Apple Valley HR Association

Board Meeting – May 11, 2004

Link Transit, 2700 Euclid Avenue, Wenatchee WA 98801

 

Present:

Arlene Abbott          Barbara Davis           Joan Lovitt                Janice Soder

Joy Neal                     Lynn Bourton           Karen Bland              Annie Horey

Ruth Williams           Sylvia Martinez

 

 

I.               Welcome / Call to Order

President Arlene Abbott called the meeting to order at 4:11 p.m.

 

II.             Review and Approval of the April Minutes

President Abbott noted and thanked Karen Bland for the excellent job for the April minutes. Karen noted a couple of “typo” corrections, but no changes or corrections to the body of the minutes. There were no changes or corrections noted at the meeting. Annie Horey moved to approve the April minutes as written, seconded by Joy Neal. Motion passed by unanimous vote.

 

III.           Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Annie Horey reviewed the Balance Sheet and Transaction Report. Treasurer Horey also gave a synopsis of the wellness seminar and expenses. All present approved the treasurer’s report with no changes.

 

IV.          AVHRA 2003 Superior Merit Award

President Abbott shared an email that she received from Marilyn Hoppen, SHRM Regional Manager, that our chapter had been awarded the 2003 Superior Merit Award. Ms. Hoppen advised that, by achieving this award, our chapter has demonstrated excellence in chapter operations! President Abbott gave a big “thank you” to Lynn Bourton, 2003 AVHRA president, who in turn shared that it was the 2003 board who worked together and all deserve the recognition.

 

V.            Regional News

SHRM Foundation - Joy Neal shared notification from Marty Walsh of the SHRM Foundation that our chapter was #1 in the nation for 2003 contributions in the small chapter category. Congratulations!

2004 Chapter Champion – Marty Walsh also shared that AVHRA was recognized as a 2004 Chapter Champion! This recognition is awarded for our chapter meeting the following Foundation support criteria: appointing a Foundation coordinator; the coordinator providing monthly meeting updates; doing a Foundation event; and making a chapter contribution to the Foundation. Joy shared that she received two medals – one for herself as Foundation coordinator, and one for President Abbott, and she received a book entitled “Making Mergers Work”. Discussion followed regarding what to do with the book. It was decided to put the book in this year’s silent auction. It was also discussed that our chapter could obtain a video entitled “HR Role Models” – wherein we could purchase one video for $30 and get one free.

Lynn Bourton moved to approve the purchase of the video entitled HR Role Models – use one for the chapter and put the second one in the auction. Motion was seconded by Joan Lovitt. Motion passed by unanimous vote.

President Abbott asked Janice Soder to please forward the award information with the Wenatchee Business Journal. Janice said she would.

NHRMA Awards 2004 – Joy talked about the several different awards in which we can nominate persons (Distinguished Member Award, Robert W Denomy Award, Randy Lundberg Award). Discussion followed regarding criteria for each award. AVHRA has never received one of these awards, but we are worthy and should apply. A committee was formed to work on the award applications: Lynn Bourton, Barbara Davis and Arlene Abbott.

NHRMA Conference – Joy advised the conference is scheduled for Sept. 13–15, at Semiahmoo. It is too early to register for the conference, however she encouraged any person who is planning on attending to make a reservation at Semiahmoo as soon as possible, as the hotel fills up very quickly.

State Council Meeting – May 7^th – Joy attended this meeting and talked about how changes are affecting our Chapter members. We have one international representative who keeps us updated on global issues. Next year, the legislative conference is scheduled for March 1^st, and the international representative has been asked to speak at one of the breakout sessions.

School to Work – Joy has a list of potential speakers regarding the school-to-work subject. She will forward that information to Lisa Turner.

Bulletin Board – Joy advised that we should have some type of portable bulletin board or something which can be transported to meetings, etc., in which to display the many awards that our chapter is incurring. There was a lot of discussion, however, no solutions. It was discussed to display the trophy-type awards at the head table, and possibly the banner awards on an easel board.

 

VI.          Regional Scholarship Program for SHRM Members

Joan Lovitt advised that AVHRA applied for a $2,400 scholarship to be used toward the purchase of four SHRM learning systems for the AVHRA certification program. Joan advised that we would still have the group sessions, and the learning systems would be for the use of the study group participants.

 

VII.        AVHRA Academic/Certification Scholarships – Status

President Abbott will contact Karen Bland and Joy Neal to discuss these scholarships as soon as she has time available.

VIII.    Programs

May

q      May will be a luncheon meeting, with special guest speaker Javier Lozano, SHRM Pacific West Region. Mr. Lozano will speak on leadership diversity. Lynn suggested we do some type of applely thing for him. Joy Neal and Annie Horey will put together a basket-o-goodies.

June

q      Scott Washburn – NHRMA president, will speak on SHRM membership. Sylvia Martinez will do the SHRM presentation, and Mr. Washburn will speak on NHRMA.

q      Melissa distributed meeting information at the Job Fair to employers – appeared to be well received.

q      It was approved at the April meeting to have a drawing for a $160 SHRM membership to a non-member attendee of the June meeting at no charge to the winner.

q      President Abbott advised that Cathy Pipkin (YMCA scholarship recipient) will speak for a couple of minutes at the June meeting.

q      There was a short discussion regarding the SHRM member list and “at-large” list, distributed by President Abbott.

q      Sylvia advised she was going to speak with someone at the Wenatchee Valley College in order to invite students in the Human Resources program to the June meeting, and to ask the College to advise HR students about AVHRA.

August

q      Discussion to co-Sponsor with North Central Regional Library (NCRL) to host Steve Hanamura on the subject of diversity. Joy Neal shared that Mr. Hanamura will be speaking on “Understanding and Managing the Dynamics of Diversity” on August 11, 2004 from 1pm – 4:30pm, at the Wenatchee Convention Center.

q      Annie Horey moved that AVHRA co-sponsor with NCRL in the amount of $500, AVHRA members would be entitled to register for member rate of $50 per person, and non-members would register at the rate of $65 per person. Motion was seconded by Sylvia Martinez. Motion passed by unanimous vote.

q      Joy advised that all enrollment member information be sent through NCRL.

q      The workshop will be advertised through the AVHRA newsletter.

q      The workshop will be credit certifiable. Joy will forward information to Jo Ann Tucker.

November

q      President Abbott advised that Rich Hamilton, who does workshops on customer service, leadership, etc., can do a workshop for a cost of $6,500 (including airfare) – and AVHRA pays his per diem and hotel costs.

q      Mr. Hamilton forwarded reference recommendation information to her, and she sent questionnaires to the three listed references. President Abbott received two responses, in which she reviewed their responses with the Board.

q      Mr. Hamilton would blend three workshops into one in one half-day seminar: customer service, managing people, and maintaining positive flow – business strategy and leadership.

q      Discussion followed regarding an audience target group. Suggestion that the target group should be management – not front-line persons.

q      It was suggested to take the seminar to the Chamber to see if they would be interested in partnering.

q      Joan Lovitt moved that we firm up plans to have Rich Hamilton at our November meeting. Motion was seconded by Joy Neal. Motion passed by unanimous vote.

q      Barb Davis suggested we budget money for advertisement in the Wenatchee World and the Business Journal.

q      Janice Soder suggested we keep registration under $100 for both members and non-members.

 

VIII.      Membership Needs Assessment

President Abbott compiled the results she had received regarding the AVHRA Members Assessment Questionnaire. She received nine responses.

q      Seven stated that program topic is very important.

q      Majority of respondents are small businesses.

q      Other surveys will be compiled for next month.

 

IX.          Other Business

q      Annie Horey discussed a seminar she attended: David Cottrell, Monday Morning Leadership. Annie thought this would be a great program for next year.

q      The YWCA Leadership Luncheon is Thursday, May 20^th, from 11:30 – 2:30. The speaker will be Darrell Scott, father of Rachael Scott (Columbine High School shooting victim).

 

X.            Next Meeting

The next Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 4:00pm at Link Transit.

 

Minutes taken and submitted by:             Reviewed by:

 

Karen Bland		President Arlene Abbott		Date
Secretary		President