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Published by Project Management Institute A Supplement to PM Network^®

JUNE 2009

Survey Says… PMI

VOLUNTEERS

Satisfied… Experienced…

and Will Volunteer Again

Volunteers ■ Help PMI communities and

are a pas-

^sionate■ Create standards and creden-

group. If

they did-

PMI as a whole grow and

serve their stakeholders better;

tial examinations that further

the profession;

■ Serve as advisors to important n’t believe in a volun-

PMI programs; and

teer activity, they ■ Help PMI and the profession

would not give up
in many other ways.

Even after finding the time
their precious time to
for often-demanding volunteer

do it. And PMI volun-
positions, most are ready to do

teers are an even more
it again or move to a different

volunteer post after their terms

involved group.

or projects are complete. In addi-

tion to giving back to the profes-

Project management practitioners

sion, these volunteers are enjoy-have busy, stressful, time-con-

ing benefits for themselves and suming jobs, yet they come forth

for their careers that their activi-in the thousands each year to:

ties provide.

As PMI Chair Ricardo

Vargas, PMP, has said in

the past, “PMI needs its

volunteers and our vol-

unteers need PMI.”

Because volunteers are

so important to PMI, the

Institute periodically

conducts a survey to

gauge their satisfaction

and to identify any needs

among the volunteers.

This year’s volunteer

Continued on page 8

Special section: The Talent Gap

Keeping Tabs is Essential for PMI

PMI GAC Accredits Its First

Latin American Project

Management Program

Events Calendar

Introducing PMI’s New Technology

Member Advisory Group ( TechMAG)

Call for PMI Annual Membership

Meeting Agenda Items

12 Chapter Links

Maintaining Secure,
Simple PMBOK

Guide Access
New PMBOK^®Guide Download
Process Balances
Security and
Ease of Use

Within the past month, PMI has implemented a revised download process for A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^®Guide)— Fourth Edition, which strikes a balance between protection of intellectual property and ease of use by PMI members. The new solution aims to address difficulties some members

recently reported in accessing the new update of the PMBOK^®Guide, while still protecting the Institute’s intellectual property rights.

Unique among standards-setting organizations, PMI has always provided members with complimentary access to its key global standard, the PMBOK^®Guide. As technology has changed, the Institute has continued to provide members a copy of this standard, but in different media.

In 2000, with the publication of the PMBOK^®Guide—2000 Edition, members no longer received a printed copy but obtained the standard via a CD-ROM. Existing members