Meeting Location:
3155 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420, the EMTEC/PTAC Bldg.
Located in the Miami Valley Research Park campus.  2nd floor
conference room.
Seating is limited, early registration is suggested

Meeting Time: 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM

Registration: Via email to XO@vob108.org,  This is a lunch meeting, so bring your’s
or purchase pizza from The Pizza Factory at the meeting, $5 per person.
Indicate that you want to purchase pizza at the meeting in your email.

Registration Deadline: COB on Wednesday, 8-Sept 2010

Presentation Topic: Doing Biz with WPAFB through regional partnerships.
Ms. Gross has 25 years experience dealing with government contracting.  She
is currently Executive Director of the Dayton Area Defense Contractors Assn.,
DADCA,  (www.daytondefense.org).  Ms. Gross has received numerous awards,
both locally and nationally, for her business and community leadership.  This will be
an ideal opportunity to gain a better understanding of the opportunities that are on
the very near horizon at WPAFB and the huge base expansion now underway.

Bio Attached

COLUMBUS — Ohio veterans of the Persian Gulf War and the continued fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and families of veterans killed in the fighting now may apply for the cash bonuses that voters approved for them last year, Gov. Ted Strickland said on Tuesday, Aug. 24.

Applications are available at www.veteransbonus.ohio.gov or at any of Ohio’s 88 county Veterans Services offices.

Veterans also may call 1-877-OHIO VET 644-6838 to get a paper application. Applying online is the simplest and fastest option, Strickland said. After completing the application, the veteran must print it, sign it and have it notarized by a notary public or “acknowledged” by the clerk or deputy clerk of a county Common Pleas Court. Then it must be mailed to this address:
Ohio Veterans Bonus
P.O. Box 373
Sandusky, OH 44871

The final application cannot be submitted on the Internet because it must be notarized or acknowledged, officials said.

Clerks of courts offices and offices of Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray are ready to help veterans with their forms, Cordray said.“With eight locations around Montgomery County, the clerk of courts office can make it very convenient for veterans and we are happy to help with this service” …

Applications will be notarized for free at the attorney general’s regional offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, Youngstown and Toledo.A list of free notaries is available at:www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/VeteransBonus .

The ballot issue approved by voters last November calls for bonuses of $5,000 for families of those killed in action and bonuses of $100 a month — up to $1,000 — for veterans who served in the conflicts. Veterans who served elsewhere during the conflicts qualify for bonuses of $50 a month, up to $500.

Applications should be processed in eight weeks, said Bill Hartnett, director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Affairs. He estimated as many as 200,000 veterans may qualify.

To qualify, a veteran must have been an Ohio resident at the start of active duty and also must be a resident when applying.

via Ohio veterans may apply for bonuses.

From the site- it seems you just need a DD Form 214

For proof of eligibility: Please be prepared to provide proof of residency at the time of entry into Active Duty Service. Sufficient proof of residency, for example, would be Ohio as your Home of Record, block 7b on your DD214.

Did you serve in active duty during at least one of these bonus qualifying periods?

Honorably discharged? Please be prepared to provide a copy your DD214. Member Copy 2 or 4, block 24 “Character of Service at Discharge.”, of the DD214 provides proof of discharge.

No bonus from another State.

I didn’t fill the form out to check if there are other requirements- stopping at step 3 of 8, but, if there is more, please add in a comment.

Good luck and thank you for your service. The Members of VOB108 understand what you did for your Country

Please join us at the Defense Logistics Agency Enterprise Supplier

Conference in Columbus, OH on Aug 23-25, 10.  You may register at

http://www.ndia.org/meetings/0780/Pages/default.aspx.  DLA is actively

seeking small businesses, HUBZone businesses, Small Disadvantaged

Businesses, 8a, Woman-Owned Small Businesses and SERVICE-DISABLED,

VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES for contract opportunities.  Small business

representatives from DLA HQ and DLA centers will be on hand to discuss your

capabilities and DLA requirements with the objective of finding a match.

Thank you for your service.

Joan R. Turrisi

Associate Director, Office of Small Business Programs DLA Energy

Tel:  703-767-9465

Fax:  703-767-9446

4 AUG 2010

VETERANS BUSINESS GROUP GAINS TAX EXEMPT STATUS

DAYTON: VOB108.org, a Dayton, OH based Veteran Owned Business (VOB) and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) organization has been granted Tax Exempt status by the IRS under Section 501c(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The group hopes to be able to expand its influence and advocacy to create opportunities for Veterans, especially from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.  VOB108 also is the local chapter of NaVOBA, the National Veteran Owned Business Association, representing SW Ohio. NaVOBA has been working on legislation in all 50 States to bring veteran friendly status to State and local government purchasing processes.

VOB108 meets the second Thursday of every month for a 2 hour “teaming meeting” starting at noon in the 2^nd floor conference room at the EMTEC/PTAC Building, in the Miami Valley Research Park, 3155 Research Blvd.  The meetings are free, and open to all, however membership is restricted to Honorably Discharged Veterans with a DD-214.

More information can be found at VOB108.org

The next meeting is Thursday Aug 12. For those interested in attending, please RSVP by email to: XO@vob108.org.  Pre-registration is required.

The following is a podcast of the meeting.

We’re going to hold it at The Next Wave, 100 Bonner Street, Dayton OH 45410 from noon to 2pm.
All are welcome. The program will be to evaluate our progress from last year- and to plan for the next.

If you want pizza for $5- RSVP to XO@vob108.org

VOB108.org will feature Mr. Nick Lair, VP Purchasing, Premier Health Partners.
Presentation will focus on PHP Diversity Supplier Program as it pertains to VOB/SDVOB companies.  The second half of the meeting will deal with plans and information concerning the “veteran lead” CAPS 2 solicitation at WPAFB in 2011.
Location: EMTEC Building, 3155 Research Blvd, 2nd floor conference room,
Noon to 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 10, 2010.   Seating is limited.
Registration suggested.  Email: Name, Company Name w/ phone number to
XO@vob108.org.
This is a working lunch meeting.  Pizza Factory pizza available @ $5/person, if indicated on the your email registration.
Registrations due by COB on Wednesday, June 9th.

Here’s the deck:

Registration: Email Attendee’s Name, Company Name & Phone # to XO@VOB108.org.
Indicate in the email if you desire pizza from The Pizza Factory @ $5.00.  Or,
bring your own brown bag lunch.  Seating is limited and registration will be closed
on Wednesday, 19-May 2010 or sooner if the limit of 30 attendees is reached before
the deadline.

The Obama administration is renewing efforts to expand opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses, hoping that a little aid to those who own or want to own their own businesses will help fuel a larger boost in the U.S. economy.

Two executive orders signed Monday (Apr 26, 2010)by President Obama create task forces that will recommend specific improvements in how small businesses are created, including expanded access to capital, advice on how to cash in on lucrative federal contracts and better counseling so that businesses remain on a strong economic footing. One of the two task forces specifically will look at veteran-owned small businesses, including those owned by disabled veterans.

Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said veterans, especially those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, have training and experience from the military that make them potentially strong small-businesses owners, including the ability to remain calm and innovative in a crisis, knowing how to take risks and knowing how to run a competent organization.

There are, he said, “significant opportunities for good outcomes” if the federal government can provide assistance.

Helping one veteran become a small-business owner has larger impacts on the economy, he said, because “veterans hire veterans. They know what they are getting.”

via Obama seeks to aid vet-owned small businesses – Army News, news from Iraq, – Army Times.

Now if we could only take the GSA and their incipient schedules out of the process for true small veteran owned businesses ($1 million and below) we may see some real action in the area. We made a proposal for a GSA Schedule EZ in 2005- that could also solve some of these problems.

The number one obstacle to gaining government work for small veteran owned businesses is the ordeal of getting and maintaining a GSA Schedule.