ISM Austin Inc. P.O. Box 26155 Austin, TX. 78755-0155

ISM-Austin Board of Directors

Minutes of June 21, 2012 Board Meeting,

Location:Dell, Parmer Campus Bldg S-2

Attendees:

Nancy Pais / Laurie Long
Rod Bliss / Mike Griswold
Bob Nahabit / Lester Richardson
Jerry Binder / Bryan Miller
John Hazard
Jacqueline Soukup
Laura York
Vic Chanmugam

Welcome

Nancy Pais, presiding

  • Nancy welcomed the Board Members.
  • Pizza and salad from Craigo’s Pizza was served.

Past Minutes

  • A quorum was determined to be present.
  • Nancy called the meeting to order at 6 pm sharp.
  • May Minutes had been emailed earlier for review. With noted updates, the minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report

Lester Richardson

  • Current checking account balance: $5,406.37
  • Current savings account balance: $35,747.85
  • The Narrative that was submitted to the IRS is currently in review.
  • The $800 check for the IRS Application Fee has been cashed.

Membership Report

Rod Bliss/Jane Sam/Jacque Soukup

June Membership Report

2Active Duty

3Faculty

21 Associates

97 Full Members

5 Lifetime

50Students (recently graduated students removed)

4Unemployed

182 Total

New Member:

  • Angie Cole, Sr Category Manager, LCRA

Membership Invoice and Payment Timeline

  • June - July: Membership renewal letter go out (23 members listed below)
  • July Rod and Jacqueline clean up Chapter Manager membership
  • July 16: ISM Sends out Invoice
  • Aug 17: Deadline for invoice changes
  • Sept 7: Final invoice goes out

Possible Ways to increase Membership were discussed

  • Create a letter to invite National Members to join the Austin Affiliate
  • Develop a secondary mailing list to notify individuals of Membership Meetings, send emails to non-members who have attended meetings
  • Develop a Benefit of Membership and Information Letter
  • A mentoring Program for new attendees at Dinner Meetings was discussed – possibly a Buddie system

Economic Business Report

Bryan Miller

  • Bryan Miller released the ISM May Non-Manufacturing Report on Business on 6/5. NMI at 53.7%.
  • Austin's PMA for May 2012 is 57.4.
  • National's manufacturing PMA is 53.5.
  • The Austin report has been posted to our web site.
  • Bryan sent out the ISM Business Survey on June 12.

Job Placement

Bruce Yeh, Bill Wilson

  • Job placement for 2012 continues to increase significantly from 2010 and 2011. (mo avg for 2010 18, 2011 was 19, and so far it is 32 for 2012).
  • ISM continues to get very positive feedback from Companies who utilize the website to find quality candidates.

Marketing

  • The Marketing Chair position is open. Know anyone?
  • The BOD felt they could utilize a dedicated person for this – either a volunteer or professional.

Professional Development

Laura York, Bob Nahabit

  • Laura, Nancy and Jerry will hold a brainstorming session next week.
  • There are no Membership or BOD Meeting Scheduled for July.
  • Laura and Jacque discussed the Leadership Conference they attended.
  • The importance of hand written Thank You Notes was discussed.
  • The cost of printing our own stationary vs. having it printed will be evaluated.
  • Suggestions on increasing Membership that were suggested are highlighted under the Membership Section of these Minutes.
  • Targeting young professionals was discussed. Houston has had fabulous results doing so. 138 Members joined in 9 months. 80% joined the affiliate.

Educational Director

Jerry Binder

  • Laura talked about the ‘Basics of Education’ tract she had attended during the Leadership Conferences.
  • She mentioned presentations on the website.
  • She also mentioned that classes could be conducted prior to meetings.

International Committee

No report.

Website Update

Vic Chanmugam

  • Bruce will be covering for Vic during the summer months.
  • If you have website updates, forward them to Bruce.

Special Event

Nancy Pais, Ruth King

  • The Golf Tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 25. We need to start contacting sponsors. Nancy sent out the 2012 Flyer.
  • Fundraiser ideas including Concession stands and Happy Hours were discussed
  • The possibility of having joint meetings with TAPP was discussed. This would possibly be a lunch meeting

Old Business

  • Fundraiser ideas
  • Networking event

New Business

Nancy Pais

  • We talked about having a Happy Hour in July – possibly at Texas Land and Cattle
  • The motion was raised to allow a grace period of 10 days for members to renew their membership. The motion passed.
  • Rod is going to reword the notification letter.
  • Mike is going to look at linking the ISM National Library to our website
  • The BOD discussed having Certification covered during the August pre-dinner meeting
  • Blue print reading was discussed for the Sept pre-dinner meeting.
  • In the future, Speakers will be notified of how long they have for their presentations
  • The deadline for the Excellence Award Nomination is August.

Next Board meeting

Thu, August 17, 2012
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location - TBD

Motion to adjourn made by Bob and seconded by Jerry. Approved Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.