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In 1997 the National Defense Industrial Association
(NDIA) was founded by reason of a merger between the American Defense
Preparedness Association (ADPA) and the National Security Industrial
Association (NSIA) which was founded in 1944. The NDIA is a non-partisan, non-profit
association with a mission to provide a legal and
ethical forum for the interchange of ideas between government and industry
to resolve industrial problems of join concern. The primary interest are
the business and technical aspects of the government-industry relationship,
encompassing government policies and practices in the entire acquisition
process, including research and development, procurement, logistics support,
and many technical areas. The NDIA headquarters are located in Arlington,
Virginia.
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Chapter President's Corner |
Lone Star
Chapter President Perry Cockerell
The Lone Star Chapter
actively supports the national defense industry within the metroplex and surrounding areas. The metroplex area in Texas
and Oklahoma provide one of the best environments
for defense and civilian contractors to do business in the
United States.
Centrally located in the United States, this area hosts DFW
Airport, one
of the largest airports in the country, that provides easy
access to just about anywhere. There is no need for a
company to be located near
Washington, D.C. in order to be involved in the defense
industry. Air travel from DFW Airport to Washington, D.C. is regularly available at inexpensive prices.
This area is well known for its presence of
large and small defense and commercial prime contractors and
subcontractors that support the defense and commercial
industries. We have a large military presence, with
two proven military installations located on both sides of
the metroplex. These military installations as well as many
others across Texas and
Oklahoma support the active and reserve components of all
services. Texas and Oklahoma are friendly environments for
businesses and employees to find low cost housing
and many benefits. Together
these attributes form the kind of environment needed for companies
and employees to
take root.
If your company
or employees have important topics of interest to
convey to the public and to the membership let us know. We
would like to feature newsworthy matters involving your
company or outstanding accomplishments of your employees and
members of the NDIA on our website. You can
reach me at
214-978-4139 or write to me at
pcockerell@canteyhanger.com
Come join and support the
Lone Star Chapter. We look forward to serving the community
and defense industry,
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NEW OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ELECTED AT
THE ANNUAL MEETING IN MARCH 2007
Board Member News
Releases
Retz & Associates
Lone Star Awards ROTC Graduates
by
Don Currie
Each year
the Lone Star Chapter of the NDIA presents the Reginald L.
Robinson Memorial Award to cadet recipients of the National
Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC) Award. This Memorial Award of $250
supplements the NDIA ROTC Award, which comes from NDIA
Headquarters in Washington, D. C. and is awarded at the same
time to senior ROTC cadets who are attending universities in
Texas. The National ROTC Award consists of a certificate,
medal, service ribbon and complementary one-year membership
in NDIA.
Each of
the committee members presented both the NDIA National ROTC
Award as well as the Lt Col Reginald L. Robinson Memorial
Award to a deserving cadet nominated by their ROTC
detachment commanders. The first presentation of the year
was by Jere Craddock, on 12 April 2007 to Cadet Scott Little
during the Texas Christian University ARMY ROTC Awards
ceremony. On 26 April, Don Currie presented the awards to Cadet Joseph Morrin during the USAF ROTC Awards ceremony at
Texas Christian University. On 27 April, RADM Jim Lair
(ret) presented the awards to USA ROTC Cadet Austin Bass
during the University of Texas, Arlington Military Ball.
Finally, on 28 April, Art Hawkins, presented the awards to
USAF ROTC Cadet Jean Purgason during the Awards ceremony at
the University of North Texas in Denton. Pictures of the
cadets receiving their awards are on the NDIA Lone Star
Chapter website.
The ROTC
Committee has diligently searched for ROTC detachments where
the Lone Star Chapter could provide the $250 Robinson
Memorial Award to USN and USMC ROTC cadets. We are pleased
to announce that, beginning next year, an award will be
presented to a USN ROTC cadet at Prairie View A&M University
and to a USMC ROTC cadet at Rice University. If you would
like to join the ROTC Award committee, contact Don Currie or
Perry Cockerell.
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News From Directors of Lone Star |
Lone Star Chapter's Long Term
Objectives
by
Dr. Andy Blanchard
The Lone Star Chapter of the NDIA is on the move. As part
of our effort to respond to changes and opportunities in the
defense industry, especially in the North Texas region, the
Chapter is developing it strategic mission and objectives.
The defense and security industries in the Dallas/Forth
Worth metroplex are substantial. Therefore, the Lone Star
Chapter views its support of this industry base as an
integral part of its mission. Our Operational Mission
Statement follows:
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The Lone Star Chapter actively supports the
national defense industry within the metroplex and
surrounding areas. The Chapter strives to continually
improve its services in its primary areas of
responsibility. These include:
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Information dissemination focused on defense
industry needs
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Broad-based education support (government,
industry, academia)
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Effective Chapter operations
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Expanded member services
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Impacting defense/security related needs and
issues
To help the Chapter identify changes in the operational
requirements needed to meet its expanded mission statement,
several board members have identified issues critical to
improved operational behavior. Some of these represent
improvements incorporated by the Chapter leadership over the
last several years. All continue to be relevant to future
performance. Specific Lone Star Chapter action items are
summarized below:
- Define our major objectives for
the near and far future
- Define our operational business
model
- Develop an effort to formalized
chapter operational documents and procedures
- Strategically organize and manage
our speaker events
- Redefine our interaction strategy
between industry and academia within the area
- Aggressively change how we
interface to student populations within the region
- Organize and expand our volunteer
support base
We have undertaken an effort to be recognized as a model
chapter of NDIA. Our activity requires that we document our
mission, operational structure, financial process,
interaction with the community, objectives for the current
year, and other operational and procedural processes. The
Lone Star Chapter is currently producing these documents for
submission to the national NDIA organization. Within these
documents, the Board addresses the issue of an operational
business model. We operate within an expenses and revenue
income model. Our main agenda is to serve our local
constituency; nevertheless we must operate on a fiscally
sound basis.
More importantly, we seek to develop a strategic process of
identifying opportunities that require our investment. Most
of these should have long term implementation strategies
that will allow us to develop and provide necessary
financial resources. Some resources will be required for
events of opportunity that have much shorter time lines.
All of these processes will be incorporated in the Chapter’s
financial resources implementation strategy. Our overall
agenda is to maintain fiscal stability in the organization
as it provides services to the community.
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Copyright
2007 NDIA-Lone Star Chapter,
National Defense Industrial Association,
1999 Bryan Street, Suite 3330,
Dallas, Texas 75201,
Telephone:
(214) 978-4139,
Fax: (214) 978-4150
Email: pcockerell |
