December 2024 Meeting Minutes

HR State Council of NH Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024

Present:   Andrea Chatfield, Erin Dallas Patch, Caroline Fleming, Hope Kelly, Debra Lacey, Jessica LaPaglia, Rhoda McVeigh, Lisa Monsein, Tina Sharby, Dave Twitchell.

Absent: Kim Brackett, Ryan Cronan, Jeanne DiBella, Melissa Fisk, Michelle Gray, Cristi Green, Sara Janes Hoag, Nancy Rowell, Catharine Mirabile.

Dave Twitchell called meeting to order.

Deb Lacey had submitted the secretary’s report from Sept. previously; emailed again on Dec. 11 with reminder of today’s holiday meeting and dinner.  Dave motioned to accept minutes, all seconded; all in favor, approved.

Nancy was unable to attend she provided the financials for this report.  She provided and Dave approved on Dec. 17, 2024.

 HRSC

Beginning Balance – September 17, 2024

Transactions from September 17, 2024

Profit / Loss through December 16, 2024

Ending Balance – December 16, 2024

GSHRC

Beginning Balance – September 17, 2024

Transactions from September 17, 2024

Profit / Loss through December 16, 2024

SHRM Scholarships – Hope Kelly on behalf of Kim Brackett

Two applications have been submitted to receive two $600 SHRM Scholarships.  One is for NHSCHR Certification Scholarship and one is The Joe Wirtz NHSCHR Scholarship.  Sara Tatro and Emily Siciliano were voted to be awarded the scholarships unanimously.  They are both members of the Greater Monadnock chapter. 

Update – Jenny Locanthi

Jenny was not present.  Dave spoke of many changes with SHRM in 2025.  Regional CBM will be in Salt Lake City in February; State Director and Director elect to attend.  VLBM will be in Cancun, Mexico in November. Done with DC due to SHRM being a global organization.  National will be in San Diego, CA June/July.  GSHRC North Conway in April.  SCLIF submitted December 1. 

New SHRM members can enjoy a 50% discount; deadline 12/31/2024. Announce to your chapter members ASAP!

MAC Update – Lou Lessig

Lou was not present; Lou term is wrapping up. 

GSHRC – Jeannie DiBella

Jeannie was not present.  Hope mentioned Michelle Gray is new Conference Chair.  Jen Kinville will be assisting with the conference as well.  We welcome her back!  The speakers are almost full.  Looking for a new dinner venue.  May consider staying at the hotel.  Snap shot of schedule & hotel reservations link:

• Starts 8am Wednesday April 2, 2025 through 1:45pm Thursday, April 3^rd
• Three (3) breakout session in sets of 3 =9
• Early Bird, 4 Keynotes, Legislative Update and Dinner (extra ticket)
• Here’s the booking link for the North Conway Grand Hotel for the GSHRC. https://reservations.travelclick.com/17712?groupID=4396681

Marketing/social media – Michelle Gray

Michelle was not present.  Hope mentioned Melissa Fisk is the new Marketing chair as of Jan. 1, 2025. 

Certification – Kim Brackett

Kim was not present.  She did provide the scholarship forms to Hope for the committee to vote on.  Both applicants were awarded the scholarships. She did email prior to meeting about certification update and found out the FPU can’t offer the certification prep course at this time.  They’ll revisit in 6+ months to see if they can get it in place for next year.  The 2025 Learning System chapter price will be available soon. 

Membership – Jessica LaPaglia

50% off SHRM membership for new members through year-end! This exclusive opportunity strengthens dual membership in your state and boosts funds for both Chapters and State Councils.

1. State Council Incentives: The top 3 Councils by per capita redemption, and the top 3 by total redemptions will each receive $1,000 bonus. These funds directly support your State Council's effort to provide value to your Chapters and HR Professionals statewide.

2. Chapters with Local Members Only (LMO): Chapters earn $10 CFSP funds for every new SHRM member and $25 in Net Gains (if applicable). The offer encourages LMOs to become dual members, which strengthens Chapters and increases overall member retention by 62%.

3. Dual Member Release (DMR) Chapters: DMR Chapters earn $30 CFSP funds and $25 in Net Gains (if applicable) for new SHRM members joining through the offer.

Legislative Update – Andrea Chatfield

SHRM Foundation – Lisa Monsein

Email sent to all chapters on SHRM Foundation donation, due by end of December. It is a SHAPE question and it is needed to be eligible for Excel.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Sarah Janes Hoag

Sarah was not present.  Her update is the DWC big annual event is on March 6th.  Please spread the news.  The link is below for more information:

https://www.diversityworkforce.org/event-5902225

Governance – Catharine Mirabile

Catharine was not present.  She has new position with SHRM is traveling. 

Presidents Reports

HRA-CG – Rhonda McVeigh

Our December Program is next week on the 19th. Presentation by Jon Wortmann, well known author and presenter. He’s presenting about “Performing Under Pressure.” Our January Program is something we do in January of every year. A panel of internal HR experts advising HR colleagues about HR challenges for the coming year, 2025. We’ll have experts presenting in all areas: benefits, employment law, staffing, nonprofits, etc. We continue to grow our membership by about at least two each month. Still working on growing members in the North Country. I also meant to mention that HRAGC received the 2024 SHRM Learning System Champion Status recognition for our SHRM Prep program we offer twice per year. 86 of the 127 affiliates offer this program, 19 were awarded the recognition, and HRAGC was one of the 19.

MAHRA – Jessica LaPaglia

2 Programs in December

12/11 – Afternoon session – Joy at work

12/12 – Increase motivation in Teams and Individuals (lunch and learns are free for members)

We continue to alternate, days, time and in person and virtual meets. The 24/25 program year will have 20 programs, 10 in person 10 virtual L & L. Next on deck in the Legal update in January with Jim Ready

Nashua – Catharine Mirabile

Catharine was not present.   

Greater Monadnock – Erin Dallas Patch

Greater Monadnock chapter is hosting its first ever social gathering in January. Our hope is to complete this quarterly to give area business owners and HR professionals an opportunity to network. We are working with a local restaurant to host the space for this.

Greater Merrimack Valley – Lori Monsein

On behalf of GMVHRA: We were lucky enough in December to have Andrea present virtually to our membership at our monthly meeting on: Legal Developments in Harassment Prevention. It was outstanding.

For upcoming events we have:

January (virtual) HR Audits: Red, Yellow, Green: What Does it Mean?

February (virtual) Employee Handbook Hygiene

SHRA – Christi Green

Christi was not present.  She had emailed their membership is growing and as a result they have outgrown their location.  New location is Service Credit Union in January and February and likely Lighthouse Credit Union for the remainder of the year.  They hosted a fully remote/virtual meeting on Dec. 10 with Kenston Henderson, a speaker we saw at VLBM in 2023 who was well received.  All proceeds are being donated to the SHRM Foundation. Tina Holmes is the new President Elect who started immediately!  January meeting is a Legal Update with Andrea Chatfield and Jen Moeckle.  She provided feedback on VLBM 2024 she had shared she was disappointed in the program as well as the speakers; she provided her feedback to SHRM as well.