North Alabama Chapter of ASTD, Inc.

Minutes of Board Meeting

October 12, 2006

            The board meet at the ADTRAN building at 901 Explorer Boulevard. The following persons were present: Gloria Stover (president), Amy Heard (president-elect), John Hightower (treasurer), George Houk (board member at large), Cindy Dodd (membership chair), and Rhonda Williams (programs chair).

            The minutes from two meetings were approved:

            ● July 12, 2006.

            ● September 14, 2006.

            John presented a treasurer’s report for September and it was accepted.

            Cindy reported that the chapter had 49 local-only members and 19 national and local members for a total of 68 members.

            The board noted that the third-quarter newsletter had been published.

            Rhonda indicated the following schedule of programs:

            ● October: Procrastinators Guide to Action, with Melodie Wade

            ● November: Office Ambassador, with Michelle Powell

            ● January: Recipes for Success

            ● February: Engaging Minds, with Kevin McNulty

            ● March: Train Wrecks: Dealing with Difficult Trainees (roundtable discussion)

The board discussed the December program. Since the Society for Human Resource Management already has plans for a December program, a joint program with them is not possible. But the board reached consensus that we should try to do a program at the Center for Technology anyway.

            George presented the September meeting evaluation and it was accepted.

            Upon motion from Amy with a second from Cindy, the board unanimously accepted the John’s new proposed chapter bylaws.

            Amy and Gloria will attend the ASTD leadership conference on October 27 and 28.

            Amy presented a revised slate of officers, which was approved:

            ● President Elect: Georgia Wertman

            ● Secretary:     Marsha Dollarhide

            ● Treasurer:     John Hightower

            ● Member at large: Colleen Cain

            Amy also announced the appointment of the following committee chairs:

            ● Communications: Diane Johnson

            ● Programs: Melodie Wade

            ● Membership: Mike Crossley

            The board discussed upgrading the chapter’s listserv functions to add the ability to send messages to members only or to “cherry pick” the recipients of messages. The cost for this upgrade will be approximately $400. Upon motion of George with a second from Amy, this upgrade was approved.

            The next board meeting was scheduled for November 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at ADTRAN.

Accepted by the board of directors at its November 7, 2006, meeting.

John Hightower, Acting Secretary