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1009 - Summary/Objective
1010 -
101001 - Followed up work at ref SDS 29 line 85, ref SDS 23 line 84, 
101002 - line 83.
101003 -
101004 - There is a book review in the April PMI NCC Newsletter.  I should
101005 - submit something on the End of Work book.
101006 -
101007 - Another article would be for Asilomar.
101008 -
101009 - Asilomar Shall Rise Again
101010 -
101011 -    It was troubling to hear that our chapter will not be holding the
101012 -    Asilomar conference this year.  But like the storied Phoenix, the
101013 -    leadership of Judy Painter, Ahmet Taspinar and many others will
101014 -    ensure a vibrant future for this annual event.
101015 -
101016 -    Looking ahead to make Asilomar the premiere regional conference in
101017 -    PMI, there a few steps that the next leader of this conference
101018 -    should keep in mind:
101019 -
101020 -        1.  The theme should be tied to the PMBOK, and should be
101021 -            coordinated with the objectives of the chapter dinner
101022 -            presentations.
101023 -
101024 -        2.  We must attract larger and more varied participation,
101025 -            particularly senior executives.  In the past, this has been
101026 -            accomplished by getting key project management executives
101027 -            in major organizations involved.  An example is Dan Ono
101028 -            with AT&T.  These senior people necessarily bring with them
101029 -            a contingent of staff.  If all we bring are staff, they are
101030 -            unprepared to influence the senior people to take or even
101031 -            consider a new course as presented at the conference.
101032 -
101033 -        3.  To attract a larger participation we must:
101034 -
101035 -            a.  Get quality speakers.
101036 -
101037 -            b.  Give the speakers some material that is meaningful to
101038 -                the membership.  Merely asking a speader to show and
101039 -                say whatever is on their mind, is to play russian
101040 -                roulette.
101041 -
101042 -            c.  Promote the event.
101043 -
101044 -                A key dimension of promotion is getting cooperation
101045 -                from PMI publications to do articles on the event over
101046 -                a number of months in advance of the event.
101047 -
101048 -                The event needs to be discussed at the PMI dinner
101049 -                meetings over a number of months.
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