Special Notations and Records

Special Time-Sensitive Notice

PMI Central Florida Elections for 2024-2025 Session

Positions for Consideration
President
Vice President of Finance
Vice President of Programs
Vice President of Marketing
Vice President of Technology and Communications

The nominations will be accepted from 10/21/2024 through 10/31/2024
Each elected officer will serve a two-year term starting on January, 1 2025
Nominations shall be sent ONLY via e-mail to [email protected] by 10/31/2024
All nominations MUST be received electronically and shall contain the following:

Full Name and contact information (telephone number)
A brief biography (250 words or less)
A brief statement with your vision/reason for serving (250 words or less)
A brief statement describing 24 months of service to PMI Central Florida as an official volunteer, appointed director, 
--or elected/appointed officer (250 words or less)
A brief statement acknowledging that you read the chapter bylaws available at:  www.pmicfl.org


End of Special Time-Sensitive Notice


The Following Entries are Defined Formally as the annually Conducted, Supported and Sustained undertakings of the Chapter

  1. The Annual State of the Chapter and Kick Off Meeting  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  2. The Annual Career Development Meeting  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  3. The Annual Holiday Gala Meeting  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  4. The Enterprise World Conference  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  5. The Enterprise Project Word Conference (Annually Determined)  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  6. The Military and Veteran Career and Job Placement Program
  7. The Career Expanded Education Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  8. The Tools Technology Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  9. The Corporate Open House Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  10. The CIO Institute Expansion Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  11. The Local Community Education, Information, and Support Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  12. The Career and Meetup Networking Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  13. The K-through-12 Project Management and Soft Skills Education Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  14. The College and University Project Management and Soft Skills Education Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  15. The Toys for Tots Charity  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  16. The Project Management Education Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  17. The External Revenue Generating Programs[Hort. Propagation Program]  [Board Enacted 4/2020][Automatically Expires 1/1/2025]
  18. The Feed the Homeless Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020][Automatically Expires 1/1/2025]
  19. The Support Wildlife Program  [Board Enacted 4/2020][Automatically Expires 1/1/2025]
  20. The Chapter Lotto Program [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  21. The Board Activity Program [Board Enacted 4/2020]
  22. The Co-PMI Local Chapter Program [Board Enacted 5/2020]

The Following Permanent Enactments Support the annually Conducted, Supported and Sustained undertakings of the Chapter

I.       The President's Council/Commission on Elections is the Nominations Committee, and shall have the power to Enact any Eligibility Requirements for Candidate Integrity, Chapter Service, Operational Necessity, Service Level, and Experiential Qualifications.  [2/2015]

II.      President's Council/Commission Enactments for Candidates for Elective Office[Previously Referenced in the ByLaws 
as Nominations Committee]:
[Commission Standards and Candiate Qualifications Action: 3/15;
PMI Central Florida Board Ratification and Transfer of Control Action: 4/15]
  1. Candidates must be approved as legitimate by PMI Global.
  2. Qualifications for the nomination include being a member in good standing with PMI Global and the PMI Central Florida Chapter which covers Financial Obligations and Professional/Ethical Conduct.
  3. Candidates must provide full name and contact information including telephone number.  
  4. Candidates for Elective Officer must have on record, their permanent residency within the defined zip code area for the Chapter.
  5. Candidates must submit written acknowledgement of having read the bylaws.
  6. Provide a Biography of 250 Words or less.
  7. Candidates must submit a 250 Word Statement giving vision/reason for wanting to serve on the Board.  
  8. Candidates for Vice President positions must provide a brief statement describing at least 12 months of service to the Chapter in the capacity of service as:  Elected Vice President, Appointed Director, or Appointed Volunteer.  Such service must be on record with the Chapter.  
  9. Candidates for President must have served at least one full term as an elected Defined-in-the-ByLaws Standing Vice President of the Chapter consisting of 24 months of service in a Full-Term, or an equal or greater period in an official capacity.  The necessity for this requirement is to assure proper and substantive length and experience in an Elected Vice President Position for two years as a completed term to provide a candidate for President sufficient knowledge of what the President is expected to undertake in office.
  10. Providing False, Misleading, Incomplete, or Inaccurate information on the self-nomination form or any other associated material shall result in immediate disqualification from the Candidate Election Qualification Process.  
  11. No currently serving Officer of the PMI Central Florida Board, including Vice President of Governance - if said position exists, shall become involved in the Election Process.  The President's Council/Commission shall retain its fully oversight of the Election Process.  
  12. No declared candidate for elective office shall have access to the Membership Directory during the election process.  No candidate may send personalized emails to further their candidacy directly or indirectly during the election process.  Misuse of such access shall result in immediate disqualification of said candidate for office.
  13. No candidate shall engage in electioneering of any kind.  The President's Council/Commission on Elections shall review, approve, and accept a candidates supplied bio, resume, and information which will be presented to the Chapter Membership.  No other outside electioneering communications or new campaign material are permitted.  This shall also apply in cases where a candidate has used repetitive personalize emails to further their presence to the Membership while not necessarily mentioning election activities.  Violation of this tenant shall result in immediate disqualification of said candidate for office.  The President's Council/Commission shall be the sole reviewing body to make this determination.  
  14. No currently serving Officer of the PMI Central Florida Board, shall attempt to manipulate, engineer, or coerce possible candidates into changing intended positions in order to gain private promotion of a favored member to accede to the offices for Election.  Any such offending officer shall be immediately removed from the PMI Board of Directors and permanently restricted from holding office in the organization in the future.  The President's Commission/Council shall be the sole reviewing body to make this determination.
  15. Candidates for elective office must have their paperwork submitted directly to the elections email, which shall be outside the review, interception, and action of the PMI Central Florida Board.  Such paperwork must be submitted in writing via email by the deadline listed.
  16. The President's Council/Commission on Elections may consult with PMI Global on these matters.

III.     The PMI Central Florida Board of Directors, acting in concert with the ByLaws;  shall have the power to create immediate, or permanent, or temporary:  Vice President, Director, and Special Volunteer Positions.  Such positions serve at the pleasure of the board and must be reapproved annually in continuance thereof.  [4/15]

IV.     Per Counsel with PMI Global, the smooth operation of both the Chapter Board and the Chapter as a whole is of parmount consideration.  Officers, either elected or appointed, should be removed immediately if said officer is causing discontinuity, displeasure, or demonstrating activities counter to the Board and Chapter Operation.  Specifically engagements in spreading false and misleading information regarding PMI CFL Board Operations or Officer Conduct as related to members;  are immediate grounds for removal from position according to the Business of the Chapter as referenced in the PMI CFL local ByLaws.  Board Members who miss two consecutive Board meetings are automatically removed from the PMI CFL Board.  Board Adopted.  [4/15]

V.      The PMI Central Florida Board, in its Creation and Appointment of temporary positions of:  Vice Presicent, Director, and Special Volunteer positions, as such positions continue in the Chapter they must be reapproved/reinstantiated on the same election cycle as the PMI Board Officer (standing vice presidents) that they Report to. If such an entity reports to the entire PMI Central Florida Board is must be reapproved/reinstantited on the same election cycle as the Presidents Election.  [4/15]

VI.     The Nominations Committee, also referred to as The Presidents Council/Commission on Elections, along with The Industry Advisory Board, The Presenters Commission/Speakers Bureau, The CIO Oversight Board, and the Research Commission are established and permanent Boards of Authorized Representatives.  [4.15]

VII.    The PMI Central Florid Board of Directors shall have the power to create special independent Local Chapter Oversight Councils, Commissions, Boards, and Audit Committees;  for the purposes of compliance of the Chapter to State of Florida Laws, the PMI Central Florida ByLaws, PMI Global Standards, and Administrative Procedures Enactments that are in place. [4/15]

VIII.   The PMI Central Florid Board creates the Presenters Commission and Speakers Bureau as of April 2014, which shall be a standing agency of PMI Central Florida acting to provide professional presenters to the Membership and Community.  Members are joined to this agency of PMI Central Florida via Permanent Assignment.  [4/14]

IX.     The PMI Central Florida Board, in Addition to Creating the President's Election Commission (referenced in prior as Nominations Committee), creates The PMI Central Florida Industry Advisory Council, The Chief Information Officer's Institute, and re-affirms the President's Election Commission/Council as permanently Standing Authorities over their chartered jurisdictional areas.  The Industry Advisory Council and the CIO Institute will provide programming, development, and activity Review, Guidance, and Accountability Oversight for PMI Central Florida.  [4/15]

X.      Any individual illegally downloading the Membership Database or Affiliate Database without authorization for specific official use by PMI Central Florida shall be removed from all official status with the Chapter and said member shall be immediately statused as A Member NOT IN GOOD Standing.  Such a designation shall mean that No Further Communication or invitation shall be undertaken by the Chapter with such an individual until this matter is completely resolved with all applicable parties including the Federal Government, the State of Florida Government, PMI Central Florida, and PMI Global.  The PMI Central Florida Chapter fully embraces the protection of PII Data of members as per PMI National Standards and Requirements.  PMI Central Florida shares the same covenant with it's members and completely acknowledges and agrees with PMI Global Dictates in this matter.  Recent PII Federal and State Laws will also be followed to the letter including prosecutorial action.  There is never a need to download this information.  The PMI Central Florida Chapter website provides controls for mail outs and proper research query features to conduct all business of the Local Chapter.  [4/15] 

XI.     The President shall have the power to take action on all matters required for the smooth operation of the Chapter without exclusion.  Said actions must be reported to the Chapter Board at the following Board Meeting after an action is taken. [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XII.    The Vice President of Finance shall have the power to take action on all matters required to keep all undertakings of the Chapter in sustained operation.  Sustained actions shall be reported to the Chapter Board.  [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XIII.   The Opening and Closing of Bank Accounts shall have all such actions audited by the PMI Central Florida Board via Bank Records accompanied by Corresponding Deposits in the Destination Accounts.  [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XIV.   All Officers involved in support of Chapter undertakings are entitled to reimbursement of expenditures or use of authorized credit/debit card.  Depending on the particular undertaking, the Board may require a Financial Report.  This may also be supported via Petti-Cash Procedures.  [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XV.    The President, Vice President of Finance and other Board Designated Officers shall have immediate use of credit/debit card.  [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XVI.   The Vice President of Finance shall be obligated to fund, all expenditures undertaken by the Vice President of Education and Certification.  [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XVII.  The Vice President of Finance shall be obligated to fund, all expenditures undertaken by the Vice President of Programs.  [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XVIII. The Vice President of Finance shall be obligated to fund, all expenditures undertaken by the Vice President of Marketing.  [Board Enacted 4/2020]

XIX .  New Standing Vice President positions may be granted the same privileges as above upon PMI Central Florida Board Enactment  [Proposed 10/2024]

XX.   Volunteers must be members of the Chapter.  This applies to Appointed Directors and other Appointed Officers.  [4/2020]

XXI. The Board may hire Business and Finance entities as authorized representatives which do not require membership in the PMI Central Florida Chapter.  [4/2020]

XII.  The Board and its authorized representatives may remove, exclude, prevent or restrain Officers, Individuals, Candidates in cases where a Conflict of Interest Exists.  [4/2020]

The following Forms shall be the Official Documents required by the Chapter for all Undertakings

  1. Finance Request Form for proposed and already approved undertakings;  however the credit card ledger is also sufficient to fulfill this requirement.  [5/2020]
  2. Finance Report Form for after-action expenditures of an undertaking, however the credit card ledger is also sufficient to fulfill this requirement.  [5/2020]
  3. Finance Standards Manual.  [5/2020]
  4. Project Plan Report for proposed undertakings.  [5/2020]
  5. Project Planning, Monitoring, and Action Items Standards Manual.  [5/2020]
  6. Project After-Action Report of all steps taken for executed undertakings.  [5/2020]

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