Dr. Zerby has clarified the PDUs for Seminar Organizers. Her is a summary of
Dr. Zerby's response:

Speakers earn 10 PDUs under Category Two as "Speaker on a project management
topic at a conference, Symposium, or workshop".

Facilitators earn 5 PDUs for a session between  1/2 hour to an hour in
duration under Category Two as "Member or moderator of a project management
panel discussion at a conference, Symposium, or workshop". 

Project Managers organising the seminars would earn  5 PDUs.  The Project
Managers would be committee members of the "Seminar Programme Committee" and

under Category Five of the PDP, each committee member would earn 5 PDUs per
year for their participation, regardless of the duration of service.


Dr. Zerby's response:
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Dear Dale:
                       Hello, and thank you for your inquiry.  In answer to
your questions, please see my responses below, and let me know if Ican be of
further assistance.

Best Regards,

Joseph J. Zerby, MBA, Ed.D
Accreditation Programs Administrator
Project Management Institute
Four Campus Boulevard
Newtown Square, PA 19073-3299
(610) 356-4600 ext. 1066
fax 4647

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hawley, Dale [ mailto:DHawley@cw.bc.ca <mailto:DHawley@cw.bc.ca> ]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:45 AM
To: 'pdp@pmi.org'
Subject: Questions regarding earning PDUs



        Dear Dr. Zerby,
> The Project Management Professional Society of Greater Vancouver organizes
> a professional development seminar where PMPs in the area meet for a day
> in a conference setting to engage in structured project management
> learning.  PDUs earned by audience participant  are clear but other
> participants PDUs are not clear.  Please respond to following questions so
> I can  report the earned PDUs correctly.
> 1. How many PDUs do presenters earn?  Is the professional development day
> similar to a conference, symposium or workshop so the presenter earns 10
> PDUs? We think that 10 should be earned since the setting is more advanced
> than a Chapter meeting.


Yes, speakers would each earn 10 PDUs under Category Two as "Speaker on a
project management topic at a conference, Symposium, or workshop".   

> 2.  At the last professional development day we found that it would be
> better to promote more discussion with the audience for some of the
> topics.  After some of the presentations there was lots of discussion but
> others had very little discussion.  We have experienced facilitators lead
> the after presentation discussion.  Does the facilitator earn additional
> PDUs?  If so how many?

If they are not the same person as the presenter, and the duration is
reasonable (say at least a 1/2 hour to an hour), they may be able to earn 5
PDUs under Category Two as "Member or moderator of a project management
panel discussion at a conference, Symposium, or workshop". 


> 3.  We have a project manager organizing this professional development
> day.  Can he claim PDU for service to a professional organization even
> though his service term is less than a year?  In other words can we divide
> the 5 PDUs per year that can be claimed by people serving on committees or
> task forces of a professional organization between more that one person?


Under Category Five of the PDP, each committee member would earn 5 PDUs per
year for their participation, regardless of the duration of service.

> Thanks,
>
> Dale Hawley, PMP
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