Board Members Present: Kim Burke, Wayne Lindberg, Sandy Shea, Jennifer Mencl, Roxanne Adamczak, Tracy Larsen

Absent: Kathy Chalupsky, Patricia Stolee, Steve Korby, Sandy Danmeier, Bonny Ratajek, Kathryn Koch

The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m., by President Kim Burke.

MINUTES:

The October meeting minutes were reviewed and discussed. A motion was made by Tracy Larsen to approve; seconded by Jennifer Mencl, board approved, motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

MN SHRM Conference:

Board Succession Planning:
Phil Zeccardi from Stepping Stones for Living has expressed an interest in the Assistant VP of Finance position for 2008. A motion was made by Jennifer Mencl to approve; seconded by Wayne Lindberg; board approved, motion carried. Kim Burke will call Phil to see if he will accept the position. Laurie Pinther agreed to take the VP of Finance position and Terri McGillvrey accepted the Director of Community Relations position for 2008. Steve Korby and Bonny Ratajek will be Board Members at Large.

December Board Meeting:
Kim Burke made a recommendation that the December Board Meeting/Year End Celebration be held at the LeBistro in Superior, everyone in attendance agreed. Kim will pick a date and send out an e-mail invitation to all of the board members.

Board Recognition:
Patricia Stolee had forwarded some Chapter Best Practices from SHRM to Kim Burke. There was some discussion regarding this topic, however, it was determined it would be best to wait and discuss it in more detail when more board members are present. Kim will add this to the December agenda.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Financial Report (Bonnie Ratajek):
Bonny Ratajek e-mailed the financial report as of October 31, 2007, to Kim Burke. It was discussed and Roxanne Adamczak moved to approve and was seconded by Tracy Larsen; board approved, motion carried.

Diversity Report (Sandy Shea):
Sandy Shea has a diversity speaker, Mary Engels, lined up for January. She is also on the HRAM Board and they need to offer some type of training through their organization. She will be inviting the NHRA members to the training once everything gets finalized and they hope to offer it mid year.

Professional Development (Kathy Chalupsky/Roxanne Adamczak):
Kathy Chalupsky sent an e-mail to Kim Burke stating that she is working on getting the luncheon meeting rooms reserved for 2008. Roxanne has some speaker leads for 2008 that she will be following up on. Tony Ormann expressed an interest in speaking. Steve Korby suggested that Mike Pflepsen from LSC may be willing to do a presentation on the baby boomers retiring, etc. The UMD students will be presenting at the April meeting. NHRA is responsible for planning the joint ASTD meeting this year in June. Jennifer suggested combining it with the golf outing to encourage more participation. There will also be a workshop in September again.

College Relations (Jennifer Mencl):
Jennifer was notified that the HR Games will be hosted in Duluth! They will be held at the Holiday Inn on February 29th and March 1st. She will be looking for volunteer question readers, time keepers, score keepers, and judges (need certification). Jennifer will be asking for volunteers in February.

Jennifer is also working on an interviewing workshop for the UMD business students at the end of November. The students are already looking for internships and full-time jobs. Jennifer will send an e-mail requesting volunteers. She's hoping to get 10 - 12 volunteers to make it a success. The two dates she is looking at are Tuesday, November 28th and Wednesday, November 29th. She.s hoping to have students interview with someone who works in their field of interest. The student SHRM chapter is also continuing to invite HR professionals in to speak. The next topic they hope to have someone address is "the good, the bad, and the ugly of HR". We may be receiving an e-mail from them asking for speakers.

Marketing Report (Patricia Stolee):
Patricia Stolee was unable to attend the meeting as she was attending the Leadership Conference in DC, but she did send an email update to Kim Burke. The December meeting is on the website. The November meeting appeared in the Budgeteer, the DNT Business Monday calendar, and on the Business North Website. Patricia also redesigned the NHRA Membership Application and will be e-mailing a copy to Kim. The NHRA booth at the state conference was fantastic and she wanted to thank Kim for making the banners.

Membership Report (Roxanne Adamczak):
Tracy King rejoined NHRA. Roxanne is in the process of organizing and getting things ready to turn over to Patricia for 2008.

Legislative Affairs (Wayne Lindberg):
Wayne Lindberg attended a conference call last week with the SHRM legislative people. There wasn't really too much to report. He's waiting to get the minutes from the meeting. He also e-mailed Don Ness to see if we can get him as a speaker in 2008. He's also trying to get a hold of some other legislative speakers.

OTHER BUSINESS:

None.

A motion was made by Sandy Shea to adjourn the meeting at 12:37 p.m.; seconded by Wayne Lindberg, meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,


Tracy Larsen
Assistant VP of Administration