/ SHRMA
Board of Directors AGENDA
02/17/2015 /
Location: Country Cupboard– 9:00 Meeting Start
In Attendance: Debra Thomas, Juliann Brown, Lisa Erickson, Andrea Long, Patricia Tamecki, Maureen Pugh, Rita Pollard, Edie Moyer, Nancy Berghauer and Aimee Bowersox. Absent: Marcia Cooney, Kristi Cellitti, Susan Greene, Karen Nogle

Reports

  • Secretary: Minutes were not available as Marcia had taken notes at the prior meeting due to Rita’s absence, but was not in attendance.
  • Treasurer: A report was handed out that reflected dues paid, program expense deducted, a gift card purchased for Shelly and a speaker fee. Andy reminded the group that we would need to do an audit, possibly after March’s meeting . Lisa made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report. Julie seconded and all approved.
  • Membership: Three new applications were reviewed. Two of the applications were for PHR certified applicants. All three are for current national members. Julie made a motion to accept all three new members and Aimee seconded the motion. All approved and the motion carried.

It was discussed that there are still quite a few dues outstanding, mostly from persons who do not regularly attend. Julie requested that the names be sent to the board so we can follow-up with those we may be in contact with. We can then send out a follow-up email. It was suggested that Candy Davis may be able to assist by contacting folks after the end of February to determine their membership intentions. We agreed that we would have a cutoff date after which we would purge as members persons who did not pay.

  • Program Committee: No report as Marcia was not present. It was mentioned that she is working to get the SHRM certification credit information for our programs in addition to the HRCI credit.
  • Seminar/ Education Committee: No report. Post meeting items submitted via email from Susan Greene: “No new news on the women’s symposium. We are still working on logistics and they acknowledged SHRMA will be a sponsor again this year.”
  • Public Relations Committee: No report
  • Labor/Legislative: No report. Karen Nogle has agreed to take this over however there was nothing significant to present this month.
  • Scholarship: No report
  • Workforce Readiness: There is still a need for people to help as 90 out of 175 interviews have been covered so far. Patti will send a follow-up request. It was also suggested that Career Link may be able to help with the interviews.

Old Business

  • Welcome! Debra Thomas and Maureen Pugh
  • President-Elect vacancy– No one expressed an interest in considering at this time.
  • Labor /Legislative – Karen Nogle has accepted this lead role.
  • Strategic Planning – The decision was made to do strategic planning at Country Cupboard in June at the same time as we typically hold our program meetings. The group agreed to do the planning meeting June 16, 2015 at 7:30 A – 10 A at Country Cupboard.

New Business

  • Pinnacle Survey – The group discussed whether we would continue to sponsor this at a cost of $650. We participated last year but with hesitation. It was noted that the positions are not a good match for many of our members. The benefit of sponsorship was questioned – we do not get the report and participation in the survey has dwindled. Maureen volunteered to reach out for information.
  • Member/Attendee list sharing – Some presenters have asked if we would share with them contact information for those in attendance at programs. It was suggested that presenters could bring business cards to hand out, or solicit cards/have a sign-up sheet for members who might be interested in being contacted.
  • Congratulations – Aimee and Patti newly HRCI certified
  • PHR/SPHR ; SHRM-CP/SCP certification recognition – The group discussed options for recognizing newly certified members. It was suggested that we could have newly certified members stand up and give a brief introduction. We could also recognize all certified members by having them stand up. This would promote certification.
  • It was discussed that as a chapter, we may not be able to support HRCI certification classes because the contract we have with Penn State to teach prohibits doing both. HRCI will need to provide a curriculum/learning system so we can assess our options. We want to promote certification and support both to the extent possible.
  • It was noted that the new Board membership needs to be updated on the website.
Next Board Meeting

03/17/15 9:00 – 10:00 AM

Adjournment: With no further business Lisa motion to adjourn and Julie seconded the motion.