P

Angie Bedgood - President

P

Cindy Stueve – Public Relations

P

Carlton Spinks – A/V

P

Jeff LeBlanc – President Elect

P

Jeanine Wilson - Certification

A

Candice Swiger-Door Prize Coordinator

P

Mary White-Membership

P

Renee Sorenson – Conference Chair

P

Teresa Taylor - Treasurer

P

Kay Watson – Diversity/Conf. Co-Chair

A

Kathryn Irby - Bookkeeper

A

Cindy Giddens-Secretary

P

Sherri Grubbs-Workforce Development

P

Harold Williamson – SHRM Foundation

P

Tom Woodford-Legislative Affairs

A

Kelly Woodford – Student Chapter

A

Kathy Deckbar-Job Posting

Action Items

Who:

Completed By:

1.

Discuss membership criteria at next BOD

BOD

2.

Review membership and estimate % of affiliate members

Mary

3.

Find out what Mobile SHRM is paying for regarding website

Mary

4.

Get last class reimbursement  figures for Teresa

Jeanine

5.

Check into the cost of a credit card set up for the conference

Harold

6.

7

Discussion Item

Main Decision(s) Made

1.

 President -  Angie Bedgood

• Discussed membership criteria proposal adding affiliate membership as a 3^rd designation. Affiliates would be limited to 2 from the same company. Current affiliates would be grandfathered in 2010. Discussed reclassifying to include affiliates after dues renewal.
• Tabled membership criteria proposal until next BOD.
• Discussed adding a website coordinator to chapter BOD in 2010.
• Announced Teresa Taylor has stepped in as treasurer for the remainder of 2009.

2.

President Elect – Jeff LeBlanc

• We are a go for the next meeting

3.

Core Leadership Areas -

Diversity – Kay Watson

• Will not be at the meeting
• Sending Angie a piece on diversity for the newsletter because Oct is National Diversity Month

Certification – Jeanine Wilson

• 12 students are participating in the fall class
• Mix up with students paying MTI directly for class
• Will get current figures on prev. class reimbursement amounts
• Need a paperwork trail and invoices for all charges and payments related to certification class.
• Attended a conference call:  National average 59% PHR, 52% SPHR. Will determine our local percentage so we can promote certification.

Legislative -  Tom Woodford

• We will have 10 “commercial” sponsors for the December HR Games
• Will announce at lunch
• Discussed DC visit-talked with all Alabama congressmen and senators – health care is the big issue; everything else on the back burner

College Relations – Kelly Woodford

• Absent

4.

PR  - Cindy S.

• Bartered ad w/Mobile Chamber for their e-newsletter

5.

Membership – Mary White

• Had to leave early, Jeanine Wilson discussed new members
• Tabled one application due to a lack of information requested.
• Approved 4 associate and 1 professional member

6.

SHRM Foundation/Past President -  

Harold Williamson

• Discussed scholarship fund and the regulations relating to it.
• Adopted that the scholarship fund is now a restricted fund-The check will come to us instead of going to the school-follow IRS guidelines for grants for educational purposes-never touch the principal

8.

Conference Chair – Renee Sorenson

• 51 participants registered so far
• 30 exhibitors & 11 sponsors= 50 booths
• Still need 2^nd break, partial lunch ($500) and 1 speaker sponsor
• Angel Persson is handling the food. Food costs so far are $6500 for breakfast, lunch and break.

9.

Treasurer– Teresa Taylor

• Has corresponded with Kathyrn Irby
• Not the end of the month, so financials are not complete
• Is on the New Horizons account

10.

A/V –

Carlton Spinks

• Getting AV info to the convention center in 2 weeks for the conference.
• Suggested getting a credit card set up for next year’s conference