CHAPTER NEWS

By Åsa Granlund

The first months of 2001 have seen the chartering of four more chapters.

A warm welcome to these new chapters:

- United Kingdom
- Toronto (Canada)
- Washington, DC - DC Metro (USA)
- Boston Chapter (USA)

Other chapters are in formation and should be chartered shortly.

It is very inspiring to work with both old and new chapters, and the resourcefulness and commitment that I encounter are nothing if not impressive! Chapters are quite new in UPA, and we are very much learning as we go. The chapters' council, which consists of sponsors and chapter presidents, is an important discussion forum and provides great support.

Information on how to start a chapter and contact information for all chapters will soon be available on the UPA web site. Until then, feel free to contact me (asa.granlund@era.ericsson.se), US sponsor Janice James (janice@simplyusable.com) or any of the chapter presidents (listed below):

• Minnesota, Richard Sit (richsit@us.ibm.com)
  
• Ottawa, Steve Macko (Steve.Macko@Cognos.com)
  
• Linköping, Aseel Ibrahim (aseel.ibrahim@nokia.com)
  
• Bay Area, Bonny Brown (BonnyB@Vividence.com)
  
• UK, Kevin Keohane (kevink@teguk.com)
  
• DC Metro, Mahmoud el-Darwish (mahmoud.el-darwish@us.pwcglobal.com)
  
• Toronto, Daniel Ponech (daniel@dapgroup.com)
  
• Boston, Diana Demarco (ddemarco@mathworks.com)

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