LA/NTMA Dinner
Tuesday, Oct. 20th
Join us for LA/NTMA Dinner!
October 20th
Long Term Agreements and
Contract Negotiations Panel
Tuesday, October 20th
Geezers Restaurant -562-946-3605
12120 Telegraph Road
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Map
5:30pm Registration & Networking
6:00pm Dinner & Speaker
PANELISTS:
Pat Scott, President, NC Dynamics
Scott Wallace, President, Votaw Precision Technologies
Dan Watts, Customer Liaison Rep, D-Velco Mfg., assigned at Honeywell
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President's Message
by Patricia Szczuka
Doesn’t it seem like October and November is filled with trade shows? You probably look at the exhibitor list, see if its still worth while to exhibit or are contemplating whether its worth to take time out of your busy schedule to walk the aisles.
Well, the LA/NTMA is here to help with your decisions. I recently received a call from a potential new member. He is the owner of a small job shop looking to join an association that could help him with marketing. Most of LA/NTMA’s members exhibit at trade shows locally and nationally; and if they are not exhibiting, it’s not hard not to spot one walking down the aisles...
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
 Are you taking advantage of the benefits of your NTMA membership? I get reports from National NTMA about what benefits each member is taking advantage of and I am always surprised at the money that is being thrown away by not using these services. Some of our members save enough money to cover their annual dues...
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— October 2009 —
Board Meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 13th
“Long Term Contracts“ Panel
Tuesday, Oct. 20th
6:00pm Dinner and Panel discussion
Geezers Restaurant, Santa Fe Springs
Pat Scott, President, NC Dynamics,
Scott Wallace, President, Votaw Precision Technologies and
Dan Watts, Customer Liaison Rep, D-Velco Mfg., assigned at Honeywell
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Upcoming Meetings: Save the Date
October 2009
Tuesday, October 20th (please note: date change from the 27th)
Long Term Agreements & Contract Negotiations Panel
5:30pm Registration and Networking
6:00pm Dinner and Panel discussion
Geezers Restaurant, Santa Fe Springs Map
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Our panelists will be discussing their experiences with Long Term Agreements with customers and vendors.
We will discuss:
What to look out for, how to structure contracts, how to hedge commodity prices, benefits and drawbacks to having long term agreements, quality programs required by some customers to do business with them, managing quality from vendors, forecast and delivering to the release, how to turn relationships into partnerships, assessing the risks involved and negotiating a price to compensate for the risk.
Panelists include: Pat Scott, President, NC Dynamics, Scott Wallace, President, Votaw Precision Technologies and Dan Watts, Customer Liaison Rep, D-Velco Mfg., assigned at Honeywell
November 2009
Tuesday, November 17th
Roundtable Discussion with NTMA Chairman Ron Overton
5:00pm - 5:30pm Reception
6:00pm Dinner and Speaker, Welcome Comments by Ron Overton and Roundtable discussion
Location to be determined
We are pleased that NTMA National Chairman Ron Overton will be joining us. Ron is the president of Overton Industries in Mooresville, Indiana. Overton specializes in metal tubing services, injection mold tooling, carbide tooling, custom stamping, and powdered metal tooling in the Automotive, Consumer Products, Defense, Energy, Heavy Equipment and Safety Industries. Ron will give us a quick overview of doing business in the Auto industry.
Our roundtable discussion will follow. We will survey members for roundtable topics before the meeting and will have an open session for other topics attendees want to discuss. This meeting is a great opportunity to talk to fellow shop owners and learn from their experiences with situations you are facing in your business!
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Do You Know: Keeping Your Insurance Costs Down
This article is one in an ongoing series being published over the course of the year, compliments of Sentry Insurance.The intention is to advise customers and organizational members on important, but generally unknown or misunderstood, business coverage risks or coverage nuances.
Several factors you control play a big part in determining your insurance rates. Rates for property coverages reflect the construction of your buildings. For example, buildings constructed with fire-resistant materials generally cost less to insure than frame buildings. Adequate use of sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers, burglar alarms and smoke alarms are also considered in your rates...
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Industry Related Events:
SAVE THE DATE
2009
Southern California Design-2-Part Show
Pasadena, CA, October 14 & 15, 2009
Pasadena Center
www.d2p.com
San Diego NTMA Chapter Dinner
Wednesday, November 18th
Speaker: NTMA Ron Overton
Contact Melinda Coldwell for
more information: melinda@cornerstonecnc.com
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In Memoriam:
This month our Chapter lost two special people: former Chapter Executive Bob Knutsen and member Walter Votaw, Votaw Precision Technologies. Here is some information about their lives and passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends...
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NTMA Training Centers Have Graduates Available!
The NTMA Training Centers in Norwalk and Ontario would like to invite you to interview graduates looking for employment. The Machinist Training graduates complete an intensive 7 month program that includes topics such as algebra, trigonometry, blueprint reading, all conventional machining, to the CNC mills and lathes and an introduction to wire EDM and MasterCam.
Every 6 weeks NTMA Training Centers graduate anywhere between...
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CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER!
LA Chapter Member Ben Belzer was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award at the National Meeting in Indianapolis for his hard work in redesigning the National NTMA website. (if you haven’t seen it - www.ntma.org it looks great and is much more user friendly than before) Ben work for TCI Precision Metals in Gardena...
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INSTRUCTORS NEEDED!
Immediate Openings
NTMA Training Centers of Southern California, a private non-profit trust organization with two campuses in the Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas has immediate openings for highly motivated, results-oriented PART-TIME and FULL-TIME Machinist Instructors to work at both our Norwalk, CA and Ontario, CA campuses.
This is a GREAT opportunity for experienced Machinists to pass on their knowledge to others! Flexible schedules available as the NTMA Training Centers hold classes from 7am – 11pm Monday thru Friday (multiple classes throughout the day) and 8am-4:30pm on Saturdays.
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Did You Know?—NTMA Member Benefits
Did you know that with your NTMA membership you are entitled to Access to the NTMA Human Resources, Environmental/Safety Centers? Do you know all of the benefits of being an NTMA member? You are probably missing out on many of those benefits!
For more information, contact NTMA National at: 800-248-6862.
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