From the President                                                                              July 2005

Dear Members,

Happy summer to everyone. Hope you all have the opportunity to take some time to relax and reenergize over the next couple of months.

While HRM-RI suspends regular meetings for the summer, please keep checking the website for news and updates. We’ll continue to post activities and news of interest in the HR field. Check out one of the newer additions to our site – the link to SHRM daily news updates – another benefit offered to SHRM chapters.

Also, take note of the information on the Best Places to Work competition. Wouldn’t it be terrific if an HRM-RI company were named?

In other electronic communication news, Teresa Ritter has been working hard on installing a list serve feature for our site. This will enable members to communicate with everyone in the membership. A pilot list serve for Board members is working well. Several of us have used it to get feedback on current issues and to survey one another on policies and practices. The full list serve, available to all members, should be up and running by September.

The next Board meeting is scheduled for August. We will focus on planning for the upcoming program year as well as on-going work on projects to revise the by-laws, increase our visibility in the community and reach out to new members. As always, all suggestions and all volunteers are welcome. Just recently Deb Quinn has offered to join the Board as our Workforce Readiness advocate. Thanks, Deb – you set a great example.

Another focus in the coming months is the Tri-State Regional Conference planned for Sturbridge, MA on May 18 – 19, 2006.This is a cooperative effort of the chapters and state councils in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island . HRM-RI and the Southern Rhode Island Human Resource Council are partnering to lead the initiative to secure and support sponsors and exhibitors for the conference. This is a great opportunity to get involved – even if you only offer a few hours to make some phone calls, or research some contact information - it would be much appreciated.

See you in September,

Lynn P. Watterson, SPHR
President, Human Resource Management Association of Rhode Island
lynnwatterson@msn.com
(401) 738-3359
 

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