1. District Meeting 2017-05-20 Corning, NY

2. Diane Beni, John Blest, Pat Hotchkiss, Joe Shedlawski, and Bill Walker
Past Region Leadership:
Diane Beni,
John Blest,
Pat Hotchkiss,
Joe Shedlawski, and
Bill Walker
Will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance 2

3. Roll Call of Chapters
New Haven New York - Long Island North Shore Greater New Jersey
Providence Rochester South Shore Southern New Hampshire Southern Tier West Jersey Western Massachusetts Worcester County
Albany Boston Buffalo Central New York Champlain Valley Danbury Elmira Fairfield County Granite State Hartford County Maine Mid Hudson

4. Joost Vles (pronounced yost fles)
Born and Raised in Western New York (Buffalo)
Attended UB, Houghton, and UB again (MBA)
Career path:
Started in Computer Science (programming)
Joined APICS in 1988 (29 Years ago)
Inside Sales Manager, Customer Service
Director of Operations (Plant Manager) at American Brass
APICS Buffalo Board of Director since 2007 (President )
Now: Supply Chain Manager at Moog, Inc. in East Aurora
Now: Teaching APICS CPIM modules in Buffalo
Now: Teaching Operations Management in UB’s PMBA program
Now: APICS Northeast District Manager
Now APICS DMC Committee Chair
Family:
Wife of 26+ Years, Cheryl
Son, Quinten (16) and Daughter Skylar (13)

5. Northeast District – Volunteer Leadership Team
Ron Calanni Strategic Planning
Reed DuBow Finance / Logistics
Quinn Golden Web Site & Communications
Jennifer Kevlin Student Case Competition
Michele Lawrence CBAR Coach
Joe Shedlawski Instructor Focal Point
Joost Vles District Manager
You!

6. REMEMBER TO PAY FOR THE CORNING GLASS TOUR ($18) BY 12:00
At your Desk…
Agendas
Meeting Evaluation (Plus – Delta)
One thing you liked about today
One thing that we could change that would make today better
Pickup Flash Drives at closing session, they will include:
All of today’s speaker’s content
STEM Cell Phone Simulation Materials
REMEMBER TO PAY FOR THE CORNING GLASS TOUR ($18) BY 12:00

8. Next Meetings

9. NEXT DISTRICT MEETINGS
Date: September 15 & 16 Joint with Mid-Atlantic District Will include an AIS offering (Applied Instructor Skills) Location: New Jersey Date: October Conference Location: San Antonio, Texas

10. Questions