Call to order 12:00 p.m.

Present: Jennifer Mencl, Kathy Chalupsky, Wayne Lindberg, Laurie Pinther, Pam Grover, Patricia Stolee, Tracy Larsen

Absent: Kim Burke, Terry McGillvrey, Bonnie Ratajek, Wendy Sersha, Steve Korby, Heather Turcotte

Call To Order:

Kathy Chalupsky called the meeting to order at 12:16 p.m.

Minutes:

Jennifer Mencl made a motion to approve the October meeting minutes, Tracy Larsen seconded; board approved, motion carried.

Monthly Reports:

The monthly reports were distributed. There was some discussion regarding the Ask HR Column. NHRA's name and local contact information should be included in the article so we get credit for the article and potential members have a way to contact us. Kathy will forward the paragraph that was previously included with the articles to Jennifer.

Patricia received a request from the Star Tribune to present information at an upcoming luncheon regarding their new jobfinder product. Dan Persons, Sales Consultant from American Consolidated Media also contacted Wendy and wanted to get some contacts through NHRA to promote his product. It was discussed that speakers for the luncheons shouldn't be doing a sales pitch and that the meetings should be approved for HRCI credits whenever possible. One option would be for them to sponsor a newsletter and include an advertisement. Another option would be for them to sponsor a luncheon. They could give a brief presentation and have a table set up for more information. Jennifer made a motion that we ask Helen Yarmoska from the Star Tribune to sponsor the December meeting for $300, Wayne seconded; board approved, motion carried. Jennifer also made a motion that we ask Dan Persons if he would like to sponsor the December newsletter or the January luncheon for $300, Wayne seconded; board approved, motion carried.

New Business:

Election results - all nominees won by acclimation. There were no nominations from the floor.

Laurie Pinther was the only winner in MN for the $750 SHRM Foundation HRCI Certification Scholarship.

The December board meeting will be an evening dinner meeting at Valentini's. The date and time is to be determined, Kathy will send out an e-mail.

The Emerging Workforce Study information is available for Officers.

Terri was unable to attend the meeting, but reported there were three NHRA members that volunteered for mock interviews for the disability fair.

There was some discussion regarding member updates and having them sent to the Treasurer and Membership board members. Patricia will ask Susan Leone to send an e-mail to those two people when she receives updates so they have accurate information.

The state council will be switching to a new website, but we can keep our current website for two years and then we'll have to make a decision to go under theirs or switch to a new one.

Succession Planning Update:

Heather Duvall from 50 Below may be interested in taking on Jennifer's College Relations position. The Diversity and Assistant Secretary positions are still open; Kathy will continue recruiting for those.

Financial Report:

We are at a net loss for the year so far. Laurie transferred $5,400 from savings to checking in October to cover fall conference expenses and leadership conference items for Wayne. Laurie stated we should end up about where we thought we were going to be for the year. Wayne approved the treasurer report, Pam seconded; board approved, motion carried.

The bank location discussion will be tabled until Pam is in the treasurer role. She will research fees, etc. before making a recommendation.

Legislative Affairs:

No new updates from Wayne.

Marketing:

Patricia would like to do a newsletter in December as a wrap up for the year. It will cost approximately $300, but everyone agreed it would be worthwhile.

Other Business:

Kathy received an e-mail request to post an HR position for a company in Southern WI. It will be post on our website and Jennifer will also send it out to the students as well.

A motion was made by Jennifer Mencl to adjourn the meeting at 1:02 and it was seconded by Pam Grover, meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,


Tracy Larsen VP of Administration