Recent Events - NCMS Channel Islands Chapter

Recent Events
Channel Islands Chapter
NCMS, The Society of Industrial Security Professionals
Serving California's Central Coast
"Protecting the Crown Jewels"

More Phone Cards Sent to Deployed Troops

Our Chapter has been very generous over 2009 by sending eight $22 telephone cards. These cards are as a thank you to our dinner and seminar speakers over this timeframe. Each card has 550 minutes so this is a tremendous boost to our well-deserving troops. In addition, the Chapter donated $300 to NCMS HQ at the June 2009Anaheim Seminar to be combined with other Chapters for a $8,000 donation of telephone cards for the troops. We will again make donations on behalf of our April 13 Seminar speakers and will have a marked container for additional cash donations toward more cards (Dec. 3 Seminar raised $66 this way for an extra three cards).

December 2009 Seminar Another Great Success

Our December 2009 seminar was another great success. To see photos or our speakers, please click here.

First Phone Card from Seminar Proceeds

Given to Deploying Member

As we did after previous seminars, the Chapter and our VSAC partners decided to use the proceeds to buy phone cards for deployed servicemen and women. The first 550-minute card was presented on October 28, 2005, to California Air National Guard SSgt Joseph J. Reuter. Reuter (left), an ISP and our chapter Secretary, deployed on November 1, 2005, to the CENTCOM AOR. Former chapter chair Bill Uttenweiler (right) caught up with him on Vandenberg AFB CA while Joe was completing final local training. Photo Tim Flowers, 14 AF.

"Protecting the Crown Jewels," 6th Annual Fall
Security Training Seminar, October 4, 2005

Attendees heard outstanding briefings from our speakers, shown left to right: SA Michael Templin (FBI), SA Richard Tjaden (NCIS Corona CA), Tim Barnes (DSS San Diego CA), Tom Montero (DSS Long Beach CA) and Ken Chadwick (DSS Alexandria VA). Not shown: Frank Robles, DHS-ICE. Sorry, but since the sessions were classified, you'll get no summaries here!

Events like this aren't successful without the work of the seminar staff. Shown at the registration left to right: (seated) Former Chair Judy Smith, Treasurer Tod Still and Voce Chair Cheryl Pelton ISP; (standing) Chair Sandra McKenzie ISP, Secretary Joseph Reuter ISP and David Schuessler. Not shown: Former Chair & Seminar Host Dotti Bitner ISP, Past Chair Lugdy Cueva ISP, Mary Ellen Lefler, Former Chair William Uttenweiler ISP.

Security Poster TV Debut, September 21, 2005

The pilot episode of NBC-TV's new series E-Ring included a glimpse of "Any Source," one of our security posters. While talking on a telephone from the Pentagon, Aunjanue Ellis (playing Marine Corps MSGT Joceyln Pierce) appeared in front of the poster. Officials at Warner Brothers Television Production Company, Burbank, CA, had discovered our site earlier this year and requested permission to use several posters as "set dressing" on the show.

Chapter Meeting, September 14, 2005

Rick Estberg (center) of the Interagency OPSEC Support Staff (IOSS), Greenbelt MD went home with an extra gift after telling meeting attendees about the importance of Operations Security. He won a bottle of local wine in the drawing that followed his speech! Shown with him are chapter chair Sandra McKenzie ISP (left) and ASIS Chapter Chair Mike Williams (right).

JPAS Hands-On Training Seminar, August 29, 2005

Instructor and past chapter chair Lugdy Cueva ISP (LMCO, VAFB) helps two of the students sign into JPAS at the class start. Pictured seated are (l to r), Denise King, chapter member Debbie Sylva, and Pamela Buss.

NCMS National Training Seminar, Seattle, WA, June 7 - 9, 2005

Chapter members gathered before the President's Dinner on Tuesday night for this picture. Pictured (l to r) front row: Dotti Bitner, ISP, Anselma Juan, Linda Akens, Debra Kanne and Bill Uttenweiler, ISP; rear row: Richard Phaler, Cheryl Pelton, ISP, Dan Kuljian and Dianne Raynor, ISP. At the seminar but not pictured were: Terri Carson, Lugdy Cueva and Gyvette McDonald. (Courtesy photo)

Vice Chair Cheryl Pelton, ISP (second from left) represented our chapter at the Chapter Chair meetings held June 5 and 6, 2005, at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in Seattle, WA. Also show are Debbie Young (Valley of the Sun Chapter), Elizabeth Weaver, ISP (Carolinas Chapter), and Dean Wright, ISP (Mid-Atlantic Chapter). (Courtesy photo)

Past Chapter Chair Lugdy Cueva ISP (left) receives the Chapter of Excellence Award for CY 2004 from outgoing NCMS Director and NCMS Chapter Chair Liaison Charles Talley. We were one of only four chapters to be so honored. The COE award was instituted for membership year 1999 - 2000. The Channel Islands Chapter won the award that year and every year since! It demonstrates a high level of activity, from hosting seminars to having meetings to communicating fre-quently with members to completing paperwork requested by the national office.

Wearing the flag tie he wore while emceeing the chapter security seminar on 9/11/2001, William L. Uttenweiler, ISP, received the NCMS Society Award from Awards Committee Chair Tony Ingenito. Bill was honored for his work since 2001 as Chapter Vice, Chapter Chair, Security Education Chair and webmaster. This was the second year in a row that a former chapter chair was selected for this honor. (Courtesy photo)

Chapter entries in the New Design Category of the NCMS Poster Contest swept first, second and third places! This was the second year in a row that the chapter won three ribbons, including at least one first place award. Shown with "At the Top #2," which they co-created and which was the third place winner, are Bill Uttenweiler, ISP, and Cheryl Pelton, ISP. In 2004 the pair collaborated on "Lost & Protect," which one first place in the Contemporaneous Design Category. The two other winning posters this year were "Departing Alone" and "Fall from the Sky," both of which Bill designed. The three winning entries were released that evening on our web site. (Courtesy photo)

JPAS Hands On Half-Day Training Seminars, April 2005

Former Chapter Chair Lugdy Cueva ISP of Lockheed Martin Technical Ops Corp., Vandenberg AFB, CA, leads one of JPAS two hands-on seminars sponsored by the Chapter on April 27, 2005. About 30 people had the chance to go on-line in the Joint Personnel Adjudication System under her helpful gaze.

Chapter Meeting, April 2005

An investigator from , US Secret Service Ventura (CA) Office spoke to our chapter's joint meeting with ASIS Santa Barbara on April 27, 2005. He discussed his experiences on counterfeiting and identity theft cases, and provided attendees with tips on how to protect themselves.

Classified Threat Mini-Seminars, April 2005

In conjunction with our partners, the Vandenberg Security Awareness Council (VSAC), we sponsored two mini-seminars on April 6, 2005. Four briefers from the Defense Security Services (DSS), the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) presented classified briefings. They explained the intelligence threat to the information we hold and talked about how to protect it. Identical morning and afternoon sessions allowed over 100 people to attend. Many who came were "program" folks from the military and the contractors. No, the speakers were not "undercover" and unwilling to have their pictures taken! Our usual photographer was out of town on business and the "back-ups" left their cameras at home or in their cars!

Chapter Meeting, February 2005

Chapter Chair Sandra J. McKenzie, ISP (left) has the pleasure of swearing in a new Chapter Secretary, Joseph Reuter. Joe volunteered for the position after last fall's election and inauguration, and then-Secretary Judy Smith (a former Chapter Chair & NCMS Society Award Winner) offered to step aside when she heard there was "new blood" interested in serving.

Speaker Rick Oden, MIS Supervisor for bd Systems Inc. at Vandenberg AFB, CA, demonstrates removing spyware from computers. Looking on are laptop owner and Former Chapter Chair Cheryl Pelton, ISP (left) and current Chapter Chair Sandra J. McKenzie, ISP (right). Besides his demo, Oden provided CD-ROMs with freeware versions of anti-virus, anti-spyware and other utilities. As a bonus, the CD included several patriotic video and audio files.

Chapter Meeting, November 2004

SMSgt Sean Reilly (center), who discussed his security efforts in several foreign countries during the launch of US satellites, shows some of his many badges to members Les Burkett (left) and Hilda Knapton (right).

Chapter members review security awareness/ motivation posters created by their colleagues. The best will be submitted to the 2005 NCMS poster contest in Seattle, WA. All will be published on the Chapter web site.

Chapter members who attended our November meeting were surprised to receive complimentary business cards. The cards featured both the chapter and national NCMS logos as well as a link to our site's Poster Page. Shown (l to r) are Joseph Reuter, Dotti Bitner and Sue Freer.

JPAS Hands On Half-Day Training Seminars, November 8, 2004

Not everyone was serious during all of our two half-day mini-seminars. Instructor (and NCMS Board of Directors Member) Tony Ingenito is shown with chapter members (standing) Terri Carson, (l to r) Sandra McKenzie, ISP (Chapter Vice Chair), Cheryl Pelton, ISP (Chapter Secretary) & Dee Szabo. All attendees with JPAS accounts had Internet connections so they completed actual work, not just listened to the instruction.

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Unless otherwise specified, photos are courtesy of William L. Uttenweiler, ISP, Chapter Security Education Chair & Webmaster.