Dallas Human Resource Management Association
Board Meeting - November 15, 2005

Attendees
Board Members Present: Carla Williams, Carol Hollen, Debi Dault, Karen Cunningham, Richard Stahli, Tamara Trummer, Al Lucia, Janet Blair, Heather Haynes, Jude Coward, Diane McClendon, Nikki Williams and Buffy Peschka. Absent: Beth Monson, Barbara O’Neal, Karen Adams, Jamie Bottorff, Sandi Stevens, Leisha Cadwallader, David Bayers, Judy Martin, John Hagan, Rhonda Shively, Ginger Owen, Ann LaBree, and Amy Westerman.

Agenda Items & Announcement: Carla Williams
The meeting was called to order by Carla Williams. The agenda for this meeting and minutes from the September meeting were approved by the board via a consent agenda.

Carla offered congratulations to all who were a part of making HR Southwest in October so successful this year! Also, she congratulated everyone on Dallas HR’s winning the Pinnacle award from SHRM for our Community Relations efforts led by Debi Dault and her team!

Carla also handed out copies of SHRM’s Leader’s Edge, which includes information on upcoming webcasts that are great resources for volunteer leaders.

Miscellaneous Updates: Diane McClendon
Remember that our Volunteer of the Year nomination deadline is this Friday, the 18th. Nomination forms are available on Dallas HR’s website.

A strategic planning meeting was held last Friday with the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. There will be a larger session on Friday, February 3rd, with a dinner Thursday night that will include a leadership orientation for our 2006 board.

Bylaws changes will be sent to the membership this week for a vote.

Stephanie Sottong has left Dallas HR. Diane is reviewing all job descriptions with the Executive Committee and will finalize the role soon. All board members, please review your job description on the website and submit any recommended changes to Diane.

SHRM national conference will be in DC June 24-28. Dallas HR has 10 rooms booked already for those who are able to go.

Membership Update: Richard Stahli
Membership at the end of October was 1,880, down from our all time high of 1,947 at the end of August. However, we’ve added 576 new members through October vs. 574 for all of 2004.

Our new multi-year membership option was announced in the Horizon and at the November membership luncheon.

Survey results (see separate attachment) have been compiled. A few highlights include: 84.5% are satisfied or very satisfied with their membership; 98% plan to renew; 29.3% are very likely to take advantage of the multi-year renewal option.

Professional Development Update: Tamara Trummer
Jamie Bottorff reports that we’ve sold 55 copies of our salary survey. We’re beginning to plan for next year’s survey and are very satisfied with our partnership with Deloitte Consulting. A motion was made and passed to continue working with Deloitte on the 2006 survey with the stipulation that our contract include a profit sharing component benefiting Dallas HR.

Judy Martin has led our Certification Study Group ending tonight. Our thanks to Trammel Crow for letting us use their facility again this year.

Leisha Cadwallader reports continued high participation in Job Link and our new E Link group.

Jude Coward reported that 71 students registered for HR SOUTHWEST, 10 of which were sponsored by Dallas HR. Our scholarship winners were ecstatic! We’re beginning to plan with the local student chapters for a job shadow day in early 2006.

Janet Blair reported that we have a new PEG, Recruiting and Staffing, and are looking for someone to lead the group. Also, leaders are needed for our Healthcare and Compensation PEGs.

Community Relations: Debi Dault
Debi is working on a showcase of our Pinnacle award winning Community Relations program for the SHRM Leadership Conference this week in DC.

She reminded us that we’ll be collecting toys for the Salvation Army’s Forgotten Angels at our December membership luncheon. We collected 1,000 last year, and hope to double that amount this year!

Programs Update: Karen Cunningham
The Compensation PEG hosted a breakfast in October that attracted 95 attendees, and our happy hour at Sam’s Boat in September, hosted jointly with ASTD, was enjoyed by 75. Our thanks to Heather Haynes for arranging our happy hours.

Our January luncheon speaker will be Dean Lindsay speaking on Breaking the Networking Code, and in December Joel Zeff will be returning by popular acclaim.

Karen is working with Rhonda Shively on a preliminary programs calendar for 2006.

Miscellaneous Updates: Carla Williams
Carla reminded us all to pass the word about our Forgotten Angel donations in December.

We’ll be having a holiday luncheon on December 20th at Brookhaven Country Club for board directors and chairs, so mark your calendars.

The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted:

Carol Hollen
2005 President Elect

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