<BODY><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="637" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="Heading1"><font color="#0000a0"><strong>Welcome to the Sydney, Australia Chapter</strong></font></td></tr><tr><td class="Heading4" valign="top" height="25"><font color="#0000a0">of the Project Management Institute (PMI)</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table id="AutoNumber2" bordercolor="#111111" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="637" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="50%"><p></p><table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="Text-normal" width="80%" bgcolor="#000080"><p align="center"><font color="#ffffff" size="+0"><strong><font face="Arial" color="#ffffff" size="3">Latest Chapter News</font></strong> (<font size="1"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica">updated</font> Apr 30, 2008)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td class="Text-normal" width="80%" bgcolor="#d5d5ff"><p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#000040" size="2"><strong><font color="#ff0000">Mark your calendars!</font> </strong></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" size="2"><strong><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#000040" size="2"><u>Next Chapter Meeting</u></font></strong> </font></p><p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#000040" size="2"><strong>Projects and Programs can be delivered successfully but the transition to Operations is often taken lightly.</strong></font><font size="1"> </font></p><p class="Text-normal" align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1">Come and listen to <strong>Viviene King</strong>, General Manager of RailCorp Operations Development. Vivienne will provide an entertaining and informative session on the effects of poorly managed transition and how to avoid common pitfalls.</font></p><p class="Text-normal" align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1">Date: <strong>13th May</strong> </font></p><p class="Text-normal" align="left"><font color="#0000a0" size="1">Where: <strong>Club Burwood, Burwood Road</strong> (accross the road from the station).</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="/programs/customer/v_filedown.asp?P=31&FID=647039266&FRF=n&" target="_self"><font color="#ff0000" size="1"><font color="#0000a0">Download the flyer</font> here.</font></a></p><p align="center"> </p></td></tr><tr><td width="80%" bgcolor="#e2e3e7"><blockquote dir="ltr"><p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#000000" size="2"><strong><font color="#800000">Special Event!</font> Avoiding Death by a Thousand Initiatives</strong></font></p></blockquote><p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" color="#0000a0" size="1">Aim at addressing the challenges faced by managers at all levels who discover projects that mysteriously appear in organisations and outline some tools and techniques for ensuring that the projects which are being delivered are aligned to the business strategy.</font></p><p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica" 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