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2014 Coast

Guard IMCEA

Award Winners

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IMCEA and

Celebrity

Partner for

Technology Tour

4

2014 Board of

Directors Ballot

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Celebrity

Toolbox Tour

Application

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ideas on how to better serve your organization you are welcomed to contact any of the

Executive Team, Board or your re-spective service Board Member. I highly

encourage you to JOIN IN!!! Get involved - YOU can make your IMCEA bigger, better and stronger moving forward. Have a wonderful holiday season! Thank you, Harper Dickson, CMCE Immediate Past President

Holiday Fun Facts: 33 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. each year. Over 25% of all emails are sent during the holidays. The U.S. Postal Service delivers 20 billion cards and packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. An average of 5,800 people end up in the ER after suffering injuries from holiday decorating. Given the different time zones, Santa has 31 hours to deliver gifts, but his reindeer really have to fly, since that means visiting 823 homes per second.

R ecently, we swore in the new 2014-2015

IMCEA Executive Board. The swearing - in occurred November 5, 2014, via a conference call. I swore in Melissa Schaffner, CMCE as the new President and then she swore in Jim Krueger, CMCE as President Elect, Casey Malloy, CMCE as Vice President and Mike Miller, CMCE as in-coming Secretary/Treasurer. It was my honor serving as your President and I will continue to support IMCEA, the President and those following behind her. IMCEA still has a voice in the MWR community and the vendors that have sup-ported it over the past 30 plus years. As in the past, there is much work to be to keep IMCEA relevant and it can use your help to carry the torch. If you have any

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2014 Coast Guard IMCEA Award Winners

by Gary Scheer, CMCE

C O N N E C T I O N S

IMCEA Corporate

Sponsors:

Gold

leadership skills and who make

particularly significant

contributions to the betterment

of military MWR/Services

programs. Award recipients

display courage of conviction,

teamwork, innovation, creativity,

and genuine caring for the

programs designed to improve

the quality of

life for

uniformed

service

personnel and

their families

worldwide.

A staunch

supporter of

Coast Guard

nonpay

compensation benefit

programs, Admiral Callahan

provided the necessary

leadership and direction during

some of the most unsettling

financial times impacting MWR

and exchange programs in

recent history. During the lapse

of appropriations and shutdown

of the Federal government,

RADM Callahan played a

pivotal role in the decision to

return federal employees to the

to recruit a New IMCEA

Member

AND

Renew Your

Membership!

Silver

E ach year, the International

Military Community

Executives’ Association (IMCEA)

recognizes MWR professionals

and senior leadership within the

Services on their contributions to

the health and well-being of

military members and their

families through military MWR

programs.

For 2014,

the Coast

Guard had

two award

winners.

For 2014,

the IMCEA

Leadership

Award

recipient

was Rear Admiral David R.

Callahan, currently the Assistant

Commandant for Human

Resources at Coast Guard

Headquarters. RADM

Callahan won this award in his

previous assignment as the

Commander, Coast Guard

Personnel Center.

The MWR Leadership Award was

established to formally recognize

senior officials who consistently

demonstrate exceptional

RADM David Callahan receiving his Leadership Award from RADM

Thomas Ostebo at Coast Guard Headquarters

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workplace that contributed

directly to the morale of the

active duty Coast Guard

member. As demands on the

Coast Guard Exchange

System from external sources

grew, he

worked closely

with senior

leadership

within the

Coast Guard to

maximize the

exchange

distribution to

the Coast

Guard MWR

program, while

maintaining a manageable

recapitalization plan and the

financial sustainability of the

Coast Guard Exchange

System.

LTJG Hunter C. Warren,

currently the Officer-in-Charge

of the Coast Guard Law

Enforcement Detachment 404,

Tactical Law Enforcement

Team South, was the 2014

recipient of the IMCEA Irving

Rubenstein Memorial Award.

LTJG Warren won his award

as the collateral duty MWR

Officer on Coast Guard Cutter

RESOLUTE (WMEC-620).

The Irving Rubenstein

Memorial Award recognizes

one MWR/Services

professional from each of the

five branches of the Armed

Forces who has been in an

MWR/Services management

position for less than two

years. The Irving Rubenstein

Memorial Award was

established to memorialize the

outstanding example set by its

namesake, Irv Rubenstein.

Winners of the Irving

Rubenstein Memorial Award

display exceptional

management skill and

leadership, achieve

particularly outstanding

performance results in their

respective programs, and

possess great potential for

continued success in military

MWR/Services.

Under the direction of LTJG

Warren, the morale program

of CGC RESOLUTE was

transformed from a nearly

defunct collateral duty into one

that was focused on meeting

the needs of the

crewmembers. LTJG Warren

spent much of his free time

planning and administering a

wide variety of exciting unit

events including team

triathlons, trips to

local professional

football and baseball

games, team trivia

nights while

underway, unit

fishing trips, flag

football games, and

softball

tournaments, and a

robust community

relations program

that never failed to bring the

majority of the crew together

for the benefit of others.

The mission of the IMCEA is

to assist individual Morale,

Well-Being, and Recreation

(MWR) and Services program

and activity managers in

developing techniques and

management skills necessary

to assure an outstanding

military MWR/Services

system.

Many thanks to Babco

International, the 2014 IMCEA

Awards Sponsor!

LTJG Warren receiving his Irving Rubenstein Memorial Award from Mr. Casey

Malloy, MWR Director, Base Miami Beach and Vice President of IMCEA.

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IMCEA Partners with Celebrity as Producer of the 2014-2015 MWR

Technology Toolbox Educational Workshop Series

The International Military Community Executives Association (IMCEA), administrator for the Certified Military Community Executive (CMCE) designation, has partnered with Celebrity Systems Corporation for 2014-2015. In previous years, the workshop series has been produced in conjunction with the Armed Forces Food & Beverage Training Workshops and similar trade events, serving military MWR communities. With increasing budget restraints for travel, and the IMCEA's decision to focus on virtual workshops programming, Celebrity has decided to take the workshops on the road. The tour will travel to different installations, presenting technology workshops for MWR managers and key personnel looking for real-world opportunities to generate increased revenues using the hottest new digital technologies. Workshops will profile case histories of the most successful MWR installations, including Warrior Zones and Liberty Centers, focusing on the latest digital technologies from gaming to LED lighting, apps and social media to touch screen control systems, theater systems to self-contained multi-player gaming stations. "We are delighted to once again partner with Celebrity for these great workshops," said Melissa Wells, IMCEA Chief of Marketing and Communications. "Our past collaborations have been highly successful, and we think this new concept for delivering educational programming directly to installations will go a long way toward keeping MWR professionals updated on all the latest technologies coming to market," she continued. According to Celebrity's Mark Velligan, attendees will also get the opportunity to "touch and feel" a selection of the newest products by way of a Mobile Technology Lab that tandem with the workshops. The demonstrations are made possible by the tour's technology sponsors, including ScreenPlay Entertainment, Bosch Communications Systems, MYE Club TV Systems and EV Electrovoice, with others coming aboard as the tour launches in June. For more information about this tour or to apply, see pages 9 – 10. To confirm that your installation is scheduled, contact Mark Velligan at 949-742-0454 or by email at info@mwrtoolbox.com, or visit mwrtoolbox.com

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX, 78683-7946 5 (940) 463-5145

The IMCEA Virtual Tradeshow has been extended!

Due to continued interest and participation, the IMCEA

Virtual Tradeshow has been extended!

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The Joint Services Prime

Vendor Program offers

up to date information

along with Food and bev-

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sights on their Food for

Thought blog. Check it

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mation!

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International Military Community Executives’ Association

2014 Board of Directors Ballot

Service Representatives to the Board of Directors

US Air Force Representative: Write-in: US Air Navy Representative: (two representatives needed)

Marlin Ruhl - the N-9 for MWR at Bethesda Maryland

Write-in: US Marine Corps Representative: Write-in: US Coast Guard Representative: Write-in: Member Name: Member Installation: Branch of Service: Voting is restricted to Regular Members, Position Members, Honorary Members, Lifetime Members, and Retired Members of the Association. Please submit your nominations by email to john@imcea.org or fax to (866) 369-2435 before 5 pm EST on Friday, 14 November 2014.

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX, 78683-7946 7 (940) 463-5145

Program Updates

Military Community and Family Policy Weekly

eNewsletter: http://www.militaryonesource.mil/

mcfp/weekly

Joint Family Support Assistance Program (JFSAP)

Newsletter: http://www.militaryonesource.mil/

jfsap/enewsletter

American Logistics Association Weekly Executive

briefing: http://multibriefs.com/briefs/alaorg/

index.php

Is your Certified Military Community

Executive (CMCE) Certification up for

Renewal?

O ne amazing benefit of your membership with IMCEA is the

ability to become CMCE Certified. The only military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) certification program that is nationally registered by the National Certification Commission. As with any certification, you have to re-certify every three years. Recertification is easy! All you have to do is fill out the form on our website https://imcea.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cmcerecognition1.pdf and send it in to us. The cost for re-certification is $50. We are in the process of sending out reminders to those members who need to re-certify. You do not want to let this prestigious certification lapse! For questions about CMCE certification, or your CMCE status, please contact John Walker at john@imcea.org.

Th e REVISED Certified Military Community Executive

(CMCE) Study Guide is now online! IMCEA now makes getting your CMCE certification even easier! Complete the application and send it in for approval. Then use the FREE, online study guide to prepare for your exam! You will have the honor of wearing the CMCE initials after your name before you know it – and the pride in taking an important step toward career advancement! Take a look at the updated study guide at https://imcea.org/certification/cmcestudyguide/.

IMCEA and the National Restaurant

Association have partnered to provide

IMCEA members with ServSafe®

Food

Safety and ServSafe Alcohol®

online training

and certification at a special discounted price.

The ServSafe food safety and ServSafe

Alcohol online courses allow you to take

training on your own schedule and spend less

time away from the operation, at a lower

overall training cost. Click here for more info.

Where Are They Now?

Looking for a past member? Trying to catch up with

an old friend? Want to let everyone know what’s new

with you? Post your questions, comments and

contact information here!

IMCEA is no longer issuing ID cards to new and

renewing members. Please submit all

membership requests or questions to John

Walker at john@imcea.org.

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX 78683-7946 8 (940) 463-5145

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX, 78683-7946 9 (940) 463-5145