APMP Mid-South Chapter Officers Meeting Ken Merwin Jul 15,

Agenda Old Business – Minutes from June meetings (Andrea) – Marketing Plan (Whitney) New Business Officers’ Reports Action Items

Mid-South Chapter Officers for 2014 NamePosition Bill BoggsChapter Chair Joe YeartaChapter Vice-Chair Tonya MauriceTreasurer Andrea ShetleySecretary Ken MerwinMembership Chair Roger CampbellPlanning Chair Jennifer HamakerWebmaster OpenMarketing – Nashville Region Whitney DorningMarketing – Huntsville Region OpenMarketing – Birmingham Region

Mid-South Chapter Goals Provide education and networking through F2F and virtual venues – Host Monthly Chapter Meetings (10 meetings/yr) – Conduct one meeting/quarter outside of HSV – Conduct Monthly Officers Meeting – Government and Commercial focus Grow Membership – 2013: From 18 to 36 – 2014: From 36 to 72 – 2015: From 72 to 144 Grow Corporate Sponsorships – 2013: From 0 to 5 – 2014: From 5 to 10 – 2015: From 10 to 15 Establish partnerships with Universities & Associations – e.g., UAH, FIT, Vanderbilt, PMI, NCA Create, maintain, and grow a professional Chapter Website Broaden awareness of APMP by issuing at least one Press Release per quarter

Secretary – Andrea Minutes – June

Vice Chair – Joe Sponsors – No additional Sponsors No movement on replacing Nashville Marketing or BHM No other updates SPECIAL PROMO for Rocket City GovCon Conference

Corporate Sponsors

Treasurer – Tonya Maurice

Created, published online registration for Aug meeting. Reconciled June bank statement. Prepared & Submitted Quarterly Rebate Report. Next Steps :  Monitor Aug registration  Update online registration with Sept meeting details immediately following Aug meeting.  Reconcile July bank statement

Membership – Ken Merwin Current Membership 56 One new member (Net loss of three) Randy Centanni Currently have 40 members in the Linked-In Group

Planning Chair Status ActivityStatusNotes Plan twelfth meeting in AugustAugust 5th, 5:30 – 7:00, “Price-to-Win and Pricing Strategy” Bill Aerojet Rocketdyne, Catering by Blue Plate Café – Chicken & Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Coleslaw, Peach Cobbler, Tea/Water Plan thirteenth meeting in September September 2nd, 5:30 – 7:00, “Desktop Publishing (?)” Andrea Aerojet Rocketdyne, Catering by Apple Lane – Sandwiches, Chips, Banana Pudding, Tea/Water Plan fourteenth meeting in October October 7 th, 5:30 – 7:00, “Army Procurement (?)” ? & Byron Aerojet Rocketdyne, Food - TBD Plan fifteenth meeting in November (Nashville) November 4 th, 5:30 – 7:30, “Commercial Proposals (?)” Robin Davis (?), Location and Food - TBD

July 1 st Presentation Feedback 97.6% A

Webmaster – Jennifer Hamaker Content Needed:  July 1 st Chapter Member Meeting - Presenter Slide Decks Needed  Photos from April, May, June, and July Member Meetings Needed Website Statistics for Month of June – Huge Increase! 76 Website Visits Over the Past Month (only 43 visits the previous month) Of those visits, 45 were “unique” visitors (visitors that did not go back to the site later) which was 33 last time

Social Media (Stay Up-to-Date w/Chapter) APMP Web Site Mid-South Web Site LinkedIn Mid-South Chapter Group Facebook – – Only 3 likes: Please like the page and promote to your friends Bookmark and Join!

Marketing Creating a PP Slide Brochure (see next page) Quarterly Press Release Due- What do we want it to be about? Social Media Marketing – Continue with Facebook and Twitter posts – Everyone go like the Facebook Page – Continue to Update Social Media Accounts with Meeting Schedules

Marketing (Continued) How can we engage more people in the Nashville and Birmingham area? Urgent Needs: – Nashville Marketing Director – Birmingham Marketing Director Do we have any leads?

Action Items