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DIARY: December 1, 1997 10:27 AM Monday; Rod Welch

Received call from Frank Deromedi at GGU on PMI Newsletter.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Distribution of Newsletter - Status
3...PMI NCC December Meeting - Explained on Web Page
4...Strong Economy Causes Delays and Frustrations, Impacts Volunteers
5...Managers Do Not Have Enough Time to Think
6...PMI Dinner Meeting Information on PMI NCC Web Page
7...Communication Metrics Review at GGU May be More Topical Now
8...GGU Advertisement, Publication -- Franks Needs Invoice for Payment

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1...I will let Bill know that Frank needs an invoice on the GGU ad.

CONTACTS 
0201 - PG&E Grid Customer Services        415 973 1014 fax 8426
020101 - Mr. Bill DeHart, PMP
020102 - Project Manager =415 973 1014 pger 510 472 2288; Project Management
0202 - Golden Gate University             415 442 6547 fax 7049
020201 - Mr. Frank D. Deromedi; Program Director
020202 - Project & Systems Management

SUBJECTS
Monthly Meetings, Newsletter
Not Enough Time for Conventional Management
Not Enough Time to Understand Content,

0705 -    ..
0706 - Summary/Objective
0707 -
070701 - Follow up ref SDS 15 4410, ref SDS 12 line 84.
070702 -
070703 - Frank did not get a PMI Newsletter.  He needed information on the
070704 - December dinner meeting and wanted to see the ad he submitted for
070705 - publication.  He will check the PMI NCC Web page for information on
070706 - the dinner meeting.  He needs an invoice for the GGU ad in the
070707 - Newsletter.  He requested a copy of the article that was not published
070708 - on Roger Bush's presentation covering people not having enough time to
070709 - think, and he requested a copy of the USACE report on Communication
070710 - Metrics.
070711 -
070712 - Submitted, ref DIT 1 1729, including this record.
070713 -
070714 -     [Submitted USACE report and articles on 980304. ref SDS 18 2478]
070715 -
070716 -
0708 -
0709 -
0710 - Discussion
0711 -
071101 -  ..
071102 - Distribution of Newsletter - Status
071103 -
071104 - Frank called and asked if the Newsletter has been issued yet.
071105 -
071106 - I explained not having received my copy yet.
071107 -
071108 -
071109 -  ..
071110 - PMI NCC December Meeting - Explained on Web Page
071111 -
071112 - Frank said he needs information on the location, time and topic for
071113 - the PMI dinner meeting.  He recently encouraged one of his students to
071114 - join PMI to advance his career and education in project management.
071115 - The student offered to give Frank a ride to the PMI December meeting,
071116 - but they need information on location, time and so on, that is
071117 - normally in the Newsletter.
071118 -
071119 -
071120 -
071121 -  ..
071122 - Strong Economy Causes Delays and Frustrations, Impacts Volunteers
071123 -
071124 - We reviewed briefly work Bill DeHart, VP Communications, has done to
071125 - streamline creation, publication and distribution of the Newsletter,
071126 - including publication on the PMI NCC Web page.
071127 - ..
071128 - Frank recalled that upgrading business processes can often lead
071129 - to initial difficulties in gaining the experience needed to make new
071130 - systems fully operational, which can entail a lot of "rework" until
071131 - everything is working smoothly.  He noted that with volunteer
071132 - organizations this is particularly problematic.
071133 -
071134 - I mentioned recent considerations on calculating the impact of rework
071135 - from an assignment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ref SDS 17
071136 - 1273 and ref SDS 16 2464
071137 -
071138 - I explained Bill's position with PG&E as a re-hire from early
071139 - retirement and that he is very busy with meetings and communication
071140 - activity on his assignment with PG&E.
071141 -
071142 -
071143 -  ..
071144 - Managers Do Not Have Enough Time to Think
071145 -
071146 - Frank said a lot of people he knows have been hired from early
071147 - retirement and they are so busy with meetings, calls and email --
071148 - working much longer hours -- that they do not have time for volunteer
071149 - efforts like PMI.  He said it is hard to get people to return calls
071150 - and answer email.
071151 -
071152 - I mentioned Roger Bush's presentation at the PMI dinner meeting in
071153 - September on "Winning People Over," and that I wrote an article on it,
071154 - ref OF 1 3778, that focused in part on Roger's report that his firm
071155 - was hired to provide project management support because executives at
071156 - a major financial institution, the client, did not "have enough time
071157 - to think." ref SDS 3 2139
071158 -
071159 - Frank said he missed that article.  He feels this is a growing
071160 - problem, particularly with the strong economy and low unemployment.
071161 -
071162 - I noted the article was not published.
071163 -
071164 - Frank requested a copy for his class.
071165 -
071166 -     [Submitted on 980304. ref SDS 18 5248]
071167 -
071168 -
071169 -  ..
071170 - PMI Dinner Meeting Information on PMI NCC Web Page
071171 -
071172 - I explained that information about the PMI monthly dinner meetings is
071173 - available on the PMI NCC Web page.  I was unable to give Frank the Web
071174 - page address because my computer was being backed up when Frank
071175 - called.
071176 -
071177 - Frank had an old Newsletter and was able to locate the PMI NCC Web
071178 - page address.
071179 -
071180 - I asked Frank to let me know if he needs more information about the
071181 - December dinner meeting.  My system should be back on-line in 30
071182 - minutes or so and I can help him further if needed.
071183 -
071184 -
071185 -  ..
071186 - Communication Metrics Review at GGU May be More Topical Now
071187 -
071188 - I mentioned the recent report from USACE on Communication Metrics,
071189 - see ref SDS 17 3368, which Bill and I demonstrated to Frank a few
071190 - years ago. ref SDS 1 2130
071191 -
071192 - Frank recalled inquirying about starting a class on this, but he did
071193 - not make much progress, because nobody had heard of Communication
071194 - Metrics.  He requested a copy of the government report.
071195 -
071196 -     [Submitted on 980304. ref SDS 18 2478]
071197 -
071198 -
071199 -
071200 -  ..
071201 - GGU Advertisement, Publication -- Franks Needs Invoice for Payment
071202 -
071203 - Frank said one reason he is looking for the Newsletter is to see the
071204 - ad he submitted for publication.
071205 -
071206 - He said he has not received an invoice and so this is a reminder that
071207 - PMI needs to invoice him so he can get payment processed.  Frank noted
071208 - that a volunteer organization needs this revenue.
071209 -
071210 - I mentioned that this matter was discussed a recent meeting of PMI NCC
071211 - management.
071212 -
071213 - I will let Bill know that Frank needs an invoice on the GGU ad.
071214 -
071215 -
0713 -
0714 -
0715 - 1302 called Bill
0716 -
071601 - His voice mail says he will be back on 971203.
071602 -
071603 - Advised of above.
071604 -
071605 - Submitted
071606 -
071607 -
071608 -
071609 -
0717 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"