Your help is needed as a volunteer for the PMI Southwest Missouri Chapter. If there is something you think would help our chapter fulfill our mission statement of “bringing project management professional development and networking opportunities to Southwest Missouri,” just let us know.  If you want to help, but don’t have a specific idea in mind, we came up with a few to help you find your place in our organization.

• Career Center Coordinator - job networking planner
• Volunteer Coordinator - maintain volunteer registry
• Membership Retention Coordinator - assist with member retention
• Sponsor Liaison - recruit chapter sponsorships
• PMI Educational Foundation Liaison - represent the PMI EF in the chapter (click here for more details)
• Joplin Area Community Coordinator - coordinate monthly meeting locations in Joplin
• Branson Area Community Coordinator - coordinate monthly meeting locations in Branson
• Speaker Liaison - maintain speaker registry and work with VP Programs to engage speakers for meetings and events
• Vendor Coordinator - recruit vendors to display at meetings and events or on website
• Certification Prep Coordinator - project manager for annual certification prep course
• Workshop Coordinator - project manager for semi-annual  half-day workshops
• Professional Development Days Coordinator - project manager for annual professional development day

Let us know via email (members@pmiswmo.org) if you are interested in one of the positions or have an idea where you can help that is not listed above.

Juanita Woods
Chapter President, 2010-2011

— Juanita

A disaster response team for the Convoy of Hope is described as “a church and/or a group of individuals that are interested in becoming more involved in any or all aspects of disaster response, such as mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Areas of service may include the following: debris removal, bulk distribution, volunteer support, and church/ family preparedness.” If you are willing to participate in a team to go to Joplin in the next few weeks, please email juanita@pmiswmo.org with your contact information.

I would also like a point of contact to be identified to lead our team.  This POC will be identified as a volunteer for PMI SWMO and given opportunity to earn PDUs under Category E.  Please also email me if you are interested in being the POC.

Thank you and I look forward to seeing how our chapter can help our community and fellow members in this manner.

Juanita Woods
2010-2011 Chapter President
juanita@pmiswmo.org

— Juanita

Click here for the current newsletter.

PMI SWMO 2011 Q1 Newsletter

— Juanita

The PMI Southwest Missouri Chapter Board of Directors respectfully present these changes to the membership for their review.  Click on: 2011 PMI Southwest Missouri Chapter Bylaw Modifications to review the changes.  Additions are highlighted in yellow and deletions are striked out.

Around May 23 , the Chapter Membership will receive an email with instructions for voting.    Please take time prior to the vote to review the proposed changes.

— Pam

They are looking for presentations on any of the topics as listed below:

• Change Management
• Program Management
• Agile Project Management
• ARRA and Meaningful Use
• Setting Up a Project Office
• Healthcare Quality Improvements
• Six Sigma
• Informatics
• Project Management Methodology From a Vendor’s Perspective
• How to Set p a Training Program

This is a PDU opportunity.  If you are interested in presenting, complete the following presenter’s form (PMI Healthcare CoP Presenters Form) and submit it as directed.

— Pam