Canberra PMI Chapter May 2010 Chapter Update – Rina Brettell - President

1. Rekha Vanamali will take on the membership and Secretary activities for now. 2. Chapter Library available for Canberra PMI Members 3. Register for PMOZ 2010 on Groups of 10 get a discount. 4. Nominate a Project Manager for the Project Manager of the Year award Anwar Benjamin - Business development Manager – PMI. He is developing a strategy for engaging with federal government and improving the awareness of PMI 6. Study Group for PMP Preparation. Feedback to date has been very limited. Chapter News

Membership Membership changes in the month of April Starting Membership172 New Members +9 Late Renewals +3 Non Renewals - 8 Transfers +1 Current membership177 (Renewals 11)

Membership Welcome to our new members who joined since our last event: - Angela Hinder- Anthony Miller - Glen Gibson- Sanjin Pravidur - Shaun Cameron- Michelle Dawe - Emma Dunst- Allen Galvin - Daniel Miller Note The Board always welcomes any suggestions for attracting new members and/or retaining existing members.

Membership News! The Canberra Chapter now offers discounted Chapter membership rates for students If you are enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited (or global equivalent) college or university, you may join PMI as a student member. USD 20 – instead of USD 5060% discount! Effective 13 April 2010 Our Chapter is the 1st in Region 10 (Australia & New Zealand) to offer this discount. Please share this news with your friends and colleagues!

Membership Reminders: The Board welcomes any suggestions for attracting new members and/or retaining existing members Members are invited to bring a guest to Chapter events - no charge for first-time guests each calendar year It is important for all PMI members to have current information in the PMI database –Please check your profile information in the My PMI section of PMI.org. –Add an alternate address if possible

1.Mosaic Projects- communicating, risk management and schedule 2. Mindavation – a range of courses including courses co-ordinated by the Business Office at ADFA Tanner James training calendar for Training

DateSpeakerTopic Mon, Feb 15 Julie Garland McLellan Presenting to Boards Mon, Mar 15Michael Young – Principal Consultant Transformed Pty Ltd The Emergent Nature of Portfolios Mon, April 12Rina Brettell – President PMI Canberra Chapter & Program Manager at Parliament House Engaging in the Art of Project Management Mon, May 17Ian Voerman – Client Principal – Government HP Software Services Risk Management 2010 Events Mon, June 21Rick Scott-Murphy First Assistant Secretary Department of Finance & Deregulation A Government Project Implementation Case Study Mon, July 19Bob McGannon– Director Mindavation Program Management Mon, August 30 Professor Avy Shtub – Technion Institute in Haifa, Israel Mon, Sept

Our Sponsors PMI Canberra Chapter wishes to recognise and thank our sponsors: – Chapter sponsor ANU – Venue sponsor Mindavation – Webinar and education sponsor eg PMEd

Tonight's Event PMI Canberra Chapter welcomes you to the May 2010 event Ian Voerman on Risk is my friend Note: Feedback via coloured balls and visitors book