Meeting called to order at 9:40 a.m.

ATTENDEES:  Jody Dahl, Eleanor Falk, Marla Haley, Peter Matthias, Teri McCaleb, Denice McMahon, Marsha Smith, & Sharlene Smith.

Denice asked Peter to give the financial report for the July Business meeting and again after the books are closed.

New CPP’s and FPC’s will be recognized during the July meeting along with the Scholarship winners. 

Denice mentioned giving scholarships for the CPP study courses.  Terry Meggitt will be stepping down from the study groups.  Century College will begin facilitating.

Denice also mentioned that at Congress she & Robin found out that most of the Chapters give out CPP pins after passing the test.  Robin will buy the pins in bulk and distribute to existing CPP’s and from now on the Northstar Chapter will hand out to new CPP’s.

Denice asked if Board members would like to begin giving updates of what they’ve been doing in their board position throughout the year.  The board agreed.

The October 10^th conference was discussed.  Marla mentioned that she will need to step down from her duties soon.  A conference chair replacement has not been found yet.  Sharlene & Eleanor feel that the conference group chairs can make the decisions for the conference and if a decision cannot be reached the Board President will make the final decision.

NCS Pearson has volunteered to facilitate the conference registrations. 

Roxanne Emmerich will be the featured speaker for the conference.

Mary Evans has volunteered to chair the Vendor Sponsorship & Prizes group.

Denice mentioned that board position elections well be done in July.  Current board openings are Vice-President and Conference Chair.

Marsha asked how everyone felt about the Ronald McDonald house being the September Outreach program during National Payroll Week.  The board approved to accept donations for the Ronald McDonald house and the board and other Northstar Chapter members that wish to sign up will cook a meal for the families. 

Denice noted that Century College will offer a CPP Recertification course and that those who teach the PLS (Payroll Learning Series) classes will now receive CEU credits.

Denice also mentioned that she received the Chapter President Citation at Congress.  This is a new award given to all Chapter Presidents.

Sharlene asked if we should invite Patty Lake back to facilitate the Year End Seminar in November.  The board approved.  Sharlene will also contact someone Robin heard speak about the December Team Building meeting.

Marla mentioned that Governor Ventura’s office well sign the Proclamation for National Payroll week.