Board Members Present: Bonny Ratajek, Wayne Lindberg, Kim Burke, Kathy Chalupsky, Jennifer Mencl, Tracy Larsen, Sandy Danmeier, Patricia Stolee, Kathryn Koch

Absent: Bonny Ratajek, Wayne Lindberg, Kim Burke, Kathy Chalupsky, Jennifer Mencl, Tracy Larsen, Sandy Danmeier, Patricia Stolee, Kathryn Koch

Guest: Terri McGillvrey

The meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m., by President Kim Burke.

MINUTES:

The September meeting minutes were reviewed and discussed. A motion was made by Patricia Stolee to approve; seconded by Kathryn Koch; board approved, motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

Welcome to Terri McGillvrey who is a guest today and is here to observe and see if she would be interested in a board position. Laurie Pinther, Empower MX also expressed interest in becoming a board member.

MN SHRM Conference:

Patricia Stolee provided the board with an overview from the State Conference. She reported that the conference was fabulous, program terrific, and the food as always was excellent. The conference provided a good opportunity to network. The registration went well, one of the better conferences. We received a letter from Stacy Jorgenson of the Student Chapter thanking us for the opportunity to participate at the conference. We had a display of our Northland Chapter with a basket for a drawing. The following individuals won the drawing: Laurie Pinther of Empower MX won a free lunch meeting; Cathy Pazzelli from AEOA won a free lunch meeting; Heather Cooke of LaBounty won a free lunch meeting; Karen Andresen of RSM McGladrey won a free membership. Jennifer Mencl ran a research survey at the conference and needs additional information. She will be sending it out to our membership.

Board Elections:
The board elections will take place at the November meeting. Missy Kuhlmey has submitted her resignation. Bonnie Ratajek made a motion to accept her resignation; seconded by Tracy Larsen. Board approved; motion carried. We still have some critical slots open and discussion took place regarding how to fill. Several people volunteered to continue on and we also will take nominations from the floor.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Financial Report (Bonnie Ratajek):
The financial report as of September 30, 2007 was discussed. Jennifer Mencl moved to approved and was seconded by Kathy Chalupsky; board approved, motion carried.

Diversity Report (Sandy Shea):
Kim Burke reported for Sandy Shea as she was not present. Sandy has a speaker lined up for January, 2008 on diversity.

Professional Development (Kathy Chalupsky/Roxanne Adamczak):
Kathy reported that she has Jim Skoog lined up to present on the Pandemic Flu for November. Patricia mentioned that she was talking with Greg Peters of Seaton, Beck and Peters, P.A. at the State Conference who would be willing to come and speak on employee handbooks. It was also mentioned that Bill Maloney of Midwest EAP Solutions from Duluth might also be a good speaker. Kathy will talk with the Holiday Inn to reserve dates for the next year.

College Relations (Jennifer Mencl):
HR Games -- Jennifer is in the process of filling out a proposal to bid on the HR games. She did some preliminary checking with a couple of hotels in Duluth to get an idea as to the various costs. Discussion took place regarding covering the food/beverage costs for the Friday night reception, Saturday morning breakfast, Saturday lunch, Saturday dinner. It was discussed and decided that instead of a Saturday dinner, we would offer a cookie tray or snacks. We think that we can secure 50 to 75 volunteers as required under the bid. Discussion took place relative to the amount of financial assistance the chapter will provide. Kathy Chalupksy made a motion to provide up to $3,000 of financial assistance to support this effort; seconded by Tracy Larson. Board approved; motion carried.

Student SHRM Chapter Update (Stacy Jorgenson):
No report.

Community Involvement Update (Missy Kuhlmey):
No report.

Membership Report (Roxanne Adamczak):
Roxanne was not present however sent her report via e-mail. Two new members; Laurie Edgerton, Falk's Pharmacy and Janet Cadott, Allete.

Legislative Affairs (Wayne Lindberg):
No report.

Communication Marketing, & Webmaster Report (Patricia Stolee):
No report.

OTHER BUSINESS:

Jennifer Mencl suggested sponsoring a small reception for current members, potential members and the recruiters who are attending the Head of the Lakes Job Fair that is at UMD on November 2nd. She would be happy to organize this event. Discussion took place as to the location with several local bar and restaurants being discussed. NHRA will pay for the first drink and also provide a cheese/meat tray.

It was mentioned that we should think about (from an internal controls perspective) who has control and access to the VISA credit card.

AHRA Conference:
The Arrowhead Human Resource Association had a conference which both Patricia Stolee and Tracy Larsen attending. It was a good quality program, had vendors, and had a good turn out of participants. It was suggested to maybe we could learn from them as to how they made it such a success and pattern our fall conference after theirs.

ADJOURN:
A motion was made by BonnieRatajek to adjourn the meeting at 1:00 PM; seconded by Jennifer Mencl, meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,


Sandy Danmeier
VP of Administration