Attendees:
Judy Perrault, President
Cindy Loison, President Elect
Lisa Forester, Secretary
Jamey McNamara, Treasurer
Nancy Streeter, Communications Director
Robin Spivak, Vice President, Membership
Mary Saily, Asst Vice President, Programs
Cornelia Gamlem, Director at Large
Rich Stacy, Workforce Development
Kurt Cowles, Certification Representative
Karen McDonald, Foundation Representative
Evelyn Kaiser, Asst Diversity Director
Agenda:
The February Board meeting minutes were approved.
Treasurer's Report:
Jamey provided a written report of the chapter income and expenses. The current balance is $4,081.49. We had a large outlay of $1,000 for “seed money” for the State Conference. Judy passed Jamey a check from National SHRM for $1,000.00 to add to the balance. Jamey received thirty-three paid memberships in the past month. Nancy mentioned that 20% of the attendees at the February Chapter Meeting paid by credit card.
Membership Report:
Robin announced that Carolyn Thies resigned from her board position. We’ve received approximately a dozen membership applications in the past week, and currently have 124 paid members. Publication of the Chapter Directory may be delayed due to Carolyn’s resignation.
Meetings:
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Programs Report:
Amy advised that everything’s set for the March meeting speaker and sponsor. Amy presented summaries of Chapter Meeting Evaluations received from the January and February meetings. As a result of a comment that we should strive to devote a full hour to our speaker, Judy agreed to start the announcements/attendee introductions at 6:30pm. Amy will report in the future on the numbers of evaluations received after each meeting. The board agreed that we should add a question to the evaluation form asking attendees how they heard about our meeting. She will provide Nancy with a biography for the April speaker. Amy also mentioned that the board should be sensitive to religious holidays that conflict with the meeting schedule. The date of the April meeting is the first day of Passover. Mary advised that James Randisi may attend the March meeting to determine if he’d be interested in sponsoring a future meeting. Amy circulated information about a possible speaker for 2004.
Diversity Report:
No report
Communications Report:
There was discussion on advertising our meetings in one or more community newspapers. Nancy will check to see if it’s possible for our meetings to be listed at no cost. Jamey will obtain information on advertising in a Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce publication, as well.
Workforce Education Report:
Rich resigned as Workforce Education Director, but he’ll remain on the board as a Member at Large. Rich and Evelyn discussed details on what they’ve learned about Workforce Education. There are many tasks the chapter can undertake in this area, including certification of SkillSource Centers. Other tasks could be: work on succession plans, change management, and development of a Job Club curriculum. It was also mentioned that training funds are available for companies and aren’t being utilized. Chapter members could volunteer in some part of a workforce initiative and use it as a factor in getting a Pinnacle Award for the chapter. They could also possibly get certification credits.
Old Business:
There was discussion on combining the HR SIG with the mentor/protégé program.
Cornelia sent word that there’s a link on our website to get to the State Conference website.
New Business:
The Chapter Discussion Group on Certification went well. It was nearly evenly divided among those wanting information on getting initial certification and those wanting information on re-certification. The April 3rd Chapter Discussion topic is “Creating an Emergency Response Plan”. This could be a possible topic for a later chapter meeting.
The WTPF has sent out salary surveys and asked for our participation.
The Board discussed whether or not to hold a July meeting. None is currently scheduled. We could possibly hold a breakfast or a lunch meeting that month. We’ll need to find out the availability of the hotel and of a possible speaker.
Mason Beale, PhD, addressed the Board on his National Louis University student chapter of SHRM. He said membership is from 20-40 people. They are seeking a SHRM chapter as a sponsor. If we sponsor them, we could include an NLU link on our website. Student members would be allowed to attend Chapter meetings at member rates. This would provide them with network/mentoring opportunities. The Board agreed to sponsor the student chapter.
The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
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