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Great Plains Chapter - SHRM
Board Meeting
June 3, 2009


 

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Minutes of the Great Plains Chapter Board Meeting
June 3, 2009
City of Lawton Conference room
1405 SW 11th St

Lawton, OK 73505

Present for Executive Committee:  Jim Russell, Sherry Anderson, Pat Beck, Taylor Farmer, Jim Foster, Cynthia Housman and Patricia Sapol  

Russell called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm.  

Old Business:   

None 

New Business:   

1.  Women’s Conference “employment track” 

This conference is to be held Oct. 22, 2009.  Beck stated she has 4 volunteers from SHRM to help out.  The target audience for this conference is the unemployed and underemployed.   

Assurant will have a booth with job opening information.   

Russell suggested sponsoring a clothes closet offering donated items of professional clothing.  Board members agreed and the Multi-Purpose Center and Assurant will be designated as drop-off points for those who wish to donate.  It was also agreed that surrounding SHRM chapters will be notified and asked if they would like to donate.  Any left-over items will be donated to Goodwill.  Beck stated that Goodwill has a program that they will give vouchers to the group donating.  The vouchers can then be given to those in need.   

2.  Champions of Freedom 

This program will be sponsored by the State Chamber of Commerce on June 18.  Beck stated she will check on whether this program would be eligible for CEU’s.  

3.  PO Box 

Russell stated that it would be a good idea for the chapter to have a P O Box.

Motion by Beck, Second by Farmer to approve.  AYE:  Unanimous  NAY:  None   

4.  Lunch Sponsorships  

Russell stated that he and Housman had discussed this.  Housman stated that the business units within Assurant would be willing to provide lunches for the monthly meetings.  It was agreed that the lunch sponsor would be allowed to give a 5 minute presentation about their business.  Motion by Foster, Second by Anderson to approve.  AYE:  Unanimous  NAY:  None 

5.  June Meeting 

The topic for the June meeting is Insure Oklahoma.  Discussion was held on whether this meeting should be offered to the public or limited to SHRM members only.  Consensus of the board was to limit this meeting to members only but encourage them to bring a friend.  A notice will be sent asking members to RSVP so that an accurate count for lunch can be obtained. 

6.  December Meeting  

Russell stated that having the Christmas meeting at a restaurant is being considered.  Sapol stated that she will send out notices asking for input and ideas.  

7.  State conference attendance  

Russell stated that 12 or 13 from our chapter attended the conference, however that number may higher. 

Reports 

Treasurer’s Report:  Foster presented the treasurer’s report.  Motion by Farmer, second by Beck to accept the treasurer’s report.  AYE:  Unanimous  NAY:  None 

Membership report: Anderson stated she had deleted those members who had not paid.  Total membership is now 67 and 33 of those are national members. 

Web Report (May 2009): 3,315 hits, 996 visits.  Top pages visited:  Local HR Jobs, Award Program, and Membership.  

Legislative report:  None   

Workforce report:  None 

Programs report:  Topic for the July 8 meeting will be the new COBRA regulations.  

HRCI:  None  

Comments 

None 

Meeting adjourned at 1:05 PM     

Respectfully submitted, 

 

Sherry Anderson for Kari Wayne
Secretary

 

 

 

 


 



 

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