1. WELCOME TO SHANGHAI RED’S Thank you for joining us this evening

2. Are you a PMI Member? If not, Consider joining today!If not, Consider joining today! Chapter activities offer you networking opportunities, professional development opportunities, and, of course, PDUs. If you attend just 2 dinner events, your chapter membership dues will pay for themselves!

3. Be a Volunteer! Volunteers are always welcome and needed Help improve our chapter while earning valuable PDUs at the same time

4. About PMI Buffalo The PMI Buffalo Chapter was founded in 1995 to support the visions of PMI (Project Management Institute) in the Western New York area. PMI Buffalo Mission Statement: The Buffalo Chapter will provide a forum to promote PMI standards and to strengthen stakeholders’ knowledge, awareness and understanding of Project Management principles, tools and techniques.

5. PMI Dinner Meetings March Dinner Meeting –March Dinner Meeting – –Tuesday, March 16th –Dale Carnegie Presents... –5:30 – 8:00 p.m. –At Classics V April Dinner Meeting –April Dinner Meeting – –Tuesday, April 13 –EVM Roadmap to Project Success –5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

6. Lessons Learned... “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” Ken Blanchard

7. JOB POSTINGS visit pmibuffalo.org for more details Contract opening – Niagara Falls, NY Web Applications Architect – First Niagara Web Developer – First Niagara IT Project Manager – BCBS of WNY Project Manager – Salamanca NY Sr. Project Manager – Regional WNY Bank Technical Project Management

8. 2009 Year End PMI Stats: Chapter Membership & PMP's - Members458 PMPs277 CAPMs 2 PgMPs-

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10. SAVE THE DATE: Project Management For Nonprofits: How to Get More From Less 6 Half-day training program - spread over six weekly sessions. Participants receive the Nonprofit Project Management Toolbox - electronic copies of tools and templates that support the training and are geared toward nonprofits. Friday, February 12, 2010 -- 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. United Way Offices 742 Delaware Avenue (Corner of Buffalo and Summer) Parking entrance off Summer

12. Thanks for Joining Us MEMBERS ATTENDING THEIR FIRST DINNER MEETING NO.NAMEJOIN DATE NO.NAMEJOIN DATE 1Tammy Fox25-Sep-0710Daniel Graesser22-Oct-09 2Carrie Myers15-Mar-0811Jim Powell22-Oct-09 3Stephen Whitehead 15-Apr-0812John Storjohann28-Oct-09 4Kelly Burns29-Jan-0913Kimberly Cirocco15-Dec-09 5Diane Gagat4-Aug-0914Gwen Ivett23-Dec-09 6Angela Persaud31-Aug-0915Barney Colon6-Jan-10 7Cindy Pohlman31-Aug-0916Linda Markott26-Jan-10 8John Druar5-Sep-0917Thomas Ott26-Jan-10 9Larry Cobado22-Oct-09

13. February 18The February 18 breakfast meeting is canceled March breakfast meetingMarch breakfast meeting: tentatively scheduled for 3/26, 7:15 a.m. on Risk Management April breakfast roundtableApril breakfast roundtable: tentatively scheduled for 4/22, 7:15 a.m. BREAKFAST with PMI BUFFALO

14. “Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight” Henry R. Luce

15. SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE: PMI Spring Professional Development Day Wednesday, March 17 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Classics V Topic: Dale Carnegie Key Leadership and Management Skills 7 PDUs $200 members/$250 non-members

16. BUFFALO TRACKS Member Newsletter Your INPUT is needed! Do you have ideas for articles? Do you have pictures to share? Contact : director.member_communications@pmibuffalo.org

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18. Top Industries Information/Computer Management 125 Financial Services/Finance 44 Chemical 39 Consulting 59 Engineering86

19. What do the NAME TAG DOTS mean? Red - hiring manager Green - looking for new opportunity Yellow - new member Blue – guest / non-member

20. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” Stephen Covey

21. WIN DRAWINGS WIN Visit the Membership Table for a ticket to the second drawing

22. Top 4 SIG Memberships NameNumber Information Systems24 Design-Procurement- Construction 27 Program Management Office 12 Government7

23. PMI HARDSHIP BENEFIT “The Hardship Provision is available to any PMI member whose financial condition has changed drastically and sufficiently so that a member would have difficulty renewing their membership. See pmi.org for details