Newsletter September 2001 Page #5 - APICS Chapter 71, Wichita KS





Please help me in congratulating these winners of our chapter awards for the year 2000-2001.

Company of the year --- Southwestern College Southwestern College was chosen for their continued support of our chapters education goals and the continued support of APICS as a whole.			Member of the Year --- Genie Head, CPIM Genie Head was chosen for her dedication to APICS through completion of her CPIM through the curriculum changes and her continued support and enthusiasm of APICS.

Congratulations to both and thank you for your efforts. Kate Keltz


Your Board of Directors took a couple months off to get organized and we're ready to kick off the 2001-2002 year. We have a great PDM meeting planned for September and I'd like to introduce the membership items with an old cliché: "Something Old, Something New..." OLD Our hats are off to those members celebrating multiple 5-year service anniversaries. {pins to be awarded at the Sept. PDM}:


25 years	Lawrence Smith, CPIM	David Weber, CPIM

20 years	Elly Love, CPIM	Paul Potter, CPIM		Jefferson Ray, CPIM
	Lois Waln, CPIM, CIRM	Carla White, CPIM

15 years	Larry Cundiff	Tony Newell, CPIM

10 years	Jeffrey Alfaro	Larry De Armond		Steve Caret, CPIM
	William L. Green, CPIM	Doyle Hamilton, CPIM		Ronald Hole, CPIM, CIRM
	Stacey Kasitz, CIRM	Wesley Kelly, CPIM		Bruce Luehing, CPIM
	Ronald Rush	James Sawyer, CPIM		Paul Silva
	Tony Tamson

5 years	Sue Abdinnour-Helm, PhD	Kimberly Anderson, CPIM		James M. Brady
	Christopher Collins, CPIM	Chuck Downing		Gregory Gibson
	Gayla Irving	Steve Jacobs		Sherrie Lawhon
	Mark Scheck	Dana M. Smith		Nellie J. Thill

NEW A special welcome to the following members who have joined since May 1:
	Tammie Allen	Jeff Barker		Sandy Begnoche
	Jeff Gloudeman	Barbara Lawrence		Corey Ridley
	Cloys Bayless	Robyn Seabolt		JaNeva D’Amico
	Elisabeth Heibel	Dorothy Koehn		Belinda Thompson
	Nagapan Periakaruppan	Nanda Kamur Ramachandro


Congratulations to our latest CPIM {June 22, 2001}: James S. Purtle, CPIM

BORROWED Certification is an investment and a commitment to the APICS Vision --- Success through Lifelong Learning. For you newer members, we have close to 100 certified members who have pledged to continue their education and increase their contribution to the production & inventory management profession. For those certified, please keep those skills current by participating in chapter activities, teaching others and keeping a record of your certification maintenance. BLUE We can’t stay in touch if you don’t keep us informed. Please use the Info Update Form {available as a download form from our website}, call or send a postcard to APICS. One example, some of you are getting a new area code. Renewal notices: 1st 120 days before, 2nd in month of, & final 30 days after expiration date. Don't delay. A big THANK YOU to those renewing members --- we received top honors at a recent Regional meeting and with your continued support, have a good chance of doing it again. Your time, money & energy invested in APICS returns great dividends.

A Note From The Editor:
Chapter 71 would like to Congratulate Kathy Powell on her "Fit to Print" award and all her efforts last year as Vice President of Publications. Kathy’s efforts have not gone unnoticed by the chapter. As the new editor, I can only hope that I can fill Kathy's shoes.

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