President's Message
January 30, 2008
APICS Announces New Membership Dues Structure
The APICS Board of Directors has approved a new dues structure to take effect April 1st, 2008. The change brings uniform dues pricing across the entire organization and it is accompanied by significantly enhanced member benefits. Currently, a component of membership dues are set on a chapter-by-chapter basis resulting in geographic variability. This variability will be eliminated. Overall, dues for Professional Members of the Northern Sierra Chapter will increase by $70 to $200 annually. Association (the chapter’s parent organization) dues will rise from $110 to $150 and chapter dues will rise from the current $20 to $50. Your chapter’s leaders are considering how best to utilize this new revenue ($30 per renewing or new member) to benefit members and we are open to suggestions. You are welcome to send your ideas to me at dsteiger@charter.net.
Read the entire APICS newsletter article with a detailed description of enhanced member programs and services here.
Professional Development Meetings
As many are aware, the Northern Sierra Chapter holds monthly diner meetings on the second Tuesday of the month at 5:30 PM. Meeting are held September through May, December excepted. The location, with the exception of the April meeting, is the Atlantis. The April meeting will be the annual Carson City event at the Carson Nugget. The meetings feature a presentation on a topic pertinent to APICS members as well as providing an excellent networking opportunity. The cost is $25 for APICS members and $30 for nonmembers.
The speaker schedule for this season is complete:
The February 12th event is described at the top of this page.
March 11th: Mel Nelson of M.N. Nelson & Associates presents “Sales and Operations Planning: Tool or Weapon?”
April 8th: (Carson Nugget) Doug Anton of AEM Consulting presents a discussion of Value Stream Mapping. This meeting will be held jointly with the local chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.
May 13th: Chuck Alvey, President and CEO of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, will be the featured speaker.
Education
Should we offer the Certified Supply Chain Professional certification course? Learn more about CSCP here. If you would like to see the chapter offer this program, or if you have questions, please contact Jeanny Ng at Jeanny.Ng@IGT.com.
CPIM: We are currently in the midst of the third of the five-course CPIM series offered annually in Reno. Next up is Execution and Control of Operations beginning March 10th.
The new Carson City CPIM series opens February 4th at the High Tech Center with the Basics of Supply Chain Management. Enrollment totals a robust 17.
Information and reservations for all chapter events are available on the Events Calendar page.
David Steiger, CPIM
