CONTACTS 
0201 - Taspinar Management Consulting     510 569 4636

SUBJECTS
PMI NCC Board Meeting 950612

0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Followed up work at ref SDS 2 5928.
040502 -
040503 - New board members were sworn in.  Ahmet submitted proposed event
040504 - program.  It will be voted on next month.
040505 -
040506 -    Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Ahmet which includes notes of our
040507 -    discussion last week, ref SDS 2 0001.  Did not submit this record.
040508 -
040509 -    Submitted ref DIT 2 0001 to Bill, transmitting the stuff sent to
040510 -    Ahmet, plus these notes.
040511 -
040512 -         Proposed meeting at Bill's on 950626 after we get back from
040513 -         vacation.
040514 -
040515 -         Scheduled call to Bill 950615 to confirm understandings.
040516 -
040517 -         Confirmed all this stuff to Bill via internet, but mailed
040518 -         because the Information Highway is not that reliable.
040519 -
040520 -
040521 -
0406 -

SUBJECTS
Year End VP Reports

0604 - Summary/Objective
0605 -
060501 - Elia asked each VP to report on their are of responsibility.  Each
060502 - gave an explanation of various difficulities and procedures in
060503 - performing their assignment.
060504 -
060505 -
060506 -      ..
060507 -     PMI Administration Procedures
060508 -
060509 -     I asked if there is a manual or set of procedures PMI uses to
060510 -     capture this experience and pass it along to the incoming
060511 -     officers.
060512 -
060513 -     Ahmet said there is no manual.  Everything is done word of mouth,
060514 -     ad hoc.
060515 -
060516 -     Roseanne indicated she plans to investigate and review operations
060517 -     and procedures.
060518 -
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0606 -

SUBJECTS
VP's Use Membership Support
General Support

0805 - Summary/Objective
0806 -
080601 - Sherrill suggested that VP's draw from the membership to support PMI
080602 - operations, so the burden is spread and we get the benefit of the wide
080603 - range of expertise in the Chapter.  Paul Nelson and Roseanne both
080604 - noted that the pool of applicants to take the PMP exam are a good
080605 - source for volunteers.  They seemed to indicate this group has some
080606 - kind of requirement to provide support to PMI activities, such as
080607 - Event Planning.
080608 -
080609 -     [See follow up at ref SDS 3 line 147.]
080610 -
080611 -
0807 -

SUBJECTS
Chapter Rep at PMI National Events

0904 - Summary/Objective
0905 -
090501 - Elia suggested that the new PMI Board give consideration to providing
090502 - financial support to sending a designated member to the PMI National
090503 - meeting in New Orleans, in order to ensure PMI NCC has a presence
090504 - there.  He said Bob Denmark usually attends, but the Board might want
090505 - to support a Board member, if the the member's company is unwilling to
090506 - pay for the trip.
090507 -
090508 -     Comment
090509 -
090510 -     A consideration that might be worthwhile would be for the PMI NCC
090511 -     to send a rep that reports back on the results from a Chapter
090512 -     perspective.  If the Chapter pays for something, it should get a
090513 -     deliverable that is recycled into the objectives and operations of
090514 -     the Chapter.
090515 -
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0906 -

SUBJECTS
PMP Usefullness, PMBOK
Modern Project Management (MPM)

1205 - Summary/Objective
1206 -
120601 - Roseanne said she is not a PMP and does not intend to take the exam
120602 - because it does not apply to marketing, which is her area of interest.
120603 -
120604 - Rosanne advised she will apply project management methods to PMI
120605 - operations this year (discussed previously at ref SDS 1 line 85).
120606 - There was agreement that using the ideas and methods advocated by PMI
120607 - to run PMI NCC, is a positive step to evaluate and prove the efficacy
120608 - of the PMP.
120609 -
120610 -     [See follow up at ref SDS 5 line 140, and ref SDS 5 line 161.]
120611 -
120612 -
120613 - Paul Nelson reported his experience that studying to take the exam and
120614 - now being involved with the exam training, has given him new incites
120615 - into the role and methods of project management.  He feels the
120616 - benefits are difficult to anticipate prospectively, but it becomes
120617 - more clear in going through the process.
120618 - ..
120619 - This reflects the Event Program objectives per ref SDS 2 line
120620 - 363.
120621 -
120622 -
1207 -

SUBJECTS
Membership, Survey

1404 - Summary/Objective
1405 -
140501 - Sherrill reported that he met his goal for the year of increasing the
140502 - membership to 500.
140503 -
140504 -     Survey
140505 -
140506 -     Sherril said PMI has received only about 30 responses to the
140507 -     survey that appeared in the Newsletter in March or April.
140508 -
140509 -     There was a suggestion that the survey be done at the next monthly
140510 -     meeting.  It can be distributed at each table, and picked up after
140511 -     dinner.
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1406 -

SUBJECTS
Finance

1504 - Summary/Objective
1505 -
150501 - Initially, we heard from the outgoing Treasurer on expenses and
150502 - income.  It appears the Chapter has reserves of approximately $5K -
150503 - $10K for the year.
150504 -
150505 - Christina, the new Treasurer, provided expense and other financial
150506 - forms to the board members.  During the meeting, she was able to
150507 - excuse herself and prepare the forms on a disk in Lotus, and said it
150508 - can be converted to Excel.  Elia said the Excel file has the PMI Logo.
150509 - Paul recalled having difficulty making the conversion from Lotus to
150510 - Excel.  Christina ask anyone who has this difficulty to call her.
150511 -
150512 - Christina reported current financial accounts of the Chapter are
150513 - approximately $5K above expenses, which is some $2.5K above the goal
150514 - for the year.  Paul Nelson reported his PMP Exam group will be
150515 - submitting additional receipts of approximately $2K, and Roseanne said
150516 - she submitted receipts of about $700 today.  This will improve the
150517 - Chapter's financial condition.
150518 -
150519 -
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1506 -

SUBJECTS
Technology Event in July
Pic Nic in July

1705 - Summary/Objective
1706 -
170601 - We heard there will be a PMI technology panel discussion next month
170602 - and also a pic nic.
170603 -
170604 - The details on when and where the panel discussion will be held, will
170605 - be issued through the next PMI Newsletter.  Cheryl is putting this
170606 - out.
170607 -
170608 -     Apparently this event will use a facilitator, as we are
170609 -     considering for the Nov events.
170610 -
170611 -     I would like to attend for the substance and to see how the
170612 -     facilitator works out.  Possibly he could be our guy in Nov, if
170613 -     Russ cannot make it, per ref SDS 2 line 217.
170614 -
170615 -        [Followed up at ref SDS 4 line 22.]
170616 -
170617 -
170618 -  ..
170619 - Pic Nic in July
170620 -
170621 - Rosanne said PMI NCC is planning to have a social pic nic in July.
170622 - The location and date will be announced in an advertisement.
170623 -
170624 -
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170626 -
1707 -

SUBJECTS
Transfer Authority to New Board
Schedule July 12 Board Meeting

1905 - Summary/Objective
1906 -
190601 - After the reports from the VP's Elia formally transferred authority
190602 - to Rosanne as the new Chapter president.
190603 -
190604 - She scheduled the next PMI board meeting for 950712 at the Peterson
190605 - Consulting offices (where we met this evening).
190606 -
190607 -     There was discussion about having another meeting so soon. Rosanne
190608 -     said PMI needs to develop status of each VP program and review
190609 -     management procedures of VP operations.  (See also next record
190610 -     segment, indicating need for approval of Event Planning Program in
190611 -     time for advertising in Pmentwork on Nov event.)
190612 -
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1907 -

SUBJECTS
Event Program 1996
Proposal, Objectives
Contract/Charter
Payment Asilomar Event
PMI Event Program on Communications
Proposal to Board

2809 -
280901 -  ..
280902 - Asolimar Conference Planning Submitted and Recommended Approval
280903 -
280904 - Near the end of the meeting, after Roseanne had assumed control, Ahmet
280905 - reported he needed approval and a check to pay for the deposit on
280906 - Asilomar for next year.  This was voted and approved.  Christina wrote
280907 - a check for Ahmet to submit on this.
280908 -
280909 - At the end of the meeting, when it had nearly broken up, Ahmet
280910 - submitted a summary outline of the Event Program Plan he prepared. He
280911 - said it reflects the results of our planning meeting last Thursday,
280912 - ref SDS 2 line 212.  Ahmet said that Bill and I have developed a
280913 - concept to coordinate the events around the theme of communications in
280914 - the PMBOK, ref SDS 2 line 74.
280915 -
280916 -      [See discussion of modifying the theme at ref SDS 3 line 92.]
280917 -
280918 -
280919 -  ..
280920 - Nov Event Plan Advertising
280921 -
280922 - I pointed out that Ahmet's schedule shows planning for the Nov event
280923 - must be started oa Jul 15, which is 3 days after the Jul 12 Board
280924 - meeting.  This means...
280925 -
280926 -     PMI Board needs to approve the Event Program Plan and authorize
280927 -     planning for the Nov event, at the Jul 12 Board meeting.
280928 -
280929 -
280930 -  ..
280931 - Planning Submission to PMI Board Meeting 950712
280932 -
280933 - After the meeting, Ahmet asked me to work with Bill DeHart on prepar-
280934 - ing a plan to submit to the Board next month for the Nov event at the
280935 - Sheraton Palace.  He said we need not be bound by the specific
280936 - parameters considered at the 950608 meeting, including that the event
280937 - be at the Sheraton Palace hotel.
280938 -
280939 -     The Event Program Team needs to meet within the next 2 weeks to
280940 -     review an Event Program Plan for submission to the Board at the
280941 -     July 12 meeting in San Francisco.
280942 -
280943 -     Ahmet asked me to attend that meeting.
280944 -
280945 -     Comment
280946 -
280947 -     I need to submit to Ahmet my objectives with respect to being a
280948 -     member of the Program Event Team.
280949 -     ..
280950 -     My aim is to develop the Event Program Plan and support
280951 -     implementation through Project Managers.
280952 -
280953 -         Did this in my letter at ref DIT 1 line 32.
280954 -
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280956 -
280957 -
2810 -

SUBJECTS
Guests from France

2904 -
290401 -  ..
290402 - There were three guests from France at the meeting.  Elia said they
290403 - are here meeting with major organizations to find the lastest advances
290404 - in Project Management automated tools.  There were suggestions they
290405 - could contact Dan Ono at AT&T, and people at Chevron. They had
290406 - apparently visited Bechtal.  After the meeting, I introduced myself
290407 - and indicated I would be available Thursday from 0800 to 1500 to
290408 - demonstrate SDS and POIMS technology.  They indicated they will call
290409 - me to confirm a demonstration.
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