Through blood, sweat, and tears the ASMC site is finally complete. Now is your time to chime in on what you think of our new online domain. We are giving the 1000 Islands Chapter members the unique opportunity to give their opinions about the site. We would like to pick your brain and cultivate some ideas on what should and could be added, fixed, and/or taken away. Comments can be anonymous, so give the most honest feedback you can muster up.

We are constantly looking for ways to make the site up to date, informational, and sophisticated. So please the more feedback the better.

ASMC once again rose to the occasion and “adopted” the soldiers and staff of the ACofS, G8. Our chapter will provide support throughout their deployment cycle with boxes loaded with goodies.

Additionally, the chapter received an email note from our G3/G8 family currently deployed in Iraq.

SFC Theresa Mitchell tells us they were all surprised one day to meet some NFL stars and Milo Ventimiglia (from Heroes). SFC Mitchell was excited to meet Osi Umenyiora. He gave her a big hug, and she even got to hold his famous super bowl ring! And of course, the “guys” had their moment of glory when they had their pictures taken with the cheerleaders!

I was asked to write an article for our first newsletter under our new executive committee. I chose “Budget Analysis” because it is terminology some folks are not completely familiar with. It encompasses everything we do in the finance world. In one way or another you will analyze funding, whether it’s in a Soldiers pay, a directorate’s budget or to answer a funding question from a Program Manager. To start let’s take a closer look at the literal definition of “budget”. Webster defines it as a plan of operations based on an estimate or an itemized allotment of funds for a given period. Read more…

DRM staff members won the Outstanding Resource Management Organization Award on 28 May 08.

This award was presented to Mark Hawes, Letetia Dahle, Pam Nabewaniec, Dave Fraczek, Elsie Fitzsimmons, Lawrence Goins, Karin Fossett, Roxy Melton and Rosalie Austin for successfully managing an installation budget of more than a quarter of a billion dollars, administering a reimbursement workload associated with the aviation maintenance program that meets worldwide logistical program requirements, and still remembering to put their customers first.

Congratulations Team!

Greetings, ASMC Thousand Islands Chapter members! As Yogi Berra once said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might wind up someplace else.” Every successful organization has a roadmap or flight plan as to where they’re heading. In DOD, we call some of these ways ahead the Quadrennial Defense Review, Joint Vision 2020, and Program Objective Memorandum. Sometimes these plans are tactically written with step-by-step forethought, and sometimes they’re nothing more than the identification of an end-state, with specific capabilities and characteristics. Read more…

The PDI is held the week of Memorial day each year.
2009 - San Antonio, Texas, May 26-29
2010 - Nashville, Tennessee
2011 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
2012 - Anaheim, California
2013 - Denver, Colorado
2014 - Seattle, Washington
Read more…

Register now for MODULE 4 Open Enrollment Class

The course on November 17 and 18 will prepare students to take the optional fourth module of the CDFM examination. The course will be held at the Rosslyn Holiday Inn at 1900 North For Myer Drive in Arlington, Virginia. The course will start at about 8 am on each day and will end at about 5 pm on the first day and at about 12:30 pm on the second day.

ASMC plans a second offering of the course at the same location on February 10 and 11, 2009. Check website for registration opening.

The instructor at the course will be Dr. John Matherne, a former professor at the Defense Acquisition University. Dr. Matherne currently heads a consulting firm – Matherne and Associates. He has taught widely for the government and for ASMC and has an excellent reputation as an instructor.

The charge for this course is $295. All instructional materials are included in the cost of the course. The course charge also includes a continental breakfast on each day, mid-day refreshments, and lunch on day one. Lunch on day two is not included.

Click here to register online: Online Registration

Paper registration can be arranged by contacting Ms. Claudia Carr (carr@asmconline.org) at ASMC headquarters.

Cancellations must be in writing and are accepted only until November 10. There is an administrative charge of $45. There is also a charge of $40 for changing your payment method. Another person may substitute for you at the class if you wish.

On the second day students may choose to take the Module 4 examination at the reduced price of $50 (you save $45). This will be a paper exam and you will receive your results via e-mail. Separate payment for the exam will be by credit card or personal check and will be collected during the class.