• PMI's Operations Center Moves to New Location
• New Design Approved and Available for Component Business Cards
• Cross-Functional Team Supports the Virtual Communities Project (VCP)
• Deadline to Submit Component Awards Applications is 30 April; New Technology Makes It Easier
• March 2008 Component Statistics Are Available

• Register Now for the 2008 EMEA Leadership Institute Meeting

Until recently, PMI’s operations center in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA, operated with staff in two separate sites due to our growth during the past several years. Now, we have consolidated back into one location that will better serve the needs of our members, credential holders and volunteers.

Our new office, which is leased, is a renovated building located on the same street as the previous sites.

Its information technology infrastructure is state-of-the-art and includes sufficient bandwidth, telephone line capacity and other features to support today's environment and future growth.

The PMI Board of Directors will formally dedicate the new PMI office building in July 2008.

Please update your address book with PMI’s new address:

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
14 CAMPUS BLVD
NEWTOWN SQUARE PA 19073–3299
USA

This address is formatted according to approved U.S. Postal Service guidelines, so please:

• Do use the numeral 14 to indicate the street address; do not spell out the word 14.
• Do abbreviate Boulevard to BLVD
• Do use capital letters whenever possible to improve delivery speed and accuracy
• Do use the full ZIP CODE + 4

The phone and fax numbers and the e-mail addresses remain the same.

PMI members are also assisted by service centers in Brussels, Belgium; New Delhi, India; and Singapore. Representative Offices operate in Beijing, China and Washington, D.C., USA.

PMI has developed a new look for its business cards. Components who would like to adopt the new design for use by their selected printers can download the template, along with a style guide, from the Component Leadership Online Community > Toolkit >Communications.

Please remember to use your approved PMI component logo on your business cards.

Any questions on logo use can be directed to Nina Aiuto, PMI component relations associate.

A team of selected PMI staff members is supporting the day-to-day progress of VCP as it moves through Phase 2 development. This team brings together representatives from PMI Component & Community Relations, IT, Customer Care, Knowledge Delivery, Legal, Marketing and Project Management to design and implement the community model recommended by the VCP Team in Phase I.

Currently the cross-functional team is finalizing IT requirements and building the collaboration site pilots for the International Development and Human Resources virtual communities .

Supporting the project is the Virtual Communities Advisory Group (VCAG), which consists of experienced PMI volunteers, including SIG Mentors Kent Hamblen, PMP, and Joanne Gumaer, PMP. The VCAG is actively involved in actions and decisions for the project. Most recently, they were major contributors to the IT requirements documentation.

In his newly appointed role as Virtual Communities Program Developer, David Sabol, M.Ed., PHR, serves as the liaison between the staff and volunteer teams. He is responsible for overall support of the transition of the virtual communities to the new models, and for rollout (launch) of new communities. Please contact Mr. Sabol if you have questions.

New technology has made the 2008 PMI Component Award application process much easier. You may now upload your award applications to a new website that will allow you to upload large files without overburdening e-mail servers and available bandwidth.

Also, you will receive immediate automated notification confirming the award application has been received by PMI. Applications are due by Wednesday, 30 April.

For more information or to submit an application, e-mail the program or Anne Jenemann, or call Ms. Jenemann at 610–356–4600 ext: 5035.

Component statistics for March 2008 are now available on the Communications section of the Component Leadership Online Community. Please contact Drew Ihlenfeld for more information.

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