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President's Message

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April 2012 

 

  

Spring has arrived and I hope you have been enjoying the unseasonable ... yet wonderful ... weather.

 

Our HVC chapter has spring activities underway.  In particular, we are preparing for our annual Board of Directors election.  It is important that members have up-to-date information registered with PMI to allow you to participate in the election of the HVC Board of Directors.

 

Here’s how you do it …You can verify and/or modify your profile information by logging in (upper right hand corner icon) at the PMI website (http://www.pmi.org) and selecting “My Profile” (upper right hand corner icon after logging in) to ensure your email address is accurate.  Voting is being conducted electronically this year so an accurate email address is critical.  I urge you to check RIGHT NOW at the PMI site, so you will receive your electronic ballot.

 

Your Board of Directors is responsible for planning and executing the future direction of the chapter.  Your voice is important to ensure we have the right leadership in place to guide the chapter going forward.  Please vote.  That leadership might include you!  If you are interested in a Board position, please contact a Nominating committee member … there still remains a short time left to become a candidate.

 

We completed another successful (our 3rd) Professional Development Day on February 27th.  Here is a link to information about the event we held: 2012 PMI HVC PDD … which will provide you information so you can think about attending our next PDD. 

 

We recently conducted a short brainstorming session before a chapter meeting where we asked you for ideas on how to add value / improve our chapter offerings.  We collected some good ideas and have executed on follow-through.  But we want to hear more … let us know ideas that you want to pursue to benefit our membership.  As always, I look forward to hearing from you ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and meeting you again … or for the first time … at our monthly chapter meetings.

 

 

 Ed Pelic

 

 

  

Winter 2012 PMP Prep Class in partnership with EMU

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The PMI Huron Valley Chapter will be offering a Winter 2012 PMP Prep Class in partnership with Eastern Michigan University. This class will help prepare attendees for taking the PMP certification test based on Version 4 of the PMI PMBOK . The class spans a two week period, meeting on Saturday's, Tuesday's, & Thursday's. It will be held at Eastern Mich Univ's Livonia campus on the southwest corner of I-275 and Six Mile Rd.

The dates for the next class will be:

  • Saturday February 11, 18, & 25       9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday February 14 & 21              6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • Thursday February 16 & 23             6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

 

The cost of the class is $750 for PMI members and $950 for non-members. You must attend all of the sessions to receive your certificate for completing the class. To register for the class, please follow this link to EMU's website https://secure.ce.emich.edu/ppat/. For more information, please contact our VP of Training, Craig M. Karagitz, PMP, MSEM.

New Continuing Certification Requirements 3/1/11

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There are new requirements for maintaining your certification that go into effect 3/1/11. We will go into more detail in subsequent articles, but the important thing right now is that you know that there are changes which can affect how you renew your certification.

If you want the full picture, this is all laid out in the PMP Handbook, in the section called Continuing Certification Requirements. You can read this (but not download it) here. The Handbook contains a lot of useful information for PMPs, so may want to bookmark this site for future reference.   

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Our 2011 - 2012 Board Members

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Our 2011-2012 Board Members are:

President - Ed Pelic, PMP
Past President - Nic Jain, PMP
VP of Programs - Kathleen Michaud, PMP
VP of Finance - Lamont Manley, PMP
VP of Membership - Bill Mahoney, PMP
VP of Communications - Jeff Buckthorpe, PMP
VP of Administration - Helene Gidley, PMP
VP of Training - Craig M. Karagitz, PMP, MSEM

 
The board is always looking for new ways to provide as much value to our members as possible, through interesting chapter meetings, affordable PDU opportunities and the general interactive nature of our chapter. If you have any suggestions on how we could improve our value to you, the members, please contact me ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) , or any of the Board members.
Don’t forget, there are plenty of opportunities to earn inexpensive PDUs, all it requires is a little time on your part. See any of the VPs about being on committees or helping with some of the extracurricular activities to earn those valuable PDUs. Also, if you are a Project Manager by trade, you can declare up to 15 PDU’s per cycle (5 per year) for professional experience.

Privacy Policy

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Thank you for visiting our web site. This privacy policy tells you how we use personal information collected at this site. Please read this privacy policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.

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