CFC
Cabinet Meeting
Minutes of May 16, 2007
Host: Rodger Matthews & Sandra
Champion-Jones
USDA Beacon Complex
Cabinet Members in attendance:
Gail Allen, GSA
Gary
Beets, FMS
Christina Bennett, NTEU #66
Sandra Champion-Jones, NTEU #66
Tina Frymyer, SSA
Charlie Garrett, SSA
Cindy Hillman, FEB
Larry Hisle, CFC
Roberta Jackson, IRS
Nadine Johnson, FDA
Benita Jordan, AFGE #1336
Matt Mitchell, USDA
Dennis O’Connell, GSA
Jason Parman, OPM
Joe Parnacott, NATCA
Maria Tupac, USDA
Quo Tyler, USPS
Alternates & Others:
Wanda Hooks, USPS for Terry Freeman,
Welcome & Introduction –Sandra Champion-Jones:
Labor Cabinet Update – Sandra Champion-Jones:
·
Reported on the Union Partnership Meeting held on April 25th
·
The purpose of the Union Partnership Council is to secure the support of
representatives from more than 20 area federal employee unions.
·
Up-dating of the Union Listing is an on-going process
·
Labor Division Co-Chairs with make peer calls on the Bargaining Units in
their area. Labor Co-Coordinators
were to be encouraged in all Agency Head Calls
·
Upcoming meeting will take place in July.
Agency Head Training & Calls – each Division
Chair:
Each Division was asked to report out on their
progress on contacting the Agency Heads in
their respective Divisions.
Division 0:
·
Gary Beets, FMS and Robert Jackson, IRS, are in the process of setting up
agency head visits. They are
meeting to go over assignments on Friday.
No visits have been completed as of yet.
·
Roberta Jackson, IRS, will be the LE for this division.
Division
1:
·
Mike Jaromin (DHS-CIS) was unable to attend.
A Loaned Executive has been committed from GSA, but no name has been
submitted.
Division
2:
·
Charlie Garrett (SSA) and Team Leaders from Social Security &
HHS are in the process of setting up agency head visits.
·
There are three Team Leaders from Social Security and Fred Schuster from
Dept of Health & Human Services will be making these calls.
Accounts are divided up and chairs will begin soon.
·
Tina Frymyer (SSA) will be the LE for this division
Division
3:
·
Neither Dennis Johnson (Census) or
Sharon Willis (FAA), were available to attend this meeting.
They are getting together the following week to plan strategy and will
update the cabinet at the next meeting after that meeting
·
Sharon Willis (FAA) will be the LE for this division.
Division
4:
· Randy Hawkinson
& Maria Tupac (USDA) are working these accounts.
No visits have been completed as of yet.
· Maria Tupac
(USDA), will be the LE for this division.
Division 5:
·
Wanda Hooks reported that the LE and Chairs will be meeting soon to
assign accounts
·
Jeff Beaton, Ed Gorman and Quo Tyler (USPS), will be the LE’s for this
division.
Division
6:
·
Neither Mike Anthony (USMC) and Dave Rhoades (USACE)
was able to attend the meeting.
·
They
have met, and will be finalizing plans on May 18th.
·
Dave Rhoades (USACE) will be the LE for this division.
·
Spreadsheets for tracking accounts will be sent out for completion by
the Division Chairs & Loaned Executives.
·
All completed Agency Head Agenda forms should be sent back to Larry.
·
Goals for each Division and overall CFC goal will be done at the July
CFC Cabinet Meeting.
·
Agency Head Call Sheets need to have the campaign coordinator identified
by late May/early June.
·
Get commitment from the agency head.
·
Identify agencies who have employees that are retiring, early outs or
layoffs.
Committee Reports:
The
cabinet was reminded of the items which were narrowed down and samples were on
hand.
Here are
the items which the Awards Committee are suggesting for choices for this year.
EVERY DONOR GIFT
-
idea
cost
vendor
Plastic
Coaster
$0.14
ArtCraft
Ruler
$0.09
Computer Calendar
$0.07
Artcraft
KICK-OFF RALLY GIFT -
idea
cost
vendor
Back
Patters -Wooden
$0.57
ArtCraft
Back Patter – Plastic
$0.69
CPI
Pre-GIFT-
idea
cost
vendor
Sports
Bottle
$0.90
ArtCraft
Mini Stapler
$0.79
ArtCraft
Post-GIFT-
Chosen item: Umbrella
idea
cost
vendor
Umbrella
$4
Sales Service
Lenticular Mousepad
$3
ArtCraft
Folding Photo Frame
$3.17
Sales Service
Pillar
Club pin:
$390 to $649 or 1% of a donor’s pay
Heartland CFC pin 3000
pieces @ $0.59 to $1.29
Commanders
Coin:
$650 to $999 or 2%
Coin – modify existing:
color, shape, text etc…..
1500 pieces @ 1.50 to $2.00
Eagle
Club:
$1000 or greater
1000 pieces @ $8.00 to $15.00
An pewter eagle with gold tips was chosen.
A
new level was discussed and decided on. The
Double Eagle “Soaring Eagle Club” for those people who donate at least $2,000.
They will receive the eagle and a nice rosewood Pen and Pencil set.
· Bids were sent out to secure best pricing. Orders have been placed for all these items
●
Communications –Gail Allen
The Communications Committee met
for the second time on May 1st.
We
would like to remind the cabinet that “Give a
Little…Help A Lot” is our
theme
for this year.
The
Committee is working with the US Army Corps of Engineers on designs for the
catalog, which when narrowed down will send out to all cabinet members for
comment.
We
are awaiting a copy of the national film to determine our local needs.
Strategies
which the communications committee is being built around- Educating the employee
base, excite and motivate and focus on the young audience.
There
was discussion on the Flat Stanley project.
This is a program where we have cut-out of real people posted 24/7 at
federal buidings
Recruitment needs from the committee:
Graphic design
Local Film
Web Design
Newsletter
Brochure Design
Media
Please contact Gail Allen
with any comments or suggestions.
●
Eligibility Status –Dennis O’Connell
·
Eligibility Committee
has completed its initial reviews for this year.
·
The final review of
appeals will be May 22nd. There is
still a possibility of appeals going to OPM in
·
The order of the
federations and local independent organizations will be
randomly drawn
·
This year we had 25
volunteers from various federal agencies served on the committee.
·
This year we had a
total of 398 local & statewide agencies approved to be included in the
campaign.
P.S. At the May 22nd
Eligibility Meeting, 2 appeals from applications which were not approved, were
reviewed again. All 2 decisions for
sustained. The order of the
federations and local un-affiliated was randomly drawn and will be listed in the
following order in the 2007 Catalog for Caring.
Earth Share of
Community Health Charities of
Local Independent Organizations
Heart of
Bi-County United Way of Cass & Jackson, Inc.
United Way of Greater
United Way of
United Way of
Events – Larry Hisle:
·
The Kick-off Committee met on April
25th and are scheduled to meet again on May 22nd.
·
We do need to do some recruiting to boost the numbers of volunteers for
this
activity.
·
The planned date for this event is Wednesday, September 19th once
again
at
the
·
Paige Wymore-Wynn is chairing this committee this year.
·
The plan is to invite those
committee members back who participated last
year,
or ask for replacements. We also
will be inviting volunteers from
the
federal agencies to participate this year.
·
More detailed information will be available at the next meeting.
· Golf Tournament
·
CFC Championship Golf Tournament has been scheduled for October 8th
(Columbus
Day).
·
Tim Gosnell form GSA is once again helping us with this.
·
Requests have been sent out to every golf course for the best deal.
Best responses so, Blue Springs Country Club, Country Creek, and Drubs
Dread
·
Save-the-date messages will be sent to all campaign coordinators.
·
Currently looking for ideas on incentive items, etc.
·
Tournament will be open to all federal employees.
·
Championship aspect (which was used for last year’s tournament) will
be done again this year.
·
Encouraged agencies who host their own golf tournaments to incorporate
theirs into CFC’s tournament.
·
More detailed information will be available at the next meeting.
· Training
Committee - Recruitment & Workshops – Matt Mitchell
·
Campaign Coordinator sites have identified
·
Two Campaign Coordinator trainings are scheduled for the
·
A workshop is scheduled for August 15th in
·
Additional trainings are being scheduled for
· Campaign
Coordinators’ names need to be identified by the end of May/June.
·
Will be changing the format on these workshops.
A powerpoint presentation
will be part of the training., as well as a mock rally.
LE
Training
·
Here are the items that still need to be completed
o
Complete and confirm training
locations for Loaned Executive training.
o
Obtain additional trainers.
·
The following Speakers are needed for the LE Training – Sales Training,
Communication Skills, and Marketing Skills.
·
Former LE’s will be used as Speakers.
·
If you have a speaker in mind or if you would like to volunteer for this,
please forward that information to Larry at Larry.Hisle@gsa.gov
or call at 816-823-2010.
Other Discussion
Reported
on Agency Head Breakfast held on May 2nd in
Continued
to up-date cabinet on impact of regulation changes
Day
of Caring Update
·
Currently have 56 federal agencies and labor groups at 100 locations
volunteering for Day of Caring.
·
Day of Caring is Saturday, June 23rd .
CFC
Catalog & Materials
The
Catalog was discussed and a desicision was made to continue to use a newspaper
tabloid lay out instead of the bonded Catalog due to price
The
pledge card was discussed and a decision to go back to the 1/3 page vs 1/2 and
to retain the cover for the pledge card.
Sponsorships
for 2007 Campaign
·
Sponsorships are coming along quite well this year.
Commitments:
·
GEHA to sponsor the CFC Victory Awards Breakfast, and they did respond
and agreed. They upped their gift
$500 to $2,500 for this year. This
will allow us to continue to comp the campaign coordinator their breakfast and
have an additional breakfast in
·
A request was sent out to GEICO to sponsor the Cruise Giveaway and
Leadership Breakfast, and a query of the Kick-off Breakfast.
They also responded favorably with an increase of $1,000 to a grand total
of $4,000 for this year. The
cabinet was asked where to direct these funds towards.
·
A request has been made to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Greater Kansas
City to be a sponsor for an event and they have committed $1,000
·
In addition, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas donated $500 to
sponsor the May 2nd Agency Head Breakfast
·
Letters will be sent out to hotels requesting donations for the upcoming
campaign.
·
Cabinet Members are urged to share ideas of possible sponsors for this
year
·
A motion was requested to continue with the Cruise Give-away again for
this year.
Upcoming
events
June
Cabinet Meeting
June 20
Day of Caring
June 23
Agency Head Calls completed
by June 30
Campaign Coordinator Workshop – (Children’s Campus-KC)
August 2
Campaign Coordinator Workshop – (Alphapointe-KC)
August 8
Campaign Coordinator Workshop – (Let’s Help-Topeka)
August 15