting 2:00 PM TeleconferenceMay 14 Chapter Luncheon Meeting 11:30 AM Hilton Garden Inn, Phx.

June 11 Webinar / LBU 11:30 AM ADOT HRDCJune 13 Board Meeting 2:00 PM Teleconference

July 11 Board Meting 2:00 PM TeleconferenceJuly 22 Seminar-ABC’s of RFP’s 8:00 AM ADOT HRDC

August 8 Board Meeting 2:00 PM TeleconferenceAugust 13 Career Seminar II 8:00 AM ADOT HRDCAugust 24-28 NIGP National Forum, Orlando, FL

September 10 Chapter Luncheon Meeting 11:30 AM Hilton Garden Inn, Phx.September 12 Board Meeting 2:00 PM Teleconference

October 3 Final Regional Conference Committe Mtg 2:00 PM City of Mesa, PurchasingOctober 10 24th Annual Regional Conference 9:00 AM Mesa Convention CenterOctober 17 Board Meeting 2:00 PM TeleconferenceOctober 27 Walk for Autism Volunteer Event

November 2 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Volunteer EventNovember 4-5 Seminar - Performance Based RFP’s 8:00 - 5:00 City of GlendaleNovember 19 Special Event w/Grand Canyon Chapter 10:00 AM Edna Vihel Center, Tempe

“We No Bid and I’ll Tell You Why”November 14 Board Meeting 2:00 PM Teleconference

December 2 2nd Annual Reverse Trade Show 1:00 - 5:00 PM Mesa Convention CenterDecember 10 Transitional Board Meeting 9:00 AM Phoenix Marriott, 44th St.December 10 Chapter Luncheon Meeting 11:30 AM Phoenix Marriott, 44th St.

Training Opportunities are in DarkBlue type


November 2013

Election of 2014 Executive Board

Election of the 2014 Executive Board wereheld electronically in October. The resultswere announced at the Regional Confer-

ence on October 10, 2014.

Congratulations to Irma Guzman ofMaricopa County Purchasing for being

elected as the Vice President of the ArizonaState Capitol Chapter of NIGP.

Joining Irma on the Executive Board pic-tured left to right are: returning as Treasurer,Kim Clark, advancing to President, Valarie

Irwin, back row Sharon Brause nowmoving to Immediate Past President, IrmaGuzman, Vice President and Re-elected

as Treasurer, Gary Barkman.

Community Outreach EventsCommunity Outreach Events

Attached is the Volunteer form for the “2013 Walk to Cure Diabetes” event. If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact ourNIGP coordinator, Steve Troxel ( [email protected] ) or Sharon Brause ( [email protected] ).It’s important that you complete the form and get it back to us, as there is no listing on here for the rest stop / water stop we will be“manning”. You’ll need to fill the form in and note on it that you are part of the “Team NIGP” group so that we all stay together. Itworks better when we’re trying to take pictures for our AZNIGP website and Newsletter!!The course map lists the rest / water sites as a triangle, roughly located on Mill Ave where Washington (on the Phoenix side) andCurry Road (on the Tempe side) intersect – almost directly across the street from the Marquee Theatre (there’s a small park on theSE side). More details will be out shortly.In order to make this another successful volunteer event for AZNIGP, as well as to fulfill our duties, we need to have a minimum of 30volunteers but as always, more is better. Any “teens” who need Volunteer Hours for high school or any older children who would beinterested in helping are always welcome to join us. Note: if the teens need their volunteer hours signed off for school, please makesure they have their forms with them and one of the NIGP folks will sign off for them.Sign-up on our website here but it’s also important that the form be completed and scanned/emailed to Steve Troxel and/or SharonBause in addition to registering on the AZNIGP website. Please make sure to list your contact phone # and email somewhere on thedocumentation.Thank you in advance for helping AZNIGP pay it forward!!

2013 Walk to Cure DiabetesSat, Nov 2, 2013

8:00 AM - 6:00 PMTempe Town Lake


November 2013

24th Annual Regional Conference and ProductsExhibition A Success

The 24th Annual Regional Conference and Products Exhibition was held October 10, 2013 at the Mesa Con-vention Center. Our largest ever turnout with 241 registered members and out of state participants enjoyed agreat day of training and walking the exhibit floor to network with the 84 vendors that showed their wears. We want to thank our sponsor vendors for their participation and support. Gold Sponsors, 1GPA sponsoredour breakfast and Plus 6 Technologies sponsored our luncheon. Silver Sponsors, National IPA, A to Z Equip-ment Rentals and Sales, Waxie Sanitary Supply and Dave Ban Associates all sponsored our afternoon breaksnacks. Without the assistance of these sponsors, and participation of all vendors, our members would havehad to pay a higher registration fee for this event.

Your 2013 Conference Committe

Registration is open.Committee members stuffing your conference packet.


November 2013

Opening Breakfast

Members looking over themassive selection of classes

offered during the 24thAnnual Regional

Conference.


November 2013

Opening Breakfast

President Sharon Brause and RegionalConference Chair, Valarie Erwin, got things

going.

Keynote Speaker for the opening breakfastwas Larry Johnson with his presentation

titled “Straight Talk”.

The Breakfast was sponsored by 1GPA


November 2013

Luncheon Meeting

The Mesa Convention Center did a very colorfulpresentation for our luncheon.

Members start to assemble for the buffet luncheon. The Hawaiian themed menu appeared to be a big hit.

Region XI Director, D. Michael Clawson, CPPO, Procure-ment Manager for the City of Sierra Vista with Chapter

President Sharon Brause.

November 2013


Luncheon Meeting

Members were joined by vendors whoalso registered for the luncheon.

These vendors appreciated the oppor-tunity to network with our members

during the event.

Keynote Speaker during the luncheon was DeWightDopslauf , speaking on “Certification”. Mr. Dopslauf isRegion IX Director and also Second Vice President of

National NIGP.

The luncheon was sponsored byPlus 6 Technologies.

Conference Chair, Valarie Erwin, on the left is shown withKeynote Speaker DeWight Dopslauf, Chapter President,

Sharon Brause and National NIGP’s President,Marcheta Gillespie.


October 2013

Luncheon Meeting

Barbara Corella, Elections Committee Chair,announced the results of balloting for the

Executive Board positions.

Your newly elected Executive Board.L to R: Kim Clark, Treasurer, Valarie Erwin, advancing to President, Sharon Brause,

Immediate Past President, Irma Guzman, Vice President and Gary Barkman,Treasurer.

October 2013


Products Exhibition

Mary Talarico and Jane Albin register one of the vendors. A very colorful exhibit hall with every booth sold. BredeExhibition Services provided the pipe and drape.

November 2013


Products Exhibition

1GPA, Gold Sponsor Plus 6 Technologies, Gold Sponsor

November 2013


Products Exhibition

National IPA, Silver Sponsor

Waxie Sanitary Supply, Silver Sponsor

A to Z Equipment Rental and Sales, Silver Sponsor Dave Bang Associates, Silver Sponsor

Products Exhibition Chair, John Albin with theassistance of Gary Barkman, Mesa Public

Schools and Rick Kahn of ACI, did anexcellent job of filling the exhibit floor andexpanding into the hallway. Their efforts

enable the products exhibition to be a greatsuccess for the vendors and our members.

Thank you also to everyone who contactedtheir vendors to solicit their participation.

November 2013


Closing Session

John Albin presided over the “Best Hawaiian Shirt”

contest.

Winners of the “Best Hawaiian Shirt” contest were: DonnaBailloux and Patty Huling, who tied for the woman’s

catagory. Men’s was won by Anthony Galindo.

Cheryl Fillmore of CMG Marketing draws the winningticket for one of her raffle prizes. CMG donated two Bags

of Promotional Items.

CMG Marketing Promotional Item bags were won byChristine Fruitman and Cheryl Fillmore

Several of our vendors donated prizes for our raffle.Thank you to all who participated.


November 2013

Closing Session

Teknion raffled a Project chairwhich was won by Sharon

Rogers of MC Flood Control

Waxie Sanitary Supply raffled a Bucketless Mop which was won byAnthony Galindo of Maricopa County Department of Health

Peggy Ferrin won a Monitor Riser and Corry Slama won aFoot Rest, both donated by Wist.

Collette Lewis won a $50 gift card toTarget donated by Recall. Robin Wilson all the way from the

City of Yuma won the Milwaukeedrill donated by Home Depot

Alyce Benge won a thermosbottle donated by Brown &

Bigelow

Heather Hodgman won a Thermosbottle donated by Planet Bids


November 2013

Closing Session


November 2013

Closing Session

The 24th Annual Regional Conference and Products Exhibition was an exceptional event.

Thank you to everyone who participated and expecially to the Conference Committee: ValarieErwin, Chair, Sharon Brause, President, Products Exhibition Chair, John Albin, and the followingcommittee members, Gary Barkman, Angela Bennett, Barbara Smith, Bertha Whitby, Betty Austin,

Bill Munch, Cheryl Rentscheler, Heather Hodgman, Irma Guzman, Jess Romney, Kristy Garcia,Mary Talarico, Myrna Quihuis, Sara Stravers, Susanna Hernandez, Vicki Fitzpatrick and

Kim Clark, Treasurer.

October 18, 2013

AZNIGP

Scholarship Committee

& Board President

PO Box 1466

Mesa,AZ 85211

Dear AZNIGP Scholarship Committee Members and Board President,

Thank you for the AZNIGP scholarship recently awarded to me. This has been a great help in obtaining my CPPB. With

the many demands placed on our day to day life,the costs associated with testing and educations sometimes weigh on

our decisions to move forward.

I was delighted when I was informed that AZNIGP had a scholarship system. That if I took the CPPB exam and

successfully passed, there was a good chance of receiving an AZNIGP scholarship to offset the costs. Thank you for

the opportunity. To my happy surprise, I was awarded the $600 scholarship which fully covered my fees for the

application and the exam.

I am grateful for the help and support that I have received from AZNIGP since I became a member 1.5 years ago. I find

this to be a wonderful organization, filled with persons who are excited to mentor others and move forward the

profession of Public Procurement. Everyone is warm and friendly. I cannot express enough how happy I am to have

joined this organization.

I would like to personally thank Mr. Bill Munch for encouraging me to join the organization, to thank Mr. Larry Larson for his

encouragement to take the CPPB exam, and to thank Mrs. Teena Ziegler for being an excellent mentor and teacher of the

CPPB Review classes.

There were challenges in my life this past year,and at times I felt like postponing my testing. But with the

encouragement of many of the AZNIGP members, I forged on and took the testing as planned. And I was delighted when

I found out I passed!

Having the CPPB certification has changed my life. I am received with a greater respect than I could have imagined.

Although I had knowledge of my profession in the past, this Certification is the attestation to others of my Education

and Experience. It is the ultimate acknowledgement of my competency in the public procurement profession andrecognition by my peers. I am honored to be recognized by NIGP and UPPCC. Since receiving my certification,I have

been acknowledged through my organizations news release and through the newspaper of the local community. I

feel such pride to be a part of this great organization and hope to be of service to AZNIGP and to give back what I have

received from my peers.

I encourage all to apply for CPPB or CPPO. With this wonderful group of members, you will have all the

support necessary to achieve your goals!

Sincerely,

Laura Szymanoski,CPPB

Purchasing Administrator

Dysart Unified School

District

November 2013


The Second Annual Reverse Trade Show is coming up on December 2, 2013. Please pass this informa-tion on to your vendors. This can be important to them to help them increase their business with govern-

mental agencies. There will be class sessions to benefit their attendance.

Also, if your agency would like to be involved by having a table, please contact Sharon Brause.

2nd Annual Reverse Trade ShowNovember 2013



November 2013

Professional Development Opportunities

For more information on any training, you may contact:Telma C. Reyes, CPPB

Contracting OfficerCentral Arizona Project

623-869-2435 [email protected]

Performance Based RFPsNovember 4-5, 2013

8am to 5pmCity of Glendale

Oasis Water Campus7070 W. Northern Ave., Ste. B&C

Glendale, Arizona 85303

Registration is now open.

The Seminar is being advertised through National, AZNIGP, SAVE, GPPCS, other chapters and localorganizations throughout the State.

Continental Breakfast and Afternoon Snacks will beprovided.

Sponsored by the National NIGP BusinessCouncil and the Arizona State Capitol Chapterof NIGP

We “No Bid”and I’ll Tell You Why

November 19, 201310:00 AM to 12:00 noon

Edna Vihal Center3340 S. Rural Rd.Tempe, AZ 85282

(Southwest corner of Rural and Southern)480-350-5287

Does the procurement process always result inthe best bids?

A must for all of us!A company’s quality response to the bidding process saysas much about the agency issuing the RFP/IFB (Request forProposal/Invitation for Bids) as it does the supplier. Ifcompanies choose not to bid, is your agency and yourconstituents getting the best products and value? Join theNIGP Business Council as they present this engaging,thought-provoking, and enlightening topic through thecombination of a presentation and round-table discussion.

Free Lunch provided by the Chapter

Retirements

Katherine Babonis has retired from the State ofArizona after serving for 27 years. Katherine is a

Past President of the Arizona State Capitol Chapterof NIGP. Her last day with the state was October 30.

Arizona State Capitol ChapterP.O. Box 18123Phoenix, AZ 85005

Address Correction Requested

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This newsletter is published quarterly for members ofthe Arizona State Capitol Chapter of NIGP. Pleasedirect correspondence to:

John Albin

Email: [email protected]

Do you want to be “published”? Now isyour chance. Use The Purchasing Exchangeas your vehicle to publish articles or reports thatare of interest to our members. Any procure-ment related subject will be considered. If youhave a contract that you are preparing and wouldlike to offer it as a cooperative contract, let usknow and we will let the chapter membershipknow.

Send articles and photos to:[email protected]

Job Postings On-Line Even with the down economy there are govern-ment procurement jobs available. Check out theChapter website for Job Announcements. Thereare several out there.

Go to: www.aznigp.org

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