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2007 MSMA Kansas City Chapter

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

We are proud to announce that the 2007 Kansas City Chapter Distinguished Service Award winner is Alison Hall, General Manager, PSI Group Inc., and the KCMSMA VP of Education. The MSMA’s Distinguished Service Award is established to annually recognize any member in good standing, who has made significant contributions towards the advancement and enrichment of either their local chapter or the national association.

Alison Hall has been a member of the Kansas City Chapter Executive board for several terms. She has served as Executive Vice President, Vice President of Membership, and most recently the Vice President of Education. She has also supported the chapter by hosting tours and participating in education presentations to the chapter membership. She is a great advocate of the chapter and the MSMA organization. Alison has also served on the local PCC which has allowed the two organizations to complement each other and support each other in activities.

Alison is committed to providing not only professional support but personal support of members and non-members in the industry. She provides customer service as a vendor within the industry while maintaining the professional ethics during MSMA activities. Alison promotes the need for continued education in the industry and volunteers her time and energy to ensure our membership has quality opportunities.

Alison is committed to supporting her peers and customers to ensure they have the knowledge and understanding about changes within the industry to allow everyone to be successful. Her business ethics and personal commitment to the industry can be seen in everything she does within the MSMA organization.

Congratulations Alison!!!!!

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Kansas City MSMA Chapter

awarded "Chapter of the year" by the national MSMA office!! 2007

Kansas City MSMA Chapter "Manager of the Year" Awards

2004 Manager of the Year

Derace Martin, CMDSM, (Left) accepts the KCMSMA Chapter 2004
"Manager of the Year" award from National MSMA President Chuck Zeikle

Derace Martin, CMDSM, received his CMDSM certification in November, 2003. Prior to being with Oce Business Services, Derace had received his CPC (Certified Postal Consultant) certification from Pitney Bowes. He has also maintained his MQC certification (Mailpiece Quality Control Specialist) training with the USPS since May, 2002. He is a CFM (Certified Facility Manager) with IFMA (International Facility Management Association). He is also an active member of the KC-PCC.

Derace has created internal training for his employees in MS-PowerPoint. This training is to keep his employees current and educated of what is expected of them according to contract requirements with Bank Of America. The training is also intended to keep employees informed about what has changed in the industry since the training was conducted previously. Derace has mentored employees while he was with Oce Business Services to take the CMDSM exam if they did not have the local support of a MSMA Chapter (in particular, Frank Fischetti, Tampa, FL). Derace has remained active in the KCMSMA Chapter by hosting a site-tour at his Mail Center this year.

Derace has managed the Mail Center at Bank Of America in North Kansas City through many changes in outsource-companies. He transitioned the management from Pitney Bowes Management Services to Archer Management Services (becoming Oce Business Services in Jan., 2004), and now back to Pitney Bowes Management Services again in November, 2004. Derace has provided consistent management making the transition transparent to Bank Of America. He also helped develop the national statistical reporting for the Mail & Distribution Services provided by the outsource companies.

2003 National Recognition for the “Kansas City Chapter”

The Kansas City Chapter of MSMA had an exceptional year during 2003 and was awarded the MSMA “Chapter of the Year” award by the National MSMA Board. Cathy Lewis, Chapter President, accepted the award at MailCom in April 2004.

Another national honor was presented to Chris Kula at MailCom. He was presented the National Mail Center Manager of the Year award for 2003. Chris’s accomplishments were explained in the article below when he was awarded the local chapter Manager of the Year by the KC MSMA Chapter.

A few of the accomplishments that lead to the Chapter of the Year award for the Kansas City Chapter are outlined below:

Our website, which we began developing 2002, really flourished during 2003. We worked hard to make our site friendly and full of useful information concerning MSMA. We added a calendar, award pages and even a “chat” room where members and others can go to ask questions. Most importantly, we continually update the web site with current information.

We began hosting joint ventures with the PCC. This took many years of discussion with the PCC board on the advantages of hosting joint meetings. Our first meeting was actually during 2002, which was successful. Our meeting in 2003 was even more successful. The meeting dealt with the arrival of Merlin in the Kansas City area, which helped draw a big crowd – over 100 members attended! We have established a great working relationship with the PCC and look forward to hosting more joint meetings in the future.

May of 2003 proved to be a busy month for our chapter. We launched our second satellite chapter in Des Moines, Iowa. Through many phone calls, meetings and emails the Iowa satellite chapter was born. We have a great group of hard working excited individuals in Iowa who have been great to work with. As you will see in the copies provided, we gave a presentation on the benefits of starting a MSMA Chapter in Iowa along with all the information on CMDSM certification and MailCom conferences.

Our Mid-Missouri branch also kept busy with meetings during 2003. Again, we presented the benefits of MSMA, CMDSM certification and MailCom. They toured facilities and worked hard to keep up involvement.

We are fortunate here in Kansas City to have a strong MSMA Chapter. Many people devote their time to ensure our Chapter is successful. Our membership continues to hold pretty close to our goal, especially during the rough years we’ve had in this industry. We closed our year with a record 162 members! Of course our satellite chapters have helped us in this area with new members.

Education is very important to us here in Kansas City. We have one of the highest, if not the highest percentage of Certified Mail and Distributions Systems Managers in the nation. At present we have 25 managers who are certified – two of which were certified in 2003. As a chapter, we continue to be very active in education.

As a chapter we donate to MailCom every year, as well as helping out our local PCC in sponsorship during their annual golf tournament. We also attended the President’s meeting at the fall MailCom as well as working the MSMA booth during MailCom.

Kansas City MSMA Chapter "Manager of the Year" Awards

1998 to 2003

2003 Recipient -

Chris Kula, CMDSM, EMCM, MQC

2002 Recipient -

Allen Barnett, CMDSM

2001 Recipient -

Chris Michaud, CMDSM

2000 Recipient -

Cathy Lewis, CMDSM

1999 Recipient -

Jim Benedik

1998 Recipient -

Terrell Bix, CMDSM

Kansas City MSMA Chapter "Chapter of the Year" Award

The Kansas City Chapter of MSMA received the Chapter of the Year award at the MAILCOM “98” Conference.

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