/ SHRMA
Board of Directors AGENDA
1/17/2017 /
Location: Country Cupboard– 9:00 Meeting Start
Attendance: Kristi Cellitti, Shirley Brough, Karen Nogle, Maureen Pugh, Debra Thomas, Pattie Tamecki, Bob Leitzel, Aimee Bowersox, Dave Scarr, Edie Moyer, Melissa Peifer, Rita Pollard, Marcia Cooney
Absent: Andrea Long, Nancy Foster

New Business

  • Welcome to our new Board members David Scarr and Melissa Peifer
  • Pinnacle Survey RFP Review - The board discussed the Requests for Proposal we had received for a Salary Survey. The costs are very expensive and may be difficult to support financially without substantial cost to participants. In the past we had corporate sponsorship to fund the cost of the survey and we were able to offer the results free to member participants. There was some discussion about the usefulness of the survey as previously it had focused on certain positions that may not reflect current needs. It was suggested to identify positions that are common to our membership to best meet the need. We have two RFP’s so far and will be soliciting another. Dave suggested checking with West Branch to possibly partner with them.
  • SWOT Analysis Results – This item has been tabled for now. The survey we sent to membership requesting their feedback only solicited a handful of responses. Several board members indicated they did not get that and other emails so email challenges could be part of the reason for limited response. There was discussion about why some emails go out and others do not. Kristi will send out the results and then we will plan to send the survey out again for additional feedback.
  • Philly SHRM Partnership – We received a second request from the Philadelphia SHRM seeking partners for a conference. The group still felt this was not of benefit for us and will not pursue this.

Reports

  • Secretary (Pollard) – Maureen moved to accept the minutes as written. Edie seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
  • Treasurer (Long) – Hard copies of the Treasurer’s report were provided for November and December. Last year we did not do complete the audit. Therefore, Andy is asking that one or two people stay after the meeting in February to conduct an audit. In preparation for Andy’s retirement, we have been seeking someone to learn the Treasurer role. Dave has indicated he would be interested in taking over the duties once Andy leaves that post so absent anyone else expressing an interest he will begin to work with Andy. Marcia moved to approve the treasurer’s report as presented. Pattie seconded the motion and it passed without dissent.
  • Membership(Tamecki) –We have received applications for two new members, Lila Arnold – HR Specialist at Wood Mode and Miranda Raup – HR Manager at PlyGem. Lila is not presently certified nor a national member. Miranda is a member of national SHRM but did not indicate any certification. Rita moved to accept the applications for membership. Deb seconded the motion and all approved.
  • Program Committee(Cooney) – We do not presently have a topic for February. The Legal and Legislative Review is scheduled for March. We also need a topic for April. May’s topic is on interviewing skills. Marcia noted that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find speakers who will provide a free or low cost presentation. Alternatively, we may need to consider paying for speakers. Possible topics for future presentations include Equal Employment Opportunity, Ergonomics in the Workplace, Safety Committees, Career Link/Experience Works, SHRM Certification, I-9’s or possibly a topic from a state government agency which may provide the a presentation at no cost.
  • Seminar/Education Committee/Scholarship (Bowersox)

As per our new Scholarship approach, we handed out three scholarships. Kristi Cellitti, Bob Leitzel and Lisa Erickson won free attendance at the PA Legal and Legislative conference on May 5, 2017. Consistent with our scholarship approach, Aimee will work with Andy to track attendance so we can keep track for the fall drawing. Marcia asked if there was a way to track attendance on the website but no one was aware. Dave suggested saving a spreadsheet as a PDF to the website so members could check their attendance. Aimee suggested that we could announce to membership seminars that are becoming available and suggested that board members could forward things to her that they think would benefit our membership. Aimee could share these at the beginning of the meeting with membership.

  • Public Relations Committee(Pugh)–Maureen will bring the camera to the next meeting to get a photo of the board for the web page. She will need access to the current website so she can know how to update it. Kristi and Maureen will link up to address this.
  • Labor/Legislative(Nogle) – Karen mentioned that there are two new updates for the labor posters. She also noted that the new I-9 has been published and needs to be used beginning January 17, 2017.
  • Workforce Readiness (TBD) – Rita has agreed to take over this role but will need Pattie and Kristi to teach her the process. Kristi will call Candy Davis to see if she is willing to assist.
  • Diversity (Brough) – no report

Old Business

  • Workforce Readiness handover - above
  • President Elect – we will need to identify a person for this role.
  • Certification Recognition status–The logo that we have does not have a high enough resolution to be able to etch this into glass. Maureen said that an employee from Susquehanna University (SU) had originally designed this so she can reach out to Brenda Balonis to see if that person is still at SUs to see if the file is still available. Dave said he would also check to see if he has a file. If not Rita will ask her son – a Graphic Designer – if he can update the logo to a higher resolution.
Next Board Meeting

February 21, 2017 - 9:00 – 10:00 AMwith the board meeting to follow

Adjournment – Marcia moved to adjourn the meeting at 10:06 AM.