2024 PMI Baltimore Chapter Elections
Term: January 2025 – December 2026
Call for Nominations: PMI Baltimore Chapter Elections
Dear PMI Baltimore Chapter Members,
The time has come to shape the future of our chapter! We are now accepting nominations for the upcoming PMI Baltimore Chapter elections. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to step into a leadership role or to support a fellow member by nominating them for a position.
How to Nominate: To nominate yourself or another member, please use the NOMINATION Form link below. Please send all nomination questions to the Election Chairperson at election@pmibaltimore.org no later than September 13, 2024.
Why Get Involved? Our chapter has made significant strides in adapting to the ‘new normal,’ but we need everyone’s involvement to continue our growth and success. By volunteering for a leadership position, you contribute to our collective success and help drive the chapter forward.
Whether you’re interested in taking on a new challenge or know someone who would be a great fit for a leadership role, your participation is vital. Together, we can build a stronger, more vibrant chapter and further our mission.
We encourage you to consider this opportunity to make a difference. Your engagement is key to our continued success.
The 2024 PMI Baltimore Chapter election will be conducted as follows:
NOMINATIONS: August 5, 2024 at 6 am thru September 13, 2024 at midnight
VOTING PERIOD: October 14, 2024 at 6 am thru October 31, 2024 at midnight.
NOMINATION FORM: PMI Baltimore Elections Form
NOTE: PMI Global handles the ballot distribution, voting process and the results of our election.
The following positions with a 2 year term are open for nomination (summary of duties below):
- President
- Vice President of Professional Development
- Vice President of Technology
- Vice President of Governance and Administration
Nominations must be received no later than September 13, 2024
Nomination Ballots Positions & Overview
Overview of Available positons and requirements. please Download the PDF Form AbovePresident
(2 Year Term)
The President is the chief executive officer for the Baltimore Chapter and of the Board and shall perform such duties as are customary for presiding Officers, including making all required appointments with the approval of the Board. The President shall also serve as a member ex-official with the right to participate and vote on all committees except the Nominating Committee.
Duties include:
- Direct the chapter’s strategic goals
- Achieve the chapter vision, mission and objectives as detailed by the chapter board, PMI, and chapter business plans
- Direct the activities of other officers toward chapter goals and objectives
- Ensure that the chapter board works together as a team
- Represent the chapter at public events
- Ensure strategic alliance, planning and annual reporting
- Be ultimately accountable for all board operations and chapter activities
- Act as a liaison between the chapter and PMI Global
- Ensure that the charter renewal is updated and that the chapter complies as specified by PMI
- Preside over the Board of Directors meetings and the annual state of the chapter meeting
- Ensure that all chapter business is being done legally and ethically
- Assume responsibility for the overall functioning of the chapter
- Legally co-represent the organization with the Vice President of Finance
- Ensure statutory and regulatory compliance in consultation with Vice President of Finance
- With the board, ensure prudent disbursement of chapter funds
- Drive implementation of PMI policies and guidelines and ensure that they are reflected in chapter processes
- Promote leadership development opportunities for board development
- Develop and implement a succession and transition plan
Vice President of Professional Development
(2 Year Term)
Duties include:
- Define strategies for improvement in professional development/training programs
- Develop and implement a chapter professional development plan, including a program roadmap for professional development content programs
- Develop plans for and coordinate the chapter’s external educational activities, such as study groups, seminars, workshops, courses, professional development days and other educational activities
- Manage chapter-created credential examination review courses and other such courses
- Provide information to members and non-members on career development
- Provide information and guidance to members and non-members on certification/re-certification in the context of PMI
- Incorporate feedback, suggestions, and recommendations as necessary to enhance effectiveness and value delivered to the audience and chapter regarding the contents of programs
- Work with marketing to promote the education, certification, as well as training opportunities offered by the chapter
- Recommend, develop, and deliver project management education materials, courses, presentations, and sessions including leadership development training programs
- Seek new project management professional development programs and services through networking with other educational organizations and PMI chapters
- Promote the project management profession through the planning and coordination of special events, as identified by the chapter board, designed to enhance, and expand the skills and knowledge of project managers
- Incorporate feedback, suggestions, and recommendations as necessary to enhance effectiveness and value delivered to the audience and chapter as they relate to the logistics of events/programs
- Oversee events, presentations, and training programs
- Invite key influencers from the industry to participate in chapter events
- Advance the project management profession through the planning and coordination of special events, as identified by the chapter’s board
- Develop and implement a succession and transition plan
Vice President of Technology
(2 Year Term)
Duties include:
- Manage all chapter technology initiatives
- Provide administrative support for chapter technologies
- Provide vendor management of technology
- Be familiar with all aspects of operational technologies in place and be able to provide backup administrative support
- Ensure the chapter’s owned, rented, or leased equipment is in good working order and tracked
- Provide regular status updates to chapter leaders
- Communicate service level agreements (SLAs) for issue/request intake process
- Manage, recruit and onboard internal and external technology team members and ensure technology team is providing timely responses to support requests
- Coordinate and collaborate with other chapter board members and volunteers where needed
- Participate in request for proposal (RFP) and contract negotiations (not sole negotiator)
- Research new technologies and/or features to improve the chapter efficiencies and membership experience and report on the feasibility of proposed technology initiatives
- Collaborate with chapter leadership to propose initiatives
- Gather business requirements
- Oversee any initiatives for current or proposed technologies
- Lead implementation planning Oversee training
Vice President of Administration and Governance
(2 Year Term)
Duties include:
- Maintain data and transaction services and processes
- Maintain inventory of technologies in place, including administrative access information
- Ensure compliance with all software/subscription licenses that are acquired
- Ensure backups and ensure proper archiving occurs within the infrastructure
- Manage internet site security/system monitoring
- Maintain the process and methods for access rights for chapter systems
- Assess risk in IT systems § Maintain IT security policies