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The Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI GNO chapter) coordinated a community service day on Saturday October 27 for people wanting to help areas of the city that are still in the process of recovering from hurricane Katrina. PMI GNO chapter leaders, members and project management professionals in New Orleans to attend the PMI GNO Professional Development Summit (PDS) were provided an opportunity to contribute to rebuilding New Orleans on the day prior to the official start of the PDS. The PMI GNO chapter is partnering with LavaCon to co-host a Professional Development Summit (PDS) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA during October 27–30, 2007. This four day event will be one of the biggest project management conferences ever held in New Orleans.

Led by PMI GNO chapter officers, approximately 30 participants worked on building homes at the Musician’s Village with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans. Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans is helping people in hardest hit areas rebuild their homes and would welcome anyone wanting to participate. This event ran from approximately 7:30am until 3pm. Transportation and lunch were provided. In addition to the PMI GNO chapter, sponsors for the Community Service Day included the PMI Houston PMI Chapter and the International Institute for Learning (IIL).

According to PMI GNO President Ana Boudreaux, “Yesterday was full with the service day, getting back to the hotel to assist the sponsors setting up, and getting ready for the evening reception. PMI board members in attendance for the Community Service Day included Bryan Bice, Alfred Cannon, Chris Hudson, Angela Nelson, Robert Springmann and myself. We worked on a house to lay the flooring and built framing components like windows, doors, and closets, and ended up putting walls together with the components.”

The PMI GNO Project Management PDS is being held October 28-30 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans. For the 2007 PDS, the PMI GNO Chapter is partnering with the LavaCon® Conference, a professionally organized conference for advanced technical communication professionals-senior technical writers, documentation managers and other professionals interested in learning how to deploy and manage technical communication projects.

The Summit includes presentations of proven best practices in the fields of technical communication and project management, as well as innovative techniques for meeting project management challenges. The event will include national and international speakers, professional leaders and project management experts. With the Community Service Day and now a three-day PDS, the PMI GNO chapter is setting the bar high for PMI chapters around the world.

With more than 250,000 members in more than 160 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the world’s leading membership association for the project management profession. The PMI Greater New Orleans (PMI GNO) chapter serves members in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama with project management programs and educational events. The President of the PMI GNO Chapter for 2007 is Ana Boudreaux, PMP. For more information on the PMI Greater New Orleans chapter, visit www.gnopmi.com. For more information about the October Professional Development Summit in New Orleans, visit http://www.gnopmi.com/PDD2007/PDD%202007%20Index.html.