IMC …..LATEBREAKING…..NEWS!!!!
September 2002 Edition

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.”

-Ulysses S. Grant 1822-85 on the art of war (or, for that matter business, eh?)

BRAIN TEASER!

Trying to reconstruct the list of Past Presidents of IMC has proven to be a real challenge, with memories being somewhat selective and sketchy. Since you are all consultants and enjoy solving puzzles, how about helping me out on this one. Below is the list of past presidents with their dates of service. Help me fill in the missing dates and even order of Presidency!

IMC NEW SEASON CALENDAR!!!!!

Haig Armaghanian has put together a dynamite program for the upcoming year! The new calendar will be sent out under separate cover but here is a profile of what to expect:

• 10 meeting dates starting in September and continuing through June!
  (Plenty of meetings for even the busiest schedule!)
• 1 of the 10 meetings is a social mixer scheduled for December (members only)!
  (This is the chance to get to spend quality time with members)
• Past Presidents Panels at 7 of the meetings!
  (Links new members and current members to our former leaders)
• 2 IMC Academy meetings where on multi-track training sessions will be held (November and February)! (Adds another educational element for our members)
• Topics ranging from “Ethics” to “Creating Rainmakers in Your Organization”!

NEW SEASON-FIRST DINNER MEETING TIME/TOPIC!

Time/Location: Wednesday (not Tuesday) 9/18 at the Renaissance Hotel

Topic: Ethics --- how has it affected your clients and your business?…how will it affect you in the future?….how has it affected client expectations of their consultants?…..what might you do to market your services more effectively in a suspicious and potentially hostile environment?

Speaker/Format: Marsha Lewin CCP CMC, Fellow-IMC, author of numerous books and articles on consulting practice management and ethics will chair a panel of clients and professionals (CPA and lawyer).

CONSULTANTS CALENDAR

• September 18: First Dinner Meeting of the New Season for So Cal (Topic-“Ethics, An Issue or an Advantage?”)
   
• September 13: Alan Weiss to conduct 3 hour workshop at the Phoenix,Arizona chapter on “Secrets of the Ultimate Consultant”
   
• October 19: SoCal New Consultant Seminar “Dream Job or Nightmare” has been rescheduled for 3/1/03 and 9/13/03
   
• October 27-29: National Confab at Reno, Nevada w/ Pre conf. On October 26

IMC OFFICERS

President - Jennifer Beever, jenb@newincite.com

VP Programs - Haig Armaghanian, armaghanianh@haigbarrett.com

VP Communications - Roger Olson, roger@systemsqulality.com

            VP Membership - Jane Holcomb, ontargetjh@aol.com

            VP Public Relations - Harald Weiss, weiss@imcsocal.org

            VP Area Breakfasts - Jim Sirkin, sirkincmc@aol.com

            Treasurer - Ward Wieman, ward@m-overload.com

            Secretary/Newsletter Editor - Michael McCraley, mmccraley@earthlink.net

            Chair (Past President) - Greg Lunde, lunde@colligated.com

            Membership Certification - Jim Ayers, jimayers@cgrmc.com

            IMC Nat’l Bd. Mbr: Chapt. Pres. Council-Allan Hurst, allanhurst@dc.rr.com

            Program Publicity - David Malmberg, davidmalmberg@cgrmc.com

            LAX Area Breakfast Coord. - Katrina Ling, katrina@graceconsultingcorp.com

San Diego Breakfast Coord.- Drumm MacNaughton drum@mcngrp.com

Orange County Breakfast Coord.- Harald Weiss, weiss@imcsocal.org

San Fernando Valley Breakfast Coord. - Jennifer Beever, jenb@newincite.com

Inland Empire Breakfast Coord. - Allan Hurst, allanhurst@dc.rr.com

New…..VP Communications-Roger Olson, roger@systemsquality.com

CURRENT NEWS!!

New Board Member added in the last board meeting was Roger Olson who will take over the data base and announcement distribution.

CONFAB is coming up! Need to register before October 1 to get the best rates and if you order online before October 1, you save money and get the CD rom prior to Confab.

New IMC’s - Paul Glen, Drumm McNaughton and Arthur Burdett

Online Listings of CMC’s- ICMI launched an Internet Directory of CMC giving each a full page profile w/photo or logo. This site will allow for CMC’s to post their written articles. Clients will be driven to this site by one of the most powerful search engines. All for an annual fee of US $50 via www.icmci.org.

College of CMC’s has initiated a marketing effort complementary to the CMC branding effort which gives you a listing on the College website at www.cmcglobal.org , access to web postings for potential client assignments and also ability to post articles on the site. The fee is $50 annually.

PAST PRESIDENT’S PANEL / PRESIDENT PROFILE

IMC SoCal will be actively supporting the Past President’s Panel during the coming year. Our first meeting is scheduled for September 17 at the Renaissance with the President’s Panel including Pat Rea and Dave Silberg. For some reason, neither remembers his date in office. Here is a quick profile of each of these former Presidents.

Pat Rea - Snapshot

Pat founded the Rea Company in 1974. A graduate of Cal Poly with a BA in Business, Pat specializes in all aspects of Human Resources (labor relations, grievance and arbitration hearings, mgmt. training and discrimination are among his specialties)

Pat successfully negotiated over 300 collective bargaining agreements with all the major unions and has represented clients in front of the Division of Fair Labor Standards Enforcement up to and including National Labor Relations Board. And Pat has been a featured speaker on radio talk shows concerning employment issues

David Silberg - Snapshot

Dave is a partner with Tatum CIO Partners, LLP, which is a national organization of Chief Information Officers who provide Technology Services to clients. Dave’s specialty is in the assessment of IT related risks. Before Tatum, Dave founded Sitka Systems, a mid sized consulting firm providing a variety of systems services to clients. Before Sitka, he helped found Doud Hausner and Associates which focused on family owned businesses. This all took place following stints with Booz Allen and Hamilton and Touche Ross & Co.

Dave has been a CMC for over 25 years, serving as President and Treasurer in the 1980’s. Notable achievements during his tenure were a “Consulting Factoid” presented at each meeting, a Saturday consulting expo, and, I think, tongue in cheek, arranged for a Survey of Domestic Bliss showing that despite difficult work and long hours, consultants were no more prone to divorce than the general public.

Advice to today’s consultants: “The institute is a worthy endeavor. Adding to one’s chosen profession is the mark of a true professional. Finding a way to “give back” one’s learning is important.”

IMC MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS: A QUICK LIST

CMC certification, IMC USA consultant search engine, IMC Times newsletter, Consulting to Management magazine, Flash e-mail networking and job opportunities, Professional Liability Insurance, IMC conferences, IMC USA Resource Library, Speaker Listing at www.imsocal.org, and member discounts and savings at various clubs.

THAT’S ALL FOLKS…….

Call me, Mike McCraley, at 310-377-3434 or e-mail me at mmccraley@earthlink.net to let me know what you think of the content and the “feel” of the letter as well as giving me new ideas (need specifics inclusive of short form pre-written inputs).

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