Dear Members,

I would like to congratulate the winners of the APICS International Case Scholars competition, held in September in Kansas City, this competition was won by the Southwest District West Coast Scholars team that had placed second last April in the 2nd Annual West Coast Case Competition.

The team of three students was a joined group from two Cal State schools - Chico and East Bay. The winners were: Gina Garitson (CSU-EB), Merrill Crowl (CSU-Chico) and Christina Tsao (CSU-Chico).

We were very fortunate to have Rick Leach speak with us in October. Rick is a very captivating speaker and had so much knowledge to share with us. It was very exciting to see the pictures of the new headquarters. We also learned that our Sacramento Chapter had once again attained Platinum Status from National. Rick also spoke about OMDOK and shared information on all of the educational offerings from APICS.

Glen Lewis will be speaking with us in November on the subject of sustainability. Glen is just returning from a trip to Alaska where he was working with a processing plant for the crab fisherman featured on the television drama The Deadliest Catch, as well as a trip to China and the east coast. Glen has such a wealth of knowledge his presentation will be filled with information. This is a subject that is close to all of us in our private lives as well as professionally. I know that APICS is beginning to get involved heavily in sustainability as well.

As always I would like to invite all of you to attend the board meetings that are held on the first Tuesday of the month at Panera Bread, just off the Truxel and I-80 Exit, as well as the Professional Development Meetings which are held at the Lions Gate Hotel, located in McClellan Park on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. I hope we see you there.

We will take the month of December off and begin the hard work again in January.

Thank You
Pat McCarty