Chicago Chapter of IFMA
Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes of March 4, 2014
MEETING DATE: April 1, 2014 Levenfeld Pearlstein, Chicago (Kevin’s Office) 11:30am Start
Chapter Planning Goals:
1) ENHANCE & ELEVATE the Quality of Education Offerings;
2) ENERGIZE & EMPOWER IFMA Members;
3) EXPOSE IFMA to the Business Community & EXPAND its Reach. These Goals will be reviewed monthly in order to keep the Board on task. Reminder: All committees to follow the meeting minute’s template. A copy of all meeting minutes to be filed with the administrator’s office.
NEXT MEETING: May 6, 2014 Brinks Gilson & Lione,
Chicago(Jerry’s Office)
11:30am Start
CONTACT INFORMATION
BOARD MEMBER COMPANY: E-MAIL ADDRESS: PHONE NUMBER: Executive
X Jerry DiCola, CFM Brinks Gilson & Lione jdicola@brinksgilson.com 312.321.4724 X Mark Radtke, CFM ProCure Proton Therapy Center markradtke@sbcglobal.net 630-669-9912 X Nicole Satterly Locke Lord nsatterly@lockelord.com 312.443.0426
X Liz Vonesh lizvonesh@hotmail.com 312.915.9271
X Kevin Corrigan, CFM Levenfeld Pearlstein kcorrigan@lplegal.com 312.476.7543 Associate
X Debbie Breclaw 1
st & Fresh
Catering dbreclaw@1st-fresh.com 312.701.0890 Mike Joyce 3MD Relocation Services mjoyce@3mdrelocation.com 708.681.2000 Career Services
X Linda Murdix Greeley and Hansen lmurdix@greeley-hansen.com 312.578.2407 Kristine
O’Hollearn SpaceTrak k.ohollearn@spacetrak.net 619-884-7093
Meeting Minute Highlights
Items Approved
• None.
Items Outstanding (including previous Board meetings) • Newsletter (Bishop/Radtke)
• Website Updates – Job Target Page, Charity Corner; STAR Redesign (Bishop/Radtke) • Linked-In Group (Communications/Career Services)
Communications
X Drew Bishop milliCare by Floor Innovations dbishop@millicare.net 312.550.9899
X Jennifer Daly NRDC jdaly@nrdc.org 312-651-7903
Community Service
Wayne Shulman Newmark Grubb Knight Frank wshulman@ngkf.com 312.224.3229
Hospitality X Nancy Miller American College of Healthcare Executives nmiller@ache.org 312.424.9345
Russ Benson russbenson@hotmail.com 224-201-8765
Membership X Pamela Coan
GRM Information Management
Service pcoan@grmims.com 312.226.8100 x 207 X Mary Basel Haworth mary.basel@haworth.com 312-494-7411 Professional
Development Christian
Swiencki The Office Connection cswiencki@smartofficedeals.com 312-698-4368 Sponsorship
X Derek Rusch Teknion derek.rusch@teknion.com 773-610-5364 Sustainability
Justin Moore Guaranteed Rate Inc. justin.moore@guaranteedrate.com 773-516-6377 Administrator
X Chris Glatz Glatz Mgmt Services cglatz@managementservices.org 312.236.0900 Guests:
ISSUE# DESCRIPTION CHAMPION STATUS
Call To Order 04-1 Welcome
Mark Radtke called the meeting to order at 11:38 a.m.
04-2 Minutes
Drew Bishop made a motion to approve the meeting minutes of March 4, 2014; Linda Murdix seconded the motion. Motion passed.
All Closed
04-3 Treasurer’s Report
Liz Vonesh reported that there is $26,880 in the checking and $56,373 in savings. All the
committees, year-to-date, are within budget.
ISSUE# DESCRIPTION CHAMPION STATUS Debbie Breclaw made a motion to approve the
Treasurer’s report as presented; Kevin Corrigan seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Old Business 04-4 NeigerDesign Update
Mark Radtke shared a postcard that was created for the month of April that is scheduled to go out this week and on members’ desktops around the 7th. A sample of the new letterhead was also shared.
Liz noted that due to her travel schedule (she will be gone April 14th through May 6th) her ability to produce a May postcard mailing will be challenged. Derek Rusch offered to help since he also works with InDesign. Liz will keep the officers informed of her ability to produce and/or contact Derek for assistance.
Radtke Closed
Associates Committee 04-5 Golf Outing
Deb Breclaw reported that four people registered for the outing as a result of yesterday’s eblast and nice weather. Current cost per person is trending at $120; estimate with printing,
administration, etc. is anticipated to be $140pp. Fee charged is $150pp.
Goals Update: Engaging more professional and
associate members. Achieving 125 golfers is the measurement towards this goal along with one professional member to attend per event.
Breclaw/Joyce Open
Membership 04-6 Membership Update
Guests from the last meeting were personally contacted and two joined as chapter members! Next task is to get as many new members to the New Member Reception. Reception
agenda/format was briefly discussed. All committees should be represented.
Prospective volunteers were shared with Nicole.
Goals Update: Engaging more professional
members to serve on committees is a work in progress. Their committee has added two professional members to their group.
Coan/Basel
Coan/Basel/Fowler
Closed
Closed
Communications 04-7 The email blast template was updated with the
new logo and You Tube presentations were also uploaded.
Website Redesign
The website redesign project is now being addressed with Jen’s assistance as a co-chair. Colors and pictures will be updated. A copy of layout #6 presented by STAR Chapter was shared with the Board. Drew highlighted how many of the social media links and other items will be more visible on the front page as well as mobile devices. The cost to make the changes will be $399. Goal is to have the upgrades completed by July 1st (in time for a rollout at the Annual Meeting). Since the amount was part of the committee’s budget, no motion was required to move forward.
A discussion pursued about committees sending emails and using the IFMA logo as part of their signature. The consensus was that (a) all Board members who use the IFMA name and/or brand in their emails should use it consistently and (b) the Admin office should check with IFMA
Headquarters about the proper use of the logo. Kevin Corrigan recommended that only the chair and co-chair of the committee send emails to the membership. After discussion, it was agreed that the sponsorship committee should have an email address. The Communications Committee will assist with this request (e.g., create
sponsorship@ifma-chicago.org). All concurred.
Bishop/Daly Bishop/Daly Bishop/Daly Open Open Open Professional Development 04-8 Calendar of Events
Jerry DiCola reported that two more programs were booked for 2015; two more remain to be scheduled.
Business Card of Upcoming Events Chris Glatz shared an example of a business card that listed upcoming event dates. All thought it a great idea for IFMA to use going forward. Suggestion made to use the backside with a sponsor’s logo to cover the cost.
Goals Update: To have all 2015 programs
planned by June 2014 – on schedule. All other goals on task too.
Swiencki Ongoing
Career Services 04-09 Linda said the March 20th program went very
well.
Goals Update: Expanding the mentor/mentee
program continues. The committee is still pushing for members to complete their mentor forms including their expertise area (and/or
Murdix/O’Hollearn Murdix/O’Hollearn
Closed Open
ISSUE# DESCRIPTION CHAMPION STATUS industry area too).
Sponsorship 04-10 2014 Golf Outing
Sponsorship commitments continue to be
received. Current commitments are $2,200 with $1,500 pending; goal is to raise $5,000.
Goals Update: Goal was to increase sponsorship
by 25% and the total raised exceeded budget.
Rusch/Satterly Closed
Hospitality 04-11 April 8 - New Member Event
Plans for the reception continue. Membership Committee plans to personally contact all the new members since July 2013. One more eblast scheduled to go out as well.
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting will be at Petterino’s on July 17th. The event will have a Mardi Gras theme since that is where WWP will be in the fall. The menu will also compliment the festive theme. World Workplace
A reception is being planned with the NI chapter. A venue with a private room has been identified and is being researched.
Goals Update: Enhancing the member
experience by hosting distinctive events at different venues continues to be supported.
Miller/Benson Miller/Benson Miller/Benson Open Open Open Community Service
04-12 No report. Shulman Open
Volunteer Director 04-13 Nicole Satterly reported that she reached out to
two people (one student and a new member from Studley) about getting involved.
Satterly Ongoing
Sustainability Liaison
04-14 No report. Moore Closed
President’s Report 04-15 May 8 - Past President’s Dinner
Verbal invitations were sent to past presidents. Several of these past leaders may be good candidates to serve as mentors.
Committee Goals
DiCola
DiCola
Closed
Mark complimented everyone for being
committed to their goals as we close in on the year-end.
Program Attendance
There has been a 17% increase in attendance compared to a year ago today; goal was to increase by 15%.
The other goal was to have 50% of professional members in attendance at the programs
(professionals vs. associate members – not including guests). The attendance has been nearly 60% professional members vs. associate members thus exceeding goal. It was noted that increased attendance may be a result of (a) the cost to attend is included in the member fee; and (b) having a consistent location (Petterino’s) for every program.
It was recommended that these statistics continue to be shared with the Board and
mention them on an upcoming postcard mailing. Jerry Dicola also reported on a few other items:
• DePaul discussions continue
• Northern Illinois inquired if the chapter would be interested in doing a family pig roast/picnic. Nothing finalized but it was shared with them that we would certainly entertain the idea. Event would be held in the September/October timeframe.
DiCola Ongoing
New Business 04-16 None.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Liz Vonesh and a second from Linda Murdix was received. Meeting adjourned at 12:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Chris
Christine Glatz Chicago IFMA
