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This is just the first of several initiatives that your Board of Directors is working on. Jeanne Carey, our past chair, and our past VP communications, Jonathan Weitz, spent a great deal of effort last year rebuilding our infrastructure so that we can provide services to our members. Bill Craddock, our Co-Chair this year, did a significant amount of work on our bylaws and brought them up to date and made them consistent. The challenge for this year's board is to take advantage of the rebuilding that went on last year and give you a SIG that will be useful to you in your consulting practice. Current initiatives that your board is working on include:
There are also longer-term initiatives that we're talking about that will provide even more benefit to our members. All of this requires input and support from you, our members. We have a volunteer program in work to help coordinate these efforts with volunteers who are willing to contribute. The work we need varies from just a couple of hours per month, to larger initiatives that require more time, to one-time support such as representing the SIG at local or regional meetings. Please send an e-mail to chair@consultingsig.org if you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help the SIG grow and evolve. Sincerely,  We're
Hosting a Networking Event During the PMI®
Global Congress EMEAMay 9, 2006 at 8 PM La Granja room of the Hotel Meliá Castilla If you are attending the Global Congress in Madrid, Spain, please join us for a networking meeting on May 9 at 8 PM in the La Granja room of the Hotel Meliá Castilla. We'll be providing hors d'oeuvres, refreshments and lively discussion. Please let us know if you'll be attending this networking event.
Stop By and See Us at ProjectWorld Canada 
If you are planning on attending ProjectWorld Canada in Toronto, May 8-12, 2006, please be sure to stop by the PMI® SIG booth on May 10 or 11 and say hello!  Consulting
SIG Chair Interview Featured on The Project Management Podcast Consulting SIG Chair, Frank Parth, was recently interviewed for The Project Management Podcast. The Project Management Podcas is a free "Internet radio show" hosted by Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, and brings project management topics to beginners and experts. The show is an entertaining and educational mix of both current trends and best practices in project management. Using a podcatcher software such as iTunes or iPodder you can subscribe to the show and have it automatically downloaded to your MP3 player. You can also just listen to the show on your computer speakers. Listen to the interview with Frank Parth (this can take a little time to download) Subscribe to the Podcasts in iTunes  Consulting
SIG Launches Mentoring ProgramThe Consulting SIG has launched a new mentoring program to address professional development needs of our membership. The program's objective is to help our members seeking expert advice in a specific area develop short- or long-term mentoring relationships with appropriate subject matter experts from within our membership. View complete details on the web site!  Consulting
SIG to Post Job OpeningsIf you are an employer looking for project management consultants, send an email to administrator@consultingsig.org with your employment opportunity details. Please include the link to your web site, your permission to use your logo and your contact information for any follow-up questions. Call for Best Practices Templates Our members have told us that one of the benefits the SIG can provide are "best practices" templates. We heard you and are collecting templates that will be put on the SIG's web site for downloading. But we need further input from you:
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templates will come from you! We encourage you to share what
you've used in the past that works. Put your name on it and we'll
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