PMI Mass Bay Chapter e-Newsletter

We are fast approaching April 15 and I for one am feeling my organizational skills being taxed (pun intended). Themes like “Where’s that 1099 from the bank?” or “Didn’t you get a W2 form this year?” are echoing throughout the house. I suspect that this scene is being repeated over and over in households across the country, even those occupied by a project manager. Since many of you are independent consultants running your own business, taxes are not a trivial task.

Getting organized and staying that way is a key to successfully manage your projects and your life. There are a many tools, both professional and home-grown to help you do this, but common sense is perhaps the most powerful. Keep things simple.

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2003 Annual Meeting and Chapter Elections

The PMI Mass Bay Chapter will hold its Annual Meeting and Election of Chapter Officers during the May 18th Chapter Meeting at 6:30 PM, at the Burlington Marriott, 1 Mall Road, Burlington, Massachusetts. Candidates will be announced by April 4th.

Proposed Change to Chapter Bylaws
by Ed Horniak, President

The Board of Directors of the PMI Mass Bay Chapter recommends the following change to the Chapter Bylaws:

1) To allow for electronic (via email or web) elections to take place in the future:

The word “mail” will be deleted from Article VI, Section 3, paragraph 1, sentence 2.

2) To ensure that only individuals who are qualified, by the rules of our bylaws, are included in the slate of candidates:

The word “a” will be changed to the word “the” in Article VI, Section 3, paragraph 1, sentence 1.

This change will be brought to a vote of the membership, during the annual elections at the PMI Mass Bay Chapter Annual Meeting, to be held concurrently with the May 19^th, 2005, Chapter Meeting, at 6:00 PM, at the Burlington Marriott, in Burlington, Massachusetts.

To view the Chapter Bylaws in their entirety, including proposed changes, please visit them on the Chapter website. The Additions are highlighted in Blue and the Deletions, are in Red.

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Chapter Meeting - April 21st, 2005
Why Project Management needs Organizational Development
by Nick Muir, Director of Programs

Why Project Management needs Organizational Development
Joseph Turner of Turner Consulting

This program will provide insights on the integration of so-called “hard” and “soft” skills and their role in project management. Joe will also examine the cycles of project management and how key Organizational Development interventions can support critical organizational change. Through small group and full group discussion, we will learn the skills needed for success and why performance improvement efforts require organizational development support throughout the process. In addition, Joe will consider the ways in which project managers and OD practitioners need to and can learn from and support each other.

Click the link below to register for this presentation

o http://pmimassbay.org/meetreg/meet_current.cfm

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Advancing the Project Management Profession
Are you ready to advance?

The Mass Bay Chapter of the Project Management Institute proudly presents:

Advancing the Project Management Profession

May 14, 2005

Boston University

Corporate Education Center

Tyngsboro, MA

8:00am – 4:00pm

Come join us for a full day of career advancement activities. Explore our Career Resource Center; listen to industry experts and network with project management professionals from multiple industries.

Registration will open in April. Click on the following link to learn more:

http://pmimassbay.org/newpage_nf3.cfm?pagename=APMP2005

Minutes and PDUs from March 17th Chapter Meeting
by Ann O'Connell, Recording Secretary

I . President’s Welcome

II. Drawing

III. Upcoming Elections

IV. Advancing the Project Management Profession

V. Breakfast Meetings

VI. Job Referral Network

VII. Keynote

Nick Muir, Director of Programs introduced Will Wilson, the keynote speaker. Mr. Wilson is a Senior Vice President & Risk Management Specialist at Hanscomb Faithful & Gould, one of the world’s leading Project & Construction Management consultancies worldwide. Will Wilson joined HF&G 1987 as Project Manager, Appointed project planning manager for the CTRL in 1992 & spent 2 years with Bechtel 1996 – 98 as risk and trend manager for CTRL. Mr. Wilson’s topic is Risk Identification and Management with Monte Carlo Risk Analysis tools. The speech is summarized in an article written by Holli Jones-White in this issue.

PDU Information

To obtain 1 PDU for this event:

C014-170105 3/17/10 Will Wilson – Risk Management

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