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Meeting Notes April 2025

    Board Meeting 
    April 16, 2025

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

    Call to Order:   
    The SHRMA board meeting began at 4:03 pm virtually. It was presided over by Kansas Guthrie, president and recorded by Heidi Hand, secretary. 

    Approval of Minutes:   
    A motion to approve the March meeting minutes was made by Jennifer, seconded by Deborah, and passed unanimously.

    Review of Financials:  
    A financial update was provided by Jennifer. A motion to approve the financial report was made by Heidi, seconded by Gayle, and passed unanimously.

    Officer’s Updates:
    •    Programs update. Deborah will present at the May meeting on Civility in the Workplace. She is working on coordinating speakers for the remainder of 2025.  
    •    Membership update. Gayle is working on updating the membership list and reviewing old email addresses. Deborah will assist with reviewing the list. Gayle is looking at ideas for a membership appreciation event. 
    •    Logistics update. August, November, and December meeting space is canceled for membership meetings.
    •    Certifications update. There is no certification board member at this time. The chapter provided a link to Brandy Dewar’s certification class on our website.
    •    Communications update. Priya is interested in the Communications role since she is doing a similar role for the state.
    •    Legislative update. Jennifer is interested in the Legislative role. She sent a legislative update email to members last month. She is willing to cover both the Treasurer role and the Legislative role.

    Other Business:
    •    The group will continue to edit the bylaws. There is interest in changing the wording for the annual meeting to be held in October instead of November. 
    •    Access to the winter member survey data was lost when a prior board member left the board. We will discuss starting a new survey either with google forms or using the SHRM website. 
    •    We will offer a virtual attendance option at the May meeting since the test of the owl was successful. The virtual meeting fee was set at $15. The board discussed that too low of a few incentivizes people not to attend in person. The virtual fee will help cover the speaker fee, subsidize meeting room rental and catering, and provides the value of earning SHRM credit.
    •    Jennifer presented an idea of soliciting meeting sponsorships. The board will work towards promoting this for 2026.
    •    There is interest on the board to join the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce. More research will be done on the value of membership and time commitments.  
    •    Bonnie Rivers, Past President, has resigned from the board effective April 8, 2025.
    Action Item
    Heidi made a motion to change the SHRMA board director position titles to align with SHRM’s board positions. Priya is to become the Communications Director, Deborah will become the Professional Development Director and Jennifer will take on a dual role of Treasurer and Legislative Director. The motion was seconded by Gayle and passed unanimously. Job titles at the beginning of this document have been adjusted to reflect the new titles.

    Adjournment
    The meeting adjourned at 5:13 pm. The next meeting will be May 21 at 4 pm. Location TBD.