NWHPEC Board Meeting September 22, 2016 via Telecom In Attendance: Rick Alvarado, Richard Carroll, Mike Funke, Dale Gehring, Bryan Goodman, Alex Thomason, Frank Twardoch, Julie Simmons Adjourned: 12:35pm Financial Update (Mike): The P&L and Balance Sheet were reviewed with no concerns expressed. Richard inquired about looking at year-over-year expenses to see if they are growing, reducing, or staying the same. Mike has the action to review and update the Board. New Business: Membership Dues Amounts: Julie received a report from Kim showing what each member was charged for dues in 2016. Julie will move this date to a spreadsheet that also shows our members employee numbers. Julie and Mike will review and update the Board with any concerns or proposed actions. Annual Survey: Julie is going to revise our annual survey to try to reach that middle group identified as a gap in our strategic planning session. Julie will send the survey to the Board for review the week of Sept. 26th. Outreach to Increase Awareness: Julie has reached out to the Portland Business Journal who does an annual Manufacturing edition. Frank inquired about Manufacturing Day and if NWHPEC can have a presence in 2016 at Cadet. Julie suggested we keep the annual Manufacturing Day on our agenda as something to consider sponsoring/hosting in 2017. Strategy Session Updates: Overall, progress is being made! Web Presence: Julie has Luke, our I.T. Administrator working on this item. Julie will update the Board on Luke’s adjustments to increase our web presence. Tagline: Julie and Jennifer have been working on this item. Jennifer identified four questions, which Julie sent to key, longtime, active members. They will use the feedback to inform a tagline (or a few), which will be reviewed by the Board, as well as the key members who provided input. Visuals: One Pager & Umbrella Doc: Julie is working with Alex and has sent him a first draft to review and provide feedback. Event Updates (Julie): Learning Tours: The October USNR Learning Tour was cancelled due to business issues reducing our year count to 5. The Sept. 20th Learning Tour at Oracle was sold out and well received. The Sept. 27th Learning Tour at Columbia Machine is sold out and is our final Learning Tour of 2016. The annual survey will identify 2017 Learning Tour host companies; Julie will review with the Board in November. Training Classes: The Sept. 14th Intro to the IK/CK class at Oracle was sold out and well reviewed. Up next: October 18th Intro to Lean at Axiom Electronics, which is sold out. Executive Forum’s: November 8th – 10th EMDS with Mike Hoseus. Julie will announce the week of Sept. 26th after the promo video is completed. Mike Hoseus provided a voiceover and Julie and Paul Jaussi from Biamp shot video. Leadership Session: The Sept. 28th Leadership Session with Bryan Goodman and Kyle Stavig has 50 attendees. The Board personally reaching out to the member leadership is very impactful. Kata Practitioner Day: LAM Research asked to host. Moved to Jan. 2017 due to space availability at LAM. Julie is working to identify the Jan. date. Next Board Meeting: November 17, 2016 from Noon – 2pm Dial: 646-632-1000 Conf. ID: 3855041962# *No October meeting due to several Board members and Julie attending the AME Conference. Julie will send out an update of activities and business items in October.