As we enter the upcoming INCOSE elections cycle, I urge each of you to become more involved in our chapter. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please e-mail Vickie Greenier by 31 Aug 2010 with your preferences for a position.

The following Officer positions will be filled via election for 2011. The names of incumbents interested in serving another year are listed.
• Vice President/CY 12 President - VACANT
• Secretary – Todd Davenport
• Treasurer - VACANT
• 5 General Board Members – VACANT, VACANT, Ed Adkins, Paul Danielak, Joe DiBattista

The following Committee Chair positions will be appointed (by the CY 11 President, John Wolverton) for 2011. The names of incumbents interested in serving another year are listed.
• Academic - VACANT
• Awards - Joe DiBattista
• Communications – Todd Davenport
• Elections – Vickie Greenier
• Programs - VACANT
• Membership - VACANT

The timeline for elections will be as follows:
• 2 Aug – 24 Sep: Seek nominations/develop slate of candidates
• 1 Oct: Publish ballots electronically
• 1 Oct – 29 Oct: Collect votes
• NLT 1 Dec: Announce results

I look forward to hearing from many of you… we need to augment the outstanding group we currently have working for our chapter with some new folks!

To all Chapter Members,

To better serve the Chapter, the Board of Directors has put together a survey for all the members to take. Please take the time to visit the web link below. The survey should only take a few minutes to fill out.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at Todd.Davenport@incose.org.

Click here for the survey

The Chapter is hosting a guest speaker on Wednesday, June 30, at 1130, in Building 1, Conference Room 204. The guest speaker is Mr. Mike Hackett who will be giving a presentation on the New RFP Guidance for Systems Engineering developed by AAC. Lunch will be provided.

Please feel free to invite your fellow systems engineers who may be interested in INCOSE activities.

The AAC SE RFP Guide was developed to encourage and enforce the use of robust Systems Engineering processes and practices within industry on AAC Government contracts. The intent of the Guide is to document language that captures Systems Engineering best practices and aligns with current DoD, AF, AFMC, and AAC policy and guidance, as well as statues and federal regulations. Program offices would be expected to tailor the language found in the Guide for each RFP and contract. The focus is on program activities supporting the Systems Requirement Review in the Technology Development phase (Risk Reduction) through the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase.

If you have any questions please contact Todd Davenport at Todd.Davenport@incose.org

As of Wednesday, April 28, 2010, the Chapter Board has voted to add a new at-large member to the Board of Directors, Ricky Appleby.

Please join me in welcoming Ricky to the Chapter!

The Presentations from the 2009 speakers have been posted. They are now available on the Presentations page.