Apple Valley HR Association

Board Meeting Ð February 9, 2006

The Roaster, Wenatchee WA 98801

 

Present:

Jo Ann Tucker          Annie Horey             Barbara Davis           Joan Lovitt                Janice Soder

Patty Mitchell           Lynn Bourton           Gil Sparks                  Beverly Freeman            Diane Peterson

Melissa Wear-Grimm

 

I.               Welcome / Call to Order

President Melissa Wear-Grimm called the meeting to order at 7:10 a.m.

 

II.        Review and Approval of the Minutes

President Melissa Wear-Grimm reported no changes noted for the minutes dated January 12, 2006. Annie Horey moved to accept the minutes as written. Lynn Bourton seconded.

Discussion: None.

All present approved. Motion Passed.

 

III.       Board Reports

Programs

Jo Ann Tucker discussed the monthly programs, she distributed the program schedule for the year, please see attached.

 

Upstream Northwest has 27 participants with very good comments. Colin has joined SHRM and will become an AVHRA member.

 

The evaluation of the January 19th program with Renee Zamora was excellent.

 

June, July and August are left to fill. The Board discussed that July has been skipped in the past.

 

August would be a good time for School to Work. June was discussed as a possible time to have a panel. New names would be the draw for a panel in June.

 

Gil Sparks moved to give a speakers gift to all program presenters. Melissa Wear-Grimm seconded. Discussion was to have the program director responsible for the purchase of the gift. All present approved. Motion Passed.

 

 

AVHRA Board Minutes                                                                                                                 Page 2

February 9, 2006

Board Reports, continued

 
Diversity

Arlene Abbott was not present for Diversity

 

School to Work

Lynn Bourton had nothing new to discuss regarding the job fair.

 

Membership

á      Sylvia Martinez was not present for membership.

 

Financial

Patty Mitchell presented the financial statement. The Register Report showed a balance of $3905.35, and the Balance Report showed an overall total of $18,466.37.

 

The convention center will be raising the rates charged for breakfast and lunch. This increase will decrease our advertising revenue. Discussion surrounding increasing prices resulted in Annie Horey moving to raise everything by $2.00 to accommodate for the increase. Lynn Bourton seconded. All present approved. Motion Passed.

 

Price increases for non-members were also discussed as a way to increase membership.

 

Advertising was discussed as a result of the increases. It was noted that we must use three ads per event to get the discount through the Wenatchee World. There was discussion that more response comes from the Wenatchee Business Journal. It was suggested that we gather information from the next 4 programs to see where the referrals are coming from.

 

Publicity

Janice Soder indicated that Bruce at the Wenatchee Business Journal has been great to work with. We will continue discussions next month; however it was voiced that speakers can pay for additional advertising if they wish to.

 

Certification

Joan Lovitt advised a new certification class will begin February 22. She currently has 3 people in the class including herself and Diane Peterson. It was noted there is more interest in the fall.


 

AVHRA Board Minutes                                                                                                                 Page 3

February 9, 2006

Board Reports, continued

 

Legislative

Gil Sparks reported changes to be aware of in the current legislative session:

á      Pay or play Healthcare will not pass this legislature.

á      Expansion of the definition of a protected class to include sexual orientation. This looks like it will pass. Employers may wish to review their workplace harassment policies.

á      HR day on the hill is February 15th. There is no cost to this program and lunch will be provided. If any AVHRA Board members attend, it would count toward the chapterÕs superior merit.

 

IV.       General Interest Items

 

á      Foundation: Barbara Davis has nothing new to report on Foundation.

á      Logo Wear: Barbara Davis reported that that the fleece jacket would be around $30 and the vest in the mid $20Õs. Color choices will be limited to black and brick.

á      2008 NHRMA Conference: Gil had no updates to the conference.

á      Newsletters: Jo Ann Tucker asked if we were going to continue to send out hard copies of the newsletters, since it is valuable advertising. Many didnÕt receive the electronic version of the newsletter, since they were unaware of Ruth ErwertÕs name change. It was suggested ÒAVHRA NewsletterÓ be placed the subject line of the emails.

á      Domain Server: It was recommended by Eric West to change to a local server. All agreed to change to a local server.

á      2005 Chapter Champion: went to Barbara Davis.

 

V.        Next Board Meeting

The next board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 9th at 7:00 a.m., at The Roaster.

 

VI.       Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 8:10 a.m.

 

 

Minutes taken and submitted by:

 

 

 

 

 

Beverly Freeman, Secretary

 

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