The following nominations were received for the elections to the Executive Committee of PMI Kerala.

1. Director - Operations            - Mr. Manoj Krishna M, PMP      - 561483

2. Director - Outreach              - Mr. Manoj John Chacko, PMP    - 1297621

3. Director - Member Engagement     - Mr. Jayakrishnan P S, PMP     - 1300890

4. Director - Community Initiatives - Dr. Joseph George, Ph.D., PMP - 561472

Since there is only one nomination for each position, there will not be a voting process.

Regards
Prasadu Varghese
Election Officer (2010-2011), PMI Trivandrum Kerala Chapter

Dear PMI Trivandrum, Kerala Chapter member,

I am Prasadu Varghese, appointed by the Executive Committee of PMI Trivandrum Kerala Chapter to conduct the elections to the following vacancies in the executive committee as on 31st Dec 2010. 

As of 31 Dec 2010, the 2 year term for the following positions are set to expire.

• Director - Administration
• Director - Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Director - Communication and Publicity
• Director - Conferences

According to the resolutions accepted during the AGM for the chapter, held on 21 Dec 2010, the following positions will be open:

• Director - Operations
• Director - Outreach
• Director - Member Engagement
• Director - Community Initiatives

If you are an existing member of the chapter, you are eligible to stand for elections as well as vote for your candidate. Following is the process and schedule:

• Chapter members to send in their nominations (they can send in self nomination or nominate another person) indicating the position, name and PMI ID of the nominee and also own PMI ID by 30 Dec 2010. The nominations to be sent only to the email-ID elections@pmikerala.org in the format given below. If you are nominating another person, the nominee should be copied in the mail and should acknowledge the nomination, else it will be treated as void.

Name            <<Your Name>>
PMI ID          <<Your PMI ID>>
Nominee         <<Nominees Name>>
Nominees PMI ID <<Nominees PMI ID>>
Position        <<Position the nominee is nominated to>

• Publish the list of nominations and positions on the website www.pmikerala.org on 31 Dec 2010. 
• Last date for withdrawal of nominations will be 02 Jan 2011
• If there is more than one nomination for a position, election through email will be conducted. In that case, elections will be announced on 03 Jan 2011. The voting will continue till 5:00 PM IST on 05 Jan 2011. Membsers. If election is announced, members can send in their vote indicating the position and name of the candidate by email only to the address elections@pmikerala.org
• Declaration of election results - 06 Jan 2011

Please note that the nominations and vote are to be sent only to the id elections@pmikerala.org, and those sent to any other id will be treated as invalid.

 
Regards
Prasadu Varghese
Election Officer (2010-2011),
PMI Trivandrum Kerala Chapter

The Annual General Meeting was held on 21 December 2010 at Malabar Hall, Park Center, Technopark, Trivandrum.

The meeting started at 05:30 with a networking event for 15 minutes. Since the quorum was not present at 05:45 PM, the meeting scheduled to reconvene at 06:00 PM with the available members.

The meeting went on as per the agenda with a 1 minute silent prayer.

Mr Rajeev Panicker, Vice Chairman and chapter chair-in-charge welcomed the members to the meeting. Following this, he presented the Annual Report - 2010 for the chapter.

All the directors who were present in the meeting introduced themselves to the audience.

Mr Vikram Kumar BT, Director - Finance presented the draft financial report. Following this, he along with Mr Brajesh C Kaimal (Past Chairman) gave an overview of the PMI activities in India.

Mr. Sanjay Bhaskaran (Director - Trainings) and Mr. Anil Chandran (Director - Seminars & Networking) presented the updates on Trainings and Seminars conducted in the year 2010 followed by presenting the program calendar for the year 2011.

During the slot for General Discussions/Proposal/Amendments, Mr. Manoj Krishna (Director - Communications & Publicity) proposed 2 amendments the byelaw and a general resolution. All of them were passed by the meeting attendees.

Mr. Rinosh Jacob, Kurian (Director - Administration) presented the vote of thanks.

Annual gifts were also presented to the attendees of the meeting at the end of the event, followed by a high tea at Rangoli Restaurant, Guest House, Technopark.