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Theresa Luebcke, President |
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PMI Metropolitan St. Louis members:
Welcome to 2025! As your incoming President, I hope you all had a restful, refreshing Holiday season! If I seem familiar to some, yes, I have been here before! It does feel weird to say 2025, as the last time I was writing member letters was in 2012! A lot has happened since then, both for me and for the Chapter. As I came off the PMIMSL Board at the end of 2013, I began as the Region 6 Mentor, working with the Boards in 26 Chapters in our Region of 8 states. This was challenging and exciting, and I learned more about PMI on a global level. When that role was over, I served on the Chapter Insight Team (CIT) – another global role, this time acting as the ‘voice of the chapter’ to PMI. Even though this role began about the same time as Covid, which limited my in-person interactions; I enjoyed supporting the Chapters and various Chapter initiatives within PMI. I also worked on other PMI projects: creating coursework for Chapter Leaders, managing conflict within chapters and working on the chapter conflict process, and possibly my favorite: judging various awards program candidates! All of this gave me a better understanding of what PMI is all about and the opportunities open to our members. While we will have many Chapter volunteer opportunities coming up this year (more to come on this), there are also various opportunities on the Global level. If you are interested, I recommend making sure your VEP (Volunteer Engagement Platform) profile is up to date! More importantly, on the Chapter level, in 2012 we had just under 1400 members. Going into 2020 we had grown to over 2000 members, then Covid hit us all. PMI membership dropped globally and PMIMSL was no exception. We hit a low of 1479 and are slowly rebounding. For December 2024, we were at 1500 members. I believe 2024 was a turning point. We celebrated 30 years as a Chapter with a celebration at the St. Louis Zoo! We had over 100 members, several past Presidents, a member of the PMI Board of Directors and even a Proclamation from the Mayor of St. Louis congratulating us on our 30 years! It was exciting to see members together again and it seems you, the members, want more in-person events! In November we combined IPM Day with our annual Volunteer Recognition event. It is always an honor to celebrate those members who volunteer to support the Chapter. I realize our members are very busy with personal and professional pursuits, and I am grateful for their time given to the chapter! Your Board is gearing up for 2025, planning more in-person events: meetings, Mentoring, Outreach, training, networking, etc. Keep a watch on our website, which we are continually updating, to see what’s happening. To be a successful chapter, we need YOU, the members, to tell us what you need. Check out the ‘Board of Directors’ page and send an email to any of us to let us know what you feel is important for your Board to consider going forward! Put February 19 on your calendar for our Annual Membership Meeting, to be held at Maritz Corporation. Registration will be open soon through our website along with more details! We need to know what ‘Lights you Up’ about Project Management in the St. Louis metro area! What is PMIMSL’s PMI: Next? How can we help you Maximize Project Success? Stay tuned – we have a lot to offer in 2025, and we are excited to have you along for the ride! |
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