Meeting Minutes s5

September Board of Directors Meeting Webster University Tuesday, September 2, 2014

~ Meeting Minutes ~

Call to Order and The Board meeting was called to order at 6:00pm by President Jean Raskin, quorum confirmed. Welcome Board Member Attendees: Cherie Mooney, Christine Clyne, Jean Raskin, Lynn Williams, Marie Graziosi, and Renee Bergman. Absent: Lisa Eding, Steve Hall. Consent Agenda Motion to approve the Consent Agenda was made by Ms. Graziosi, seconded by Ms. Clyne, which included:  Approval of new members listed on the Membership Report.  Treasurer’s Report  August Board Meeting Minutes All in favor, motion carried. Old Business and Board Updates

President Ms. Raskin reported the following:  Certification update: Ms. Groening is unable to facilitate the Fall, 2014 certification class and Nancy Haas was able to secure Samantha Hernandez to teach the class. As of 8/28, there are 9 students registered. Ms. Raskin suggested that SHRA offer an HRCI certification class and a SHRM CP/SCP class in 2015, but not at the same time.

 Spring certification class recognition will be held at the September meeting. Six out of the eight students enrolled passed and earned their credentials. Lynn Williams has been added to the recognition class. While Lynn took the Fall 2013 class, she sat for and passed her PHR exam in Spring 2014. Todd York will be at this meeting; he is the District Director for HR FL and has asked to speak for a few moments about the SHRM certification.

 September is the annual business meeting. We will present the YTD membership numbers and financials as part of the power point presentation, as well as the current slate and 2015 slate of officers. Any member may nominate themselves or another member for a position. Ms. Mooney has requested to speak at the September member meeting regarding the Treasurer position.

 The 2015 slate will be sent for a vote in October and will give any member enough opportunity to come forward if they are interested in any position. Our current bylaws state that the installation of the 2015 Board will be at our December meeting.

 Ms. Raskin reported that she has asked Lynne Tuccy to communicate the by-law changes and send them out again to the membership for voting.

 Ms. Raskin stated that she, Ms. Clyne, and Ms. Graziosi will all be attending the HR Florida conference in October.

President Elect This position is open.

Vice President Ms. Clyne reported:

 Diversity – nothing new to report.

 College Relations: Cindy Saunders (Webster University) had nothing new to report. Ms. Raskin proposed an idea about having a concerted book drive to collect educational books and donating those books to any student attending classes for business or HR. Ms. Saunders would be the point person for the collection and disbursement of the books.

 Workforce Readiness: Kathy Bouchard (Workforce Readiness Chairperson) shared that she appreciated having the Suncoast Professional Network Information published in the SHRA monthly newsletter. She stated that CareerSource Suncoast would like to take advantage of other opportunities to highlight upcoming projects, job fairs, and success stories in the monthly newsletters and eblasts.

Board Secretary Ms. Williams reported:

 Emails regarding information for the September Member Meeting were sent to the Herald-Tribune, Biz 941 and the Bradenton Observer.

Treasurer Ms. Mooney reported:

 See attached Treasurer Reports.

 Ms. Mooney discussed online registration for the monthly member meetings and the situation that arises when a non-member selects the option to “Bill Me.” She stated that we should not allow that option to non- members. She would like to purchase the Square to use at future member meetings to allow attendees to charge their credit card accounts. She will research this option to see if it is transferrable to another person’s phone so when the 2015 Treasurer assumes the position, it can be transferred to them. The charges will go directly into our bank account in the form of a deposit. The attendee will still sign in with Elham and she will indicate if they paid by cash, check, Square, etc. Ms. Mooney suggested that if the option “Bill Me” is selected online, an additional message should pop up that states that payment is due at the door.

Membership Director Ms. Graziosi reported:

 See attached Membership report. Ms. Graziosi had nothing further to add to the report.

Marketing Director Mr. Hall was not in attendance.

Programs Director Ms. Eding was not in attendance.

 The Board reviewed and discussed the comments from the previous member meeting survey. There were a few negative comments regarding the Polo Grill’s food and atmosphere.

 The December, 2014 meeting will be held as a lunch at the Holiday Inn, Sarasota Airport. Ms. Eding was able to get a strategic program.

Communications Ms. Bergman reported: Director  Ms. Bergman reported that she will delete our SHRA Facebook account effective tomorrow (9/3/14). There were 2 accounts (1 was set up several years ago and another had been set up for the 50th anniversary). A message will be placed on both indicating that we will no longer be maintaining the page and to follow us on LinkedIn/Twitter. The name of our Twitter Account is SHRA_HRChapter.

 Ms. Bergman stated that the biggest challenge this past month was testing, troubleshooting, and launching online registration for the Fall Certification class. The class was marketed on the SHRA homepage, as well as LinkedIn.

 Action item from last month: The At-large code was extended for another month.

 Mimi Tran has transitioned to Membership and has put together the data administration report that was submitted.

 SHRA By-laws: continued advertising need for quorum vote (newsletter 8/20).

 Published monthly newsletter, 3 E-blast communications to members and monthly PPT.

 Coordinated A/V for August member meeting speaker and sponsors.

New Business  No New Business

Adjournment  The meeting adjourned at 7:35pm. The next SHRA Board Meeting will be held : Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Time: 5:30 (dinner) meeting from 6 – 8pm Location: Webster University

Respectfully submitted, Lynn Williams, PHR Board Secretary, 2014 Approved as: Read ___X_ __ Date _10/14/14_ Corrected _____ Date ______