Board Member Information - PMI Syracuse Chapter

Syracuse Chapter of the Project Management Institute

Board Members

President: Virgil Perry, PMP
Vice President: Valerie Denney, PMP
Communications: Mary Anne Barth, PMP
Membership: Kenneth McVearry, PMP
Finance: Ronald Zamojski, PMP
Certification: Terry Vermilyea, PMP
Professional Development: Robert Brennan, PMP
Programs: Manal El Tigi, Ph.D, PMP
Corporate Relations: Open
Past President: Cheryl Rowlands, PMP

Note: Although a board position may be vacant, e-mails are still forwarded to a board member for consideration.

Board Meeting Minutes

Minutes from Board Meeting held Thursday May 10, 2007:

Greetings,
Thanks to all who were able to participate in the teleconference on 5/9/07. Minutes from the meeting are enclosed.

A teleconference meeting was held on Thursday 5/9/07, from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. The following individuals were in attendance:

Ken McVearry, Ron Zamjoski, Nancy Quinlan, Bob Brennan, Mary Ann (part time) and Virgil Perry.

Discussion topics:
May Chapter meeting logistics - Everything is set for the May meeting at Holiday Inn at Carrier Circle, there are about 20 individuals signed up.

Virtual Team Professional Development Training Course - Course debrief was that the course and topic were very well received, there were about 30 individuals in attendance (which is terrific).

PMP Cert Prep Class - Tonight is the last night of class, the course certificates are signed, Terry is attending the last night of class to hand out completion certificates and have refreshments with the class. Course went very well, Terry will evaluate need and schedule for Fall 2007 class. Discussion and agreement regarding purchasing a plaque for New Horizons regarding their continued donation of a nice facility to conduct training. BoD agreed that we would invite all of the Cert prep class presenters to the June meeting to receive to hand out certificates and gift and provide diner for them.

Website Update/Status - Ron discussed the rehost of the website and agreed to be our "interim" web administrator. We also discussed a renovation to the website and motion carried to have chapter subcommittee (Ron to lead to evaluate changes and make recommendation to board.

Follow-up with Survey results from last April meeting - We discussed the summary of the survey for what the members valued in upcoming meetings. Agreement from BoD to survey the rest of the membership via an on line survey to the membership, to incorporate into the next planning year.

June Meeting Date Change - We discussed changing the date of the June meeting from 6/19/07 to 6/26/07. Agreement made to change the date. V Perry still working to get Lee Lambert as a speaker for this meeting. Ron Zamjoski to check with an attorney from his Company who has previously made engaging presentations on contract management of projects, regarding her interest and availability. Nancy brought up that we should announce at the May meeting, BoD open positions or up for election and solicit nominations from members. Stress the benefits of BoD to personal growth opportunities. Bob Brennan indicated that he would be interested in the Director of Professional Development for the next year.

Open items - Ron Z - updated the BoD regarding chapter finances (~ 19k) which is steady to increasing and at the current rate would not meet the projected year end goal, which was to reduce funds by approximately 25%.

Consider no cost or low cost dinners to and or courses to Chapter members.

Action Items:
Finalize June speaker and meeting location                  5/29/07        Perry/Zamjoski/Barth
Order Plaque for New Horizon                                      5/30/07        Vermilyea
Invite presenters to June dinner meeting                       6/4/07         Vermilyea/Perry
Work with member for on line survey to membership     6/4/07         Perry
Establish sub-committee for website upgrade               6//8/07        Zamjoski
Recommendation to BoD on website upgrade              7/20/07        Zamjoski/subcommittee

Best regards,
Virgil

PMI Syracuse Chapter, Inc. PO Box 7171 Syracuse, NY 13261