CFC Cabinet Meeting
Minutes of May 28, 2008
Host: Steve Tanner& Dave Ragan
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road, KCMO
Cabinet Members in attendance:
Gail Allen , GSA John Askew, EPA
Jackie Beard, EPA Stewart Bent, SSA
Mike Brincks, GSA Victoria Davidson, NTEU #66
Velerie Eddleman, USDA Larry Hisle, CFC
Ethel Johnson, SSA Yvette Lewis, IRS
Mark Nelson, USDA Dennis O’Connell, GSA
Joe Parnacott, NATCA Dave Ragan, NTEU Chapter 217
Ann Radford, USPS Don Sanders, USDA
Debbie Schmidt, USDA Harry Strader, CFC
Steve Tanner, USDA Quo Tyler, USPS
Joan Wissbaum, GSA Dorothy Witherspoon, DOL
Alternates & Others:
Lt. Col. Mike Fitzgerald, USACE for Col. Roger Wilson
Carolyn Kelley, SSA
Cara Christenson-Riley, FEB for Cindy Hillman
This meeting immediately followed the Leader’s Breakfast
Welcome - Steve Tanner and Dave Ragan:
Steve and Dave welcomed the group and requested feedback from the breakfast
Breakfast Overview and Feedback
Labor Cabinet Update – Dave Ragan:
· Union Partnership Meeting held on April 24th
· The purpose of the Union Partnership Council is to secure the support of representatives from more than 20 area federal employee unions.
· Labor Division Co-Chairs with make peer calls on the Bargaining Units in their area in late July, early August. Labor Co-Coordinators were to be encouraged in all agencies
· 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:
· Mike Brincks, GSA and Yvette Lewis, IRS, are in the process of setting up agency head visits. All aacoutns have been assigned, with a handful scheduled. Losing DFAS in August, but gaining Marine’s Technical Service Organization
· Yvette Lewis, IRS, will be the LE for this division.
Division 1:
· John Askew, EPA and Jackie Beard, EPA are in the process of setting up agency head visits. All introductory letters have been sent and accounts are assigned. John will be doing 12 visits.
· · Jackie Beard, EPA, will be the LE for this division.
Division 2:
· Ethel Johnson (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 13 visits have been completed
· Stewart Bent (SSA) will be the LE for this division
Division 3:
· Dorothy Witherspoon, DOL and Joan Wissbaum, GSA have completed 6 visits and have scheduled 9 more. Will be meeting at the end of June with all of the Dept of Labor accounts at the same time.
· Joan Wissbaum (GSA) will be the LE for this division.
Division 4:
· Don Sanders & Mark Nelson (USDA) are working these accounts. Working on a strategic approach to visiting these agencies. Have looked at the top 6 accounts, and have sent notices to all accounts, with calls beginning next week. Focusing on increasing participation and per capita giving.
· Mark Nelson (USDA), will be the LE for this division.
Division 5:
· No one was available to report out from this division. Terry Freeman is working on getting two additional Loaned Executives
· Quo Tyler (USPS), will be the one of the LE’s for this division.
Division 6:
· Neither Col. Roger Wislon (USACE) and Stan Mozier (USACE) were able to attend the meeting. LTC Fitzgerald made a brief report out that an appointment had been set up for Whiteman AFB and that introduction letters had been mailed.
· Stan Mozier (USACE) will be the LE for this division.
Topeka Area:
· Harry Strader reported out that letters have gone out to set up appointments. Richard James will be making calls and has designated at Loaned Executive for the area for the first time
· Ann Radford (USPS) 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:
● Awards & Recognition –Debbie Schmidt
Orders have been placed on all selected items. The cabinet was reminded of what was approved at the April Cabinet meeting
·Computer Calendar as Everyperson Gift
·Flying Disc as the Rally Gift
·Coffee Mug and Magnets for all Coordinators and Canvasser
·Travel Tote Bag as a post gift to the Coordinators
· Medal Heart Key Tag for 1% or $390 Donors
· Business Card Case for 2% or $650 Donors
· Pewter descending eagle with gold tips for Eagle Donors.
· The Double Eagle “Soaring Eagle Club” for those people who donate at least $2,000. They will receive the eagle and a the prestige Travel Mug
There was also discussion on an Eaglet Club, or a step up program for new or younger donors. Donors could sign up to pledge $500 or $20 a week the first year and receive a baby eagle beanie baby, the second year they step up to $750 or $30 a week they move up to the junior eagle and then step up to the full eagle at $1000 in third year.
A motion was made by LTC. Fitzgerald seconded by Dorothy Witherspoon.
Communications –Gail Allen
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 reviews for this year.
· This year we had 29 volunteers from various federal agencies served on the committee.
· This year we had a total of 388 local & statewide agencies approved to be included in the campaign.
· The final review of appeals was on May 22nd, 4 appeals from 20 applications which were not approved, were reviewed again. Three decisions for sustained and one was approved. There is still a possibility of appeals going to OPM in Washington.
· The order of the federations and local un-affiliated was randomly drawn and will be listed in the following order in the 2008 Catalog for Caring.
Community Health Charities of Kansas and Missouri
Johnson County United Way –MO
Earth Share of Missouri
Salina Area United Way
United Way of Wyandotte County
United Way of Greater Kansas City
United Way of Greater Topeka
Local Independent Organizations
Events – Larry Hisle:
· Kick-off
· The Kick-off Committee will be meeting on June 4th
· 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 24th once again
at the Ilus Davis Park in downtown Kansas City.
· We are searching 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 13th
(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. We do have two courses really vying for our business, Blue Springs Country Club and Hillcrest Country Club
· 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 – Velerie Eddleman
· Campaign Coordinator sites have identified
· Two Campaign Coordinator trainings are scheduled for the Kansas City on August 7th at the Harvester’s Warehouse and on August 13th at Salvation Army Harbor Light Center.
· A workshop is scheduled for August 27th in Topeka Rescue Mission
· Additional trainings are being scheduled for Junction City
· Campaign Coordinators’ names need to be identified by the end of May/June.
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
Day of Caring Update
· Currently have 48 federal agencies and labor groups at 76 locations volunteering for Day of Caring.
· Day of Caring is Saturday, June 7th.
CFC Catalog & Materials
The Catalog was discussed and a decision 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 use 1/2 sheet paper and to retain the cover for the pledge card.
Employee Express-Online pledging options
· Requesting offices, other than IRS to consider using Employee Express as an option this year. Offices that may be able to do so are:
· Commodity Futures Trading Commission
· Consumer Product Safety Commission
· Department of Education
· Department of the Interior
· Department of Transportation
· Department of the Treasury
· Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
· Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
· International Trade Commission
· National Labor Relations Board
· Office of Personnel Management
· Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp
· Small Business Administration
Merger Requests & Opportunities
· The suggestions for merger options which were made at the last meeting were discussed at the Federal Executive Board meeting in May.
· It was approved that we would request to incorporate Carroll, Caldwell and Livingston Counties in Missouri to accommodate the IRS and other federal employees in Chillicothe, MO.
· It was also approved that we would reach out to the Ozark Area CFC to propose a merger of our two CFC’s for the 2009 campaign. We will contact the LFCC in that area in the near future.
· This would allow the opportunity to cover Cape Girardeau and Popular Bluff, MO where there are IRS employees which will be participating in the employee express trials.
Sponsorships for the 2008 Campaign-Larry Hisle
· Sponsorships are coming along quite well this year.
· GEHA has agreed to sponsor the CFC Victory Awards Breakfast, and they did respond and agreed. They upped their gift $500 to $3,000 for this year. This will allow us to continue to comp the campaign coordinator their breakfast in Kansas City and Topeka
· GEICO agreed 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 $5,000 for this year. This will allow us to pay for the agency head breakfast, have the Cruise Give-away and sponsor the kick-off.
· A request has been made to Blue Cross and Blue Shield to be a sponsor for our Kick-off, we have not heard back from them yet.
· Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Kansas and they have provided $500 sponsorship for kick-offs in Topeka and Fort Riley.
· Letters have been 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
Day of Caring June 7
June Cabinet Meeting June 18
Agency Head Calls completed by June 30
Campaign Coordinator Workshop – (Harvesters-KC) August 7
Campaign Coordinator Workshop – (Salvation Army-KC) August 13
Campaign Coordinator Workshop – (Topeka Rescue Mission-Topeka) August 27