PMI Silicon Valley Chapter Announcements
 
Volunteer of the Month: Nicole Kim (updated : 1 Sept 10)
Nicole Kim is the Volunteer of the Month for July 2010. Nicole is the Director of Logistics for the T&T events and has been a volunteer on this team for over 18 months. She produces the badges and sign-in sheets for every event and puts in about 5 hours a month. She has also done an excellent job on all of the logistics work for the Tools Showcase events. Getting the administrative work done is very critical to running a good event but the thing that sets Nicole apart is the very enthusiastic and friendly approach she takes when greeting every attendee to our events. Nicole does a great job of handling any issue that is brought to her so that each attendee at the T&T events will always feel well taken care of. Nicole has also been a key contributor in taking the T&T from a sparsely attended lunch time meeting to one of the major monthly events that the chapter offers.
 
Volunteer of the Month: Richard (Rick) Mazzarela (updated : 18 Aug 10)
Richard (Rick) Mazzarela,the Cupertino Breakfast Meeting Host as our June Volunteer of the Month award recipient.  He has been an excellent facilitator of the Cupertino Breakfast Meeting for the past 3 years. During his tenure, Rick has always been at the top of his game and posted meeting minutes and agenda items religiously at our Chapter's Virtual Office. He is always available when reached out and is very responsive. 
 
Volunteer of the Month: Caroline Jay and Esther Rodriguez (updated : 27 May 10)
The award winners for the month of April 2010 are Caroline Jay and Esther Rodriguez. When you attend our flagship program (Evening dinner), you would be welcomed warmly by Caroline and Esther. Our new members would be introduced to their ambassadors. Not only greeting the guests, these two Ladies always prepare for the name tags, guest list as well as deposit the checks etc. Bottom line is they cross the t's and dot the i's. Thus, evening program logistics run smoothly.
 
Volunteer of the Month: Rekha Amble (updated : 26 Apr 10)
The award winner for the month of  March 2010 is Rekha Amble.
Rekha Amble has led the PMI SV Community Outreach program (from soup kitchen, harvest food bank to the future river clean-up). Thank you, Rekha for your leadership in reaching out to PMI SV members and volunteers to give back! We look forward to more community outreach events this year.
Here is the link to Rekha's bio.
 
PMP Preparation Classes and Other Activities (updated : 19 Apr 10)
After an interruption, we plan to resume having the chapter sponsor classes to help our members prepare for the PMI Project Management Professional certification. We would prefer to engage chapter members experienced in this area to facilitate these offerings, so if you are interested, please review the online Request for Proposal form and plan to respond before April 23, 2010. If you have any questions, or would prefer a “printable” RFP version, contact Anup Deshpande, our VP of Programs, who will be managing the efforts.  Please let us know if you are interested in becoming a PMP Prep Class Instructor for the Chapter.  
 
Volunteer of the Month: Kuntal Thakore (updated : 31 Mar 10)
The award winner for the month of  February 2010 is Kuntal Thakore.
Kuntal has been very active contributor for the last 6 months in the area of Program Team's workshop. Prior to that, Kuntal has been handling CM logistics. For example: Kuntal managed 3 workshops in a span of last 2 months putting more than 15 hours on each workshop. He is passionate about his contribution and would like to continue active participation on the workshop organizing team. Kudos to his enthusiasm and stellar performance.
Here is the link to Kuntal's bio.
 
Volunteer of the Month: Maura Fujieh (updated : 02 Mar 10)
(Starting January 2009, PMI SV is selecting a volunteer for the Volunteer of the Month award)
The award winner for the month of January 2010 is Maura Fujieh. For the last two years, Maura has been the host for Consultant breakfast events. Maura has done an excellent job hosting and facilitating the Consultant Breakfast Meetings and maintained exceptional records (meeting agenda/minutes). Check out her bio.
 
Volunteer of the Month: Sridhar Prasad (updated : 25 Jan 10)
Starting January 2009, PMI SV is selecting a volunteer for the Volunteer of the Month award. The award winner for the month of December is Sridhar Prasad. Sridhar has been consistently working on Logistics for CM and has been managing multiple PMI SV workshops (mostly held on the weekends). He has been doing outstanding jobs in providing services to our membership. In addition, he has committed his time for 2010 workshops as well which are 2-3 workshops a month (8 hours each weekend). Sridhar, THANK YOU for your contribution to the chapter. Check out his bio. 

Volunteer of the Month: Rich Condon (updated : 05 Jan 10)
Starting January 2009, PMI SV is selecting a volunteer for the Volunteer of the Month award. The award winner for the month of November is Rich Condon. Rich Condon is no stranger to the PMI Silicon Valley chapter. He's one of the PMI SV founding members and for the last three years Rich has been a Career Management Co-Director. If you ever attend the Career Management event, you would witness his great facilitation skills every month and Rich would make sure our members get the best-of-class service & not to fall asleep while listening. His sense of humor is a bonus!. THANK YOU, Rich for your dedication and participation to the chapter. We appreciate it. Check out his bio.

LinkedIn Group for Chapter Members
You are invited to join the LinkedIn Group for Chapter Members. 
Only current members of the Chapter can join this group. Inorder to verify your membership, you will be required to login to our website to access the group membership request page.
Click Here to Join the PMISV LinkedIn Group

New Member Orientation
The Chapter invites its new members to an evening of networking and an opportunity to learn about chapter activities and benefits from the leadership team.  Click for details on New Member Orientation

Registration for Non-Payment Events
Members can now register for events that do not require a registration fee. This includes Breakfast Meetings, Certification Info Meeting, New Member Orientation Meetings etc. Please register for these events to help the Event Host plan the activities. 

New Website for the Chapter
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new website. We went live with this website on August 3rd at 4:00pm Pacific. This feature rich website will help us improve the services to its Members and Silicon Valley Project Management Community. Please let us know your comments by Contacting the WebServices Director or enter them online at the Discussion Forum under Member's Area Menu.  

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PDUs for Breakfast Meetings
Breakfast Meeting participant can now claim 1.5 PDUs Category 2 SDL

 

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