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DAMA International welcomes DAMA Costa Rica-San Jose to the DAMA family. We congratulate the founding members' team led by Pablo Lopez and wish them success in becoming an Affiliated Chapter.

If you want to join this team, contact them at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dama-costa-rica/

Through new DAMA Chapters, we continue growing the largest community of Data Management professionals worldwide with our vision of being an essential resource to those who engage in Information and Data Management.

DAMA International welcomes DAMA South Carolina to the DAMA family. We congratulate the founding members' team led by Jonathan Fowler and wish them success in becoming an Affiliated Chapter.

If you want to join this team, contact them at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dama-south-carolina/

Through new DAMA Chapters, we continue growing the largest community of Data Management professionals worldwide with our vision of being an essential resource to those who engage in Information and Data Management.

DAMA International welcomes DAMA South Florida to the DAMA family. We congratulate the founding members' team led by Carlos Jofre and wish them success in becoming an Affiliated Chapter.

If you want to join this team, contact them at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/damasfl/

Through new DAMA Chapters, we continue growing the largest community of Data Management professionals worldwide with our vision of being an essential resource to those who engage in Information and Data Management.

DAMA International welcomes DAMA Central Florida to the DAMA family. We congratulate the founding members' team led by Juan Alberto Vélez Casadiego and wish them success in becoming an Affiliated Chapter.

If you want to join this team, contact them at:

Web Site: DAMA Central Florida Chapter

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/damacentralflorida/about/

Through new DAMA Chapters, we continue growing the largest community of Data Management professionals worldwide with our vision of being an essential resource to those who engage in Information and Data Management.

DAMA International welcomes DAMA DXB (Dubai) to the DAMA family. We congratulate the founding members' team led by Luke Cann and wish them success in becoming an Affiliated Chapter.

If you want to join this team, contact them at:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dama-dxb

Through new DAMA Chapters, we continue growing the largest community of Data Management professionals worldwide with our vision of eing an essential resource to those who engage in Information and Data Management.

DAMA International is delighted to announce that it has retained Profectus Association Management to provide executive director services to the organization. Profectus principal, Gina van Dalen, CAE, will be providing the management services specified under the contract. "We are very fortunate to have identified a firm and a principal that are exceptionally qualified to help DAMA-I continue to grow and mature as an organization," said Peter Aiken, chair of DAMA-I's Board of Directors, in announcing the contract.

Gina brings over 20 years of extensive experience in managing professional associations. She has demonstrated exceptional leadership in various roles, including her position as Executive Director at Computer Science Canada, where she successfully stabilized the organization's finances and enhanced member services. At TechNation, Canada's ICT trade association, she spearheaded the development of the Talent division, where she developed and managed major federal grants for innovative workforce development programs. Gina's expertise also extends to developing and managing accreditation and professional certification programs, as evidenced by her work with the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), the Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow's ICT Skills (CCICT) and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) IP3 initiative, where she established national learning standards and developed ISO-aligned certification and accreditation programs. Her strategic vision and collaborative approach have consistently driven transformational change and innovation in the non-profit sector.

"I am honored to have the opportunity to work with DAMA International as it implements its plan for strategic growth, and eager to help it drive forward its mission of empowering data management professionals. Together, we will elevate the standards and practices that are crucial to the success of our global community," says Gina van Dalen.

Interest in creating new DAMA Chapters is increasing. The need to spread the word on the relevance of having a formal Data Management practice as a foundation of digital and data-centric transformation initiatives is evident. 

DAMA International celebrates the existence of a team led by Karim Elhelaly in Egypt, working towards creating a DAMA Chapter. DAMA Egypt - Cairo was approved on August 10th, 2022 as a Forming Chapter. If you want more information contact kelhelaly@ipmisr.com

We look forward to having the first DAMA Chapter in Egypt soon.

We continue finding interest in creating new DAMA Chapters around the World as awareness of the relevance of Data Management is growing.

DAMA International approved on August 10th a new Forming Chapter: DAMA Turkey Istanbul, led by Ipek Cebi. If you want more information, please contact  ipekcebi.cebi@gmail.com

We look forward to having the first DAMA Chapter in Turkey soon.

As the PEG committee we would like to update all DAMA International Chapter members on what we have been doing since receiving a letter from John Zachman questioning the “missed 2017 elections” and changes to the existing bylaws. The questions that are being raised relate to governance of DAMA International and therefore it is appropriate that the PEG committee respond.

Before describing the events and actions we have had to address, we would like to apologize for the lack of timely communication about what we have been doing.

There have been several positive changes that were instituted last year:

1. Release of DMBoK V2 – it has been the top-seller at TechnicsPub for the last 2 to 3 months
2. Release of the new CDMP Certifications, both online and chapter workshops

The challenging changes are in relation to:

1. Rewrite of the DAMA International Bylaws
   1. Enable Central Membership
   2. Facilitate Paid staff members
2. Delay of DAMA International elections for certain positions
   1. Close the legal entity DAMA International entity in the state of Washington
   2. Open the new legal entity in Delaware

The following concerns have been raised not only by John Zachman but other significant community channels:

1. Complete the outstanding elections
2. Provide more time for a comprehensive review of the new Bylaws and feedback process
3. Uncertainty around of the appointment of the Executive Director

In response to the above concerns, we the PEG committee made the following recommendations to the DAMA International Board of Directors:

1. Make minor modifications to the current Bylaws to enable Central Membership voting
2. Hold outstanding and vacant BoD elections once minor modifications are complete
3. Extend the new Bylaw Review period to 2 months (End 31^st March 2018) and provide comprehensive feedback of the review during the PC meeting at the EDW Conference
4. Suspend the appointment of the executive director until bylaws that incorporate are approved by the BoD

These recommendations were accepted by the DAMA I BoD on the 8^th February 2018 and will be presented to the chapters during the PC meeting on the 9^th February 2018. Minutes of the PC meeting will be made available to DAMA Chapter presidents.

Once again, we would to apologize again for the lack of communication at an important time like this and we will endeavour to provide more regular feedback whilst responding to changes.

DAMA Internationa PEG Committee

*The DAMA Internationa PEG Committee can be reached via email at PEG@dama.org

30 March 2018 – Middletown, Delaware United States
Pinnacle Business Group

BACOE and EACOE
Co-Marketing Partnership Announcement

DAMA International is proud to announce that we have aligned with another partner to bring even more value to our Central and Chapter members. Stay tuned for more information about upcoming events. 

Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence (EACOE)
Visit their website for more information. https://eacoe.org

Business Architecture Center of Excellence (BACOE)
Visit their website for more information. https://bacoe.org

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About DAMA International
DAMA International (DAMA-I) supports an empowered, global community of data management, information professionals.  As a non-profit, vendor-independent association, we are here to help and assist data professionals. We provide the best practice resources such as the Data Management Body of Knowledge® (DMBoK®) and the Data Management Dictionary of Terms®. DAMA-I Membership is available centrally, or enjoy one of our chapters across the world. Partner with us today.
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Dear DAMA Chapter Presidents, Chapter Officers, and Members,

Today (June 8) it has been seven weeks since the previous board's announcement. Differing resignation schedules and technology challenges have taken longer than they should. As a reminder, we committed to a published plan on 22 April:

As you can see, previous deadlines have been met, but the nomination process is now running behind schedule, and I'm asking for your input.

The new board and advisors are encountering delays gaining mastery over the DAMA-I communication infrastructure, including the email, traditional and various social media accounts. As head of the elections committee, we should be using these to get the word out about the elections process. This inability constrained us from opening the nomination process before today.

At this point, we have a nomination survey on this platform ready to go. We want to get your input on how we should proceed. Please answer our one question survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DAMAIElection201806Schedule by Monday 11 June 2018 11:59 UTC

DAMA International is soliciting volunteers to work on three subcommittees. These subcommittees are requested to describe the as-is status of three topics important to our future.  

DAMA-I CDMP certification
DAMA-I Central Membership 
DAMA-I relationships with other professional organizations, including, but not limited to:

• FEAPO
• Dataversity
• IRM UK
• IEEE Computer Society
• IIBA
• TDWI
• BCS (British Computer Society) – Data Management Specialist Group
• PPDM (Professional Petroleum Data Management) ppdm.org
• ICCP

These subcommittees will be tasked with researching the public perception of these three topics, specifically in these areas:

• The current public perception
• Current issues with use/registration/renewal
• Any impact or trends shown from recent history, including financial
• Other essential information related to current status and/or public sentiment

If you are interested in assisting on any of these efforts, please contact Peter Aiken at president@dama.org with your preferred topic as the subject.

Greetings to all the International Data Management Community,

DAMA International is currently taking nominations for the Board of Directors Election for the following positions:

One-year terms ending December 31, 2018 (should start January 1 of odd years):

• VP Financial Services
• VP Member Services
• VP Online Services
• President

Two-year terms ending December 31, 2019 (should start January 1 of even years):

• VP Chapter Services
• VP Conference Services
• VP Marketing/Communications
• VP Operations
• VP Professional Development

You can find the responsibilities for each office on the DAMA.org website in the by-laws–available along with other information at https://dama.org/content/policies

Nominees must:
1. Be a member of an affiliated DAMA Chapter
2. Have served as a current or former officer of a DAMA Chapter for at least one full term of their chapter’s term of office
3. A nominee may seek a maximum of one office in any one election
4. Have nominations submitted by 15 July 2018 11:59 UTC using the form at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DAMAINomination201806

Further:  Candidates for President of DAMA International must have served at least one term in another capacity on the DAMA International board.

Central members who wish to participate should connect with a local chapter as all nominations must come from chapters.  A list of chapters is available at our website: 
https://dama.org/browse-chapters

We hope to hear from you soon!

Best Regards,

Peter Aiken
President, DAMA International

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The worldwide data management community was deeply saddened to learn this week about the death of the Founding President of DAMA Brasil and our longtime friend and colleague Rossano Soares Tavares on 9 July 2018. Of many accomplishments achieved in his life, the translation of the DMBoK into Portuguese may be his most wide-reaching achievement. Professor, entrepreneur and consultant, Rossano was a role model for professionals who work with data worldwide. For those who did not experience his exuberant personality firsthand, the link below may give you a taste of his appetite and approach to life. We will miss you Rossano!

http://www.rossanotavares.com.br/rossano_pessoal