4216 Balloon Park Rd NE Albuquerque, NM 87109

Phone: 505-344-5470 Fax: 505-344-9343

www.ces.org

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8-5

David Chavez, Executive Director Swashant’e Dillon, Executive Admin Assistant Linda Canales, Receptionist Robin Strauser, Deputy Executive Director

Dotty McKinney, Procurement Manager John Tortelli, Procurement & Contract Specialist Joe Valencia, Procurement & Contract Specialist Rebecca Simenson, Procurement Assistant

Lori O’Rourke, Business Services Coordinator Sandy Dewbre, Business Specialist Trish Delicino, Business Specialist Irene Cheng, Business Office Assistant

Member Service Representatives: Leslie Neely Kelly Bassham Pam Reed

Eva Gonzales Joseph Gutierrez

Linda Sink, Director of Ancillary Aubrey Bassham, Ancillary Assistant Naomi Bowers, Ancillary Assistant Brad Schroeder, Technology Manager Ruben Mirabal, Director of NMREAP Jim Barentine, Director for Southern Services Jennifer Torres, Administrative Assistant Paul Benoit, Northern Services Manager

H I G H L I G H T S October 2015

CES’31st ANNUAL FACILITY MANAGERS TRAINING

WORKSHOP

October 26 - October 28, 2015 Embassy Suites, Albuquerque, NM

CES is proud to be hosting the 31st Annual Facility Managers Training Workshop in collabo-ration with Public School Facilities Authority (PSFA). This three day workshop will feature a variety of breakout sessions, some which are certificate bearing. There are also breaks through out all three days where you can visit with CES Procurement Partners. Monday, evening beginning at 5:00pm, we will hold our NASCAR/Hot Wheel Social Event, with races and prizes to be given out. Tuesday evening test your luck at our Casino/Texas Hold’em Social Event.

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CES & NMCEL

Present the 15th Annual Educational Symposium

Sponsored by Discovery Education

Superintendents are the key to leading a successful transition to digital instruction, a must have for all students to be college and career ready. Yet, superintendents also face the R3 challenge — that is, leading that transition in a climate of rules, regulations and of course, a call for more rigorous in-

struction. So, what are the keys to success? This year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Karen Beerer, will address these areas!

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Karen Beerer

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 The Educational Symposium is a one day annual conference held in conjunction with the New Mexico School Super indents Association Annual Retreat. Registration is still open, but filling up quickly. Register today at www.ces.org/events.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Fundraising Walk

Albuquerque, NM

Saturday, October 24th @ 8am

Over the past NINE years CES has participated in the American Cancer Society’s MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER fundraising walk.

Breast cancer will touch ONE in eight families and may have already touched someone near to you.

This year alone 513 visits were made to breast cancer patients by the Reach to Recovery Volunteers and 648 trips taking cancer patients to treatment were provided by American Cancer Society Road to Recovery volunteers and other transportation programs.

Come support TEAM CES during our PINK WEEK, October 19-23!

Wednesday, October 21st we will be holding a Frito Pie/Bake Sale! We also have Breast Cancer Awareness goodies and a Raffle!

Thank you for your Support!

In a perfect world the building you need to renovate is vacant. In a perfect world the building you need to renovate can be tak-en out of service for 60 days and the community barely notices. Sad part is we don’t live in a perfect world.

Dona Ana County recently found out how imperfect this world can be when they determined that the Dona Ana County Health Department Building could no longer function the way it is. Stucco that is in dire need of repair makes a building unat-tractive and in some cases dangerous if it is pitching off and landing in large chunks near the entries to the building. This building fit the bill for exterior renovation and the county could wait no longer. They turned to Classic Industries of Las Cruces for help.

Classic Industries has been serving the Las Cruces Community for many years and became a CES vendor in 2013. Their general contracting expertise made them a great fit for this project. A site visit revealed that the stucco was in desperate shape and the substrate was beginning to get damaged due to water penetrating behind the stucco. In addition to the failing stucco Classic Industries also had to take into account how to keep the building up and functioning yet get the work done. They had to take into account temporary walk-ways, netting to catch debris as they worked high above customers head while removing the loose stucco, and methods of capturing debris and keeping it away from the public. All of these challenges were addressed in their detailed proposal and Dona Ana County got to pick and choose which features they deemed were critical to the success of the project.

Within the next 60 days the county will be able to fully return the building to service and they will once again have a building that is func-tional, looks pristine, and one that will be a continuing value to the community. Classic Industries will have a project that they are proud of and loads of experience with how to deal with the public and keep them safe from falling debris all the while keeping the building open for business.

Brought to you by: Mike Shiplet-The Gordian Group

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Please send any questions, comments or suggestions regarding the newsletter to Rebecca Simenson (rebecca@ces.org)

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Date(s) Audience Location Host/Purpose Contact

Mon, Oct 26 – Wed, Oct 28,

2015

Facility Managers and Maintenance/Custodial Staff

Embassy Suites 1000 Woodward Place

Northeast, Albuquerque, NM

CES Facility Managers

Training Workshop

Swashant’e Dillon 505-344-5470 www.ces.org

Tues, Oct 27, 2015

Superintendents, Key Instructional Leaders,

Central Office and Building Level Administrative Staff

Embassy Suites 1000 Woodward Place

Northeast, Albuquerque, NM

CES Symposium

Swashant’e Dillon 505-344-5470 www.ces.org

Wed, Oct 28 - Fri, Oct 30,

2015

Local, State and Federal Agencies, Native America Tribes, Community Devel-

opment Directors, Educators

Buffalo Thunder Resort Santa Fe, NM

NMIF 18th Annual Conference

Angela Quintana 505-992-9648

If you would like a complete copy of the calendar of events please email Rebecca Simenson at rebecca@ces.org

Mon, Oct 5—Tues, Oct 6,

2015 Athletic Directors

Marriott Pyramid Hotel Albuquerque, NM

NM Athletic Directors As-sociation Leadership

Training

Soctt Evans 505-923-3114

scott@nmact.org www.nmact.org

Tues, Oct 27—Wed, Oct 28,

2015

Procurement Professionals, Business Managers

Hotel Encanto Las Cruces, NM

NMPPA

Robert Rodarte 505-955-5710

rrodarte@ci.santa-fe.nm.us www.nmppa.org

CES Facility Managers Workshop

Frito Pie Sale

NMAA Fall Leadership Conference

CES Symposium