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IPMA News : January 2005
Edited By Mary Ellen Bradley and Andy Marcelia
IPMA News : January 2005Edited By Mary Ellen Bradley and Andy Marcelia |
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"Sponsor's Corner"(Editor's Note: No contributions were provided for the Sponsor's Corner this month.) |
Linked below are three articles published last month by the Robert Frances Group (RFG) presenting predictions for 2005. These articles are published with the permission of the Robert Frances Group (RFG). RFG is a provider of consulting and research services that pertain to the information technology marketplace. RFG is an authorized vendor for the State of Washington through an optional use Master Contract, #T01-MST-006, available to state and local government agencies, political subdivisions and qualifying non-profits.
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Members Present: Jim Albert, Mary Ellen Bradley, Sheryl Hall, Dennis Jones, Dennis Laine and Christy Ridout. Phil Coates, CFO and Bob Monn, IPMA's webmaster were also present.
Christy Ridout, IPMA Chair, opened the December 2004 meeting of the IPMA Board of Directors at 7:35 a.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the October 2004 Board meeting were approved.
SECRETARY/TREASURER'S REPORT: The Board approved the October/November 2004 financial status and activities reports.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Forum 2005: Dennis Laine and Jim Albert reported that there have been two planning meetings held thus far, with two more scheduled for January. They noted that the committee this year is particularly energetic and the new members are bringing valuable new perspectives.
Dave Sugarman of DSHS circulated a survey with questions about the IPMA to about 500 members of the IT staff of DSHS. The results were very interesting, for example, only about half knew what the IPMA was. This and other factors led the committee to the conclusion that the IPMA needed to develop a Marketing Plan. The board indicated that development of such a plan would be an appropriate topic for the January planning meeting. In preparation for that meeting, Jim will distribute to all board members and primary service providers a questionnaire to be returned to him by January 21st for compilation prior to the January 27th meeting.
The committee is recommending that there be no second day keynote speaker. That session is seldom well attended and it is felt that the time could be better used by other activities.
Communications: Mary Ellen indicated that, since the response to the recent board election was rather low (about 30%), she and Bob Monn thought some correspondence should be sent to members of record asking if the recipient wanted to remain a member. The board didn't think that was necessary at this time.
Mary Ellen noted that Andy Marcelia is on deck for the article in the January IPMA News.
Bob Monn observed that at about the same time Dave Sugarman was circulating the questionnaire about the IPMA in DSHS, there was a bit of a surge in people subscribing to the IPMA listserv list.
Professional Development: Sheryl Hall reported that the October seminar "Testing, Testing, 1-2-3 — Improving Software Quality One Bug at a Time" was a big success. Approximately 142 people attended and it was standing room only.
The January 9, 2005, event - "Mobile Government - the Vision of What's Possible with Mobile Technology" is on track.
For the past two years the August Professional Development offering has been the committee's premiere event of the year. For 2005 they are proposing continuing that tradition by engaging Neal Whitten a renowned management practitioner, mentor, author, speaker and instructor. Such an engagement will significantly increase the budget for Professional Development in 2005. Sheryl asked that the board authorize her to enter into a contract with Mr. Whitten because his availability could well disappear if she had to wait. The board approved and indicated that the details of the August session would be on the agenda for the January board planning session.
Executive Seminar 2005: There was no report.
Budget & Finance: There was no report.
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
Dennis Jones walked the board through a table that described how the core competencies that were appropriate for the IPMA Management Development Program to address were selected. He then went on to show how the committee, (Dennis, Jim Albert and Kathy Rosmond) organized the competency areas for the proposed IPMA program. They are divided into three related areas:
The committee proposes that the IPMA management development program delivery be clustered around these three areas.
The next step is to contact prospective providers for their ideas and proposals.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Next Meeting will be January 13, 2005.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:48 a.m.
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