1. NWHPEC Board Meeting March 23, 2017 via telecom
In Attendance: Rick Alvarado, Jennifer Ayers, Richard Carroll, Mike Funke, Dale Gehring, Steve Richardson, Alex Thomason, Frank Twardoch, Julie Simmons
Adjourned 12:40pm
Financial Update (Mike):
No financial update as Kim has been on vacation and was unable to send reports.
Old Business:
- NWHPEC One-Pager Doc: Julie showed the one-pager doc to the Culture SIG, that consists of representatives from Benchmade, Oracle, Blount, Organically Grown Co, and AEC. The Culture SIG supported the work of the one-pager and didn’t see a conflict based on what they’re producing. They are creating a Culture Assessment tool to be used by members to see their gaps and then see a path or roadmap helping them identify what NWHPEC offerings they should participate in to close the gaps. Julie provided feedback on their current assessment tool and suggested they review AME’s Lean Sensei assessment app. Julie asked if one of the Culture SIG members would like to partner as work continues on the one-pager document and Vance Collver, Benchmade jumped at the chance. Julie will include Vance and Alex in further work on the one-pager doc.
Event Updates (Julie):
Learning Tours: No additional Learning Tours scheduled. Still at three for the year. Julie is continuing to pursue those companies who expressed interest in hosting.
Training Classes: The Introduction to the IK/CK class on April 5th hosted by Toyo Tanso is full.
Executive Forums: The Lean and the Human Element two series are off and running with great participation and feedback.
Leadership Session: Col. Arthur Athens’ Leadership Session is scheduled for June 6th. Julie is working with his assistant to select the session topic. Col. Athens is not able to provide a voiceover for our promo video. Julie is working with Shaun to work around this by providing Shaun links to a public YouTube video and the AME video presentation to see if we can utilize any of that footage.
Kata Practitioner Day: Held March 2nd at LAM Research. A few less attendees than projected, but otherwise an excellent event full of sharing and learning. Julie will plan a second KPD in the Fall of 2017.
New Business:
- Kata and Social Outreach: Dale discussed a conversation he participated in with Jason Schulist from Wisconsin and David Rau from AEC. Jason and David are both using the Kata approach to work on social issues, such as homelessness (David). Dale suggested we share this work with the membership to see if any other companies are either using this same approach to work on community issues and to raise awareness. Julie suggested asking David to write a blog about his work in the Sandy community to post on our website. Julie has this action item.
Next Board Meeting: Thursday, April 27, 2017
Noon – 2pm
Location: TBD