Our on-line reservation system is up and online. To use it go to our web site at http://www.PMIMontgomeryCountyMD.org and click on the pull-down "Meetings" and click on "Register". Please click on "Attend Meeting" and the click on "Montgomery County Chapter November Dinner Meeting". Please fill-in your information (if you enter your PMI member number the system should fill in the rest of your information). If you are a member of our PMI Chapter then please click the "pay at the door" button. You will then not be charged for this dinner meeting! For non-members, we have allowed for payment in advance by using either a credit card or PayPal when registering on-line. We will not accept either of these payment types for paying at the door. Non-members will need to pay $40 at the door with either cash or a check if they do not pre-pay online.
THIS IS IT!!! OUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION NIGHT !
The dinner is FREE for the first 300 PMI Montgomery County, MD Chapter members who register!
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4th
We are proud to offer our next dinner meeting at the Golden Bull Grand Cafe located at 7 Dalamar Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (Phone: 301-948-3666, web site http://www.golden-bull.com ) on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
Directions: From I-270 North Take Exit 11 - Montgomery Village Ave. (Rt.124). Turn right onto Rt.355 and go about 2 blocks. Turn right on Dalamar St. The Golden Bull is on the left. We have the "upstairs room" reserved.
Our Meeting agenda is as follows:
5:00 to 6:30 PM Informal Social/Networking - A cash bar will be available 6:30 to 7:45 PM Dinner 7:45 to 8:00 PM Announcements and Introductions 8:00 to 9:00 PM Presentation by Bruce E. Falk, PMP - 8 Rules to Project Management Success!
Bio: Bruce E. Falk, PMPClick here for Falk's Eight Rules Bruce Falk, PMP, a managing partner with H. C. Phoenix Group, has more than 30 years experience as a project manager and consultant. He has worked in staff and management positions for IBM, helping both large and small organizations achieve significant success. At IBM, he initiated and led a national team in reengineering massive changes to long standing processes, resulting in notable savings, increased productivity, better morale and improved customer satisfaction. He currently teaches courses specializing in risk management, schedule and cost control, Earned Value Management, cost estimating and project management applications to many Fortune 1000 companies and government entities.
Bruce has been married for 24 years to the wonderful Dianne, who puts up with a lot. He also has two college age sons he is trying to convince to go to in-state schools. In his spare time, he is Scoutmaster of Troop 51 in Herndon, Virginia, whose motto is “Active beyond all reason”.
Topic: 8 Rules to Project Management Success!
We only have 50 minutes! How much can we learn in that amount of time? How about 35 years of business experience boiled down to 8 rules to make your life immensely easier. Whether you are a full time project manager or someone just starting your career this presentation will give you a unique perspective on how to do your job more effectively. Bruce’s humorous and somewhat irreverent look at how to manage your projects will ring true with common sense and reality. Come join us on Wednesday, November 4th. Walk away with information you will remember and use at home that night, at work the next day or right away with the person sitting next to you.
There is no cost for dinner for PMI Montgomery County, MD Chapter members and $40 for all others. Payment by cash or check is expected at the door of the meeting for all non-chapter members. We will check all people against a current membership list.
Reservations are required. Please RSVP no later than 5:00 PM Friday, October 30, 2009.
Note; We will reserve two "job tables" for those people who are looking for another opportunity (new job) and for those people who have openings at their work place for project managers and are seeking to recruit. These tables will have signs labeled "Job Table". Please sit at these special tables only if you are seeking a job or seeking to hire people for a job that you have. Also, please feel free to bring copies of resumes or job postings to share with others at the Job Tables.
We will continue to use the "two dot" system to indentify attendees who are looking for new opportunities (green dots) and those seeking to hire PMs (orange dots). We also will allow the "orange dot" attendees to briefly describe their open positions during the announcements just prior to the feature presentation.
Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any others who you think may be interested in attending.
The Chapter is seeking three volunteers to serve as board members for next year (2010). Board members are expected to attend and help facilitate chapter meetings, attend board planning meetings (usually two per year), and fulfill the duties of their respective position. The duties for these positions are as follows:
The Vice President of Programs is responsible for the development and delivery of programs relating to project management for each scheduled Chapter meeting. The content of these programs is to be consistent and in accordance with the objectives of the Chapter and with approval of the Chapter Board.
The Vice President of Special Projects shall keep the records of all business meetings of the Montgomery County, MD Chapter and meetings of the Board. The VP of Special Projects also manages the annual scholarship program for the chapter.
The Vice President of Career Communications shall manage the Jobs Committee and use its input to better facilitate and help our membership in their search for jobs and their next project to work on. The VP of Career Communications also manages the distribution and communication of job opportunities as they become known/available and searches for ways that the chapter can further help our members remain employed and/or find their next opportunity.
If you have an interest in one of these three board positions please let me know now by sending an email to me at siegc@verizon.net .
Our mission is to provide a forum for Professional Project Managers to promote the principles of Project Management Institute (PMI) through networking with other Project Managers, sharing project experiences, providing and receiving training, and supporting Project Management Professionals in their certification efforts. Our intent is to provide this forum in a place that is convenient to those who either live and/or work in Montgomery County, Maryland.
I hope to hear from you and I hope you will be able to attend our dinner meeting on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
Sincerely, Charlie Geis, PMP, MBA President PMI Montgomery County, Maryland Chapter
