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April
2010
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April
Newsletter
Volume:
17 Issue: 04
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2010
Alabama State Conference
May 18, 2010
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2010 GPSHRM
Legal Conference
Registration Form
DUE BY MAY 7th, 2010
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May Chapter Meeting
Fri, 05/14/2010
11:15am - 1:00pm
Speaker: Emily S. Smith, Ph.D., LPC
Staff Counselor/EAP Coordinator Alabama Psychiatriac Services
EAP Resources
Topic: Managing Stress from the HR Manager's Chair
Sponsor: MHCA
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June Chapter Meeting
Fri, 06/11/2010
11:15am - 1:00pm
Speaker: Mary White, M.A., SPHR
Mobile Technical Institute/MTI Business Solutions
Topic: An Overview of Strategic Social Networking:
Essential Tips for Aligning Social Media to Business Strategy
Sponsor: Remington College
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July Chapter Meeting
Fri, 07/09/2010
7:30am - 9:15am
Speaker: Casi Callaway, Executive Director & Baykeeper,
Mobile Baykeeper
Topic: Every Company Makes a Difference: Tips for Conservation & Environmental
Responsibility in the Workplace
Sponsor: Chiropractic Works
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Monthly Meeting
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When: April 9, 2010
Time: 11:15 am – 1:00
Where: Heron Lakes Country Club Lunch: $18 per person for members and $23 per
person for guests.
(includes tax & gratuity)
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IMPORTANT!!
RSVP to Cindy Giddens, cgiddens@soearth.com
or RSVP/pay online at www.mobileshrm.org
Reservations should be made by 10:00 am Tuesday, April 6, 2010
TOPIC: Legislative and Legal Updates
SPEAKER:
Tom Woodford, MSHRM Vice President of Membership
Tom is a shareholder with the
Mobile office of The Kullman Firm, a New Orleans-based law firm with over 40
attorneys whose primary focus is labor and employment law. Tom is admitted
to practice before federal and state courts in Alabama, Florida, the District
of Columbia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, as well as the United States Supreme
Court.Tom graduated with honors from Duke University and the Washington & Lee University
School of Law in Virginia. He is a former adjunct professor of Business Law
in the Mitchell College of Business at the University of South Alabama, and
also at Spring Hill College where he taught Constitutional Law.
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I
hope that each of you and your families had
a very Hoppy Easter and are enjoying the
wonderful Spring weather that has finally
arrived on the beautiful Gulf Coast. I am
personally happy to be able to have liver
and brussel sprout options once again, which
I had generously sacrificed for the entire
Lenten season.
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Our monthly meeting is this Friday and will feature a
very important Legal Update and our annual State of the
Chapter Report. Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 6, 2010
online at our website or by e-mailing Cindy Giddens at cgiddens@soearth.com.
Don’t forget, you now have the added optional
convenience to pay in advance by credit card and
get to the fried chicken even faster! You can still
pay at the door if you prefer.
We are #10!!! I know that
does not sound very impressive, but it is actually
very much so. Out of all the SHRM Chapters in the
nation, we are right behind cities like Dallas, New
York and Tampa in terms of our 2009 SHRM Foundation
donations. This is due to your generosity and the
hard work of Harold Williamson and his helpers. Will
we be #1 in 2010???
As I mentioned to you in my first
letter, I sincerely want to hear from you as to how
we can continue to improve the chapter and establish
more value added membership (VAM!). You will be receiving
a survey from the chapter in a couple of weeks asking
for your honest feedback in a number of areas. HR
people are not shy and I certainly expect you to
be expressive and honest in your responses, but please
reply. I promise we strongly value your ideas and
will listen to you. Help us continue to move this
Chapter forward.
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Mobile
SHRM Thanks!
Marriott
ExecuStay-Mobile/Biloxi
for sponsoring our
April luncheon
Thank you New Horizons
Federal Credit Union for February door prizes
Thank
you to the following companies who donated March door
prizes:
Managed Health Care
Employment Screening Services
Marriott ExecuStay-Mobile/Biloxi
Clark Personnel
We appreciate your support
of our chapter and our mission!
For more info contact Linda Ramsey at lindar@clarkpersonnel.com
(Door prizes are needed for April and future meetings)
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Member
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Mobile
SHRM’s Kickin’ it up a notch!
BAM!!!
We have some great
members and along with that come notable achievements!
The MSHRM is pleased to present the spotlight member
of the month for April.
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Angel
Persson of Aker Solutions, was a recent honor
roll winner for February 2010’s Better
Homes and Gardens Prize Tested Recipe Contest.
She won with her Caprese Grits recipe. Get
ready to salivate: this tasty dish is mozzarella
cheese grits with basil pesto served over tomatoes.
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Persson, who grows her own
vegetables and fruits, was excited about winning.
She also has won an Alabama Living magazine contest
with her Crawfish and Andouille Cornbread Dressing.
With over 100 cookbooks,
Persson tries at least two new recipes a week and
also gives Pampered Chef presentations. She cites
Julia Child as an inspiration and also enjoys Alice
Waters and Martha Stewart. Waters and Stewart also
use organic ingredients and foods that are local
and in season as Persson tries to do.
As you can see, cooking
is a passion for Persson. She, family and friends
even have a second Sunday supper club in which they
share their meals and she also contributes to her
employer’s monthly potluck.
In regards to people
eating well, she says “getting
out of the fast food habit and taking the time
to prepare a healthful, wholesome meal at home
with your family. I think that’s one of the
best things in the world.”
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2010 Meeting Sponsorships!
Would
you like to have an opportunity to market your company’s products
or services to a captive audience of HR professionals? Sponsor a Mobile
Society for Human Resource Management chapter meeting and you’ll
have an exclusive opportunity to do just that! For only $400, sponsors
may have an exhibit near the check-in table, place literature on each
table, and have an opportunity to speak briefly about their companies
during the meeting agenda. What could be better than that? Limited
opportunities are available, as there can be only one sponsor for each
regular meeting.
Contact Mary White at mgwhite@mtimail.com or
251-478-6848 to reserve your month!
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2010
Professional Membership Drive
Mobile
SHRM is pleased to announce its 2010
Professional Membership Drive. Under
Mobile SHRM’s bylaws, Professional Members
are defined as follows: Professional membership
shall be limited to those individuals who are
engaged as one or more of the following: (a)
practitioners of human resource management at
the exempt level for at least 50% of their professional
time; (b) certified by the Human Resource Certification
Institute; (c) faculty members holding an assistant,
associate or full professor rank in human resource
management or any of its specialized functions
at an accredited college or university and have
at least three years of experience at this level
of teaching; (d) full-time consultants with at
least three years experience practicing in the
field of human resource management; and/or (e)
full-time attorneys with at least three years
experience in counseling and advising clients
on matters relating to the human resource profession.
Professional members may vote and hold office
in the chapter.See http://www.mobileshrm.org/content/laws. Any
questions in this regard should be directed to
a board member.
GUIDELINES: Throughout 2010,
any current professional or associate member
who successfully solicits a new professional
member will be entitled to one free year of membership
in Mobile SHRM (currently $40 per year) or two
free lunches at a Chapter meeting (currently
$18 per meeting). There
is no limit on the number of professional members
you may solicit. However, the new professional
member cannot be an employee of your company, firm
or entity. In addition, credit will be given
only for new members, not for past professional
members whose membership has lapsed. For
credit to be given, the referring member’s
name must appear on the application for membership.
Join SHRM at a Special Discounted Rate!
New, first-time members
to SHRM can join online using the promotional
code CHSED for
a reduced rate of $145.
That’s only
about 39 cents a day!
Go to www.shrm.org/join and
enter the code CHSED
into the promotional code space on the application.
Join
today!
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PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
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South
Alabama Regional Planning Commission
Post Office Box 1665
Mobile, AL 36633
Phone: (251) 652-0585 Fax: (251) 433-0148
Don’t miss this free community service.On April 23,
2010, the 12th Annual Business Expo/Jobs Fair will be held at the Mobile Civic
Center from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The admission is free to the public.
There will
be more than 100 businesses at the event to discuss
job opportunities and receive resumes. In addition
to accepting resumes, businesses will have the
opportunity to showcase and market products and
services. If history is any indication, the event
will receive more than 5,000 visitors to the booths.Don’t
miss this free event. It just might provide you with
fresh ideas and answers to your employment questions.
This community service is brought to you by: South
Alabama Regional Planning Commission and the City
of Mobile.For more information call (251) 652-0585
or (251) 433-6541 or visit their website at www.sarpc.org.
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MOBILE
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Mobile, Alabama chapter of SHRM exists to promote quality human resource
practice among local industries, businesses, educational institutions, and government
agencies. We bring together leading practitioners to provide education, networking
and discussion of various human resource topics and to identify the best practices
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human resource professionals in the Mobile area with 245+ active and 15 life members. The Mobile chapter holds monthly meetings on the second Friday of every month and we welcome all newcomers. Please register for upcoming events via the link at the right.
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