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Get on the PMI -Chicagoland E-Mail Distribution List!
PMI -Chicagoland has its own e-mail distribution list that is separate from the membership database that we receive from PMI Headquarters. We use this distribution list to send e-mails about upcoming events sponsored by the PMI -Chicagoland Chapter. You may select the types of events you would like to be notified about including:
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The monthly Dinner Meetings
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PMP Exam Prep Seminars
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Professional Development Seminars
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Breakfast Meeting Notices
In addition, you may select to be notified about Speaker Opportunities and Volunteer Opportunities.
So, how do you get on the list? Just go to our home page, www.pmi-chicagoland.org , and scroll to the bottom of the page. Under the section titled “Newsletter & Mailing list” you will see a ‘click here' link to sign up for our mailing list. It's as easy as that! Back to top
It seems that with the advent of the Internet there is more concern than ever about privacy. PMI respects your privacy in a number of ways. For example, you have input to how your contact information may or may not be shared with others. When you sign up for membership, PMI initially assumes that you do NOT want your contact information to be used for the following purposes and therefore EXCLUDES you from:
• Third Party Mailing Lists • Directories • Announcements from PMI
This means that you will not receive mailings from third parties or from PMI which may include announcements about continuing education opportunities. You will not be shown in any printed or on-line directories of PMI members.
But you can choose to be included in any or all of these things if you want.
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Go to the www.pmi.org website and do the Member Login. On your Member Information Page you will see a section titled Member Preferences with a subsection that shows what you are being EXCLUDED from. Back to top
After reviewing your Member Preferences, click on the Edit button and the first section you will see concerns your privacy selections. If you are being EXCLUDED from one of the three items listed above, the box next to that item will have a checkmark. If you want be included in that item, click the box to clear the checkmark and your preference will be changed. Since PMI does a monthly update to its membership database, it may take up to two months for you to notice the change depending on when you entered the change in their update cycle. Back to top
Want to find out who else from your company is a member of PMI-Chicagoland? How about follow-up with the person you met at the monthly dinner meeting but you need their phone number? Need to send a document to a fellow member but can't remember their address? You may address these needs by using the Membership Database Search Service on the PMI-Chicagoland website.
To access the Membership Database Search Service, go to the Membership page of our website ( www.pmi-chicagoland.org/membership ). On the right-hand side of the page you will see a section titled “NEED TO CONTACT A MEMBER?” At the login screen, enter your Last Name and PMI Member Number, and then click the login button. The next screen shows 3 boxes titled “First name,” “Last name,” and “Company.” Enter information into these fields and use the logical pull-downs as appropriate to search the PMI-Chicago member database.
The Membership Database is updated once a month via a download from PMI that is then uploaded to the PMI-Chicagoland website. Therefore, depending on when a member makes a change in their contact information or their privacy preferences on the PMI website and when PMI-Chicagoland performs the download/upload procedures, it may take up to 2 months for the change to be effected on the PMI-Chicagoland Membership Database site.
Privacy and the PMI-Chicagoland Membership Database Search Service
Please be aware that only those members who have specified in their PMI Member Preferences that their contact information may be used in directories will appear in this on-line directory. This is to honor the privacy preferences made by our members.
Also note that this directory information is not accessible to anyone who is not a member of the PMI-Chicagoland Chapter, even if they are members of PMI. Sometimes we get requests from PMI members or other individuals wanting to contact a particular PMI-Chicagoland member. Our standard procedure is to contact the PMI-Chicagoland member with the contact information of the requestor and allow our member to decide whether or not to contact the requestor. Again, this is done to protect the privacy of our members.
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PMI members receive significant discounts on
relevant, reliable, and timely information on the
practice and profession of project management through
the PMI® James R. Snyder Center for Project Management
Knowledge & Wisdom. Information is accessed via
reference/research and current awareness services, which
utilize resources such as literature search services and
Internet search engines, to provide answers to project
management related questions. Document delivery/reprint
services are also available and provide copies of
articles from PMI periodical literature upon request. Back to top
Members receive subscriptions to PMI's periodical publications. Take
advantage of the wealth of information sent to you in
the monthly issues of PM Network®, PMI's sought-after
professional magazine; quarterly issues of the Project
Management Journal®; and PMI Today®, and the
PMI-Chicagoland monthly newsletter. Members also receive
discounts on professional books, training tools and
resources available through PMI's online bookstore.
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