1. April 23, 2015 at ESCO Corporation
NWHPEC Board Meeting
April 23, 2015 at ESCO Corporation
In Attendance: Jennifer Ayers, Richard Carroll, Mike Funke, Julie Simmons
Adjourned: 1:30pm
Financial Update (Mike):
P&L and Balance Sheet look good based on where they should be at this time of the year
Membership dues received = 60%. Four members have discontinued membership: CareOregon, FLIR Systems, SHE America, and Veris. Julie expects another four members to not renew membership due to no participation: Burgerville, Clackamas Fire District, Cornell Pump, and Stanley Hydraulic Tools. CP Medical’s parent company has closed its Portland plant and moved the work to an E. Coast facility. Since January, we have added four members (Legacy Health, Pioneer Pump, Protech, and Sulzer Pumps) and Julie expects to add another two soon (OHSU and OCHIN and health information network company).
Old Business:
Website Redesign: Luke is making good progress with the website redesign. A brief presentation was reviewed showing some of the updates and discussing site functionality.
Jennifer is still working to connect with her colleague regarding the logo redesign and will update Julie no later than April 27th
The new website is ready for testing. The original design team of Julie, Alissa, and Marjie will start testing the site. Once the site nears launch, Julie will set up the Board to test the site as well
Richard asked about site vulnerability and if we will still have the same concerns about hacking as we do with our existing site. Julie contacted Luke who is still concerned about the possibility of hacking, but is putting security measures in place to try to keep this at bay. He will continue to work on this issue
Event Updates (Julie):
Learning Tours: April 14th Learning Tour at Protech had slightly lower attendance than planned, but was a good overall event for this brand new member. Up next: May 5th at Pacific Foods (sold out)
Training Classes: USNR held a 5S event April 21st & 22nd. No other classes scheduled or being planned
Executive Forums: April 28th – 30th EMDS with Mike Hoseus. Attendance in the Overview Session is lower than planned at 60 (vs 70). Workshop has 20 (vs 24). May is very busy with Mike Rother (Kata) and Dan Miller (Part III Lean and the Human Element)
Leadership Session: Brad Frank, Tulsa Tube Bending is confirmed for July 9th at Con-way. Brad is working on the session outline and key points, as well as a 90 sec YouTube video for us to use for marketing purposes
Next Board Meeting: May 28th: Noon – 2pm via telecom
*Julie will be on vacation and will contact Bryan to discuss if the Board wants to hold the call without Julie or not. Julie will update the Board