CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m.
Present:	State Council Director, Cliff Tanner, MBA, SPHR ; State Council Director -Elect Deb Stachowski, SPHR ; Past-State Council Director Samuel X. Parent, SPHR; Secretary/Certification Director Patricia Stolee SPHR, Treasurer Lynn Ahles, PHR; Director At-Large (Speakers Bureau) Bruce Tyler, SPHR; Professional Development Director Lori Glanz-Gambrino; Foundation Director Vicky Koehn, PHR ; Legislative Director Larry Bourgerie, SPHR; College Relations Director Sara Stark, PHR ; School to Work Director Linda Yozamp; Diversity Director Shelly Trimble; State Conference Director Sheri L. Sweere, PHR; AHRA Jamie Janezich, Central MN SHRM Sue Roberts; NorthStar HRA 2008 Chapter President/At Large Director, Bruce Tyler; Chapter President Hiawatha Valley SHRM Phil Jacobson, SPHR; Chapter President Hiawatha Valley SHRM Rachael Zebro ; LAKE COUNTRY HRA Teresa Johnson; Lakes Area HRA Steve Lackner; RHRA Renee Engelmeyer; NHRA Tracy Larsen; SMAHRA Laura Elvebak; SW MM SHRM Sonia Kayser; South Central SHRM Chapter Robin Schmidt, SPHR; TCHRA Jodi Hanson, PHR ; West Central MN SHRM Jessica Hjelle
Absent:	Director At-Large (Risk Manager) Larry Vanden Plas, SPHR; Austin Area Employers Association Michelle Hoag; Winona HRA Bonnie Kiese
AGENDA
Minutes of the Last Meeting (Patricia Stolee):
Approval of the December 2007 minutes. Motion to approve made and carried.
Treasurer's Report (Lynn Ahles):
Motion to accept made and carried.
Reports of Directors:
State Leadership Conference (Lori Glanz-Gambrino): the Leadership Conference will be in May in Alexandria, MN at Arrowwood. The State Council will pay for the chapter president and president-elect to attend. This is a great opportunity to get together and learn more about our leadership roles. Additionally there is a waterpark at the resort and fun for the family. Many of the attendees bring family. (Student HR Games Sara Stark): The HR Games will be in Duluth on March 1st. UMD so far there are three Universities confirmed to attend, others are expected participate. Sara reported that she would be talking to Jennifer Mencl in Duluth on Wednesday to firm up volunteers and details. Membership Joyce LeMay): We met and exceeded SHRM membership goals for 2007. We are on track for 2008. Joyce has met with SHRM on membership and is working on initiatives and putting together some statistics that she plans to present at the Leadership Conference. All chapters should have a membership person on their Board. SHRM is asking this as chapter membership growth for SHRM is one of the big goals for 2008. Legislative (Larry Bourgerie): The big issue right now is FMLA. Chapters are encouraged have their voice and use the HR Voice through SHRM. Larry will also work on putting together a distribution to the chapter government affairs/legislation directors. Certification (Patricia Stolee): the HRCI body of knowledge changed in 2007, this is updated about every 5 years. Most notably was the strategic management increased to 29% for the SPHR and compensation and benefits was redesigned to "total rewards" the other area of importance is the pay if you pass for state council members. I you are in a state council position, or the chapter president, or chapter HRCI director, you can take the PHR/SPHR/GPHR on a pay if you pass basis. There is a $120 registration, and then once you pass, they bill you the balance, and mail your certificate to you. At-Large Speakers Bureau (Bruce Tyler): Not much so far. Bruce will send out another communication asking chapters what presenters they.ve had that have been well received. The goal is to have a speaker's bureau for chapters to access quality speaker. A concern was raised about keeping the list current, Bruce is going to put some thought into. Addition discussion on getting speakers that can provide State Conference (Sheri Sweere): Sherri has the keynote speakers and is working on the breakouts. There won.t be a Sunday keynote this year. Cliff recognized Sheri for doing a great job putting together the conference titled "Strategy for a Stronger HR World". Plan to attend and we will be asking chapters to help promote this year's state conference. Report of State Director (Cliff Tanner): Report from the SHRM Regional meeting. There will be changes to pre-approval of programs for HRCI credits. There is also discussions form SHRM on supporting SHRM members, and possible Chapters, up t0 $5,000 for an HR intern.
Chapter News:
AHRA: All Day Conference TCHRA: going strong with HR talk, NHRA: Accelerated Learning program, HR Column in the newspaper. Central SHRM: programs strong and partnership.
Closing
Cliff thanked everyone and will be sending out a survey to get feedback on the first conference call meeting for the State Council. The meeting adjourned at 11:20.