WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC PURCHASERS
AGENDA-SECOND QUARTER MEETING
JUNE 10-11, 2004
Tundra Lodge
865 Lombardi Ave.
Green Bay, WI 54304
www.tundralodge.com
(877) 886-3725
(920) 405-8700

Thursday June 10th

10:30 – 11:30 am Optional tour of Lambeau Field (see Registration Form for detail)

11:00 – 12:00 am Optional tour of Lambeau Field (see Registration Form for Detail)

12:00 – 1:00 pm   Tailgate lunch

12:30 – 1:00 pm   Registration

1:00 – 1:10 pm     Introductions

1:10 – 2:00 pm     Statewide Joint Purchasing Business Meeting

This meeting is open to ALL interested parties.  Find out how communication, cooperation and collaboration between state and local agencies are being used to aggregate volume purchases, reduce redundancies and reduce costs of purchasing through this ongoing effort to work together. To include discussion on tire and vehicle contracts.

2:00 – 3:00 pm      Buying diesel, gasoline and gasohol fuels? Why reinvent the wheel?  

Ananda Sathasivam, WisDOA will make a presentation on cooperative contracts for fuel. He will review how to use the contract on Vendornet, discuss frequently asked questions and open the floor for further discussion.

3:00 – 3:15 pm      Break

3:15 – 4:00 pm      Privatize or Capitalize?  

Don Landwehr, formerly a private consultant, has turned WPS Print & Mail Operations into a profit center. He will share his expertise to help you improve your areas of responsibility and/or to outsource these services.

4:00 – 4:30 pm       Presentation 

Bill Waring, Camera Corner, will make a presentation on what you need to know when purchasing digital camera’s and DVD’s

6:00 pm                 Depart from the lobby for dinner at Brett Farves Steakhouse

6:30 pm                 Dinner at Brett Farves Steakhouse

Friday June 11th

8:00 – 8:30 am        Registration

8:30 – 8:40 am        Introductions

8:30 – 10:00 am       Presentation 

Mike Kunesh , Homeland Security Program Director, will provide a quick overview of the grant process and will discuss response and prevention capabilities for homeland security in the State. He will also introduce and talk about a new procurement process recently developed by the State.

10:00 – 10:15 am      Break

10:15 – 11:15 am      It’s Your Life…Why not Live it?  

Wendy Mannering-co-owner of Options Unlimited is also the co-author of the book, Attitudes are Contagious. Are yours worth catching? Wendy is a fun motivational speaker who can inspire us to further our goals of peak productivity on the job and overall life enjoyment.

11:15 – 12:00 am       Business Meeting – Steve Martinelli, WisDOT

12:00 – 1:00 pm         Lunch