<BODY><table id="AutoNumber2" bordercolor="#111111" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="637" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="50%"><p><font size="3"><font color="#014ad1"><strong>Welcome to the Sydney,</strong> <strong>Australia</strong></font><strong><font color="#014ad1" size="3"> Chapter<br /></font></strong></font><font color="#014ad1"><b>of the Project Management Institute (</b><b>PMI</b><b>)</b></font></p></td><td valign="top" width="10%"> </td></tr><tr><td class="Heading1" valign="top" width="50%"><p></p><table style="HEIGHT: 705px" bordercolor="#8080ff" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="409" bgcolor="#8080ff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="Text-normal" width="80%" bgcolor="#000080"><p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#ffffff" size="+0"><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#ffffff" size="3">Latest Chapter News</font></strong> (<font size="1">updated Nov 20, 2008)</font></font></p></td></tr><!-- Event --><tr><td class="Heading1" width="80%" bgcolor="#b4c6dc"><p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#000000" size="2"><strong>Election for the 2009 PMI Sydney Chapter Board </strong></font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#0000a0" size="1">The election for the 2009 PMI Sydney Chapter Board is underway. The Election Slate was announced at the Breakfast Meeting on Wednesday, 28 September, and is detailed below.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#0000a0" size="1"><strong>Nominations for President:</strong> Ian Wolfe and Leigh Moyle<br /><br /><strong>Nominations for Treasurer:</strong> Michael Bolton (elected unopposed)<br /><strong><br />
Nominations for Secretary:</strong> Dharam Singh (elected unopposed)<br /><strong><br />
Nominations for Director:</strong> 10 nominations received for the 9 positions available. Nominees are: Chris Stevens, Isabel Pinto, David Stead, Dominic-Cedric Brack, Leigh Moyle, Thierry Haynes, Shankar Sankaran, Simon Herbert, Julian Ross and Peter O’Driscoll.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#0000a0" size="1">By now, you should have received an email from Vote Now, providing you with the details of how you can cast your vote. The electronic voting site will also provide you with access to the biographies and election statements of each candidate.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#0000a0" size="1">The election will remain open until 26 November, but please don’t delay. Cast your vote early and have your say in who represents you on the PMI Sydney Chapter Board.<br /><br /></font><!-- Commented
<tr><td bgcolor="#e2e3e7" width="80%"><blockquote dir="ltr"><p align="center"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica"><strong><font color="#0000a0" size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica">PPM SIG Charter</font></strong> </font></p></blockquote><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">The Project Portfolio Management Special Interest Group (PPM-SIG) is a networking forum for industry practitioners and researchers to share experiences and information and to promote educational activities and research relating to Project Portfolio Management.</font></p><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">Goals:</font></p><ul><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">To establish leading edge practices in PPM in Australia and to develop links to the global PPM community.</font></div><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">To provide PPM education, guidance and mentoring for members.</font></div><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">To increase awareness and adoption of PPM and to provide links and access to PPM resources.</font></div></ul><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">PPM sub-topic areas:</font></p><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">Sub-groups or focus sessions will be established as needed to address interest in specific PPM issues such as Resource Management, Portfolio Mapping, Cultural Change, Benefits Realisation, Metrics and PPM for SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises).</font></p><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">The PPM SIG is currently coordinated by Catherine Killen (UTS - University of Technology, Sydney, <a href="mailto:c.killen@uts.edu.au">c.killen@uts.edu.au</a>), and co-hosted by Robert Hunt (MGSM - Macquarie Graduate School of Management).</font></p></td></tr>
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<tr><td bgcolor="#e2e3e7" width="80%"><blockquote dir="ltr"><p align="center"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica"><strong><font color="#0000a0" size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica">PPM SIG Charter</font></strong> </font></p></blockquote><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">The Project Portfolio Management Special Interest Group (PPM-SIG) is a networking forum for industry practitioners and researchers to share experiences and information and to promote educational activities and research relating to Project Portfolio Management.</font></p><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">Goals:</font></p><ul><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">To establish leading edge practices in PPM in Australia and to develop links to the global PPM community.</font></div><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">To provide PPM education, guidance and mentoring for members.</font></div><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">To increase awareness and adoption of PPM and to provide links and access to PPM resources.</font></div></ul><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">PPM sub-topic areas:</font></p><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">Sub-groups or focus sessions will be established as needed to address interest in specific PPM issues such as Resource Management, Portfolio Mapping, Cultural Change, Benefits Realisation, Metrics and PPM for SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises).</font></p><p align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">The PPM SIG is currently coordinated by Catherine Killen (UTS - University of Technology, Sydney, <a href="mailto:c.killen@uts.edu.au">c.killen@uts.edu.au</a>), and co-hosted by Robert Hunt (MGSM - Macquarie Graduate School of Management).</font></p></td></tr>
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