Our next meeting is scheduled for 25 Feb 2010 at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ. Please make the effort to attend.  Last year, this was one of our best meetings and tours.  More information is provided below:

Thursday, February 25, 2010
1 – 4 p.m.
Raytheon Missile Systems
Bldg. 800/Cholla Conference Rm.
1151 E. Hermans Road
Tucson, Ariz.

Activities include:
Keynote presentation: “Acquisition Excellence through Effective Systems Engineering –
Systems Engineering Deficiencies and Corrections for Tactical Weapons”

Keynote speaker: Marvin Ebbert, RMS Engineering Technical Staff,
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ

Phalanx/SeaRAM demonstrations and tours of building 849
and the Building 800 Missile Forum Display

U.S. Citizenship required. Business casual dress.
RSVP with name, company, phone number, citizenship, to Linda Daly, AZ NDIA Chapter Secretary,
at linda@azmetalworker.com by close of business Feb 16, 2010.

(Please advise if you were employed by Raytheon Missile Systems within the past 12 months.)
For Questions at Raytheon, the Point of contact is Lisa Chavez 520-794-1192 or lkchavez@raytheon.com

2010 Schedule Below:

We normally meet from 11:30 to 1:00pm on a Friday. Our remaining schedule for 2009 and our 2010 schedule is listed below, but please check our site for updates.  Also, if you would like to volunteer to host a meeting, please contact me or Rick Erickson at Snell & Wilmer.  It is a good chance to highlight your company and possibly give a tour with our membership.

• January 28, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix,

  ASU Professor Dan Shunk, Avnet Chair, School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering

• February 25 (Thursday), Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson
• March 12, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix

  Mr. Stan Barnes, Copper State Consulting

• April 23
• May 21
• June 25 
• July 16 
• August 13 
• August Date TBD, Diamondbacks Baseball Game Outing, Phoenix
• September 17 
• October 15 
• November 12
• December 17

Click here for NDIA's schedule of national-level meetings and conferences.

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Past Meeting Minutes

June 21, 2009

Meeting Minutes NDIA Arizona Chapter, June 19th

Attendees:

Robert Glanz – ATK

David Brown – Mitre

Linda Daly – A2Z Metalworker Magazine

Roman Ebert – Kinetz

Tony Goen – Kinetx

Elaine Clemins-Solomon – Boeing

Kim Carpenter – Di-Matrix

Vik Patel – Datasoft

Jim Johnson for Brian Kraus – Western International University

Steve Macias – Pivot Manufacturing

Bruce Burda – ArmorWorks

The June 19th meeting kicked off with a brief overview of Western International University presented by Jim Johnson.

Bruce Burda chaired the remainder of the meeting.

• Results of the NDIA Arizona Chapter Elections were reported with the following results:

Director for One-Year Term – Elaine Clemens-Solomon

Director for Two-Years Terms – Rob Olson and Tom Short

President – Bruce Burda (incumbent)

Vice President – Rob Olson

Treasurer – Kirk Kennedy (incumbent)

Secretary – Linda Daly

• The attendees discussed the need for a webmaster who could volunteer 1-2 hours per week in updating the website. Further discussion suggested that NDIA Arizona has budget and should hire the web designer to update the website. Action: Bruce to contact the webmaster and contract his services.

• Bruce gave an update on Linkedin.com. He set this up 2 weeks ago. Some of the attendees received the invite and others said they hadn’t. Action: Bruce to send another linkin.com invite to current attendees and to work with Molly Flanagan in NDIA National for the linkedin.com invite to be sent to the hundreds of Arizona chapter members.

• Attendees agreed that every NDIA Arizona regular meeting should include a Treasurers Report out in the agenda. If Kirk is not able to attend the meeting, it is his responsibility to put someone in charge of reporting out.

• Attendees discussed using some of the NDIA budget to “give back”, with scholarships as an idea. Bruce announced that the planned golf outing will be a fundraiser. Profits will go to an organization or person in need, and this will be decided at the August NDIA Arizona chapter meeting.

• Attendees determined that the chapter needs to make progress through its committees, including STEM, Programs, and any new ones.. It was also recommended that directors of the Board chair these committees.

• Attendees discussed the need for Chapter officers to be protected from liabilities through an insurance fund. Bruce agreed that this should be researched.

• Bruce proposed moving dates of upcoming meetings to accommodate Raytheon Tucson’s Alternate Friday Off Schedule. Planned new dates and locations are as follows:

           • July 17 -  FIRST Annual Golf Benefit Outing – Foothills Golf Country Club

           • August 14th – Meeting hosted at Kinetx; Diamondback Family Event in the evening

           • September 18th – Meeting hosted at DataSoft

           • October 16th – Meeting location TBD

           • November 13th – Meeting hosted at Armorworks

           • December 18th – Meeting TBD – recommendation for Holiday Lunch theme

Bruce presented the NDIA National Top Ten Issues, which he sent out to the Arizona Chapter members. Bruce requests that any additional items you want considered be sent to him.