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PMI-MN December 2015 Newsletter
PMI Project Management Institute Minnesota Chapter - pmi-mn.org
Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute
Building Professionalism in Project Management
December 2015 | Volume 17, Issue 18

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In This Issue:

Chapter News

Letter from the President

Dear Members,
 
It is hard to believe 2015 is coming to an end.  As I reflect on some of the many accomplishments I want to thank the 2015 Board and Operations Committee for all their time and talents.
 
This year we had another successful PDD with changes to include:  2 MPR radio ads, new tracks for Construction, Change Management, Communication and PMO.  The Programs team brought in national speakers Joe Justice and Skip Weisman, to name a few. 
 
One of our strategic initiatives was to enhance our Volunteer Services.  The project team migrated our volunteer postings to the global Volunteer Relationship Management System, taking advantage of the features and functions of the Membership repository.  Additionally, the team created four volunteer training videos. They enhanced this team, which will continue to develop through 2016.  This group will be supported by the new Director of Governance role, one of the board changes made this year.
 
The Minnesota weather gave the Outreach team the opportunity to try remote streaming of a speaker.  This event was a positive experience and an event was planned by the Northeast (Duluth/Superior) and Central (St. Cloud) locations to offer an interactive event for a panel discussion.  Again, offering you the members education along with our web streaming of monthly meetings.

 

Wishing you a Happy Holiday and Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.  Watch the updated website for new and exciting events in 2016.

Suzanne Schanno, PMP

Suzanne Schanno, PMP
President & CEO

Greg Stignani has been a member of the sponsorship committee for over a year now. During that time, he stepped up and took over the role of Partners Coordinator and has done an excellent job setting up the Partner of the Quarter Program. He has been a consistent and a valuable contributor to our committee and we feel lucky to have him aboard. Greg has helped in running other areas of PMI-MN as well. Greg has stepped so willingly that deserves to be recognized.

PMI-MN would like to thank Greg for his time and dedication. Congratulations Greg!!!

To read more, visit the Volunteer of the Month Page Here.

PMI-Minnesota provides all its networking and educational events through the efforts of you, our members.  We are always looking for people to lend a hand and currently have openings for

Volunteer Opportunity

Application close date

Webinar Moderator 1/30/16
Chair - Programs 12/30/15
Communications Chair 1/30/16
PDD 2016 - Project Coordinator 12/30/15
PDD 2016 - Volunteer Sourcing Team Leads 12/30/15

Our opportunities change often as some are filled and other new ones are created.  You can always find the latest openings by searching for Minnesota Chapter openings on the PMI VRMS (Volunteer Relationship Management) site.  You can also sign up for notifications when new opportunities that may interest you are posted.

Committee News

PMI-MN Website Reminder

Dear PMI-MN Members,

As we get closer to the migration of PMI-MN website we ask that you please regularly go to the new website and let us know of any updates or changes.

We sincerely need your help to make this migration a success. Please send your recommendations to Webmaster@pmi-mn.org.

Here is the link for the new website http://bit.ly/1kcUhWc

The targeted date for the new website is mid January 2016.

Best,

PMI-MN IT Team

Member News

Congratulations to Members Awarded Certifications!

20 Members have earned their PMP® designation in October:
  • Pamela Anderson, PMP®
  • Keith Archer, PMP®
  • Bernard Bechara, PMP®
  • Kara Bell, PMP®
  • Jared Borth, PMP®
  • Eillyn Bowen, PMP®
  • Francine Dupont-Crocker, PMP®
  • Daniel Dutton, PMP®
  • Amy Edelstein, PMP®
  • Ibrahim Ghandi, PMP®
  • Benjamin Kurata, PMP®
  • Elenor Lee-Lehmann, PMP®
  • Alison Lienau, PMP®
  • Scott Madsen, PMP®
  • Beth Malmin, PMP®
  • Lorin Mislan, PMP®
  • Sreesha Rao, PMP®
  • Greg Rose, PMP®
  • Brian Stanslaski, PMP®
  • Melissa Yee Yick, PMP®
 

Welcome New PMI-MN Chapter Members!
The following 67 New Members joined PMI-MN in October:
  • Vincent Aimutis
  • Emily Anderson
    Felix Anohene
  • James Balder
  • Kathleen Bartels
  • Jane Baudelaire
  • Emily Blados
  • Amanda Boemer
  • Bree Bowersox
  • Michelle Brown
  • Jordan Brunsberg
  • Sharon Casey
  • Tamma Cashman
  • Sharon Charles
  • Michael Cuthbert
  • Joni Dahl
  • Laura Danielson
  • Daniel Dodge
  • Shanaya Dungey
  • Amy Edelstein
  • Gavin Fischer
  • Peter Frank
  • Devendra Gajway
  • Debra Gardner
  • Gabe Gerring
  • Donald Gregg
  • Meagan Gustafson
  • Susan Haack
  • Clinton Hansen
  • Avery Harrington
  • Melanie Harvey
  • Bob Hawkins
  • Patricia Johnson
  • Julie Karjalahti
  • Steve Kedrowski
  • Michelle Kieffer
  • Charlene Klein
  • John Kolze
  • Carrie LaFontaine
  • Chris Lang
  • Elenor Lee-Lehmann
  • Timothy Lowinske
  • Loni Lyon
  • Richard Mace
  • Thomas Mau
  • Amanda Moecker
     
  • Manoj Nambiath
  • Ivy Nguyen
  • Kelsey Oja
  • Nicholas Olson
  • Daniel Rasmussen
  • Keith Rasmussen
  • Lise Rediske
  • Greg Rose
  • Kirk Sagert
  • David Sanders
  • Kim Schnarr
  • Phil Sheppard
  • John Stenbeck
  • Amy Stephens
  • Lori Tauer
  • Anna Thompson-Guzman
  • Lisa Van Slyck
  • David Wagle
  • Jeffrey Wald
  • Jeanette Wells
  • Emmett Whall
 

New Member Orientation Sessions (held monthly)
Welcome newcomers and current members! PMI-MN offers a new member orientation session starting at 6:00 pm before each month’s Chapter dinner meeting.
You don’t actually need to be a new member—or a member at all—to attend this orientation session! This is a great way to check out the Chapter. If you haven’t been to many Chapter events (or it’s been a long time), come and get re-acquainted with what our Chapter is all about!
Check the upcoming month’s dinner meeting details on the Chapter website for time and place of the Member Orientation session.

Save the Date – Register and Save

PMI-MN schedules events for project management professionals (members and guests) throughout the year at the following locations: Minneapolis-St. Paul; Duluth-Superior; St. Cloud-Waite Park, Mankato in Minnesota & Fargo-Moorhead, Bismarck-Mandan, Grand Forks in North Dakota.
Check our PMI-MN Event Calendar on the Events tab at pmi-mn.org for ongoing details and registration for upcoming events.

January Events

February Events

  • February 12 – Chapter Breakfast (Topic TBD) | 7:00-8:50am (1.0 PDU)
     
  • February 22 – Chapter Dinner (Topic TBD) | 4:30-8:30pm (1.0 PDU)

March Events

  • March 8 – Chapter Breakfast (Topic TBD) | 7:00-8:50am (1.0 PDU)
     
  • March 21 – Chapter Dinner (Topic TBD) | 4:30-8:30pm (1.0 PDU)
Chapter Officers

 

Suzanne Schanno, PMP®
President/CEO
President@pmi-mn.org
Judy Juhl, PMP®
Director - Governance/Board Secretary
DirectorGovernance@pmi-mn.org
Michelle Maas, PMP®
Director - Finance
DirectorFinance@pmi-mn.org
Terri Kimball, PMP®
President Elect/COO - 2015
PresidentElect@pmi-mn.org
Jerry Gomes, PMP®
Director - Programs
DirectorPrograms@pmi-mn.org
Julian Johnson, PMP®
Director at Large
Julian.Johnson@pmi-mn.org
Michael Green
Past President - 2014
PastPresident@pmi-mn.org
Chris Doyle
Director - Community Outreach
DirectorOutreach@pmi-mn.org

Rich Walker, PMP®
Director at Large
Rich.Walker@pmi-mn.org



PMI-MN Office
1821 University Ave West, Ste S256
St. Paul, MN 55104
phone: (651) 917-6246
fax: (651) 917-1835
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