February/March 2015 VOLUME 19 ISSUE 7 The ASMC “Troller Newsletter ASMC President’s Message FIVE STAR CHAPTER If you missed our February luncheon and speaker Mr. Eric Lampkin on "Creating Opportunities through Audit Readiness" you missed a good one. 17 March is our Mini-PDI on "Mapping Your Comptroller Career". You will get 6 CLPs for this training. I encourage everyone to attend. More information enclosed in this newsletter. ASMC National PDI this year is in New Orleans on May 27-29 will include pre-PDI sessions, six general sessions, service day breakout sessions, and a mix of DoD FM certification mini-courses that will provide direct credit for DoD FM certification. Our last newsletter had great information about CDFM from Christopher Paz. Christopher will be trying to set up some brown bag meetings on CDFM. You will soon be asked to submit nominations for our annual Chapter election. If you would like to serve in a chapter leadership capacity, nominate yourself or have a friend nominate you. Serving as an officer in your chapter is a great way to support and improve the professionalism of the comptroller community and it will provide opportunities for you to stretch and grow personally. Debbie O’Neal 2014-2015 ASMC President Redstone/Huntsville Chapter President’s Message 1 Local Chapter News 2-7 Community Projects News 8- 10 CDFM News/ National News 11- 13 Corporate Sponsors/ A Look Ahead 14 Inside this issue: Board Meeting: Thursday 02 February 2015 At 1100AM Bldg 5419 (5400 Guard Shack) ASMC Monthly Luncheon: Thursday 09 April 2015 At 1130AM Trinity United Methodist Church (Wesley Hall
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February/March 2015 VOLUME 19 ISSUE 7
The ASMC
“Troller Newsletter
ASMC President’s Message
FIVE STAR CHAPTER
If you missed our February luncheon and speaker
Mr. Eric Lampkin on "Creating Opportunities
through Audit Readiness" you missed a good one.
17 March is our Mini-PDI on "Mapping Your
Comptroller Career". You will get 6 CLPs for
this training. I encourage everyone to attend.
More information enclosed in this newsletter.
ASMC National PDI this year is in New Orleans on May 27-29 will
include pre-PDI sessions, six general sessions, service day breakout
sessions, and a mix of DoD FM certification mini-courses that will
provide direct credit for DoD FM certification.
Our last newsletter had great information about CDFM from
Christopher Paz. Christopher will be trying to set up some brown bag
meetings on CDFM.
You will soon be asked to submit nominations for our annual Chapter
election. If you would like to serve in a chapter leadership capacity,
nominate yourself or have a friend nominate you. Serving as an officer
in your chapter is a great way to support and improve the
professionalism of the comptroller community and it will provide
opportunities for you to stretch and grow personally.
The annual ASMC/Grant Thornton Survey is out! ASMC will award $300 to the local ASMC Chapter that has the highest response rate for this survey and lower amounts to the Chapters with the second and third highest rates. An additional $200 cash award will be given to the ASMC chapter with the absolute highest number of responses. To participate, please access the survey below. Please help our local Redstone/Huntsville Chapter win this cash award by completing the survey at the link provided below: ASMC/Grant Thornton 2015 Survey Online Questionnaire for Defense Financial Professionals
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Community Projects — Upcoming Events
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Community Project - Salvation Army Easter Baskets The Community Project Committee has chosen to support the effort by the
Salvation Army to collect Easter baskets, items for Easter baskets, or
monetary donations to purchase items for Easter baskets for local children.
We helped with this project last year and they were so very appreciative.
Please help support this project to help the local children have a fun
Easter!
We will be collecting baskets/basket stuffers/monetary donations at the MINI
PDI on the 17th. If you aren't attending the MINI PDI and would like to partici-
pate/help, we have other options:
You can contact either myself, Madisonne Betts, or Tony McAdory to arrange a
drop off at our building or Madisonne has graciously volunteered to pick-up if
necessary or you can deliver to the Salvation Army.
If you deliver items directly to the Salvation Army, please let me know so
we can get the project hours credited for submission to National.
Dana Wilbanks drop off at Bldg 5419
Madisonne Betts drop off at Bldg 5224
Tony McAdory drop off 3rd Floor Bldg
5300
Salvation Army:
Lydia Pennington
The Salvation Army
Community Relations Coordinator
256.536.5576 x 14
2114 Oakwood Avenue NW
Huntsville, Alabama 35810
8:30AM-12:00PM
1:00PM- 4:00PM
Deadline for donations will be COB 19 March. We will deliver the items to the
local Salvation Army either the afternoon of the 19th or the 20th.
Thanks in advance for your participation with this Community Project!
/s/
Dana Wilbanks
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Mark Your Calendars for the Whistle Stop Bar-B-Q Weekend 1 & 2 May 2015
WhistleStop Festival Weekend is a community festival that takes place the first weekend in May. There is a stage with bands playing all weekend, BBQ teams competing, a wing contest, People's Choice where visitors can vote for their favorite BBQ, corn hole competitions, a chil-dren's area, and food vendors. Volunteers are needed to man front gates (selling and taking tickets, handing out maps), beverage stations (some just selling soda, some selling soda and beer), hospitality and gift shop areas (helping sell merchandise, stocking and taking snacks and water to volunteers unable to visit the hospitality area), children's areas, and judging areas (help facilitate bbq judging, helping set up and take down tables in judging area). All proceeds benefit EarlyWorks Children's Museum and educational programs for area chil-dren. The weekend is divided into various shifts and the times below: Friday May 1, 2015 3:00pm to 6:30pm 6:30pm to 10:30pm Saturday May 2, 2015 9:00am to 12:30pm 12:00pm to 4:00pm 3:00pm to 7:30pm 7:00pm to 10:30pm If you would like to volunteer with this event this year please contact Eura Reaves at [email protected] . Please send me an e-mail with the date/time and where you would like to volunteer. Also we are providing t-shirts, so please provide me your t-shirt size.
A) Congress B) OMB’s C) President’s D) Department of Defense # 2 _________ is the totality of units in a DoD component.
A) Future Manpower Defense B) Peace-time Structure C) Force Structure D) Total Strength # 3 Personnel budget estimates are prepared in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) employment, as required in OMB _______________.
A) Circular A-123 B) Circular A-11 C) Circular A-54 D) Circular A-34
****Answers on page 12****
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ASMC National News
Website: PDI2015.org
For important information about PDI 2015, please visit PDI2015.org.
PDI is the premier training event for resource/financial managers in the Depart-
ment of Defense, US Coast Guard, and public and private sectors. This three-day
training event features a full day of Service and Defense Agencies workshops; six
general sessions with keynote speakers; 19 mini-courses aligned to the DoD Finan-
cial Management Certification Program competencies and associated proficiency
levels; more than fifty financial management, audit, acquisition, and workforce man-
Answer: C. President’s # 2 _________ is the totality of units in a DoD component.
Answer: C. Force Structure # 3 Personnel budget estimates are prepared in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) employment, as required in OMB _______________.
Answer: B. Circular A-11 /s/
Christopher Paz CDFM Chairperson
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