Kathy Chalupsky called the meeting to order 12:02 p.m.

Present: Present: Patricia Stolee, Kim Burke, Wendy Sersha, Terry McGillvrey, Roxanne Adamczak, Jennifer Mencl, Wayne Lindberg, Kathy Chalupsky, Cliff Tanner, Bonnie Ratajek, Laurie Pinther, Steve Korby, Tracy Larsen

Absent: None.

Review of meeting minutes from February 2008: There were a couple of minor changes. Wayne Lindberg should have been marked as present at the last meeting. Under the College Relations section it should state that students are limited to receiving a scholarship once. Jennifer Mencl made a motion to approve the minutes with the changes listed above and Bonnie Ratajek seconded.

New Business:

New Board Members:
Lori Hoyum, Pam Grover and Heather Turcotte have expressed an interest in serving on the board, however, they were unable to attend the March meeting. They will be invited to attend the April meeting.

NHRA Scholarship:
The two applicants were discussed. Anna Moore was involved with the student SHRM chapter two years ago as Secretary. She hasn't been to a meeting in the last 11/2 years, but will be participating in the PHR study group this year.

Chin Kwok is currently involved with the student SHRM chapter. He helped organize the mock interviews at UMD, participated in the HR games, and will be participating in the PHR study group this year. His scholarship application also appeared to be more professional.

There was some discussion regarding the possibility of awarding two scholarships. NHRA already spent $2,800.00 on the HR Games this year, so it was decided to take a vote first and see how it turned out. A vote was taken and it was decided that Chin would receive the scholarship. This will be presented to him at the April luncheon meeting.

Golf Outing Discussion:
Steve Korby passed around the flier from last year. There was some discussion around possibly moving it to another golf course, but it was ultimately decided that it makes sense to keep it at Proctor. ASTD will be invited to participate as well. We will attempt to get a few more sponsors and prizes this year. An announcement will be made at the next membership meeting asking for committee volunteers. We will also try to draw on some of the non or beginning golfers this year too. A suggestion was made to do goofy things at each hole, such as sitting on a chair, putting between legs, etc. Steve will reserve for the golf course for July 14th at Proctor again. Keep your eyes open for door prizes at your place of employment. Steve will ask Missy Kuhlmey to help with the hole sponsors again this year.

Job Dig Proposal:
Cliff Tanner stated that communication with SHRM is not good now regarding statewide partnerships. If NHRA members identify themselves as NHRA members when they place an ad with Job Dig they will give 3% of the cost of ad to NHRA. This will benefit both parties. It will mean more ads for them and more money for NHRA. Job Dig would provide a report and a check to NHRA on a quarterly basis. They are requesting a list of our members and would also like to present at a luncheon meeting, or possibly at the fall conference. We can communicate this information on the website, in the newsletter, in e-mails, etc. Jennifer Mencl made a motion to share the list with them and it was seconded by Bonnie. A vote was then taken and it was approved that the list would be provided to Job Dig. Patricia Stolee will send an e-mail notifying the members of the decision to provide the list to them and inform them they have the option to have their name removed from the list. They will need to notify us of their request by May 1st.

Financial Report: (Laurie Pinther):
Laurie Pinter distributed the financial report as of 2/29/08. She entered some revisions and it currently shows a loss on the profit and loss sheet. There were some increased planned expenses. She also mentioned that we have a fairly large balance in Paypal. This is because it has a higher interest rate than a regular savings account. The budget was approved last month. Patricia Stolee will send out a reminder to those members that have not paid their dues for the year yet. It was also mentioned that several members have lost their job this year. Do we want to extend free memberships to those people? SHRM actually encourages chapter's to do that. SHRM also has a program in place to cover membership dues until that member finds a job. It.s beneficial for networking, finding a job, keeping current in the field, etc. A letter will be sent to the members affected and ask if they would be interested in keeping their NHRA membership. Information regarding this will also be posted on our website and will include an application for any members that would like to take advantage of this program. Patricia will e-mail an application form for members in transition for approval by the board. Kim Burke made a motion to approve and Jennifer Mencl seconded. Motion carried.

Community Relations (Terri McGillvrey):
Terry McGillvrey is working with the YMCA on a program to help young mothers with mock interviews and resume writing. She will gather more information and report back to the board. Kim Burke sent out e-mail requesting volunteers for mock interview at the prison. Terry will be the NHRA contact going forward.

Professional Development Report (Roxanne Adamczak):
Roxanne Adamczak reported that the UMD student chapter will be presenting at the April meeting. Wayne Lindberg will also give a legislative update at the meeting. Joe Bouie will be doing a diversity presentation in May. The joint ASTD/NHRA meeting will be in June. We will have our golf outing in July. The fall conference will be held in September. She will be confirming with Jim Laumeyer that he will be doing a performance management/coaching presentation in October. Spherion would like to discuss their Emerging Worforce Study at an upcoming meeting. Roxanne will get more information regarding this and follow up with the board at the next meeting. Terry McGillvrey also suggested having HRIS systems as a topic for a meeting or the fall workshop.

College Relations (Jennifer Mencl):
Jennifer Mencl thanked everyone for volunteering for the HR Games. She heard good things from everyone who participated and it couldn't have been done without the volunteers. There is a study group starting next Monday. The group will include four professionals studying for the SPHR and nine students studying for the PHR.

Membership/Marketing (Patricia Stolee):
Patricia Stolee distributed a list of all the new members since the beginning of the year. Thirteen new members have joined in 2008. She will also contact Walmart and Sam's to see if they have any interest in becoming members. Patricia has also been working on locating members who have switched jobs to see what their status it. The board members were announced in the last issue of the Duluthian. She is working on the newsletter and she will include a sign up for the golf outing in there. She will continue to mail a hard copy of the newsletter to the members. Karen Andresen will be the member spotlight in this issue because she has started a new business.

Legislative Affairs (Wayne Lindberg):
Wayne will be giving an update at the April meeting. This will include a brief slide show presentation. The SHRM website hasn't had any updates recently for Minnesota or Wisconsin.

Other Business:

• Kathy Chalupsky reported that there are a few open board positions. Sandy Shea has resigned from the Director of Diversity position, Phil Zeccardi has resigned as Assistant Treasurer, and Patricia Stolee is currently holding two positions. She will give up the Director of Membership position and keep the Director of Marketing position. The three members mentioned in the new board member section are interested in joining our board. It was discussed that the President has the right to appoint someone to a board position, there wouldn't need to be another election. The expectations of a board member will be discussed at the next meeting. They must be able to attend the board meetings and be committed. It was also suggested the Bonnie Ratajek may be able to help with some of the vacated responsibilities as a board member at large. Kim Burke volunteered to help with some things as well.
  
  
• Cliff Tanner discussed trying to get more involved with the State Council. He would like to see the state conference moving around the state. Rochester is well represented and the conference will be there for two years. There will be another executive board meeting coming up soon. It would be beneficial for someone from NHRA to volunteer as a conference co-chair to gain a better understanding of what's going on to try to get the state conference in Duluth for 2010. NHRA can also earn $1,500 for helping stuff bags the Sunday before the conference. NHRA can decide if they would like to make the co-chair position a board position or not.

A motion was made by Wayne Lindberg to adjourn the meeting at 1:20 and it was seconded by Kim Burke, meeting adjourned.


Respectfully submitted,

Tracy Larsen
VP of Administration