Introducing Your New 2012 Board Candidates

We are fortunate this year to have candidates for every board position. To see who your new 2012 board candidates are and what they bring to the position click here.

Board elections are open from May 18 - 31, 2012.  Click here to vote

The board of director positions each run for a two year term. Each year about half of them come up for election. This year the following positions are available:

• Vice President
• VP Membership
• VP Finance
• VP Sponsorship
• VP Administration
• VP Volunteers

The key dates for the election process are:

• May 18 - Electronic Elections OPEN
• May 31 – Electronic Elections CLOSED
• Jun 6 – Election Results announced and incorporated into Board of Directors minutes
• Jun 19 – New officers introduced during monthly Chapter meeting

Much appreciation goes to our Nomination Committee that included Sharon Sikes and John Saunders. Our success this year is attributable to their efforts. The membership thanks you both.

September 15, 22, October 6, 13, 2012 

Have you been postponing taking the PMP® Certification Exam because you were not sure you were ready?

Stop waiting and join the local Olympia PMI Chapter for an intense 4 day course (to occur on 4 Saturdays over 5 weeks) especially designed to prepare you to take the PMP® Exam.  Don’t delay any longer – join the ranks of certified Project Management Professionals who have become certified by successfully passing the PMP Exam.

This is not an introductory course to project management. This course is designed for those who meet the qualifications for the exam and would want a concentrated adult learning program to assist them in preparing to take the exam based on the latest 4^th edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

Click here for the PMP Prep Course Flyer. Make a copy and post it at your place of work.

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Access a library of webinars addressing project management trends, best practices, how-to-guides, and much more — all available to help you make meaningful contributions to the projects you lead or work on. Webinars were created by PMI's communities of practice.

Featured Webinars 1 hour of webinar equals 1 PDU – Category A.

On-demand webinars will:

• Give you flexibility and convenience in when you train 
• Provide you more ways to earn PDUs. PMI members who hold a PMI
  credential seek opportunities to earn PDUs at no additional cost.
• Increase awareness for PMI communities of practice. Currently 60% of PMI
  members visit community of practice sites once a month. The On-Demand Webinars
  will help to increase these numbers, as the host community of practice will be
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Since our last meeting we have 3 new members for a total membership of 203, with 134 PMP's, 2 CAPM, 1 PgMP and 1 PMI-RMP.

New/Renewing Members

• Patrick Canning, PMP (April 23, 2012)

• Sriram Jayarama (April 24, 2012)

• Jack Tollefson (May 14, 2012)

New PMP's

• David Sheperd-Gaw, PMP (March 13, 2012)

• Eric Solberg, PMP  (April 16, 2012)

• John Saunders, PMP (April 27, 2012)