As a mid-term appointee, I am just getting to know the key players in the Memphis PMI Chapter ...its leaders and members. Of course, I have gotten to know my fellow board members the best and I am truly grateful for the chance to serve and utilize my skills in a way that continues my personal development while making a contribution to the chapter's goal of advancing the discipline of Project Management in the Mid-South.

As the VP of Communications, I am truly committed to utlilizing technolgy to advance the level and quality of communications between our members and the Project Management community. Towards that end, you will see more frequent communications that utilize our web tools and I hope to draw your interest and support as well. There are so many topics for discussion and in this economy, jobs and the lack thereof is pretty close to the top of the list.

Recently, I heard the news that one of our local banks was forced to lay off 19 project managers, many of whom are chapter members or have been guests. We all need to work together to support these members of the community with job leads, shared successes and just about anything that helps to keep up morale during what can be a long search. This topic is near and dear to my heart .... I am still looking for my next role since being laid off last year.

To do my part, I have recently added a tool to our site that allows anyone with a job opportunity to post the details on our site (click here to see). If you are the hiring entity, you can even elect you receive applications from our site visitors by including the appropriate submission info (email address) when posting the job. I am planning other tools for the site such as polls and more interesting articles from all of us including PMI Global.

Lets all be aware of the challenges our job seeking members face and do what we can to assist. Post your comments or suggestions to this article ...or contact one of the board members. We all want to help.

Doug Price
VP Communications
PMI Memphis Chapter