September 2011 Meeting Minutes

Absent:  David Wheel, Yola DeDominicis Charla Stevens, Tom Harte, Laurie Glaude, Mara Olisky, Amy Wright

Attendees:  Debra Tuttle, Therese Gesel-Towne, Marie Erickson, Joe Wentworth, Dan Griffiths, Silvia McCarron, Catharine Mirabile, Claire Dunleavy

Phone:   Susan Post (SHRM), Amy Cann,  Anne Vallette, Jim Reidy,  John Wilson,  John Roller, James Goss, Tim Dabrieo, Jennie Meister

Welcome

Debra Tuttle welcomed everyone to the meeting.

• May meeting minutes were approved.  We did not have a meeting in July
• Check out the website.  Amy has done a great job updating it.  Amy suggested we use the membership tab for private information for council members only.  This could eliminate the need for Base Camp.  After a discussion the council decided we would discontinue Base Camp.
• Leadership Conference – Oct 25, 2011 at NE Delta Dental. The conference is geared to chapter board members, committee members and those that are interested in volunteering.  Therese also suggested we invite past HR Heroes to the conference. 
• Succession Planning - Changes
• Silvia is the State Council Director Elect
• Membership – Claire Dunleavy will step in as Silvia moves to Director Elect
• Marie, Treasurer/Secretary is stepping down – Please see Silvia if you are interested or know someone who could fill this role
• Joe, SHRM Foundation, will be changing focus to Social Media – Please see Silvia if you are interested or know someone who could fill this role

Guest

Bud Berstein and Heather Basset – Strategic HR New England Conference

• October 28-30, 2012 – Mount Washington Hotel, New Hampshire
• www.strategicne.com
• Engage 6 state councils in CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT
• Focus will be strategic
• What will be asked of us?
• Promote it via email blasts and through local chapters
• Councils will receive:
• complimentary booth space
• stage time
• website visibility
• complimentary registration for use by State Council Director
• grant money based on the number of participants from that state
• Strategic HR New England will create a $10,000 pool of grant money from the convention proceeds. The $10,000 will be divided among the participating New England State Councils based on each state’s level of conference participation. 

SHRM Update

Susan Post

• We are currently posting 2012State Conference information on the SHRM website, so if you know your dates and locations for next year, go ahead and submit the request form. 
• Registration and housing is now open for the 2011 SHRM Leadership Conference.  The URL is included in this update, and the Crystal Gateway Marriott fills up quickly, so I encourage you to reserve your overnight accommodations as soon as possible.  The conference Opening General Session is at 3:00 pm on Thursday, 11/17 and the event concludes with our Closing Luncheon, which ends at 2:00 pm on Saturday, 11/19.
• State Council Directors/Directors-Elects:  Our Individual Regional Council and All-Regions meetings at Leadership have been moved from Saturday, 11/19 to Thursday, 11/17 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm.  Please schedule your hotel accommodations accordingly.
• Pinnacle award application now being accepted
• Continuing CLA conference calls and webinars

Budget/Treasurer Report

Updated budget is attached. 

CLA Updates

Membership – Silvia introduced our new membership leader – Claire Dunleavy

They have approximately 20 individuals interested from the North County.  Silvia and Claire will talk to Susan Post to discuss options of having the North Country as stand alone chapter or a satellite chapter.

HRCI – Amy

Amy has started a blog.  She will be posting on Sunday evenings.  The blog will have info from the 6 subject areas of the test as well as test tips.  HRcert.wordpress.com. The blog has had 351 hits so far.  Anyone interested in helping to write should reach out to Amy

Workforce Readiness – no update this meeting.  

College Relations – Therese

We will sponsor 2 students from each student chapter to attend the leadership conference in Oct.  

Diversity – John

The committee is working on three directives.  They are working on a short survey.    

Governmental Affairs - Jim

Reminder of the NLRB poster requirement. Poster is now available.  Also a reminder to use HR voice

SHRM Foundation – Joe

Reminder – the NH HR State Council wants to accomplish SHRM Foundation Champion status this year.  There is no minimum amount and we have until December to make our contribution.  We need 100% participation.  Joe will reach out to SHRM to see if the reports are accurate off the website.

Initiatives

Social Media – Joe will be focusing on this initiative   

Leadership Conference – October25 at Northeast Delta Dental

Guard & Reservist– Jim thanked the HR community for stepping up to assist with employment workshops.  27 HR volunteers stepped up; however they did not receive the military presents they thought.  They may repeat the workshops if needed.  There is a Hiring our Heroes Job Fair, Wednesday, Oct 26, 9:30 – 2:30 Steeplegate Mall, Concord.  Of the 740 military who have returned from service 243 are unemployed.

GraniteStateConference- May 1, 2012.  Already confirming sponsors for next year.  Silvia will represent the state council on the committee.

 Chapter Updates – We did not have any Chapter Updates this meeting

Seacoast.        

Manchester–

Monadnock -

GMVHRA    

Nashua                      

Concord        

MAC Update – Dan

Dan gave the council an overview of what the MAC is.  There are 5 volunteer members that represent all the states.  Dan represents 11 states.  They collect information from the members what is working, what isn’t working.  They have collected this info from surveys, face to face discussions, phone chats and reaching out to chapter presidents and boards.    This info is then shared with all of the SHRM Boards, SHRM, HRCI and the Foundation.  Email Dan at dan@goalqpc.comto be heard. 

Next meeting will be November 29t^h,8:00am at McLane. 

Meeting adjourned 9:40am. 

 Submitted,

Marie A. Erickson

Secretary/Treasurer