WID Board Fine-tunes Manual for Chapters.

• Author: Smith, Judy L.

The WID Board of Directors is in the process of formally creating a Chapter Manual that will include the following key topics: administration, activities, formation checklist, by-laws and financial reporting. We will incorporate the lessons learned from our existing WID regional groups and establish guidance that we hope will contribute to addressing the needs of our membership.

To date, we have the following geographical WID groups: Tampa, Fla.; Dayton, Ohio, and New England. Other regions that have expressed interest include: Iowa/Illinois; Lexington Park, Md.; San Diego, and Hampton Roads, Va. (and surrounding areas to include Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton, and Norfolk).

Our goal is to have the Chapter Manual completed and approved by January 15, 2001.

Executive Dinner Highlights

On October 24, 2000, Deidre A. Lee, director of defense procurement, Office of Undersecretary of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, was our Executive Dinner Program guest speaker.

During her discussion, Lee, who is a member of WID, focused on addressing the Defense Department's mission--"support to the warfighter." She talked about globalization of defense industry suppliers, competitive sourcing, making changes to the procurement policies and practices to strengthen the defense industrial base, and civil/military integration.

Women In Defense Conference

On October 19, 2000, WID President Judy L. Smith was invited to be a guest speaker at...