Central Iowa Chapter of the APA Board Members 2011-2012
Central Iowa Chapter APA
Meeting Minutes
March 20, 2012 5:30pm
The regular monthly meeting of the Central Iowa Chapter of the American Payroll Association was held at Holiday Inn Merle Hay on Tuesday evening March 20, 2012. A Mexican buffet was served for dinner.
Debby Hauk, President, called the business meeting to order at 6:10 pm. She had all officers present stand up and introduce themselves, state the position they hold for the chapter, and the name of the company where they work.
Susan Fergesen, FPC, Treasurer, announced the balance in the checking account at $14,636.00.
Barb Craig, announced that our next meeting will be on April 19th at The Tavern on 50th Street in West Des Moines. A pizza and pasta buffet will be served for dinner. .
Jan Carpenter, CPP, Education, announced that the speaker for April will be Jodi Parsons. She will be talking about the American Payroll Association, the American Accounts Payable Association, and the opportunities available to volunteer for either organization. In May, Nan Boland from Hire Quality Solutions will be speaking about the importance of interviewing.
Quandy White, Membership, announced the number of current members at 162. She welcomed two new members who were in attendance. She also stated that dues for the year are $24. After July, the dues will drop to $12 for new members.
Deanne O’Hollearn, CPP, NPW/Community Development, announced that in April, our chapter will be collecting food for the Food Bank of Iowa’s Backpack Buddies program. Bring an item to our April meeting to donate. Backpack Buddies services 450 children with food items sent home from school in a backpack. Items to donate for this project include fruit cups, jello cups, cereal, etc.
Carmen Derrickson, Nominations, announced that nominations are due for the following positions: Vice President, Hospitality, Nominations, and NPW/Community Development. If anyone is interested or would like to nominate another member, please inform Carmen soon. One of the benefits of becoming an officer is the fee for the meeting is waived. Debby added that she has learned a lot by being an officer and has had a good time. Also she enjoys getting to meet new people. Carmen also stated that if you are not able to be at the May meeting when voting will take place, there will be an option to vote on the website.
The minutes for the previous meeting were approved with no objections or changes.
Jan Carpenter introduced the speaker for the evening, Scott Bankert, Regional Director for Employment Tax Services/Talx Corporation. He spoke to members about the rising costs of unemployment.
Meeting was adjourned around 7:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted by Susan Nielsen, CPP, Secretary.
Passing On The Knowledge - A New CIAPA Program
If you are updating your payroll library and would like to “recycle” your previous years’ resource books with a member instead of a recycling bin, please have us announce the availability through the newsletter.
Share your Expertise in the Chapter Newsletter
Share your ideas, experiences and knowledge with chapter members thru the newsletter. Your knowledge is valuable - please email your articles to Ann Jensen, CPP, Newsletter Chair at newsletter@centraliowaapa.org anytime you learn something that would benefit your peers in payroll.
A big thank you to those of you who shared with us this month!
The deadline for the May newsletter will be Friday, May 18.
Thank you,
Ann Jensen, Newsletter Chair
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Mark Your Calendar....
Iowa Statewide Payroll Conference
Thursday August 2, 2012
More Details to Come!
