Communications Committee
The Communications Committee met in September to publish the newsletter. The committee invites anyone interested in participating to join them at the next meeting. The committee meets the Thursday following the General Membership Luncheon meeting at 9:00 a.m. at QED Systems, Inc. at 4646 N. Witchduck Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455. The next meeting will be on October 18th, 2012.
Contracts Committee
The Contracts Committee met on September 7, 2012. The Contracts Committee has hosted two highly attended mini-seminars this fall. The remaining schedule for the Contracts Committee 2012 mini-seminar series is as follows:
Oct 17th: Subcontractor issues and hot topics which will be led by Kevin Cosgrove. Location: Troutman Sanders offices, 2200 Central Park Ave, Virginia Beach.
Nov 8th: Government Contracting Alphabet Soup – ORCA to FAPIIS which will be led by Jeff Estes and Mike Gardner. Location: Troutman Sanders offices, 2200 Central Park Ave, Virginia Beach.
The Contracts Committee meets the 1st Thursday of every month at the Norfolk offices of Troutman Sanders, Sixteenth Floor, 150 West Main Street, Norfolk, Virginia. The next committee meeting will be on October 4, 2012.
Environmental Committee
The Environmental Committee met on September 13, 2012 to review upcoming regulatory issues. The committee meets the second Thursday of the odd numbered months at 10:00 a.m. in the General Dynamics NASSCO-Earl Industries (formerly United Coatings Corp.) Training Room, 650 Chautauqua Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23707. The next meeting will be on November 8, 2012.
Human Resources Committee
The Human Resources Committee met on September 5, 2012. The guest speaker was Cher Wynkoop, an employment benefits attorney, who talked about what the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) means for our member companies now that the Supreme Court has ruled it Constitutional.The next regularly scheduled committee meeting will be at the Norfolk offices of Wilcox & Savage – 22nd Floor, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 2200, Norfolk, Virginia, at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. For the October meeting, there will hbe a roundtable discussion on what each of our members views as the "hot" topics they are facing at work these days and how the other member companies are dealing with those same topics. They will also plan the HR Seminar for the Spring of 2013.
Quality Assurance Committee
The Quality Assurance Committee met on September 11, 2012. The committee discussed the QA Audit Database and past due audits. They discussed putting together a sub-committee to revise our Auditor training. The items discussed during the Industry/CNRMC QA Monthly Conference call were shared with the QA Committee. Certification and the Master Integrated Schedule were discussed. There will be a working group to review. They reviewed the QMB meeting agenda items. The committee meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at Q.E.D. Systems, Inc., 4646 North Witchduck Road in Virginia Beach. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be on Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
Safety Committee
The Safety Committee met on Thursday, September 13, 2012. The Committee noted that the 2012 17th Annual Safety & Health Seminar was scheduled for September 26, 2012 at the Ted Constant Convention Center at ODU. This year’s theme was “Safety Begins with You – Make it Personal.” Also, the Safety Handbooks for Supervisors and Employees are in print and will be made available for sale October 1, 2012. The committee meets the second Thursday of the month at 9:00 a.m. in the General Dynamics NASSCO-Earl Industries (formerly United Coatings Corp.) Training Room, 650 Chautauqua Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23707. The next meeting is on October 11, 2012.
Security Committee
The Security Committee met on September 11, 2012. The committee worked with VSRA staff to put together a Security Choices presentation for high school and university students. At their meeting in July, Regional Security had stated that Common Access Cards (CAC) would eventually be scanned at base entry points and probably would happen sooner than expected. Pilot Card Scanning - In addition to the Rapidgate credential scanning, CNIC is conducting a pilot program to test the capability to scan and authenticate the Common Access Cards (CAC) and Teslin cards (Dependents and Retirees) at entry control points at Naval Station Norfolk. This means they will scan every card but will not use the results of the scan for an access denial decision at this time. This pilot program will end on October 31, 2012. The next Security Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 at 10:00am at NASSCO-Earl (former United Coatings Bldg.) 650 Chautauqua Avenue, Portsmouth. Our guests will be from Norfolk Ship Support Activity (NSSA); Mr. David Shutter, Mr. John Johnson, and Mr. Danny Powers.
Worker’s Comp Committee
The Worker’s Comp Committee did not meet in September. The committee meets the second Thursday of the even numbered months at 10:00 a.m. in the General Dynamics NASSCO-Earl Industries (formerly United Coatings Corp.) Training Room, 650 Chautauqua Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23707. The next meeting is on October 11, 2012.
VSRF
The Virginia Ship Repair Foundation met on September 5, 2012. They completed their strategic planning retreat on Friday, September 28, 2012. Invitations for 2013 school year career days will be going out in September, with Lego competition applications released in October. Their next meeting is October 10, 2012.
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