PGH-AHU February Board Meeting Minutes
I. Called to Order at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday February 12th. In attendance were Ed Willig, Doug Moore, Ken Herrle, Don Balla, Tim Schmid, Ray Phillips, Dave Scott, Gary Gillen, and Kent Davidson.
II. Review of January Minutes: motion to approve by Doug Moore, 2nd Ray P.
III. Treasurer’s Report: motion to approve Ed Willig, 2nd Don Balla.
IV. President’s Report
A. D&O Insurance: national has advised us that the D&O deal they set up has fallen through. We need to make our own arrangements. Doug Moore agreed to get the D&O application for the next meeting.
B. Capitol Conference Review: good time had by all. Very productive.
C. Networking Meeting: fliers have been sent along with e-mails.
V. Membership Report
A. 68 members as of 2/12/02.
B. Many carrier reps need to be followed up with regarding joining.
C. Ken has spoken to Dan Holtz at Highmark about their involvement.
D. Ed & Tim will work on designing corporate membership packages. We will review these at the next board meeting.
E. Discussed the disbanding of Central Highlands AHU chapter. NAHU has a rule that members must be within one hour of a local chapter’s HQ to qualify.
VI. Communications.
A. Editorial deadline for Benefits Beat is 2/28/02. Next issue will be published in late March.
B. Communications committee will be set up at the March meeting to facilitate the transition of Benefits Beat from Doug to a new editor.
VII. Education
A. Discussed the relevance of CE to our chapter. Mixed emotions.
B. Instead of 2 hour luncheons we discussed having an annual CE day with a social function afterwards.
C. Discussed having a carrier symposium this summer/fall with the health insurers.
VIII. Legislative
A. We need a new legislative chair to replace Pat Schultz.
B. State Day in Harrisburg scheduled for March 19th. E-mail membership with invite. (Doug will ask Ray to handle.)
IX. Technology
A. We can track our website hits. Our site is getting some traffic.
X. Programs: Golf Outing
A. Flyer ready to go. Dave will mail in mid-March. Doug will put in newsletter.
B. Ray will do several broadcast e-mails in April & May about the outing.
C. Mark will put registration form on the website. Dave will send to him.
D. Ed will send out invitations to legislators and staff.
E. Dave is investigating the cost to come for dinner only.
F. Ken is in charge of prizes.
G. Don is in charge of sponsorships. We will get sponsors for drink cart, lunch and happy hour.
H. Kris is doing the golf program.
XI. Old Business
A. We received notice from the IRS that we are finally approved as a tax-exempt organization. Gary has the letter.
XII. New Business: None
XIII. Adjournment at 5:25 p.m. Next meeting March 12th at 4 p.m. at German Club.