Diana J. Bishop, PMP, CPA
VP, Finance and Administration
vpfinance@pmimassbay.org
 
I am pleased to provide the PMI Mass Bay chapter financial results (unaudited) for the year ending December 31, 2006. Rather than a dry set of accounting statements based on our Chart of Accounts, I have chosen to present our results from a member’s perspective. Our members fund our activities and administration and it is for our members that the Board of Directors continually seeks to provide value. Therefore, I have grouped items into categories that I hope you will find meaningful.   
 
I would like to offer a few words of appreciation to our Treasurer, George Pitts, who ably pays the bills and deposits the checks for the chapter. As VP of Finance and Administration, one of my duties is to provide financial reports and analyses for the board and membership.   
 
     Revenue Highlights
 
Member Dues up 8% over 2005 and 15% ahead of 2006 budget
 
Net training revenue decreased 23% from 2005 due to a reduction in the number of courses offered
 
Interest income more than doubled due to higher rate and maintaining more funds in income-earning 
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Next Chapter Meeting

February 15, 2007
5:30 – 9:00pm

Topic: IT-Focused Project Management in a Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Environment

Agenda:
Networking Period        5:30 - 6:30
Dinner                        6:30 - 7:30
Presentation               7:30 - 9:00
 
Presentation Summary:

The drivers of Project Management in a biopharmaceutical manufacturing environment are different from the usual cost, schedule, and resources constraints. Overriding concerns are compliance with regulations (e.g., cGMP, GAMP, CFR 21 Part 11, SOX) and supply of product to patients. The presentation will focus on the following topics of particular interest to PMI members:

* Overview of the project (implementing a suite of applications (ERP, MES, LIMS, Integration) to support a biopharmaceutical manufacturing environment);

* The vastly different definitions of Quality between PMBOK and a typical cGMP environment (i.e., Quality from a PMBOK perspective focuses on meeting customer needs broadly defined, while Quality from a cGMP perspective has a focus predominantly on compliance with FDA regulations, particularly cGMP, CFR 21 Part 11); and

·   Do you have interest in practicing your leadership skills?

· Perhaps you desire an opportunity to use your PM and other professional expertise for the good of our chapter?

· Maybe you enjoy meeting management challenges in a successful, growing professional organization?

If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, or have other reasons for seeking election to a chapter office, the nominating committee would love to hear from you…soon!!

Three easy steps to apply for candidacy to elected office
 
Any and all interested Mass Bay Chapter members in good standing are invited to:
 
1.  Send an e-mail stating desire to be interviewed, with recent resume/bio, to at least 1 committee member whose name and e-mail address is listed at the end of this notice.
2.  E-mail MUST be received by COB March 16^th, 2007 by at least 1 Nominating Committee member.
3.  Please include day and evening phone numbers so one of the committee members can contact you to set up a phone interview date prior to March 23^rd, 2007.
 
Best regards,

The 2007 PMI Mass Bay Chapter Nominating Committee
 

John Downing, PMP John-Downing@comcast.net	John Nevison, PMP jmn@oakinc.com
Brenda Gillingham, PMP Bkgillingham@comcast.net	Al Rosner, PMP Al-Rosner@comcast.net

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No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects

No theories here! This stuff works! Come prepared

One day Seminar with Neal Whitten, PMP

March 24, 2007

Earn 7 PDUs

Topics Include:  leadership styles • being too soft • managing priorities • fostering interpersonal communications • boldness • escalations • integrity • accountability • professional behavior and recognizing professional immaturity • dealing with criticism • how to make long-term project commitments • running an effective meeting • duties of the effective project manager • the need to fail • dealing with difficult people • three critical actions that are overlooked on most projects • and many more specific leadership tips for promoting project success. Register online  http://www.pmimassbay.org   Fee includes workshop, materials, refreshments, lunch and a copy of the book, Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects.

Early Bird Registration:
Until Feb. 26^th
Members: $225.00
Non-Members: $250.00
 
Full Price:
Members: $250.00
Non-members: $275.00
Feb. 27^th through March 16^th

If you attended the January 2007 Chapter meeting you may have noticed that you were among a large group of friends! That’s right, attendance at chapter meetings is growing and space is getting scarcer.  Your Board of Directors is working to relieve the situation. The most obvious answer is to book bigger rooms in the future. To do this without incurring much larger uncovered costs, we need to be as sure as we can of the attendance at chapter meetings. In addition, the Burlington Marriott must have adequate advance notice in order to free up enough room for us. These concerns cause us to ask for your help as we take the following steps:
 
1.  Register as early as you can! This allows us to get an early count and helps us to anticipate the need for space. 
 
2.  If you cannot register on-line for the meeting due to a sold out situation contact the meeting administrator at theoffice@camihq.com as early as possible. This will allow us to work with the Burlington Marriott in a timely manner to see if additional space is available for the current meeting.  
 
We will be eliminating the Speaker Only Pay at the Door option to our chapter meetings. 
Historically, only about half of those who use this option actually are able to show up. As a result, we get an inaccurate count of people coming to the meeting
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Each month PMI Mass Bay will provide you with a list of the education programs being presented by the other PMI chapters in our region.

PMI Southern NE
February 13 - What is Outsourcing - Springfield
Speaker: Debanjan Dey (Deb)

February 15 - Organizational Politics - Webinar
Speaker: Rick Brenner

February 21 - Is your networking working? - Monthly Dinner Meeting & Job Fair
Speaker: Scott Schulz

PMI Keene, NH Greater Monadnock Region
February 20 - Achieving Results in the Workplace: A Model of High Performing Teams
Speaker: Rebecca B. Osborne 

PMI Ocean State
March 8 - TBA

PMI Champlain Valley
March 16 - Project Information Exchange Symposium
Speaker: Lee Lambert

PMI Central MA
February 13 - Managing Global and Distributed Teams
Speaker: Richard Brenner
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