A Great Year Half-Begun…

Inside this issue: President’s Message 1

ASMC National News 2

Essay Contests 3

Member News 4-8

CDFM Awarded 9

Executive Staff 10

Award Nomination Form 11-12

December Issue Volume 7 * 2011

It’s hard to believe that more than six months have passed since this year’s Chap-ter officers were sworn in. But what a great year it’s been. We’ve hosted terrific speak-ers on FM careers, Joint-basing, business leadership in tough economic times, the future of auditing, deployed financial man-agement, fiscal law, and raising the bar in career professionalism. And we’ve partici-pated in PDI, co-hosted with AGA a packed three-day Regional PDI, and hosted three CDFM audio classes. But only a pessimist would lament that the year is half-over when there are so many exciting events yet to come from now until June: January 18: The inaugural ASMC “Annual

Awards Luncheon” in the PACFLT Vol-cano Room, with a VTC presentation on the “Status of Financial Improvement and Audit Preparations across DoD” from Mr. Mark Easton, OSD DCFO.

February 16: The inaugural ASMC/AGA “Annual New Member Luncheon” at the Hale Koa with a presentation on “Leadership and Financial Management in Public Service” from former Hawai’i governor Linda Lingle.

March 15: The ASMC “Comptroller Round-table & Annual Meeting” at the JBPHH

Officers Club, at which we will vote for next year’s officers and hear from the Comptroller or Deputy from each of the major operational commands on the is-land – PACOM, PACFLT, PACAF, USAR-PAC, and MARFORPAC.

March 19-23: We’ve coordinated bringing the EDFMT (CDFM) centrally-funded class to Hawai’i! – to be held at Ford Island Con-ference Center.

April 19: The April ASMC Monthly Luncheon at Tradewinds Enlisted Club / J.R. Rock-ers with a presentation on “Continuous Auditing – A Way to Innovate” from Mr. Theodore Williams, U.S. Air Force Auditor General.

April 25-26: We’re bringing the CDFM-A / Mod-ule 4 class to Hawai’i! – to be held at the Ford Island Conference Center.

May 15: The ASMC “Annual Scholarship Luncheon” at Tradewinds Enlisted Club / J.R. Rockers with a presentation on the “Educating Future Financial Managers” by Mr. Howard Todo, Chief Financial Officer for the University of Hawai’i System.

The Chapter officers and committee chairs have worked hard to set up this schedule to make it easy for you to plan and to attend. In

Na Leo o Ka Luna Kālā

“The Voice of the Comptrollers”

return, I would like to ask you, as early as pos-sible, to: Send in your award nominations in your

award nominations by Wed, 11 Jan to dante.cacal@gmail.com (see nomination form on pages 11-12).

Register for the CDFM classes – contact

Gaye Sakai if interested and for more information; and

Spread the word about our events to your co-

workers and bring them along.

See you at the Awards Luncheon! Fred Dini, CDR, SC, USN, CDFM-A

National ASMC Corner

Air Force Ends Hiring Freeze Friday, December 16th, 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, the Air Force ended a civilian hiring freeze that began in August.

According to an Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) press statement, the Air Force has cut almost 9,000 posi-tions this year. This reduction was achieved by using a combination of tools: hiring controls, the hiring freeze, voluntary early retirement authority (VERA) ,and volun-tary separation incentive pay (VSIP). This enabled the Air Force to avoid resorting to involuntary actions.

Nevertheless, the Air Force still has to cut an additional 4.500 positions to reach its manning level goals. “Even with the hiring freeze being lifted Dec. 15, budget and funding issues are still fluid, so major command and wing leaders must be alert to changing conditions as they’ll have the responsibility to control hiring to stay below tar-geted levels," said Michelle LoweSolis, AFPC civilian force integration director. The Air Force expects to continue using voluntary sepa-ration incentives in the next round of personnel cuts. However, AFPC will not determine who will be authorized to apply for VERA and VSIP until Air Force leaders com-plete an assessment of the manning situation. LoweSolis acknowledged that the process has been diffi-cult and challenging, but emphasized that the Air Force has been working hard to ensure that “Air Force employ-ees get the best care possible.”

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 November Meeting Recap Page 4

Discussion on Contractual and Fiscal Law---Article by SFC Erica Jones

Attendants at the 17 November 2011 luncheon included financial managers across the

Department of Defense. The moderator for the discussion was LCDR Damion Klin - Aloha

Chapter. The panel consisted of Ed Hanel – Naval counsel Pacific Fleet, Brad Byrnes – Chief

Counsel JPAC and John Dyer – Attorney PACAF. These speakers have a myriad of experience

within contract and fiscal law.

Mr. Hanel garnered discussion on GAO appropriations decisions and gave great exam-

ples in regards to ADA violations, recording obligations for multiple-year contracts and IDIQ

contracts.

Mr. Dyer spoke on behalf of Operation Tomadachi and the lessons learned. Specifically,

he explained the importance of defining “evacuation” and the legal authorities involved, the

applicability of safe havens, sending a comptroller forward with JTF as part of initial flow of

forces and the fact that multiple missions complicate the process of determining the proper

funding source.

Mr. Byrnes spoke on limitations, laws and differences of civilians, military and former

military members seeking employment with a foreign government. He specifically expressed

the importance of individuals to stay within the guide lines of DODFMR, Volume 7b, Chapter

5.

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issues. Chapter Membership

Network and connect with local colleagues. As a member you also enjoy significant savings on:

Audio Conferences Distance-based learning by leading experts.

Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) Certification. PDI Online

Online education where you can earn more than 80 CPE's. PDI

The industry's largest gathering where you can network with more than 3,600 colleagues and attend education sessions that impact you on a day-to-day basis.

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,

18 Jan.

1130-1300

Annual Awards Luncheon

Speaker: Mark Easton,

OSD DCFO "Status of Financial Im-

provement and Audit

Preparations across DoD”

PACFLT Volcano Room RSVP to Capt Darrell

Randolph NLT 13 Jan

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:

”Good leaders make

people feel that they're at the very

heart of things, not at the periphery.

Everyone feels that

he or she makes a difference to the

success of the or-ganization. When

that happens people feel centered and

that gives their work meaning."

Warren G. Bennis

Aloha Chapter Information

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ASMC Aloha Chapter is pleased to announce

that - in conjunction with the State of Hawaii's

Adopt-A-Highway program - we have agreed

to adopt a portion of the Kalanianaole Highway

(Hwy 72). The portion of the Highway we are

responsible for is near Kahala Mall and stretches

from 19th Avenue to Kalaniiki Street. Our first clean-up event

will be held on Saturday, 03 March 2012. More details to follow

about exact meeting time and place. If you have any questions

about this program, please email Dennis Moore @ den-

nis.j.moore.ctr@usmc.mil.

ASMC Aloha Chapter and Adopt-A-Highway

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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 members!! 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 successful 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 luncheons. 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 members. 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 include 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-A/Module 4 class: 32 seats are available in a 2-day CDFM-A/Module 4 Classroom

session to be held at Ford Island Conference Center on Apr 25-26 2012. Cost is $550 per per-

son. To register, contact Gaye Sakai at gaye.sakai@navy.mil.

CDFM Certification / Professional Development Committee Information

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New ASMC Aloha Chapter members (since May 2011) Count of Last Name

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

Justin Simpkins 11/17/2011 1

Army (blank) Timothy K. Johnson 7/5/2011 1

Lula M. James 9/14/2011 1

Mira Kim 8/9/2011 1

Maurice G. Pritz, Jr. 8/16/2011 1

Michelle K.S Santos 9/12/2011 1

Calvin Cody Phillips, CDFM 7/22/2011 1

Leslie M. Dang 11/30/2011 1

Melanie Streifel 10/26/2011 1

Coast Guard (blank) Jan S. Iha 10/15/2011 1

Kylene Yamauchi 10/20/2011 1

Defense Agencies (blank) Michael Gregory Wedge, Sr. 5/10/2011 1

Department of Defense (blank) Yvonne M. Yoshioka 6/13/2011 1

Marine Corps Sherman Lessane Christopher A. Miles 6/28/2011 1

Faye Rau 6/28/2011 1

Sajili Bacallo 10/31/2011 1

(blank) Peter Nathaniel Misyak 11/30/2011 1

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

Ruth Chun Judy Ancheta 11/16/2011 1

Nessie Martin Amy Beall 11/23/2011 1

Other (blank) Wendy L. Hammer 9/12/2011 1

Private Sector (blank) Patrick H. Oki 9/12/2011 1

Grand Total 35

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 Damian Clem*

Jason Coleman Rhonda Compton Melissa Cote, CDFM-A

Tanaka Cross Marianne Curry Gloria Dabu

Loren Darmofal 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 Danny Morton, CDFM-A*

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

Theresa Sheppard 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 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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