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Letter from Lowell Fryman, DAMA-RMC President

Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Chapter of DAMA-International.

We have a number of changes in 2010 that we feel will add value to our membership and the practice of data management in the Colorado area.

First, our meeting times are changed to the afternoons, 12:30 PM to 3:30PM, to help members "beat the traffic challenge".

Second, we will be sponsoring the new ICCP CDMP certification Beta exam. We plan on holding the exam in April and again in June. We are also looking at options for pre-certification review classes. Additional information on the Beta Exam is enclosed. This certification exam, if passed, can be converted into a CDMP certification (just pay for it) and may also help you achieve CBIP certification, for those that are interested.

Third, we are planning to sponsor a DAMA Day of free or low cost educational seminars for our November 11th meeting. Please note this is a data change from our original posting. This will be a one day event. I would like to hear from you about what programs you would like, who you would like to speak, and which vendors you would like to see. We will keep you informed of the specific agenda as it develops.

At our March 11th meeting, we were very pleased to have Len Silverston as our featured speaker. Len presented his very new discussion on "Mastering the human side of Data Integration". We had a full room and a very lively discussion. Len is a DAMA-RMC member and has been a contributor and supporter of DAMA International for many years. He is the winner of the DAMA International Professional Achievement Award for 2004 and the DAMA International Community Award for 2006. Most of us know Len from his development of and best-selling books on the "Universal Data Models". In 2009, he co-authored and published his latest work, "The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 3, Universal Patterns for Data Modeling". Please refer to Len's presentation on our web site, www.dama-rmc.org

Again, please note the change in meeting time, 12:30PM to 3:30PM. I hope to see you on May 13th. We are looking to start right at 12:30 so we have time for the full agenda.

If you are looking for new opportunities (upper right corner is a Career Center link), please look at our job postings, www.dama-rmc.org, as well as the new DAMA-I web site for job openings. It was announced that over 30,000 Data Warehousing jobs could be found through the international web site (www.dama.org ).

Lowell Fryman

Data Management Association International - Rocky Mountain Chapter (DAMA-RMC) is a not-for-profit, vendor-independent, professional organization dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of enterprise information and data resource management (IRM/DRM). DAMA-RMC's primary purpose is to promote the understanding, development and practice of managing information and data as key enterprise assets. The objectives of the organization are to provide a forum for exchange of information, problems, ideas, experiences, resources, and questions; to sponsor conferences, workshops, and special interest groups to further the purpose of the group; and to provide a central repository for information relevant to the organization's mission.