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TAPP Officers for 2009
President
Rex Gaither
Vice President Carolyn
Biles
Secretary
Pamela Cotham
Treasurer Paula Cole
Welcome
The Tennessee Association of Public Purchasing (TAPP)
is a non-profit organization
comprised of public purchasing professionals, who share a
common objective – to increase the awareness of public purchasing
practices. TAPP is open to all public institutions, consisting of
individuals whose vocation pertains to work in the procurement and/or
material management profession.
Mission
The mission of TAPP is to
provide educational
and networking opportunities in a professional, effective and ethical
manner for the members of the Tennessee Association of Public Purchasing
by promoting membership; expanding member services; collecting and
disseminating information resources; and sponsoring professional
certification.
TAPP Information
Contact us:
Send
e-mail request for additional information regarding the TAPP organization
to:
Sondra.Howe@state.tn.us
Remember any item for the website should be e-mailed as a Word Document
attachment to the President no later than the 15th of
each month to be posted by the end of that same month.
Our 2008 Fall Conference was
held Pigeon Forge, TN and was a great
success. Visit "Meetings" for details on the conference.
Visitors:
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Message from the President
Welcome to the TAPP website!
TAPP MEMBERS
I want to take this opportunity to wish
each of you a Happy New Year! I’m excited about working with
Vice-President Carolyn Biles, Secretary Pamela Cotham and Treasurer
Paula Cole. As you have heard, we have been busy securing meeting
places for our spring and fall conferences. The spring dates are April
1st - 3rd at Holiday Inn Express in
Murfreesboro.
The fall dates are October 28th – 30th at Music Road Inn in Pigeon
Forge. The conference sites are the same locations as last year. I
want to personally thank the past leadership, President Buddy Harlan,
Vice-President Sandy Crawford, Secretary Carolyn Biles and Treasurer
Paula Cole for the great job they did last year.
The fall conference was very informative
and we had a great time. Now we are back at work and dealing with the
harsh realities of a significant economic downturn. Each agency is
looking at dwindling resources resulting in tighter budgets. Our
citizens need us to be innovative and efficient. We need to evaluate
the way we do business and ask ourselves if there is a better way. I am
ready for the challenge.
I feel that TAPP has provided each of us
with the skills we need to meet the challenge.
Our slogan for our organization this
year is “keep it going.” I heard some members say that phrase at
the fall conference and it keeps bouncing around in my head. How
appropriate it is for such a time as this. I look forward to seeing
each of you at the spring conference.
“keep it going”
Rex S. Gaither
Rex S. Gaither, President
Please visit "Events" to see complete information on our upcoming
2009 Spring Conference.
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