College Relations (Heather Duval absent):

• Heather met with Jannifer David from UMD regarding partnership with NHRA.
• Heather will request a list of ideas for projects that a UMD student could help with. These will be posted online.
• Heather requested that if an NHRA member is willing to go to a UMD class to talk about their job, what they do in Human Resources, etc., to let her know.
• NHRA Scholarship is posted and the deadline is one week before the next board meeting. Heather suggested that the NHRA Scholarship should be posted on the UMD website next year. This may change some of the formatting and/or guidelines.
• UMD requested volunteers for mock interviews.

• We had 4 or 5 community events last year and the same is projected for 2010.
• 2010 NHRA golf fundraiser is scheduled for July 12 at Proctor.

Professional Development/Diversity (Linda Olcott):

• Programs Scheduled:
  
  
  • January 12 - "Fine Line: Balancing Risk versus Reward during a Pandemic"; Jim Gangl; Certification Approved
    
    
  • February 9 - "Worksite Wellness Works"; Rachel Gilbertson; Certification Approved
    
    
  • March 9 - "2010 Employment Law Updates"; Joe Roby Jr.; Certification Approved
    
    
  • April 13 - Student SHRM Chapter
    
    
  • May 11 - "Diversity"; Deborah Peterson-Perlman; Yet to apply for certification
    
    
  • June 8 - Joint NHRA/ASTD Meeting "Continuing Education & Adult Learning"; Lori Collard; Yet to apply for certification
    
    
  • July - no educational meeting
    
    
  • August - no educational meeting
    
    
  • September 14 - "Retirement Plans"; Jeff Maida; Yet to apply for certification
    
    
  • October - no educational meeting (state conference)
    
    
  • November 9 - "Minnesota Power/ALLETE's Return to Work"; MAE Team; Yet to apply for certification
    
    
  • December 14 - TBD
    
    
  • January 2011 - TBD

HRCI Certification (Kathy Chalupsky):

• Study group is meeting every week and it seems the new format is working well. There are currently 8 people in the study group.
• Kathy requested the approval to purchase a $25 gift card for a member of the study group who has been very helpful in the organization of the study group. The board approved.

Membership & State Conference (B'elana Aedan; Heather Turcotte absent):

• B'elana and Heather are working on a survey of questions to ask when they meet with current, past, and potential members.
• B'elana and Heather will be talking with those people who have not renewed their membership.
• Heather is tracking membership on a month to month basis; membership increased in January.

Legislative and Government Affairs (Wayne Lindberg):

• Wayne participated in a government affairs conference call. Many issues are currently "up in the air". Wayne is working with Larry Bougerie, State Council Legislative Director, to put together a SHRM Legislative visit.

Marketing (Patricia Stolee):

• NHRA board announcement was in the paper.
• The SHRM national conference will be put on the NHRA Website.

Workforce Readiness (Judy Aspling):

• Participated in a webinar and learned that NHRA is on track for workforce readiness initiatives.
• Judy would like to speak at the next educational meeting to mention the different things people can do regarding workforce readiness; and to also remind members to send her a notice when they attend job fairs or any other things related to workforce readiness.

Continuing Business:

• Sandy mentioned that she contacted SHRM regarding using some of their articles for the NHRA HR section. Jen Mencl had done it this way in the past; however, SHRM said they weren't comfortable with this. Sandy will contact Jen to find out how we obtained permission previously.
• 2010 State Conference Update: Received over 150 proposals for speakers and has been narrowed down to 50. The website is 95% done. An email will go out to vendors next week. Discussed the idea of a wellness walk one of the mornings from 6 to 6:30. Maybe SMDC would sponsor?