Board Members Present: Patricia Stolee, Jennifer Mencl, Steve Korby, Bonnie Ratajek, Kathryn Koch, Roxanne Adamczak, Sandy Danmeier, Tracy Larsen, Kathy Chalupsky, and Sandy Shea.

Absent: Kim Burke, Wayne Lindberg, Jannifer David, Missy Kuhlmey

The meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m., by President-Elect Kathy Chalupsky.

MINUTES:

The April meeting minutes were reviewed and discussed. Motion was made by Bonnie Ratajek to approve; seconded by Kathryn Koch. Board approved; motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

Leadership Conference (Patricia Stolee):
The State Leadership conference will be held on May 20 - 21, 2007 at the Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Alexandria. Every chapter in Minnesota will be represented. We have ten board members from our Chapter attending.

Golf Outing (Steve Korby):
Steve Korby reported on the golf outing. It will be held on Monday, July 16, 2007 at the Proctor Golf Club. We have 6 confirmed hole sponsors for $50.00 a hole. The golf course has been reserved. Jennifer volunteered to gather the prizes. Discussion took place about the raffle tickets (for the various prizes) and if we should also sell tickets ahead of time. The consensus was that we should advertise that people can purchase tickets for the prizes the day of the golf outing. We should also encourage people to come and participate even if they are not good golfers since it is best ball. Kim should mention this event at the next monthly meeting which is the joint meeting with ASTD.

Membership Drive through Speed Networking (Roxanne):
The Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce is offering a SPEED Networking event. It is designed to help you generate leads and referral through structured networking. The event consists of a series of rotations. Patricia Stolee volunteered to participate and represent NHRA at this event.

Correspondence:

American Legion Hall of Fame Recommendation:
We received a letter from the America Legion Post 28 Hall of Fame Committee looking for nominations for the Duluth Hall of Fame Award. The first criterion for the volunteer is service to the community not related to the nominee's occupation during 2006. The board will not making a recommendation.

Thank you for Megan Keil:
We received a thank you from Megan Keil for the scholarship. She also included an update as to her recent activities and her plans for the future.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Financial Report (Bonnie Ratajek):
Bonnie Ratajek distributed the April 30, 2007 Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement. There was discussion on the profit and loss statement. The monthly meeting income for $660.00 was in question. Bonnie will get details on that line item and report on it next month.

Jennifer moved to approve the financial report with the stipulation that the profit and loss statement will be clarified at next meeting, seconded by Roxanne; board approved, motion carried.

Diversity Report (Sandy Shea):
No report. Sandy asked about what are our expectations from this position. Patricia will e-mail Sandy a job description. Patricia mentioned that the SHRM site has some good resources in the diversity tool kit

Professional Development (Kathy Chalupsky):
We need to remind Kim to encourage people to fill out feedback form at the monthly meetings. They were placed in the middle of the tables last time and not at each individual place setting. Some people didn't realize they were there.

Jennifer mentioned a topic for future monthly meeting could be Survey Research. It could cover areas of what do you measure, how do you measure, how do you develop the surveys, how do you summarize the data.

LSALMA is sponsoring a seminar on Cooperative Health Care Cost Controls and Prevention: .How-To. and Hands-On Solutions on September 18. Tony Ortman had discussed with Kathy to see if we wanted to co-sponsor and if we would secure the certification credits. Much discussion took place. We need to think more long term about the fundamental question of do we want to partner with LSALMA or any other organizations that approaches us to co-sponsor events. Consensus was to not cosponsor this event however Kathy will instruct Tony on how to apply for the certification credits from SHRM.

Professional Certification Report: (Jannifer David not present)
No report.

Fall Conference (Kathy Chalupsky):
No report.

Professional Certification Report: (Jannifer David not present)
No report.

College Relations (Jennifer Mencl):
Jennifer Mencl reported that the UMD Student Chapter elected new officers and Stacy Jordenson was elected President. Stacy is looking to be more proactive, trying to increase awareness on the campus, thinking about possible fund raisers. She talked about solicitating for internships and that maybe as a chapter then could take on a project with a team approach.

Communication Marketing, & Webmaster Report (Patricia Stolee):
Susan Leone has been working on the website; June 1st is now our target date. Patricia is working with a local photography place to get photos of Duluth. We should be able to announce at the next meeting that it is up and running.

All of our meetings have been printed in the Duluth Budgeteer and our column is going strong in the Duluth News Tribune. We had a recent blurb in the Duluth News Tribune and also Business North relative to receiving the Superior Merit Award Chapter. We will start promoting the joint meeting and the golf outing.

We had discussed having a tour in August of the 148 Fighter Wing. With them being deployed and now extended the tour, this event will be placed on hold.

Discussion took place around having a social event and perhaps partner with the Chamber of Commerce. The question was asked what would be the focus or purpose of an event like this. Roxanne suggested that she could do some brainstorming and come back next month with a recommendation of trying to increase our membership or be more visible within the community.

Community Involvement Report (Missy Kuhlmey):
No report.

Membership Report (Roxanne Adamczak):
Only 4 people outstanding as paid members. Taken a few off the list that aren't renewing. A few new members will be spotlighted in the upcoming newsletter. They have been working on streamlining the records for membership.

OTHER BUSINESS:

None.

A motion was made by Sandy Danmeier to adjourn the meeting at 1:00 p.m. and seconded by Kathryn Koch; board approved, motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Sandy Danmeier
VP of Administration