• Results of Component Membership Limited-time Offer
• Offering PDUs for Attending a Course Event? Use the R.E.P. Database
• Recognize Your Component with a 2008 Component Award
• Virtual Communities Project (VCP) Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)
• PMI Component Annual Charter Renewal Due 29 February
• Is Your Component's Contact Information Correct on the New PMI.org?
• Find What You Need in the Component Officer's Toolkit

• Hoping to Become a More Dynamic PMI Component Leader? Join Us in Sydney

As of today, more than 1,100 new members have taken the opportunity to join a chapter, SIG or college as a result of our special component membership promotion! Once the numbers have been tabulated, the PMI Global Operations Center will send payment for new member dues as per normal procedure.

Please remember that this offer applies only to members who joined PMI for the first time after 1 July 2007 through the present.

We hope you are pleased with this special offer that helps promote membership in chapters, SIGs and colleges. Thank you for your support.

Register your courses in the PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) database in order to make it faster and easier for component members to claim Professional Development Units (PDUs) for attending a course event.

Registration is simply a matter of submitting the event online using the R.E.P. Administrator Updates Log-in Site. This site allows a component member or an R.E.P. to:

• Create and register a new R.E.P. course description form
• Update its Organization Profile, available to the public on the Searchable R.E.P. Directory
• View a transcript of all the component or R.E.P. organization's registered courses

Each component has a 4-digit I.D. and password that allows leaders to register courses online. Insert your component ID and password, click on Provider Log-in and you will have access to the site.

Once the course is submitted it is usually approved within two days. After approval, the course appears on the online PDU Activity Reporting site where your attendees may claim their PDUs for participating in the course.

If you have any questions, or are unsure of your component ID and password, please contact repsupport@pmi.org for assistance.  

PMI annually distinguishes its components for exceptional achievements. Your component could be one of them!

Use the 2008 component awards application package that was sent to all component presidents and chairs on 24 August to nominate your component for an award. The PMI component awards program recognizes innovative and successful component programs, products and services.

PMI and the awards program sponsors encourage you to apply for as many awards as your activities will support.

Please carefully review the PMI Component Awards program FAQ and program description documents in your packages for guidelines. Award information is available on the Component Leadership Online Community and can be accessed by each component's Board of Directors.

The deadline to submit component award applications is 30 April 2008. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Anne Jenemann.

Q. Will any of the existing virtual communities take part in a pilot program to see if the new models are viable?

Yes, the PMI Human Resources SIG and the PMI International Development SIG will pilot the new community models in 2008.  These SIGs have embraced the Performance Management Framework (PMF) standards for the new models and their leaders have participated actively on the VCP team throughout the project. They are excellent candidates to pilot the new VCP models!

It’s annual PMI component charter renewal time! PMI components chartered prior to Tuesday, 1 January 2007 are required to submit their charter renewals to PMI Global Operations Center by Wednesday, 29 February 2008.

The PMI Component and Community Relations Department is happy to introduce to you the new online charter renewal process that is now part of the Component System (CS).

Chartered PMI components provide PMI’s membership with services and networking opportunities and, as such, play a critical role in PMI's member benefits program. The component annual charter renewal provides PMI with validation to ensure the component’s operations align with its charter agreement.

Only officers with the proper permissions set in the CS can access the charter renewal, as follows:

1. Logon to PMI.org
2. Once logged on, click on Get Involved in the top navigation bar
3. From the menu bar on the left, click Components & Communities
4. Component System/DEP will be the last selection under Components & Communities
5. The 2008 Charter Renewal link is located on the first page of the Component System (CS) on the left hand side of the page

Follow the submission process 

Before starting the charter renewal process, it is important that you carefully read the frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the Component Leadership Online Community under Policies. The information contained in the FAQ is critical to the successful completion of the submission process.

If you have questions, please call Anne Jenemann at +1-610-356-4600, ext. 5035, or e-mail to charterrenewals@pmi.org. 

Every PMI chapter, SIG and college has their primary contact information listed under the Get Involved section of the new PMI.org.

Please confirm that your component’s information is correct. If changes are needed, please e-mail the updated contact information to Philomena Aiuto. 

To help you run your component organizations, PMI has significantly improved and modified the information and tools on the Component Leadership Online Community.

Throughout the Component Officers’ Toolkit are new files collected from the 2007 component award applications that will give you ideas and help you succeed in specific operational areas.

Have you explored the toolkit? Sections include:

• Basic tools
• Communications
• Component mentor program
• Component management
• Finance
• Marketing
• Membership
• Outreach
• Performance Management Framework
• Professional development and education
• Strategic planning
• Volunteer program

The toolkit is continuously improved and expanded as new resources are developed and made available.

PMI volunteer leaders are encouraged to engage in thoughtful and open discussions about the toolkit with their Boards and identify additional needs.

Please contribute your thoughts about the toolkit via e-mail to Anne Jenemann.

Register for the Asia Pacific Leadership Institute Meeting in Sydney, Australia on 1–2 March 2008 at the Hilton Sydney Hotel. For more information, please visit the meeting website or contact Gil Marder.

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