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April 28, 2021 Board Minutes

    Lima Society for Human Resource Management (LSHRM)

    Meeting of the Chapter Officers

    April 28, 2021

    Present: Kendra Nickel, President, Amy Ricker, Past President, Krista Richardson, Membership Director, Jeremy Monroe, Secretary/Treasurer, Jennifer Comer, Social Media/Website Chair, Cody Sanderson, Co-Programming Director, and Andrea Goings, Co-Programming Director.

    Absent: None

    Next meeting:Chapter Meeting – Alex Sider, Bluffton University (Ethics) – May 20th, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Zoom), Board Meeting – May 26th, 2021 - 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (Zoom) 

    The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. 

    The agenda of the meeting is detailed below:

    1. Board meeting minutes from March 24th meeting were reviewed and approved.
    2. Chair reports were provided:
      1. Secretary/Treasurer - $11,214.47 currently in chapter bank account.  Awaiting 2021 dues payment from 4 new members who have been invoiced.  Reminders will be sent to 2 and final notices sent to 2 others.     
      2. Membership – 51 active chapter members.     
      3. Programming – Upcoming meetings scheduled:    
        1. April  - discussed honorarium for Stolly Insurance’s presentation.  Stolly chose to become Lima SHRM chapter members (2 memberships) and apply the $200 honorarium towards their 2021 chapter dues. Balance owed to be paid to Stolly.
        2. May – Ethics (Alex Sider - Bluffton University Professor)
        3. June/August – Social Event – details to be determined.  Discussed outdoor venue at Old Barn Out Back for a Thursday evening Happy Hour type event.    
        4. September – spoke to Matt Huffman’s office and he should be good to go as speaker for this month.    
        5. October – Employee and Labor Relations – Scott Warrick.  Need to determine which of his programs we would like him to present.    
        6. November – Legal Update (Mindi Wells). 
        7. December – Social Event – details to be determined. 
      4. Social Media / Website –
        1. Discussed new logo designs.  Board narrowed down options to a couple.  Jennifer to work with designer to apply a couple tweaks for final decision and possible presentation to chapter membership for a May vote. 
        2. Discussed possible honorarium for individual doing new logo designs.  Will discuss and determine after final product is provided.
        3. Establishment of Gmail Account has occurred.  Board members…especially President, Membership and Secretary/Treasurer should begin using in communications to chapter and to new members.    
      5. President –
        1. Name Tags – Reviewed sample options and determined version to use when in-person chapter meetings are able to resume.
        2. Excel Awards – Ohio State Council won a Platinum Award and 13 different Ohio chapters won awards.
        3. Bylaw Revisions – Krista has decided to become a member of National SHRM which should resolve issues with our revisions.  Kendra to review with SHRM contact and hopeful we can offer to chapter membership for a vote in May. 
        4. Zoom Subscription – Board discussion…decided it was valuable to retain for Board meetings but HCF Management, Inc. is currently paying fee ($12/month).  Lima SHRM to split cost with HCF Management, Inc. for retention of Zoom subscription/use for chapter.
        5. Lima Chamber Membership – Board discussed and decided to renew membership with Lima Chamber at $220 level.
        6. Membership Dues reduction – Board discussed when to reduce membership dues for new chapter members.  Effective August 2021, new members for the remainder of 2021 will pay ½ the annual dues ($30.00). 
        7. SHRM eBlasts – Board discussed use of eBlast’s for promotional activities.  Determined 2nd quarter will be occur in June and 3rd quarter eBlast will occur in September.
      6. Past President –
        1. Chapter Meeting Sponsorships – discussion surrounding how to offer these, parameters, etc.  Decision made to offer the following general items to sponsors:  table in lobby of event venue for advertising, 10-15 minutes of presentation time to members during meeting, access to members during breaks, after meeting, etc.  Start seeking sponsors for 1/1/22 at $250 level to help cover member lunch expenses.
    3. Old Business
      1. Email Account for Chapter2021 Goal Discussion
        1. Previously setup yahoo email account was allowed to expire. 
        2. Discussion occurred about setup of new account.  Decision was made to setup the:  LimaChapterSHRM@gmail.com email account for chapter use. 
    4. New Business
      1. Very positive member evaluations of April chapter meeting with Stolly Insurance. 
      2. Powerpoint feature used prior to chapter meeting advertising SHRM events and other chapter news was well received.  Board determined to continue concept for future meetings.

     

    Meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.