STEVENS POINT AREA
HUMAN RESOURCE ASSOCIATION
(SPAHRA)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
MEETING MINUTES
DATE:
October 4, 2016
PLACE:
McCain Foods
TIME:
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
ATTENDED: Nicole Williams, Cori Studinski, Kimberly McGrath, Margo Bronk, Lynn
Scotch.
AGENDA
1.
Call to order at 3:08 p.m.
2.
President’s Report
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WISHRM Conference Basket request for SHRM Foundation: Nicole Williams
assembled basket. Spent $80.
WISHRM Certificate of Achievement: Enhancing the SHRM Community.
Margo reported that this award had been given to SPAHRA at the
WISHRM Leadership Conference in August, 2016. Way to go!
Open Board Positions for 2017
 Confirmed nominations for Nicole Williams (President Elect), Katie
Pankratz (Programming and Professional Development), Alene
Leazer (Treasurer). Margo was unable to connect with Paula
Erickson (voicemail message left, no returned call)
 Diversity: the board decided not to pursue this position at this time.
Since only one member had volunteered for the open board
positions, and another critical position will open if Nicole is elected
President-Elect, the board will concentrate on the critical board
positions first.
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Margo will reach out to Christa Biga about finishing out 2016 as
President-Elect and any projects she was working on with Heather
Carter before Heather’s LOA.
Country Club contract for 2017: Margo will send out to the board for
review and vote.
 Margo reported that Kristi Toner is confirmed to speak about SHRM
(SHAPE initiatives tied to her presentation)
 52 attendees registered, the 2 speakers will invoice us after the
event, 4 total prize drawings will be presented
3.
President Elect
 Absent, no updates.
4.
Immediate Past President
 No updates
5.
Communications Chair Report
 Kim McGrath reported on Amanda’s behalf that Amanda has two posts per
month ready to post on social medial through the end of 2016.
 Kim will check and see if the SPAHRA member survey is ready to be sent to
the membership in December.
6.
Treasurer’s Report
 No updates
7.
Professional Development/Programming
 Cori shared that the logistics are set for the November 9 membership meeting.
The Country Club will have the projector and screen, the presenter will bring a
computer for the presentation. The presenter is not charging SPAHRA, so
SPAHRA will give a $50 gift card. Cori will touch base Jennifer Hoernke to be
sure the card is available at the meeting.
 Cori has started the 2017 list of speakers. Everyone on the list has already
been booked, just need February and November. Have a tentative for the
September all day meeting.
8.
Membership Chair Report
 Membership initiative: $100 from WISHRM Council – Nicole hasn’t had a
chance to start the ball rolling on this initiative yet.
 New membership structure-communicate to members. Nicole reported
that Eventbrite may not be ideal for the membership data and dues
collection. We will lose a percentage of each dues payment to Eventbrite.
The group felt this was ok and that moving the membership to an
electronic format was the most important factor. Nicole advised that some
chapters are upgrading their websites to accommodate membership
renewals, allowing them to run reports through the website and giving
members full access to the membership information. However, given the
short time until membership renewals, the board felt it best to move
forward with Eventbrite this year with the possibility of upgrading the
website for the coming years. Nicole will draft a message to the
membership about the 2017 membership structure.
9.
Secretary Report
 We had 53 people at the September event, only 1 or 2 No Shows.
 No other updates at this time.
10.
Legal & Legislative Chair
 Legal Updates – Lynn included the October WISHRM blog in the legal
updates for review.
 Upcoming blog post by October 1, 2016 – Lynn and Kim reported the blog
was posted.
11.
Other Business not anticipated
 The December social: Nicole will call the Country Club to verify that we
have the date booked for the event. The group discussed giving 2 drink
tickets to each member present and serving light snacks.
12. Adjourn at 3:52 p.m.
Next board meeting is anticipated to be held on November 1, 2016.
Sincerely,
Margo Bronk
President