LASHRM BOARD MINUTES

October 5, 2011

Board Members Present:Heather Trimborn, Nicole Briggs, Pat Mielke,Karen Kouba, Roxane Herricks, Kim Bauer,Lori Olson, Wendy Toomey and Kari Treadway

Board Members Absent:Debbie Wooden

Heather called meeting to order at 11:50 a.m.

MOTION: Approve September meeting minutes as amended. (Kim/Roxane) Motion passed.

Congratulations

  • Board member birthday – Nicole Briggs – also welcome back to Nicole
  • Continuing 2012 Board Members – Debbie Wooden, Kari Treadway, and Pat Mielke

Quick Touch Base

Board members who will be attending are: Debbie Wooden, Pat Mielke, Lori Olson, Heather Trimborn, Kim Bauer, and Roxanne Herricks.- All reminded to mail registration fee to Nicole Briggs after conference for reimbursement.

  • 2012 Board Members – everyone encouraged to send new members an email and to congratulate them when we see them. For incoming members, schedule a time to meet with them and review job description. It was agreed we would invite the incoming board members to our December meeting.
  • All board members should review the expense sheet Heather emailed out and review/update and return to Nicole Briggs by the next board meeting.
  • Review the survey results (Pat emailed to all) for certification and place of meeting. If you have any questions or comments, you should contact Heather.

Online Payment Options

  • Nicole shared three options for accepting credit card payments. They were Altra Federal Credit Union, PayPal, and Quickbooks – Go Payment. The recommendation was to pursue Quickbooks. Initially we would try it out to see if works. A suggestion was made to test it out with the upcoming Foundation Fundraising event in November. Nicole agreed to proceed and to notify Kim and Heather of whether we could do for the Foundation Fundraiser.

Policy Review/Updates

  • Reviewed/discussed and made revisions to the LASHRM Policies through the section on the Website. At the November meeting we will review the section on Marketing via LASHRM. Heather will make the recommended changes to the policies and send updates out prior to November meeting.

Committee Updates

Program Committee – Lori

  • Program Attendance Numbers
  • RSVP’s – 54
  • # Actually attended – 66
  • No LASHRM program in October – encouraging members to attend WISHRM.
  • Discussion regarding the program rates for 2012. Currently not much incentive to be a member.
  • MOTION – A motion was made by Karen and seconded by Wendy, to change the 2012 program rates to $6 for students, $12 for members, and $20 for non-members. Motion passed.

Membership Committee – Kari

  • Four new members
  • Megan Brandt, recent graduate seeking employment
  • Danielle Dehnke, Staffing Coordinator, ABR Employment Services
  • Danielle Stuhr, HR Specialist, Festival Foods
  • Jessica Subach, student at UW-L
  • Number of SHRM members – 79
  • % Change from December 2010 – 11.2%
  • Number LASHRM SHRM members: 160
  • Membership engagement raffle - $75 – Committee met and has decided to utilize the $75 SHRM membership initiative monies toward an at large membership drive. The committee will be sending a letter and brochure to the at large members (list received from SHRM.) The letter will outline the benefits of local membership, announce a $75 VISA card drawing if they apply for membership by November 11. The drawing will be held at the November 16 meeting.

College Relations Committee –Karen

  • Karen attended UW-L’s SHRM student chapter meeting on September 29. Jill Hulst will represent the committee at Western’s student chapter.

Certification Committee – Debbie

  • Study has started and moving along nicely. Debbie has provided a template for a work-back schedule to the group and asked the group to determine how they want to work with it. The schedule goes through December 8, 2011.

Governmental Affairs Committee – Wendy

  • Nothing to report.

Finance Committee – Nicole

  • Provided reconciliations for September

Workforce Readiness – Roxane

  • Nothing to report at this time.

Community Relations – Kim

  • No update at this time.

SHRM Foundation – Kim

  • SHRM Foundation Fundraiser will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2011 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Wine Guyz. The cost is $15, which includes wine tasting, appetizers, and a chance to win some prizes.

Discussed having members pay in advance, the thought was to do a trial online payment and it was agreed that Nicole would check this out. If it works Pat will add to the website, or create a link on the registration form which would take them to a place to pay online.

Parking Lot & Miscellaneous Items

  • Heather reported that LASHRM had received a 2nd Quarter Chapter Financial Support Program payment in September for $730. The payment is calculated by number of SHRM members who have designated LASHRM as their primary chapter. As of June 30, 2011 there were 74 SHRM members.
  • Board Election Updates – Kim
  • President-Elect – Deb Schultz
  • VP, Membership – Kari Treadway
  • Communications Director – Chris Rochester
  • Secretary – Pat Mielke
  • At-Large: Workforce Readiness – Jennifer Bausch
  • At-Large: Certification – Debbie Wooden

Place Holders for Upcoming Meetings

  • GoogleDocs – Heather planning education section
  • Policy and By-Law Review – will continue at the next meeting.

Next Meeting – November 2.

MOTION – Karen/Wendy made motion to adjourn meeting at 1:15 p.m. Motion passed.