Veterans LCI

May was Military Appreciation Month

It was fitting that during the May 5 PMINJ Annual Symposium we relaunched our Veterans LCI! While several members have raised their hand to get involved, many hands make light work! If you are an active service member, veteran, military connected family member or an Ally / supporter consider joining the Veterans LCI, where we will work to promote project management careers and best practices to the military connected community.

Currently we are working with Lisa Blake and her Monthly Program team for a special, veteran themed Monthly program for November. We are still in the early planning stage and we are interested in volunteers and / or ideas for this program.

We are also in the early stages of planning some other activities, such as a virtual evening program or two. Ideas include promoting programs that support veterans in project management careers, a military leadership / project management speaker series, volunteer activities and / or activities with one or more universities and their student veteran population.

Interested in learning more? Want to sign up to help? Please reach out to

Mission

The PMINJ Veterans Local Community of Interest (LCI) will provide a forum for Veterans and their supporters to:

• Network, collaborate, and share knowledge about Veterans’ journeys with the larger project management community.
• Mentor, develop, and foster growth for the next generation of Veteran project managers. Assist Veterans transitioning to the project management profession.
• Discuss and learn about the synergies between Veterans’ experiences and the project management profession.
• Leverage best practices, tools, and techniques from the military to apply to the dynamic world of project management.
• Conduct volunteer activities to serve veterans in NJ while also providing project management professional development opportunities to members.

If you are interested in or have questioins about the PMINJ Veterans LCI, email

Scope

The Veterans LCI will work in cooperation with the PMINJ Chapter to provide additional value to PMI members and people in the community with a specific focus on Veterans activities. The LCI will provide a forum to share common interests and challenges, share experiences related to the growth and development of veterans, discuss trends associated with veterans, and learn from other project management professionals in leadership roles.

The email list carries the Veterans LCI announcements, and also allows members of the list to share career opportunities, events etc. Only members of the list may email to the list with their registered email address.

PMINJ chapter members can subscribe / unsubscribe to the Veterans email list via the chapter website. To check or change your subscription status:

1. Click the Login menu entry at the top right
2. Enter your PMI preferred email address and your PMINJ password (same as used for online registration) and click Login (or use the Forgot Password link to create a new password)
3. On the next screen, click Customer Information Area
4. On the Customers Pages, click Customer Information and history ...
5. Towards the middle of the page, Review your "Current Mailing List Memberships" and click the button if you need to change this status
6. The change will be effective immediately

Note also that:

1. The email address used is the one registered at PMI.ORG. If you need to change your email address, login to www.pmi.org and make the change there. Note that the NJ chapter receives a data feed from PMI periodically, so it may take up to four (4) days for the email address change to be effective at PMINJ.
2. New PMINJ members start with Forgot Password.
3. Do NOT reply to a Veterans email with an unsubscribe request - that sends your request to every member of the list!