Fellow Project Managers,

We are pleased to provide you with this, our latest Great Lakes Chapter newsletter.  We will be considering new formats for this important mode of communication in the future; I welcome your comments and suggestions on that.  This is one of many changes we are considering as we try to move up the OPM3 chain as a chapter.  With over 2,000 members and as one of the ten largest chapters worldwide, we consider this a reasonable time to be taking such steps.  You will hear a lot more about this from us in the near future.

For those of you who do not yet hold the PMP credential, be aware that PMI is changing the examination to align it with the changes recently made to the PMBOK Guide®.  If you would like to take the exam as it stands today, aligned with the 2000 Edition of the PMBOK Guide®, you must apply for the examination by August 29 and sit for it before September 25.  Anyone applying after August 29 will take, after September 30, the new exam.  The currently running session of our Chapter's PMP Exam Review is the last that will use the old version as its basis.

Thank you to everyone who attended our very successful Symposium at the Sterling Inn, and to all our volunteers, presenters and sponsors who put it together and made it happen.  We have professional development days and monthly dinner meeting presentations as well to help you educate yourself and earn the necessary credits to maintain your certification.

Scott C. Anderson, PMP
VP of Communications

Upcoming Events

May 21	Michigan Leadership Meeting
June 2-4	PDD: Project Management -- the NextStep Seminar by Donald Czech, PMP
June 13	June Dinner Meeting
July 28-29	PDUs for Pennies How to Influence Organizational Decision Makers Lee Lambert PDD

What's New on the Site

	Symposium Presentations Available for Download (visit the symposium agenda page and click on the "download" buttons)
	Symposium Pictures
	Updated PMP Review Dates
	Job Postings (Last Updated on 5/10/05)

PMI Announcement

	June 15 & 16 Michigan GCS Announces Keynotes: VC Industry Leaders to Address 2005 Symposium
	Open Call for Volunteers to Participate on the OPM3 2007 Update Project Team

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PMP Exam Prep Courses

	4/30/05 - 6/11/05 held at University of Phoenix
	6/14/05 - 7/21/05 at Central Michigan University
	10/8/05 - 11/12/05 at Madonna University

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