The mission of the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council is to significantly increase business relationships between our corporate members and our certified MBEs. We believe that minority business development is a key component of reducing poverty, unemployment, increasing wealth, and integrating American society. You are receiving this email in order to keep you abreast of developments with the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, Supplier Diversity Issues and Minority Business Development. If you like what you read please share internally and externally.
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| GNEMSDC and MBDA to Release Economic Impact Study at Best Practices Forum at Fenway Park November 15 |
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 The GNEMSDC and the Boston MBDA Business Center will release its first economic impact report on November 15 at the Best Practices Forum at Fenway Park, Boston. The economic impact of both the GNEMSDC and the MBDA program is substantial. Our MBEs and corporate members are major employers and economic actors in the region. The report will look at how the relationships between corporate members and certified MBEs impact total employment, minority employment, and income in every state in our region.
We are also requesting certified MBEs to submit a short article that can be included in the final report. The short article can address how the Council has assisted the development of your company or how your company has contributed to increasing employment in the area. Articles need to be submitted to fmckinney@gnemsdc.org no later than November 1, 2012.
In addition to the economic impact report, the Best Practices Forum will feature presentations by leading corporate supplier diversity professionals and some of our most successful MBEs. The event is free, but there is limited space. We encourage you to contact Sarah James at sjames@gnemsdc.org to register. And please, do not register if you do not plan on attending! This event has a capacity of 175 attendees, and we will be oversubscribed. So register early. As of last week we are at 95 percent of capacity for the room at Fenway. Here is the Agenda for the day. |
MBE Showcase - Climatech Services, LLC,
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 It's not everyday that you get a chance to do what you love doing but Harry Basey, President of Climatech Services, LLC, an HVAC Company based in Quincy, MA, considers himself blessed to be in a position to do just that. Harry has over 40 years of experience in the HVAC business handling both maintenance, repair, and installation of a variety of HVAC systems and products.
Prior to getting into the business Harry served our country proudly in the USAF. In addition Harry became a certified Teacher of HVAC. He has worked for some of the largest HVAC Manufacturers and Service companies including American Air Filter, Honeywell Commercial Division, and GE. This experience working directly with large institutional suppliers of HVAC Equipment and Services gives Harry a unique understanding of the needs that Corporations large and small have.
Harry's company handles the maintenance, repair, and installation of HVAC equipment for new and existing construction. In addition, Harry has considerable experience with Commercial Refrigeration and Energy Management Systems.
As a new member of GNEMSDC Harry looks forward to the opportunity to showcase his firms talents and skills that have been honed over more than 40 years.
Harry has a number of instructional HVAC Videos and helpful information on his website at www.Climatetechs.com and he can be reached with any HVAC or Refrigeration questions or needs that you may have at 617-510-5830
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MBE Showcase - Marlabs Inc.
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Marlabs Inc. , is an award-winning provider of innovative software services and BPO services that improve operational efficiency and help customers gain competitive advantage.
Our people make the difference by consistently delivering outstanding value to our customers.
By nurturing and empowering our employees, we help them maximize their innate potential and drive success for our customers, with a commitment and quality that our first-time clients find quite astonishing. Which in turn has led to award winning growth for Marlabs.
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MBE Education events: What do you think?
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MBE Education events: What do you think?
The MBEIC Education sub committee is now planning educational events for 2013, but as a start, we'd like to hear from you on whether the events of 2012 were helpful to the MBEs that attended, and whether we should continue with similar events next year or move in another direction. We developed a short 3-question survey to gather your feedback - Please let us know. CLICK the link below. (It will take no more than 60 seconds).
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Upcoming Events
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There are several events coming up on our calendar that are designed specifically for MBEs to learn about corporate opportunities. We know how busy everyone's schedule is, but these are events often hosted by our corporate members with the expressed purpose of finding out more about you and your business with the ultimate aim, to make you a valuable supplier to their companies. Here are some events you should consider:
- November 15 - Supplier Diversity Best Practices Day at Fenway Park, Boston, 8:00 am to 11:30 am. Join us for this joint meeting of MBEs and corporate members to demonstrate case studies of the best practices of minority supplier development in New England. There is limited space for this meeting. Contact Joanne Wang to register atjwang@bostonmbdacenter.com.
- November 15 - 5th Annual Massachusetts Housing Authority MWBE Trade Fair - 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Clarion Hotel, 1080 Riverdale Street, West Springfield, MA. For more information contact James Fortune at jfortune@masshousing.com, or 617-854-1831.
- December 4 - 9:30 - 12:00 noon - GNEMSDC MBE Input Committee (MBEIC) Meeting at NSTAR in Westwood, Mass
- December 13 - GNEMSDC Quarterly Meeting at Banneker Industries 582 Great Road, North Smithfield, RI. The final Quarterly Meeting of the year is hosted by a certified MBE. On behalf of the GNEMSDC board of directors we thank our friends at Banneker Industries for inviting us to their headquarters.
- April 25, 2013 - Annual Awards Gala - Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center, MA
- June 10, 2013- MA Golf Outing- Ferncroft Golf Club, Middleton MA
- July 12, 2013- CT Golf Outing- Lyman Orchards Golf Club, Middlefield CT
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Haynes Construction Company Invitation to Bid
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Name of Project: Rockview Rental Phase 1
300 Wilmot Road, New Haven CT
Scope of work: All Trades
Contact:
32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483
Eric Fogg (203) 888-8113 or Eric Facchini (203)888-8164
Bids can be faxed to 203-881-8372 or emailed to the above contacts. See details.
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| The GNEMSDC is MOVING! |
 The Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council is moving our main office from Hamden Connecticut to Bridgeport, Connecticut. This move is the third move and a represents a return to our roots. In 1975, the Connecticut Minority Purchasing Council was founded in Bridgeport, CT. From Bridgeport,w we moved to New Haven, CT, and from New Haven to Hamden. And now we are back in Bridgeport.
Our new location is 333 State Street, Bridgeport. We have great neighbors in our new offices. The Mayor's office is across the street. Housatonic Community College is directly behind us. The Federal Court House is across the street. The Connecticut Post Newspaper is on the other corner. One block down State Street is Congressman Himes' office. And two blocks away is the Bridgeport train station.
The new space will allow us to hold larger meetings and trainings. The space also will allow us to rent space to MBEs interested in sharing our space. All they will need to do is bring their laptops and plug in. If you are interested in renting some space, contact the office. There is a limited amount of this type of space.
We are looking forward to our opening later this month. We have some very exciting announcements to make in coming weeks. Stay tuned.
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Nomination Season is Upon Us
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| The Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for 2013 awards in CT. The various categories of awards and the award nomination instructions are included in the link here.
It is also not too soon for corporations and MBEs to begin thinking about the 2013 GNEMSDC Awards Gala on April 25 in Framingham, MA. Corporate buyers and supplier diversity managers should begin reviewing the performance of their top MBEs. And MBEs need to begin thinking about corporate supplier diversity managers and corporate buyers who have gone the extra mile on their behalf.
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Boston MBDA Client Mosaic Global Transportation Won MBE of the Year
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 Business Center client Mosaic Global Transportation won MBE of the year (Category 2) at the NMSDC Convention in Denver last week. A ground transportation company operating in 440 cities worldwide, they were nominated for the award by key customers AT&T and Johnson and Johnson. In accepting the award, Mosaic CEO, Maurice Brewster, included a thanks you to both Warren Bacon, Director of the Business Center, and Dr Fred for providing ongoing support for his company in its growth trajectory.
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And Finally...
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This Wednesday, we will be releasing the Economic Impact Report for the GNEMSDC and the Boston MBDA Business Center at the Best Practices Forum at world famous Fenway Park in Boston. The results are as impressive as the venue. We will make the full report available in this newsletter in coming weeks. However, there are a couple of numbers that stand out. For every $3,314 expended, the Business Center created one full time job. At a time when job creation is the number one job of the Administration, this result far exceeds the performance of just about every jobs program in the Federal, local and State governments in the region. In addition, the program can show that for every $96 in program spending, we were able to facilitate $1 million in new contracts. This too is a phenomenal return on investment. As an economist, I believe that money finds great investments. If that is true, we should be attracting vast amounts of new capital to expand this productive enterprise. I am hopeful that we will be able to grow this activist approach to MBE development. It is important to state that while we are facilitating these transactions and new job creation, it is the hard work of MBEs and their corporate customers who did the work to make these contracts and jobs a reality. For that, we thank them for believing in each other. Together, we did build this.
In your service,
Dr. Fred
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