Apple Valley HR Association

Board Meeting – October 4, 2005

The Roaster, Wenatchee WA 98801

 

Present:

Barbara Davis           Joan Lovitt                Lisa Turner

Gil Sparks                  Janice Soder              Sylvia Martinez

Karen Bland              Jo Ann Tucker          Melissa Wear-Grimm

 

I.               Welcome / Call to Order

Co-Presidents Barbara Davis and Gil Sparks called the meeting to order at 7:05 a.m.

 

II.        Introductory Joke

Co-President Sparks shared a joke submitted by Jo Ann Tucker.

 

III.       Review and Approval of the June Minutes

Karen Bland reported there were no changes or corrections noted for the minutes dated September 8, 2005. Joan Lovitt moved to accept the minutes as written. Lisa Turner seconded.

Discussion: None.

All present approved. Motion Passed.

 

IV.       Board Reports

Programs

Jo Ann Tucker discussed the monthly programs:

September – At the September 30^th meeting, Representative Cary Condotta updated the group on the latest issues happening in the House of Representatives. Then two representatives from the Center of Occupational Health & Education (COHE) did a presentation on their pilot program “Working Together to get People Back to Work”. Both presentations were excellent.

 

AVHRA Legacy Leadership Series – Began on September 20^th, this is a 6-week series being presented by Colin Brine. To date, there are 23 people attending.

Discussion:

·      We may need more brochures, as there is another series scheduled for January 2006. Jo Ann advised she would like to distribute brochures at the November meeting. We might want to contact Colin Brine to see if he would be willing to contribute to the printing costs

·      Wenatchee Valley College is also promoting a 2-day leadership program entitled Leadership Alive.

 

October – Exceptional Leadership: Are You Willing? Are You Able? – presented by Art Lange. Workshop scheduled for October 20^th, 8:30am – 2:00pm. Lisa Turner will make copies of program materials.

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Board Reports continued

Programs, continued

November – 9^th Annual Employment & Labor Law Update – presented by Gil Sparks. Luncheon meeting scheduled for November 17^th. Discussion regarding what to charge. It was decided to charge $25 members/$30 non-members. It was also discussed to have any advertising thoroughly proofed prior to ads being sent to the newspapers.

December – Annual SHRM Foundation Silent Auction, scheduled for December 8^th. Jo Ann advised the date, time, place and food have been arranged. We now need to work on auction items. Lisa will store auction items.

 

In 2005, the board tried to do “credit” programs. Unfortunately, they have not been as successful as we had hoped. The board needs to discuss what type of programs to promote in 2006. General discussion was that we return to regular luncheon meetings and sponsor less credit programs.

 

The following are programs being considered for the first couple of months in 2006:

 

January 2006 – Rene Zamora shared with Jo Ann several program titles and asked the board to review and select one of the programs. After review, it was decided to ask Rene to select a program he feels would be the best received.

February 2006 – Delona Emsley possibility. No firm program as yet.

 

Diversity

·      Melissa Wear-Grimm reported that she and Jo Ann Tucker attended a “dialogue” on racism at the YWCA. They had two excellent speakers from the Baton Rouge area. Melissa advised the program was very intriguing, mostly because she realized that we have never had to experience the adversity due to the color of our skin. The YWCA is going to host additional programs on race-related issues.

·      Melissa and Louisa Mora will be co-hosting a dialogue session.

·      Melissa would like to see the board host a dialogue to bring awareness to the community. She would like the board to bring ideas for opportunities to share within the workplace.

·      Jo Ann commented that she was a little disappointed that the dialogue only addressed racism and not other forms of discrimination. Joan Lovitt shared that eliminating racism and empowering women is the YWCA’s main focus.

·      Wenatchee Diversity Taskforce: Melissa reported that the Task Force is moving a lot slower, but forward. The Task Force is promoting a dinner which is sponsored by the YWCA. It does not appear that the Force has established a “commonality of purpose”.

·      Co-President Sparks shared that Cynthia Winder, State Council Diversity Director, would be a good candidate for a 2006 diversity program.

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Board Reports, continued

Certification

Joan Lovitt advised she has six people attending for the fall certification class. They are four sessions into the study. She has had a number of people express interest in attending next year.

 

School to Work

List Turner reported the first meeting for the Job Fair is on Friday, November 18^th at 10am. Karen advised she received an email from Nancy McMinn at the Wenatchee World – and that she would forward the email to Lynn Bourton.

 

Membership

Sylvia Martinez reported that Susan Akers and Joy Peterson are now on the Membership Roster. She advised we have six new members, and that four members need to be removed as they have moved out of the AVHRA area. The following names were forwarded to Sylvia as possible contacts: Ann Temte at Wenatchee Valley College; Charlie Naismith at Merrill Lynch; and Paul Kube at Ogden Murphy Wallace. Jo Ann suggested sending information to meeting visitors. Everyone thought that was a good suggestion.

 

Publicity

Janice Soder reported:

·      She has forwarded information regarding the October program to the Wenatchee Business Journal – but she did not have a photograph of Art Lange to include. She also advised that the meeting announcement was not submitted in time for the October issue.

·      Run the Wenatchee World ad on two 3-day cycles, beginning with this weekend paper (October 8^th).

·      She will call Mari to see if Mari can attend Art Lange’s program.

·      Regarding the November program – Co-President Sparks requested that Janice have Bruce from the Wenatchee World forward a copy of last year's ad so that he can update.

·      Janice reported that she does submit the meeting announcements to the local radio stations.

 

Financial

Annie Horey was not present to give a report; however, she did forward a Register Report and Balance Report to Co-President Sparks to review with the board. As of October 3, 2005, the Register Report showed a balance of $7,379.34 and the Balance Report showed an overall total of $17,538.05.

 

 

 

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Board Reports, continued

SHRM Foundation / Auction

No report was given.

 

Newsletters

Ruth Williams was not in attendance to give a report.

 

Legislative

Steve Bobst was not in attendance to give a report.

 

V.        General Interest Items

Co-President Sparks shared the following:

1.     Superior Merit and Randy Lundberg Awards will be presented at the NHRMA conference. Co-President Sparks advised he will accept the awards, but would like any AVHRA attendees to please sit together as he would like to recognize the group for their hard work and commitment to excellence.

2.     State Council minutes directory – there are resources available from SHRM to assist in paying for quality speakers.

3.     2008 NHRMA Conference – Tri-Cities, WA. We were accepted to co-host the conference, along with the Yakima and the Tri-Cities chapters. Tracy Sunday at Tri-Cities is lead organizer. She is tentatively asking AVHRA the responsibility of scheduling the speakers for the conference.

4.     D&O insurance – Co-President Sparks looked into it and found we have never had it. The insurance is for the protection of the board members for mismanaging funds. After discussion, it was decided to not pursue this purchase.

5.     Volunteer Leaders’ Resource Center (VLRC) information was distributed at the State Council meeting. It is a part of the SHRM website, basically a “how-to” guide. It is an excellent database on how to do the job as a board member.

6.     Co-President Davis advised she is not attending the Leadership Conference in Washington DC in November. Melissa Wear-Grimm, incoming president, advised that she is not able to attend as she has a prior commitment. However, she suggested sending the 2007 president-elect.

7.     Pinnacle application was not submitted because there was not enough information for the application. It was suggested to submit AVHRA’s Leadership Legacy series and our School-to-Work programs.

8.     Scholarships – do we need to make any changes to the information on the application forms?

 

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VI.       Next Board Meeting

The next board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 7:00 a.m., at The Roaster.

 

VII.        Closing Joke

The closing joke was submitted by Melissa Wear-Grimm.

 

VIII.    Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 8:32 a.m.

 

 

Minutes taken and submitted by:

 

 

Karen Bland, Secretary		Date