On behalf of the 2011-12 Albany Chapter Executive Board, greetings and welcome to the internet home of the
Albany-Capital Region Chapter of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR)
Registration is open for our June 1 program with the ever-popular, entertaining, and informative Ken Weinstock providing us with the latest "Legal Update" at our Member Appreciation Lunch - 12:30 pm to 4:30. $10 gets you the program and lunch! Registration information and more details, including a special MEMBER BONUS Drawing, are available here - "Legal Updates in HR"
AND - Save $10 - RENEW your Membership for the 2012-2013 Program Year at the Member Appreciation Lunch on June 1st and get the program and lunch for free. Membership form is available under "Membership" Tab.
The NOMINATION period is open for our slate of officers for the 2012-2013 term. The nomination form (with position descriptions) is available electronically on “Survey Monkey” – visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9NTD8XC , it only takes 1-3 minutes to fill out and send. Our secretary, Jason Willis, will be sending out a list of current members for your consideration, but non-members can be nominated also! If they accept the nomination they can apply for membership at that time. Get all the details in this letter from Jomel Nelson, our President-Elect, by clicking here. You can also access the Nomination form as a .pdf version here.
We had a truly superb full day program in May! "A Day of HR" was open to members and non-members and was held on May 4 from 9 to 4:30 at the DOCCS Training Academy on New Scotland Road. It included three great speakers as well as breakfast, lunch, and snacks all for only $10! See info on our past programs on the Events page.
View the latest on the Eastern Region Conference in Hyannis, Cape Cod, June 24 - 27, 2012. Registration is open - Visit the Eastern Region Conference Site for conference and hotel information and the registration form. It is shaping up to be a great conference - excellent speakers to be announced shortly, and Tuesday - instead of the usual dinner dance we will have a clambake on the beach!
We invite you to browse the website, which is full of information about the Chapter, its members, and our activities.
Check out our new Features page, where we place particularly interesting articles or news. If you come across a helpful article or have info about any of our members let us know. Photos welcome! Send them to our webmaster at: Patricia.Baugh@cs.state.ny.us
Learn about the Executive Board, Chapter History, By-laws, Committees, Past Presidents, and more by visiting the About Us tab.
And, in case you were wondering, the benefits of Membership in the Albany-Capital Region Chapter of IPMA-HR are easy to identify - workshops and seminars that provide training on current HR issues and a chance to network with fellow New York State HR colleagues. If you have attended an IPMA-HR seminar or workshop in the past, you know that these programs provide a forum for gaining knowledge and competencies in many diverse areas, as well as affording members the opportunity to interact with their colleagues and network with other human resource practitioners from a variety of agencies across the State. In these trying fiscal times, the ability to “do more with less” is more important than ever, and gaining the requisite knowledge and skills to perform a variety of functions is critical to our continuing success in the challenging world of Human Resources. If you would like to become a member, you can find the application form under the Membership tab.
And now I would like to take the opportunity to extend a very big “Thank you” to all of our dedicated members – without you and your volunteer efforts, this organization would not be able to provide the type of quality programming that we do each and every year. If anyone would like to volunteer, learn about our committees under the About Us tab and drop us an email.
Thank you for visiting us and I hope to see you at one of our events very soon!
Philip Kelly, Chapter President
2011-2012 Program Year
The best way to get to know people is by working alongside them to produce something worthwhile!
