We trust that those of you who were able to make it to the PMI Global Congress held this week in Melbourne enjoyed yourselves. The event, by all accounts, was a great success.
It is with great pleasure that PMI introduce the new President - Lynda Bourne. Lynda will be known to many of you through her long standing association with PMI Melbourne.
If you have friends or colleagues who are planning to join to the Chapter, this is a good time to promote membership. We currently have a promotion for any new or renewing members until March 12, 2010. Please spread the word around. Details are provided at our home page.
Also, be sure not to miss the chance to submit your entry for PMOZ 2010. The deadline has now been extended to 26 March so there is still time.
Regards,
Communications Team
Editors: Kirrilly Shipley and Annie Sheehan
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Meet the President: Lynda Bourne
Lynda Bourne was elected to the Melbourne Chapter Board early this month and was then elected President by the Chapter's Board of Directors.
She has been a PMI member for 10 years and a PMP for 9 years, and has served the PM community over that time in volunteer roles focused on developing PMI's OPM3 standard, then supporting its implementation as Chair of the Examination committee. She writes the Asia Pacific column for PM Network and contributes blogs to PMI's Voices of PM.
In business, Lynda is CEO of Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd a consultancy and software sales business focused on developing effective stakeholder management practices. She is also a trainer and consultant for Mosaic Project Services: many members and friends will have attended classes or participated in the mentored email courses conducted by Lynda.
To ensure that there is no conflict of interest; Lynda has stepped down from Mosaic's management team and will no longer be involved in any management or marketing decisions of Mosaic while she is serving as Director of PMI Melbourne chapter. She has declared her connection with Mosaic to the Nominating Committee and the Board. Lynda has undertaken to remove herself from any meeting where there are discussions or decisions regarding the professional development portfolio and Lindsay Whitehead the Vice President will have full accountability for any decisions pertaining to the management of this portfolio and supporting the Professional Development Director, Ignacio Inchausti.
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Behind PMI Global Congress 2010-Asia Pacific
Congress overall was a great success and everyone had positive comments such as great sessions, a very good keynote speaker, excellent network opportunities, good venue for both sessions & exhibit hall, good pace, enjoyable social events as well as round table issue resolution sessions.
We had total of 40 volunteers who worked as session monitors, registration support, material pick-up, chapter booth, as well as making sure the whole event was a success for all attendees. A big thank you to all of our volunteers. We could not have such a big success without your contributions.
The Chapter Booth has operated at the Exhibit Hall on February 22-24, providing information about the Chapter benefits, training sessions to all interested attendees. Our book giveaway was also a great success and attracted quite a crowd. At the end, we have given away 8 books (all donated by their authors). A big thank you to Lynda Bourne, Paul E Harris and Peter Taylor. The winners were:
- Paul Barnes, NSW Department of Commerce
- Satish Komali, Kraft Foods
- Darrell Mason, GE Money
- Chris Molloy, APA Group
- Shane Peachey, MetaPM Pty Ltd
- Daniel Tan, Toll Group
- Vanda Tedesco, Hospira
- Kim White, Catholic Education Office
We also had very good interest to our Membership Draw, however, PMI had delays in updating the records of attendees who joined the PMI while registering for the Congress. Therefore, The Chapter has decided to extend the draw timeline until March 12, 2010 and also opened the eligibility of entry to any new member or renewing members. Eligible candidates are required to inform the Communications Director. The promotion has been displayed at Chapter's home page.
Greg Balestrero, CEO of PMI, was our speaker for the Chapter event on Tuesday night, February 23rd. He talked about how the global financial crisis affected project management opportunities worldwide, and what might be expected in the year ahead both globally and in Asia Pacific. He also discussed the commencement of PMI Australasia Pty Ltd - PMI Global's new local office - and Anwar Benjamin, the new PMI appointment, designed to raise PMI's profile in Australia and New Zealand. |
PMOZ: Call for Papers Extended
PMI Australia National Conference will take place on 23 - 26 August 2010 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.
The Conference Call For Papers is open and has been extended until Friday, 26 March 2010. Individuals are encouraged to submit proposals that focus on 1 of 3 sub themes which fall under the Conference theme of Building the Global Recovery:
1) Rebuilding and developing the profession;
2) Rebuilding and developing business and industry; or
3) Emerging trends and issues.
The event Program will consist of:
- Half day Pre-Conference Workshops on day one (Monday).
- Two Days of Conference Program, Plenary sessions and Trade
(Tuesday + Wednesday).
- Optional Post-Conference Workshops on day 4 (Thursday).
For registrations or further infomation, please visit the Conference Website at www.pmoz.com.au. |
