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Giving Thanks
Inside this issue: President’s Message 1
ASMC National News 2
Essay Contests 3
Member News 4-10
CDFM Awarded 12
Executive Staff 13
November Issue Volume 6 * 2011
This time of the year always runs me
ragged, but in both bad and good ways.
On the stressful side, there are decorations
to put up and take down for three big holi-
days within only a few weeks, the endless
grocery list and meal planning, crowded
stores, looming shopping deadlines, and
we can’t forget RMDs and budget formu-
lation over New Years. Of course, on the
hopeful side, there are the holidays them-
selves, the endless stream of office par-
ties, the time off with family and friends,
and kids so overjoyed in the lights and
baking and celebrations because they’re
all still so new to them. (I’ll casually
leave out “continuing resolutions” from
the second category…).
Whenever my sentiment starts to lean
toward the stressed side this season (and
my pet name at home, “Grinch,” would
have me believe it does at times), consid-
ering what I have to be thankful for al-
ways gets me back in the spirit. And in a
month that spans from Veteran’s Day to
Thanksgiving, isn’t that what November
is all about? So in short, I’m grateful for
my family…for this period when I can come home to them every day…for my
friends and co-workers…for a job work-
ing among very smart, good-hearted, and
dedicated military and civilians…for the
chance to make a difference every day for
myself, my loved ones, and my country…
and for the freedom to try.
Bringing this back to our Chapter…I’m
also grateful for all the people whom I’ve
gotten to meet, learn from, be creative with,
and look forward to seeing again often at all
of our luncheons. Most especially, I want to
thank the many volunteers on our executive
committee for giving so much of their time
and enthusiasm to making our Chapter the
best it can be: fellow officers Linda, Ray-
mond, and Darrell; Service VPs Daniel,
Erich, Geoff, Melissa, and Rita; and Com-
mittee Chairs Dante, Dennis, Gaye, Karen,
Jane, Jason, Jessica, Jose, Martin, Mary,
Merle, Mimi, Regina -- you’re the best!
As this year ends, our Executive Com-
mittee has worked hard to find ways to
thank all our Chapter members for your
work by giving back to you:
Dante Cacal has developed an extensive
new Chapter Awards Program, the details
of which will be announced during our
January Financial Systems Roundtable
Luncheon.
Gaye Sakai announced a new Professional
Development Publication Award at our
November luncheon to recognize all of you willing to go the extra mile to write
about financial management in journals.
Rita Smith headed planning for our De-
cember 7th Holiday Party with an educa-
tional but very entertaining speaker, Pam
Chambers, with great food, games, and
Na Leo o Ka Luna Kālā
“The Voice of the Comptrollers”
prizes, and all for only $5 for members;
unfortunately, travel will preclude me
from attending what is bound to be our
best luncheon this year.
Mary Garcia has spearheaded the charge
to re-establish a Chapter Continuing Edu-
cation award in the amount of $1,000; the
application deadline will come up this
Spring.
Lastly, since being able to give is a
blessing in itself, Dennis Moore and Jane
Mann revitalized our Community Service
program, giving us the chance to serve to-
gether for such important causes as the Ha-
waii Food Bank, Toys for Tots, and other
projects in the works.
Have a wonderful holiday season!
Fred Dini, CDR, SC, USN, CDFM-A
National ASMC Corner
President orders FY2013 budget cuts to travel,
IT devices, and “promotional items” Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Service VPs are your financial management
network link to the ASMC Aloha Chapter:
MSgt Daniel Rea
(808) 449-3658
daniel.rea@hickam.af.mil Air Force VP
CPT Geoffrey Mosley
(808) 438-2004
g.mosley@us.army.mil
Army VP
CDR Erich Klein
(808) 842-2006
erich.f.klein@uscg.mil Coast Guard VP
Rita Smith
(808) 472-1543
rita.smith@usmc.mil Marine Corps VP
Melissa Coté
(808) 473-1810
melissa.cote1@navy.nil Navy VP
Fostering the spirit of inter-service
fellowship and
cooperation…
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Yesterday, President Obama ordered agency heads to plan for significant cuts
to travel, employee information technology (IT) devices, printing, executive
motor vehicles, and promotional items in the FY2013 budget. The executive
order directs agencies to set FY2013 budget levels for these cost categories to
at least 20 percent below FY2010. Agency plans are due to OMB within 45
days.
Director Jacob Lew blogged on the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) website that the executive order “will cut waste and promote more
efficient spending across the federal government.”
In budgeting for travel, the order encourages agencies to utilize alternative
strategies to government travel, such as teleconferencing and video-
conferencing. The order directs agencies to use government-controlled space
to “conduct business and host or sponsor conferences. Agencies are also or-
dered to review permanent change of duty station (PCS) travel policies.
The order directs agencies to assess their use and inventories of employee IT
devices. Agencies are to “ensure that they are not paying for unused or under-
utilized IT equipment or software.” The order requires agencies to limit the
number of mobile phones, smartphones, and laptop and tablet personal com-
puters.
Agencies are urged to limit hard copy printing. The order says agencies are
to "presume that information should be provided in electronic form, wherever
practicable.” Agencies are also encouraged to utilize OMB's Federal Strategic
Sourcing Initiative to acquire printing devices or services.
The order directs agencies to limit the size of the executive motor vehicle
fleet. In planning for achieving efficiencies in managing the executive fleet,
the order says agencies should follow the guidance provided in the Federal
Fleet Performance memorandum. This memorandum directs agencies to opti-
mize the size of the vehicle fleet and improve its management.
Agencies are also directed to limit the purchase of so-called “promotional
items.” These items, often referred to as “swag,” include plaques, coffee
mugs, clothing, and other commemorative items that are given to participants
in conferences or for other promotional reasons. OMB Director Lew de-
scribed these items as “non-essential” and “non-work related gadgets.”
This article located on the ASMC National Website: www.asmconline.org.
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The Annual ASMC Member's Essay Award is ongoing with online submission due date of 28 Feb 2012 at http://awards.asmconline.org/. This year's Essay Question is: "The Department of Defense (DoD) faces significant reductions in future obligation authority. Explain and analyze potential courses of action for implementing reductions while maintaining the strength of our military." Award Criteria . Entrants must be members in good standing of the American Society of Military Comptrollers at the time of submission and selection. . Essays may not be previously published articles. . Duo or group authored essays will not be accepted. . Essays must be original and must not exceed 1,500 words. . No member will be permitted to be a repeat winner for more than two consecutive years. Recognition Winners of the Essay Award may have their essays published in the Armed Forces Comptroller magazine and/or the ASMC website. Up to three winners will be selected each year from qualified essays. The first place winner receives $750; second place receives $500; and third place receives $250. All winners receive a plaque, which is presented at the ASMC Professional Development Insti-tute (PDI). By 23 Feb 2012, please have your ASMC members submit their essay to me (mary.c.garcia@navy.mil) as a Word document and I will forward to Nationals. Past winners from our Aloha Chapter include Debbie Higa from the Navy.
The Annual ASMC Member’s Essay Award
Aloha Chapter October Meeting Recap Page 2
Round-table discussion on financial management operations in a deployed
environment and during exercises---Article by CPT Geoffery Mosley
Attendants at the 19 October 2011 luncheon included financial managers across the
Department of Defense. The moderator for the discussion was Lt Col Steven Minkin, USAF.
The panel members included: Col Brian O'Connell, USAF; LTC Loren Darmofal, USA; CDR
Fred Dini, USN; Ms. Roselyn "Roz" Amamalin, DoD Civilian and Master Gunnery Sergeant
Ivan Harris , USMC. LCDR Jose Vargas, USCG, also participated as a panel member via
Skype. These speakers have a myriad of experience in both the deployed environment and in
various military exercises. Members of ASMC were credited with 1 CPE for attending the
luncheon.
The panel members answered questions on a range of topics from the major challenges faced
to the best policies implemented to the deployed experience from the civilian perspective. One
of the major challenges discussed was the difficulty in consolidating daily reports and data
from remote locations in a timely manner. The best policy implemented concerned the draw-
down of (U.S.) cash on the battle field. This was accomplished by expanding the use of the
electronic funds transfer (EFT) effort and writing all new contracts in local currency. Finally,
the deployed financial management experience from the civilian perspective was based mostly
on building a good rapport with the supported troops and gaining a mutual respect for each
other’s ability to successfully complete the mission.
The round table forum provided a very positive atmosphere to which the audience had the op-
portunity to both ask questions and provide follow-on input based on their own deployed ex-
periences. It was especially unique to see both the similarities and differences of financial
management operations across the departments. This luncheon was a highly successful event
and there was a significant benefit to gaining the perspective of deployed financial manage-
ment operations across a range of topics and from the joint service representatives.
Free CDFM Audio Training Available
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CDFM Module 3, Speaker: Mr. Ron Davidson, CDFM-A December 13-14, 2011 12:00PM-
4:00PM Eastern (7am-11am Hawaii). Training will be held at 250 Makalapa Dr. Building 250
fourth floor. Please provide the names of the participants to Karen Morinaga and Valerie Jaic-
tin NLT 12/9/11 so she could request the visitor badges.
Directions:
COMPACFLT Makalapa Compound (enter through Borcher's Gate, directly across from
NAVSTA Halawa Gate). Building 250 is located on top of the hill to your left. Parking is in
the crater. No cell phones are allowed in the work spaces.
On the day of training please contact any of the following to enter the building:
Valerie Jaictin 474-5878 Karen Morinaga 474-7868 Eric Hatakeyama 474-7866
For more information contact Gaye Sakai, Professional Development Committee Chair @
gaye.sakai@navy.mil.
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The Aloha Chapter of the American Society of Military Comp-
trollers is a professional organization dedicated to maintain-ing and improving the high standards of Comptrollership.
Emphasis is placed on education, training as well as the ex-change of ideas and techniques for resolving common issues
of the Services - Department of Defense and Coast Guard. The Aloha Chapter was established in 1977. Current mem-
bership is approximately 400 civilian and military personnel, who specialize in all aspects of Financial Management. We
are located on the island of Oahu in the State of Hawaii. For further information on how to join, contact any of the Team
Service VPs listed. Visit us at: http://chapters.asmconline.org/aloha
Mission: Promote education, training, and professional de-
velopment in financial management while fostering the spirit
of interservice fellowship and cooperation.
Vision: An active, enjoyable, social organization, hosting events envisioned and created by the members, supporting
members in achieving their fullest personal and professional potential in defense financial management.
Values: Integrity; Excellence; Commitment
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, 7 Dec.:
ASMC Holiday Party,
The Club at Koa Malina,
MCB Kaneohe.
POC = Service VPs
RSVP at https://
einvitations.afit.edu/
ASMCHoliday/anim.cfm
NLT Thurs, 1 Dec.!!!
Wednesday, 18 Jan.
"Financial Systems
Roundtable" Luncheon at
Tradewinds Enlisted
Club, JBPH-H (POC =
Capt Darrell Randolph)
Being a member of ASMC will…
Enhance your knowledge of the financial management profession and your
career development. Additionally, it will provide you with the opportunity to
meet fellow Financial Management professionals. The materials you will
receive from the national office staff will include the quarterly Armed Forces
Comptroller Journal magazine. Added benefits include:
Monthly electronic news letter with meeting information, upcoming
events, and community news about the chapter
Monthly meetings featuring professional speakers about topical FM
issues
Opportunities to expand your network, both socially and profession-
ally, through participation in ASMC activities
Visit us at: http://chapters.asmconline.org/aloha/
President’s Leadership Quote:
"Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capac-ity; having the capac-
ity to lead is not enough. The leader
must be willing to use it. His[/her] lead-ership is then based on truth and charac-
ter. There must be truth in the purpose
and will power in the character."
-Vince Lombardi
Aloha Chapter Information
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RSVP at https://einvitations.afit.edu/ASMCHoliday/anim.cfm NLT Thurs, 1 Dec.
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ASMC Aloha Chapter Membership Program Information
This year, our chapter has grown between May and November from 381 to almost 450 new mem-
bers!! Our Membership Program is very active and has included setting up a recruiting booth at the
Regional Professional Development Institute held in Hawaii in August 2011. We were most success-
ful getting to know new folks from the Pacific Region who ultimately joined ASMC Chapters from
various areas within the Pacific. We also added about five new members to our very own Aloha
Chapter. We have set up recruitment booths at several "Partnership Luncheons" which have drawn
crowds of interest. In the future we will be Partnering with the AGA Hawaii Chapter for two lunch-
eons. We will also have a recruitment campaign kick off from January-March with a membership
growth goal of 500 for our Chapter!!
Currently we have three members in our Membership Committee, a Membership Chair and two mem-
bers. We are gearing up to high tempo for our recruitment campaign in January.
Through our NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION PROGRAM, we present Membership Packages along
with an Aloha Chapter coin to all new members to our great Chapter. Our membership packages in-
clude a Welcome Letter along with a Description of Membership Benefits, Chapter Officer Org Chart
and List of Committee Chairs, Current Newsletter, List of Events, Aloha Chapter Constitution/
Bylaws, National Documents and a write up entitled "Why Have You Joined?" which lists some of the
many benefits to being an ASMC Aloha Chapter Member.
For information about becoming a member, please contact Ms. Regina Torosian, Aloha Chapter
Membership Committee Chair, at Regina.Torosian@hickam.af.mil.
The Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) Program establishes a standard of excel-
lence for Defense financial managers. The CDFM is significant as it denotes expert knowl-
edge in all areas of the DOD Financial Management (FM). The Aloha Chapter CDFM Certifi-
cation/Professional Development Chair is Gaye Sakai and committee members are Karen Mo-
rinaga and Valerie Jaictin. This year (June 2011- May 2012) our CDFM program goal is to in-
crease CDFM's by 10%. To meet this goal the Aloha chapter has coordinated the set-up and
advertisement of the centrally funded CDFM class for all our members, funded and hosted au-
dio classes in November for CDFM Modules 1 and 2, and investigating the possibility of
bringing a Module 4 class to Hawaii in the Spring. Take advantage of the opportunities pro-
vided by the ASMC Aloha Chapter and become an "expert" in DOD FM.
EDFMTC training opportunities: 12 seats available at the EDFMTC Classroom session held at
Ford Island Conference Center on Mar 19 -23 2012 0730-1630
Sign up at https://www.atrrs.army.mil/edfmt/
CDFM Certification / Professional Development Committee Information
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Branch Recruited By Name Full Name Join Date Total
Air Force Jason Erar Donna Scaffidi 7/5/2011 1
Sharon Miller Micheal Christipher Wade 7/7/2011 1
(blank) Chastity Ramirez 6/9/2011 1
Legina Mackey 5/2/2011 1
Lisa Mallery-o'leary 3/30/2011 1
Air Force Total 5
Army (blank) Timothy K. Johnson 7/5/2011 1
Lula M. James 9/14/2011 1
Mira Kim 8/9/2011 1
James U. Okeke 1/23/2011 1
Calvin Cody Phillips 7/22/2011 1
Maurice G. Pritz, Jr. 8/16/2011 1
Michelle K.S Santos 9/12/2011 1
Army Total 7
Coast Guard (blank) Jan S. Iha 10/15/2011 1
Kylene Yamauchi 10/20/2011 1
Coast Guard Total 2
Defense Agencies (blank) Michael Gregory Wedge, Sr. 5/10/2011 1
Defense Agencies
Total
1
Department of
Defense (blank) Yvonne M. Yoshioka 6/13/2011 1
Department of
Defense Total
1
Marine Corps Sherman Lessane Christopher A. Miles 6/28/2011 1
Faye Rau 6/28/2011 1
(blank) Kenisha J. Berry 1/3/2011 1
Marine Corps Total
3
Navy Miriam Mefford George Devries 5/23/2011 1
Nina Picon Mary Mafnas 6/21/2011 1
Patricia Tharp-duenas John T. Duenas 6/17/2011 1
(blank) Dorine Haunani Carter 5/20/2011 1
Regan Michio Tamura 5/18/2011 1
Thomas O. McGauley 5/12/2011 1
Felicitas R Basa 7/11/2011 1
Eric Y. Hatakeyama 8/1/2011 1
Raymond Potts Doyne Damian Clem 8/30/2011 1
William Sims Lily P. Grace 9/20/2011 1
Navy Total 10
Other (blank) Wendy L. Hammer 9/12/2011 1
Patrick H. Oki 9/12/2011 1
Other Total 2
Grand Total 31
New ASMC Aloha Chapter members (since May 2011)
Aloha Chapter CDFM
Awarded
ASMC congratulates all from the
Aloha Chapter who have
passed their required CDFM exams
indicates award in the last 30
days
All active CDFMs are listed. If your
CDFM is sus-pended or inactive, you will not appear
in this listing.
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Ronald Ahn Sonny Alinio Michelle Alombro
Rick Altman Todd Anderson, CDFM-A Karl Anforth
Jemilyn Arnaldo Amy Austgen Karen Baker
Barkley Carolyn Bethel Kenton Bradford, CDFM-A
Mike Brown Dante Cacal Rosalinda Canlas
Marissa Chee, CDFM-A David Chun Jason Coleman
Rhonda Compton Melissa Cote, CDFM-A Tanaka Cross
Marianne Curry Gloria Dabu Benedicta deGuzman
Robert DeGuzman Cristina Deleon Fred Dini, CDFM-A
Resurreccion Escasa Mike Fernandez Stephani Fortin
Keith Fry Gordon Fukumoto Mary Furtado
Mary Garcia Rob Garrett Jill Geronimo, CDFM-A
Rachel Goya Paul Graves Gary Green
Kimberly Hanashiro Niles Hanashiro Grace Hawkins
Brook Hess Debra Higa Claudia Higashi, CDFM-A
Al Hu, CDFM-A Joe Hudoba, CDFM-A Cindy Ishii
Valerie Jaictin Gregory Jones, CDFM-A Marcus Jones, CDFM-A
Lisa Kempker Valerie Kidani Ronald Kirkland
Sharon Kishaba Russell Kitrick Erich Klein
Naomi Kodama Michael Krisman Diane Kuderik
Keith Kunichika Wendy Kwong Bridget LaPierre
Song Suk Lee Valerie Lee DJ Lopez
Cole Low Desmund Lum Krista Mangiliman, CDFM-A
Ed Manzano Tom Marszalek Nessie Martin
Melissa Masuda-Wong, CDFM-A Jarrod Mcgee Miriam Mefford, CDFM-A
Fay Miller-beasley Laurie Minami Karen Morinaga
Geoff Mosley Denny Nagle Johnny Naputi
Kevin Nekomoto Lance Okihara Kelly Papineau
Merle Perez Jayme Peterson David Petray, CDFM-A
Cal Phillips Cynthia Pierce Raymond Potts
Timothy Prince Jb Ramos Marisa Rhode
Larry Rice Jose Romero Janine Ruiz
Kathleen Russell Kotsakis Gaye Sakai, CDFM-A Noriko Salangdron
Grant Schroeder Kelly Sedlacek Colleen Seui
Debra Shigemura Lynn Shimabukuro Mimi Shiroma
Kristy Shitaoka Bill Sims, CDFM-A Frederick Springer, CDFM-A
Susan Steeger Charlene Sterling Karl Stoetzer
Alexandra Stone Jim Suster Laurie Takase
Larry Tanaka Aaron Thomasy Lyle Tom, CDFM-A
George Tombe Andy Trillo Libby Trinidad
Raymond Tung, CDFM-A Tiffany Uchimura, CDFM-A Debbie Uyeno
Linda Vanblaricom Jose Vargas Linda Warrick
Frank Winczner Michael Witsman, CDFM-A Ellen Wong, CDFM-A
Julie Yerkes Doreen Yoneda Mark Yoshimura
Betty Young, CDFM-A Jeanie Young, CDFM-A Mary Zadlo
Janice Zheng, CDFM-A Jan-Hendrik Zurlippe
President Fred Dini frederick.dini@navy.mil
Vice President Linda Heffernan linda.heffernan@hickam.af.mil
Secretary Raymond Potts raymond.l.potts1@navy.mil
Treasurer Capt. Darrell Randolph darrell.randolph@hickam.af.mil
VP Air Force Daniel Rea daniel.rea@hickam.af.mil
VP Army CPT Geoffrey Mosley g.mosley@us.army.mil
VP Coast Guard Erich Klein erich.f.klein@uscg.mil
VP Marine Corps Rita Smith rita.smith@usmc.mil
VP Navy Melissa Cote’ melissa.cote1@navy.mil
Membership Regina Torosian regina.torosian@hickam.af.mil
Corporate Merle Perez merle.r.perez@navy.mil
Five Star / Awards Dante Cacal dante.cacal@gmail.com
Community Service Dennis Moore dennis.j.moore.ctr@usmc.mil
Publicity SFC Erica Jones erica.a.jones@us.army.mil
Newsletter Jessica Bode jessica.bode1@us.army.mil
Partnering LCDR Jose Vargas jose.l.vargas@uscg.mil
Program Mimi Shiroma mimi.shiroma@navy.mil
Professional Development
Gaye Sakai gaye.sakai@navy.mil
Scholarship Mary Garcia mary.c.garcia@navy.mil
Webmaster Jason Erar jason.erar@hickam.af.mil
Mahalo to the Aloha Chapter Team for your contributions to this edition of
the newsletter! We welcome your comments and feedback. Aloha!
All contents copyright © ASMC Aloha Chapter 2011.
ASMC Aloha Chapter PO Box 29564
Honolulu, HI 96820
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