Meeting called to order 6:39p.m. June 5, 2007.

Attendees: Tricia Kerns, Eric Schaudt, Rich Gendon, Tim Wilson, Dan Martin, Mike Valentino, Kerry Fetcher (via phone) and Dave Otto.

Review/Approval of Minutes for May 2007.

·  Changes as noted on final May minutes. Minutes approved as presented.

Motion to approve FY2008 budget as presented. Dan Martin / Eric Shout Proposal is planned for a deficit. Goal is to put member funds to work. Adding value for members and customers. Amended budget motion to have letter of assertion not to exceed $1,00. Eric Schaudt / Dave Otto. Amended motion is approved. Updated budget motion - Budget is approved.

Dave Otto has joined board from Fox River. He is taking on the position of Director of Corporate Services.

Chapter Financials

·  Reviewed income statement. Continuing to run in the black.

Functional Chairs

·  Education (Rich)

o  Fox Valley Technical College update. They are looking for online instructors. Mentors for CPIM courses.

o  DePaul is extending a series of discounts for our members. Rich Gendon has a list. At some point we will send out a blast email to our members. We would like to extend our offering to their members. Participate in our seminars.

·  Programs (Tricia)

o  This month the speaker will be Al Kauch and Rich Gendon. Topic is S&OP. Date is June 19th. Tricia and Nick to take over committee.

o  Reached out to Corporate Clients for speakers for seminars in the fall. Theme is Lean Six Sigma.

o  Working on two CSCP events. July and August.

o  Greater Chicago Food bank waiting to hear back from them for date.

·  Marketing (Dan)

o  Marketing plan is being updated. Please comment when posted.

·  Membership (Mike)

Membership has flat lined. Year started with 991 (July 1), currently 998.

New business

Rich Gendon – NAPM-Chicago working on collaboration. Open to working on education. Agreement in process.

Marty Gartner – we are setting up an agreement to administer training in our area with APICS. Continuity of training, billing and other services.

Report on Business survey. Opportunity to get our name out to the community with NAPM. This is a beta test.

Strategic Plan Abbreviated Draft presented. C-Bar was addressed in Strategic Plan. A small business can communicate better than a large organization.

C-Bar meeting was held on June 1st. With a few action items due, we should maintain our Platinum status.

Motion by Tim Wilson to move that Chapter match the contribution that we receive from members for Pledge against Hunger – Chicago only. Second – Dan.

Motion passed.

Eric confirmed that election was certified results.

Motion to acquire an additional PC with max of $3,000. Dan / Rich. Motion approved.

Officially, Rich Gendon is presented with gavel and powers turned over.

Rich closes meeting at 8:51 pm

Next board meeting is Monday, September 10th.