Apple Valley HR Association

Board Meeting – April 11, 2006

Link Board Room, Wenatchee WA 98801

Present:

Annie Horey Lisa Turner Paul Kube Arlene Abbott Joan Lovitt

Patty Mitchell Lynn Bourton Gil Sparks Beverly Freeman Janice Soder

Melissa Wear-Grimm

I. Welcome / Call to Order

President Melissa Wear-Grimm called the meeting to order at 7:08 a.m.

II. Review and Approval of the Minutes

President Melissa Wear-Grimm reported no changes noted for the minutes dated March 9, 2006. Annie Horey moved to accept the minutes as written. Joan Lovitt seconded.

Discussion: None.

All present approved. Motion Passed.

III. Board Reports

Programs

Jo Ann Tucker has recently resigned from the Coast Hotel. Gil and Melissa met and discussed with Jo Ann if she should continue as a board member. The Board unanimously voted to have her stay on the board. The Link board room is available for the AVHRA board meetings. The Board decided to continue to meet in the Link board room.

AVHRA is considering moving the monthly programs from the Coast. It was noted that service was poor. Melissa Wear-Grimm volunteered to research other options for the AVHRA monthly program meetings. Two options Melissa will explore are the Red Lion and the CTC.

Diversity

NCW Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is holding its annual banquet on May 11, 2006. The board discussed sponsoring a table at the banquet. AVHRA will pay the fee and pay for decorations for the table. Melissa Wear-Grimm moved to sponsor a table at the banquet. Joan Lovitt seconded.

Discussion: None.

All present approved. Motion Passed.

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Board Reports, continued

Melissa Wear-Grimm, Annie Horey, Sylvia Martinez and Arlene Abbott will plan to attend.

Gil suggested AVHRA donate a SHRM membership to the NCW Hispanic Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.

Lynn Bourton moved donate a SHRM membership at the banquet. Arlene Abbott seconded.

Discussion: None.

All present approved. Motion Passed.

Arlene will get back in touch with Rene to notify him of our decision.

School to Work

Lynn Bourton thanked all who were helping at the Job Fair scheduled for today at the Wenatchee Convention Center. Gil Sparks asked for clarification on where the interview booth was located.

Membership

Sylvia Martinez was not in attendance.

Financial

Patty Mitchell presented the financial statement. The Register Report showed a balance of $9,382.89, and the Balance Report showed an overall total of $27,984.

Patty presented the board with the 2006 budget. Of note was the seminar budget, which increased substantially to $15,000. The leadership expense also increased to $3,500. The total budget for 2006 is $38,060. It was noted we are two-thirds of the way there as far as income is concerned.

Janice Soder moved to approve the 2006 budget as written. Lisa Turner seconded.

Discussion: None.

All present approved. Motion Passed.

Publicity

Janice Soder is looking at if AVHRA should continue using the Wenatchee World three ad package. The package has limits on when the ads can run, but comes with a reduced rate. Janice will research what the rate would be for running the ad just once

Janice will work to submit a “thank you” ad to Paul and Gil, for the value brought to the community.

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Board Reports, continued

Certification

Joan Lovitt advised the current certification class has two weeks remaining

Legislative

Paul had nothing new for legislative.

Newsletter

Deadline for the April newsletter is April 21, 2006. Please remember to change the address for Jo Ann Tucker.

IV. General Interest Items

· 12^th Annual SHRM Golf Tournament Saturday, May 20^th. We sponsored a hole last year.

Arlene Abbott moved to sponsor a hole at the SHRM conference. Annie Horey seconded.

Discussion: None.

All present approved. Motion Passed.

· Leadership Series: Lisa Turner advised that only 10 (5 for the morning and 5 for the afternoon) people were signed up to date for the leadership series. Lisa will work directly with Colin to determine the minimum seating and if they need to cancel the class. Gil advised Colin has offered a free seat to a board member that we have not taken advantage of yet to date. Janice Soder stated she would be interested in the spot.

· Partnering with WorkSource: Gil presented that he also met with Kathy Mertes and Colin Brine regarding partnering with WorkSource. In exchange for using the WorkSource logo we can have access to their database for employer information. Although we would have to have the manpower to do the labeling, it is an excellent resource for AVHRA to expand the population in which we currently advertise to.

· 2008 NHRMA Conference: Gil presented that the three chapters that are responsible for the 2008 NHRMA conference in the Tri-Cities had a conference call on Monday. AVHRA is responsible for the program chair and 2 spots on the committee we will also need to have 1-2 members participate on each of the committees. Gill handed out a packet of conference planning information. Gil asked that each board member review the qualifications on pages 10-11 and determine the level of commitment and which areas they would like to participate in. The plan will be to have quarterly conference calls between now and January 2007.

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V. Next Board Meeting

The next board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 11, 2006^th at 7:00 a.m., at The Link Board Room.

VI. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 8:11 a.m.

Minutes taken and submitted by:


Beverly Freeman, Secretary		Date