ARIZONA TOTAL REWARDS ASSOCIATION (ATRA) BOARD MEETING
MEETING MINUTES –WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014
(HELD AT LOVITT & TOUCHE)
In Attendance: Bob Meehan, Korin Giordano, Ed Desjardins, Judy Clinton, Mike Cody
Absent: Sheila Krueger, Dave DeLattre
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Treasurer’s Report
The current balance is $5,226.18 with an outstanding debit of $648.57. (See attached Treasurer’s Report).
Membership
Korin reported that we currently have 92 members, which includes the Board members.
Membership Dues-2015
Korin proposed the membership drive for 2015 have an early-bird incentive. The proposal is that our 2015 dues be established at $50/per member UNLESS the individual renews or joins by December 15th – then the dues will remain at the current $40/member rate.
A vote was held on this proposal with a unanimous ‘yes’. Mike Cody moved the proposal and Ed Desjardins seconded it.
Dual Membership with SHRM GP?
Discussion was held around a dual membership with SHRM GP and the possibility of a membership discount if an individual joined both. Matt Wilson suggested a 50% discount. Their least costly membership category is $95/year. The issue was tabled pending some feedback from the SHRM GP board discussion in early August.
That could result in us having access to each other’s membership list; perhaps we would post each other’s meetings on our websites. Perhaps we just have a SHRM GP link on our website.
Korin is going to obtain some details from Matt Wilson, SHRM GP Chair on how to better market our association.
2014 Association Meetings
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 4, 2014. The speaker is Larry Daniels from Milliman Consulting Group, who will speak on the topic: ‘Compensation Trends and 2015 Planning’.
The November 6th meeting is confirmed with Willis; however, a speaker has not yet been identified. We should have an update soon.
Our holiday event is scheduled for Thursday, December 11th at Monti’s. We discussed having the format more of a ‘mingle’ and networking event. We will look at the profiles of those attending.
2015 Association Meetings
The meeting months for 2015 are February, April, June, September, November and the holiday event in December.
We discussed having the Legal Update at the April meeting and have a presentation by the Hay Group at the February meeting. If we receive positive feedback from the Hay presentation, we will consider having Hay conduct a ½-day or whole-day event on a topic such as “how to retain employees when the job market opens up”. We discussed the timing of that to be in May but may have to defer to 2016.
Website
Korin reported that we are struggling with registration and communications in regard to the website.
There has been some information-gathering on 2 possible solutions – Star Chapter and Event Bright.
The current leading solution seems to be Event Bright. Mike Cody reported that L&T uses Event Bright and find registration easy. Michelle Lepore is their admin user. Korin or Sheila will contact her to learn more.
Paul Toman, current member and consultant, also may have some solutions.
Other Topics Discussed
- Strategic Planning Meeting
Bob reported that Sheila attended the WorldatWork Leadership Conference. A suggestion was provided regarding the use of a strategic planning process by the Board that could help our association. So far, our strategic plan has been: 1) get going, 2) survive and 3) grow.
We also discussed the need to build a Compensation network in Arizona.
We agreed that we would look at having a ½-day strategic planning meeting that would be facilitated by an outside individual. Suggestions for a facilitator were Kim Shraven, John Hillens who was VP Comp & Benefits at Honeywell, and Jack Milligan. Bob and Sheila are also going to contact WorldatWork to see if they have such a resource available to us.
Proposed timing for the meeting was sometime in August; ½ day meeting; not a Friday.
- Mentor Program
We planned on launching a Mentor Program that was going to be coordinated by Jackie Hardy. She has a new position and will not be able to coordinate this program. Therefore, at this time, we are postponing the introduction of this program.
The next Board Meeting has not been scheduled.