• Category B. Continuing Education
• Category D. Creating New Project Management Knowledge
• Category E. Voluntary Service

• For Attending a Seminar As a participant in a seminar, when you are not making a presentation, make your claim under Category B, Continuing Education. The activity title is the title of the seminar.
  
  One PDU may be claimed for each hour of attendance at a presentation or workshop. Ten minutes per each hour for breaks are permitted in programs that exceed one hour in length. Seminar programs are typically designed to provide seven PDUs for attendance for the full day. If one attends for less than a full day, the PDU claim should be adjusted accordingly
  
  Suggested documentation that you retain in the event of an audit or request from PMI: Seminar binder, E-mail message acknowledging your registration, and receipt.
  
  
• For Making a Presentation or Leading a Workshop Make your claim under Category D, Creating New Project Management Knowledge. One hour of activity equals one PDU. Both the time spent to create the knowledge, and the time spent presenting, leading a workshop, or participating in a panel can be claimed.
  
  Under the previous rules, a presenter could claim 10 PDUs, and a workshop leader or panel member could claim 5 PDUs. The example in the Handbook is a speaker who spends 7.5 hours to create a presentation and 1.0 hour to deliver it, for a total claim of 8.5 hours.
  
  We also have a confirmation that a person may claim for time as both a presenter (Category D) and as an attendee (Category B) at a seminar on the same day, but not at the same time, of course. See the email message from Laurie Cooke
  
  Suggested documentation that you retain in the event of an audit or request from PMI: Title page, agenda, and your presentation from the seminar binder.
  
  
• For Serving as Seminar Project Manager or Team Member Make your claim under Category E, Voluntary Service, committee member for a project management organization. One hour of activity equals one PDU. You must serve in a role for a minimum of three months. A seminar Project Manager will meet the requirements for three months of service. The other members of the seminar team typically will not. Each member of the management team will have to assess her or his own involvement and decide whether it constitutes three months of participation
  
  The email message from Dr. Zerby confirms that the role of seminar PM requires an effort comparable to a one-year term as a committee member. The seminar PM can claim PDUs for service in addition to PDUs for attendance at the seminar (Category B) and for making a technical presentation (Category D), if applicable.
  
  Under the previous rules, A Seminar Project Manager could claim 5 PDUs because the effort was comparable to one year of service as a committee member.
  
  Suggested documentation that you retain in the event of an audit or request from PMI: Obtain a certificate of volunteer service from the Registrar of the Society.
  
  
• For Serving as an Officer of the Society Make your claim under Category E, Voluntary Service, volunteer elected officer for a project management organization. One hour of activity equals one PDU. You must serve in a role for a minimum of three months.
  
  Under the previous rules, A Society Officer could claim 5 PDUs for one year of service.
  
  Suggested documentation that you retain in the event of an audit or request from PMI: Obtain a certificate of volunteer service from the Registrar of the Society.
  
  
• Activity Contact Information Society of PM Professionals of Greater Vancouver
  c/o 16 West 19th Avenue
  Vancouver BC Canada
  V5Y 2B2
  604-879-8752
  Registrar: [email protected]
  URL: www.vcn.bc.ca/pmprof/