The 2012-2013 Nominating Committee has been selected! Serving on the new nominating committee are:
 

Steve Fischer, C.P.M.-Nominating Committee Chairman

Gary Smith, CFPIM, CSCP, CPSM, CPSD

Keith Hines

Tracy French, CPSM

Michael Exler, C.P.M.

 Congratulations to these individuals, who will work on nominating a slate of Officers and Directors for election at the May 2012 Annual Meeting.

As announced in the January 2012 Competitive Edge, the ISM-New York Board of Directors has revised the role of its Directors for future years. While we will continue to have Sourcing Groups in the various spend categories, we will now be looking to make those Sourcing Groups into committees, and allow the Directors to take on responsibilities that better align with the principal functions and priorities of ISM-New York.

The new Director titles for the 2012-2013 programming year are:
 

Director of Affiliate Development
Director of Member Events
Director of Supplier Diversity
Director of Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Director of Membership

Director of Professional Development

The current directors will be working with the 2012-2013 Nominating Committee to determine who will assume responsibility in the new areas. In the meantime, the Nominating Committee is seeking individuals who are willing to assist with the continued success of the organization by filling any of the open roles.  If you would like to recommend a person for these positions, or perhaps self-nominate yourself, please contact Steve Fischer, Nominating Committee Chairman or Diane Martin, Executive Director. The deadline for the nominating committee's consideration is February 15, 2012.  

The Sourcing Groups are an important benefit to ISM-New York membership and we are looking for volunteers to serve as Sourcing Group Committee Chairs. If you are interested in being a volunteer and leading a sourcing group please contact Steve or Diane to discuss this opportunity too.

Our work to make the Report on Business continues to gain momentum. Your participation has both regional and national implications. The survey is known to track and predict trends in both the New York City economy and the US economy as a whole.   We thank all who participate in the Report on Business survey each month.

We have changed the monthly release date for the Report on Business. The purpose is to make the ISM-New York report be the last word in non-manufacturing services reports just prior to the release of the national ISM report on business. We've strengthened our relationship with our national organization by adding over 60% of their Editorial Staff to distribution.

We continue to grow our audience to the Report on Business. The most recent report is available on the ISM-New York website, and each month is being transmitted to 28 media outlets across 70 reporters and twenty procurement executives receive a courtesy copy as do over forty business managers.

We've established a new list for "Influencers" which captures a variety of national and international readers from the European common market in  Brussels, to money managers in the Far East. Were also in contact with the New York Federal Reserve.

The ISM-New York Report on Business mirrors the ISM national services report over 80% of the time; were capturing the pace of the national recovery.  Our most recent economist forecast indicates employment continues to improve - although slowly - as does the New York metro economy.

The survey is growing and is being successful but we still need your help. We have observed a troubling trend in the collection process of the ISM-New York Report on Business.  About three times more (~150) than our average response rate (~50) have opened our survey each month but have not completed it. Our goals continues to be doubling monthly participation in the Report on Business from 50 to 100.  We believe that this is attainable with your help.

Again, thank you for participating each month and we hope those who haven't will begin.