MEETING MINUTES - MAY 8, 2002

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Association held on
Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at the Best Western on Smokey Park Highway.  Should you have any questions, comments or corrections, please contact Bridget Downey, PHR, our Chapter Secretary.

BUSINESS MEETING: 
Meeting opened by President Terry Clark, SPHR.  Guests and new members were welcomed.

Announcements:
Terry Clark reported on a recent audit of the WNC Human Resources Association membership list by the national SHRM association.  As of 12-31-01, our chapter had 112 members with 46 being national members as well.  This places us 10% above the required minimum of 30% to retain our affiliation with national SHRM.

Frank Pomeroy introduced the preferred vendor for the month for May, Eb Prueninger, Vice President of Medical Business Resources.  Mr. Prueninger gave a brief PowerPoint presentation on the benefits of document management using state of the art scanning, storage, and retrieval systems.

Lorraine Poe, September HR Workshop Committee Chair offered a brief report on the activities of the group.  Space has been reserved at the Holiday Inn - Airport on Thursday, September 26, 2002, with a tentative time of 8:30-4:30.  Related to the event, Frank Pomeroy announced the availability of 12 vendor spaces at a cost of $200 each.  Proceeds from the vendor fees are targeted for our scholarship fund.  These spaces are currently open for Western North Carolina Human Resources Association members to reserve, but will be opened to outside vendors if not filled from within.  Lorraine also announced the need for three to four sponsors for breaks.

The State SHRM Conference will be held in Greensboro on October 16-17.  More information will be available in the next newsletter, but hotel reservations should be made early.  The Furniture Market will be taking place at the same time.  The June meeting will feature a representative from the State Conference Committee in Winston-Salem.

May Program Presentation: 
Susan Thompson, Programs Chairperson, introduced our program for the meeting.  Mr. Pat Donovan of Working Well Employee Assistance Program entertained the group with a practical and informative presentation on stress management.  Working Well can be reached at 828-277-3900.  Mr. Donovan suggested that members search the Internet for information on Rational Emotive Therapy (RET).  One popular site is the Albert Ellis Institute, http://www.rebt.org/

Member Handouts and Information:
The May meeting was an especially good source of information.  Attendees received handouts from:

Working Well Employee Assistance Program
-    828-277-3900 – Pat Donovan
Medical Business Resources
-         Document Imaging Services
-         Solutions for making order out of chaos
-         828-250-2703 – Ed Preuninger
Asheville High School Business Alliance w/ Partners in Education
-         Real-World Learning Project
-         Accepting Business Scenarios from Members
-         828-255-5346 Laura Russell – School to Work Advocate
Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College
-         Continuing Education Schedule
-         Transitional Worker Training
-         Career View
-         jgilmore@abtech.edu 
Making Transit Work
-         A forum on improving public transportation
-         Presented by the Western North Carolina Alliance
-         Friday, May 17, 2002
-         828-258-8737 – Bob Whitson
-         www.wnca.org
-         Sponsors for this program include
o   Mission St. Joseph’s Health System
o       The Biltmore Estate
o       AB Tech
Right Management Consultants
-         Change in the Midst of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
-         Presented Tuesday, June 11, 2002 by Dr. Billy Browning
-         RSVP & Information: 864-370-9064 – Lara Crum 

Mike Woodrum of the Spartanburg Human Resources Association invited our members to attend any of their meetings, held the first Thursday at the Spartanburg Regional Health Care System.  Contact Mike at  864-574-5158 or mwoodrum@aol.com  for details.

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.