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Meeting Notes September 2025

    Board Meeting 
    September 17, 2025

    Board Members in Attendance:                 
    X  Kansas Guthrie, President                         Certifications
        Priya Bowman, Communications                College Relations
    X  Heidi Hand, Secretary                                 Inclusion & Diversity
    X  Deborah Jeffries, Professional Develop      SHRM Foundation
        Jennifer Stucker, Treasurer/Legislative            
    X  Gayle Young, Membership            
    Guest: Shauneen Scott

    Call to Order:   
    The SHRMA board meeting began at 4:00 pm virtually. It was presided over by Kansas Guthrie, president and recorded by Heidi Hand, secretary. 

    Approval of Minutes:   
    A motion to approve the July meeting minutes was made by Gayle, seconded by Kansas, and passed unanimously.

    Review of Financials:  
    Jennifer emailed a September financial update to the board. A motion to accept the financials was made by Heidi, seconded by Kansas, and passed unanimously.

    Officer’s Updates:
    •    Membership update. Gayle is working on updating the membership list in AMP and reaching out to a national SHRM membership contact. She is checking if members who aren’t getting the emails have marked not to receive emails in their profiles. SHRM is having a 50% discount on memberships and she forwarded it to the group.
    •    Programs update. The October program is Psychological Safety at Work presented by Mindy Vail. Deborah applied for the SHRM credential credit code for the meeting. She posted the recent program information on our chapter’s Linked in page and on her social media.
    •    Communications update. Priya is on leave. Heidi will cover sending out membership emails and Jennifer and Kansas will work on posting to social media.

    Other Business:
    •    Kansas submitted the bylaws to national and received a confirmation they were received.
    •    Certain roles and tasks for meetings need to be clarified. This will be discussed at the next meeting and there may be additional changes with new people joining the board.
    •    Jennifer submitted her resignation on September 9 effective December 31, 2025.
    •    Heidi won’t be able to attend the October meeting. Kansas will cover catering. The group recommended Little Lois.
    •    A strategy planning meeting should be scheduled for November or December and include setting a  budget for 2026. 
    •    The travel policy will be discussed at the next meeting.


    Adjournment
    The meeting adjourned at 5:13 pm. The next meeting is Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 4 pm.