Operations Report Neal J. Couture, CPCM Executive Director Board of Directors Meeting Las Vegas, NV January 24, 2009

Problem statement: NCMA certification is losing acceptance in the contract management profession. Desired state: Widely accepted certification program. Board concern: need stakeholder input before redesigning program. –survey of key stakeholders 1/09. –UCPPC survey in process. Certification Program Plan

CMBOK Project Requested proposal from Professional Examination Service (PES) to conduct study. Conduct professional practice (job) analysis. Competency and process based. Validated in a public process within our community. Output is a statistical analysis report. SME’s use this to write the details describing the definitions, processes, competencies, etc. Also used to develop legally defensible test specifications. Published document is a guide to the CMBOK. Target completion is 4/1/2010.

Last show airs 1/27/09 under existing format. Developing plans for new approach – keeping GCW but producing as a podcast in-house. -Weekly program -News and analysis -Interviews -Audio-blog -Sponsors and advertisers -Member questions

Deidre Lee, Congress Chair

Featured Speakers Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company ( ) and Author of the Bestseller, Tough Choices The Honorable Thomas Davis III, former Representative, Eleventh District of Virginia, and Director, Deloitte Federal Government Services Congressman Darrell Issa, 49th District - CA (R), Ranking Republican Member, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (invited) General Lester Lyles, USAF (Ret.), Board of Directors for General Dynamics Corporation, Battelle, MTC Technologies, Inc. and former Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, and USAF Vice Chief of Staff Larry Allen, Executive Vice President, Coalition for Government Procurement Kimberly S. Rupert, Senior Vice President for Contracts, Procurement and Pricing, SAIC Ralph Nash, Professor Emeritus, George Washington University Law School Charlie Williams, Director, Defense Contract Management Agency Jan Frye, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs Dr. Kathleen Hall, Stress and Life Balance Expert Professor Steven Kelman, Weatherhead Professor of Public Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government Robert Burton, Partner, Venable LLP Larry Schultz, Vice President, Corporate Contract Compliance, Parker Hannifin Corporation Christopher Dorobek, Editor in Chief, Federal Computer Week

Governance of Chapters Task to assess risk and issues related to how NCMA structures chapters. Options: –Independently incorporated, with affiliation agreement. –Unincorporated entities, doing business in states. There is risk by having chapters under our corporate umbrella. –Mitigated by policies and training. Costs and ‘chilling effect’ from mandating incorporation.

Financial Report Update THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2008 YTD ACTUAL YTD HISTORY YTD BUDGET Revenue Membership911,713808,942878,086 Education329,388316,038384,433 Advertising693,400753,062688,704 Certification47,86336,19851,370 Meetings618,495551,050611,120 Total Revenue2,600,8592,465,2922,614, % growth from last year

Financial analysis Concerns Advertising revenue dropping. –CM jobs 25-40% –Print ads 15-20% Congress registration risk. –Travel, training spending Cash flow tightly restricted. –Reserves diminished. –New credit unlikely. Mitigating factors E-learning: failed supplier. –New product line launches 2/09. Sponsorships up. –>100% ed partners/corp spons Membership strong. –>10% increase overall –Groups growing

NCMA Logo Redesign A 3 rd focus groups was conducted after the November Board meeting, confirming the three overarching themes: 1.The logo needs to be refreshed and updated; 2.Members would like an element of the current logo to be maintained in the future logo; 3.We should remove the pentagon from the logo.

Resolution “Be it resolved, the National Contract Management Association logo, as shown below, is adopted effective April 5, 2009.”