Board Members Present: Patricia Stolee, Jennifer Mencl, Steve Korby, Bonny Bonnie Ratajek, Missy Kuhlmey, Tracy Larsen, Wayne Lindberg, Kim Burke, Kathryn Koch, Kathy Chalupsky

Absent: Roxanne Adamczak, Sandy Shea, Sandy Danmeier, Jannifer David

The meeting was called to order at 12:02 p.m., by President Kim Burke.

MINUTES:

The January meeting minutes were reviewed and discussed. VP of Finance needs to be changed to VP of Administration. Motion was made by Missy Kuhlmey to approve with that revision, Bonnie seconded. Board approved; motion carried

NEW BUSINESS:

Kim asked if any of the committees have come up with any goals yet, no one has to date.

Missy will keep track of all community activities, so be sure to let her know if you participate in anything. Bonny suggested doing another clothing drive for the Domiano Center. Kim Burke will call and see if they have needs and if so will announce at the next luncheon meeting.

Kim distributed a copy of the UMD students request for donations for the HR Games taking place February 23rd and 24th. They are requesting $100 for registration and $300 for hotels rooms. Last year we donated $200. Steve moved we donate $400 with the stipulation that they report back to us as they did last year. We took a vote and approved the $400. Bonny will give a check to Jennifer. They had to elect new officers last fall and haven.t had enough time to devote to fundraising. We may want to consider hosting the games next year and should consider including something in the budget for this.

The State Leadership Conference will be held May 20 - 21 in Alexandria at the Arrowwood Resort. NHRA will pay for board members to attend. Family members are also welcome to join you. It's a family friendly environment and a lot of fun.

Patricia gave an update from the State meeting. Cliff attended the Regional meeting for our region. Walmart/Sam.s Club is encouraging PHR/SPHR certification and SHRM membership. We should contact them to recruit new members. Kim will e-mail Roxanne and let her know. The website is at a standstill until we get more information from SHRM. Wayne Brady spoke about workforce and succession planning.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Financial Report:
Bonnie distributed the updated financial report. She thought the 2006 income and expenses would be downloaded into the current report, but that didn't happen. The luncheon money for January didn't get deposited until February, so the report is off a little bit. Kathy Chalupsky will purchase speaker gift cards of $25 each and get reimbursed from Bonnie. Bonnie will review the budget and get back to us in March.

Professional Development Report:
The meeting is all set for next week. Got pre-approval for certification. The meeting next month will be on the Aging Workforce presented by Kathy Bray. April will be the student SHRM chapter meeting.

Professional Certification Report:
Two people responded to Jannifer regarding the next study group. They may combine these two with the student group. Kim will make another announcement regarding the study group at the luncheon meeting next week.

College Relations Report:
Discussed HR Games. Handed scholarship applications out. Sandy Shea was going to put list of criteria together.

Communications, Marketing & Webmaster Report:
Patricia sent out communications for the upcoming meeting. She submitted a press release on Howie's webpage and the News Tribune, sent out an e-mail and posted it on our website. She's continuing with the press releases, we are definitely getting media attention. She's also on the website daily doing updates and responding to requests. She's been keeping tabs with the State Council on a new website. We may end up doing something with SHRM, will wait and see what happens with that. Kathy thanked her for sending out the information regarding the Newspaper Committee and recruiting a couple of new members.

Community Involvement Report:
Missy called the schools and left messages with the DECA teachers, but hasn.t had time to follow up with them. She is participating in judging for the DECA conference at the DECC. She will be planning golf outing for July. Steve will call and reserve a spot at the Proctor Golf Course. We should consider getting sponsors for the holes, gift certificates, etc. We almost went into the hole last year with gifts. Steve will do a draft of a flier. Will sell raffle tickets ahead of time at the two membership meetings before the outing. We need to decide where the money should be donated. Missy will type up letter to give to businesses for donations and bring to next Board meeting. The June 19th meeting will be the joint meeting with ASTD. They are in charge of it this year. We will need to submit for certification for this meeting.

Membership Report:
Roxanne did not attend or send an update.

OTHER BUSINESS:

Wayne participated in the Government Affairs call. Discussed goals for 2007. He will make copies for all of us. They will have quarterly calls. Minimum wage bill going through the house right now. Employer Financed Health Care also in the House right now too. Universal Health Care Coverage in Senate. Will find out more information and present once a quarter at luncheon meetings. He will start this with the April meeting.

Patricia discussed the Wherley contract, there is a$50 minimum charge per year. There is also a charge of $1.50 to access our documents. Labels are .10. Kim will bring our items up there along with a list of current board members. Kim needs to mail the Registered Agent change of address for Secretary of State. We no longer need a registered agent. Kim will sign the Wherely Contract and send to the Secretary of State. If we earn more than $25,000 per year we need to complete form 990 and submit to IRS in Cincinnati, Ohio.

There was some discussion around Kathy Chalupsky.s dues. It looks like she's paid twice. Kathy will look into it. There was also an error with a guest only being charged $10 for a meeting, due to an error in paypal. Everything else has come through at $15. Not sure what happened there.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 1:05 by Kathy Chalupsky and seconded by Wayne Lindberg.

Respectfully submitted,

Sandy Danmeier
VP of Administration