Member Engagement Evening Mixer

Volume 15, Issue 5
May 2013
Member Engagement
Evening Mixer
Message from
CCSHRM President
Lisa O’Connor
mailto:lisa.oconnor@co.charlotte.fl.us
Please join us on May 22, 2013 as we welcome
our newest members in a relaxed meet and
greet setting. Jim Sproul, Edward Jones Financial
Advisor and CCSHRM Member is hosting the
mixer location and Catholic Universities will be
our sponsor. This will be another fun and exciting
night, as we will have several giveaways for our
members!
Please also plan to invite your Supervisors,
Managers and Directors to attend our June 26,
2013 Regular Monthly Meeting on “How to Best
Assist Managers and Supervisors in Dealing with
Employee Issues” – Our guest speaker, Joyce
Chastain, is a dynamic seasoned HR professional
and our 2013 HR Florida President. She has
geared this presentation for your management
team. This meeting will be held at the Charlotte
County Cultural Center. We are hoping for a
great turnout from our members and guests!
Sincerely, Lisa
O’Connor
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1
Message from President & Info on Member Meeting
2
Welcome New Members & Message from Vice Chair
3
Calendar of Events & Membership Message
4
Member Spot Light – Heather Bacus, BOCC HR Director
8
This Month’s Sponsors
When: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Where: Edward Jones Financial Advisors
21234 Olean Boulevard Suite 2A
Port Charlotte, FL 33952
(941) 743-4121
Please come out and join us as we meet
with the purpose to get to know each
better and introduce ourselves to our
newest members.
Raffle prizes will be awarded during the
event: $50.00 Sports Authority Gift
Certificate by CCSHRM, HR Florida
Conference Registration, valued at over
$650.00, Gift from Catholic Universities and
Edward Jones.
Refreshments (non-alcoholic) and hot
and cold items will be served.
This is a FREE EVENT!
Please RSVP Norma Corso at
Norma.Corso@charlottefl.com
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Program -1 HRCI General Credit Hour
Please RSVP ASAP to Norma Corso, Board Secretary at
For more information, you can contact your
Membership Chair, Heather Lupinetti, at (941) 2055612 or email at heather.lupinetti@ccso.org .
New Member Corner
Message from President Elect
Wanda King, PHR mailto:wking4@wm.com

Jessica Hernandez-Parkman, HR
Coordinator, Charotte County BOCC,
Punta Gorda
Membership Information
For membership information or application forms for
CCSHRM, contact Heather Lupinetti, Membership Chair at
(941) 205-5612 heather.lupinetti@ccso.org
Completed new member applications received before the
first Tuesday of the month will be considered at the Board
meeting held that month. Any application received on or
after the first Tuesday of the month will be considered for
approval at the next month’s Board meeting. The
updated membership roster will be sent by email to paid
members. If you do not receive your new roster, please
email or call Heather.
NATIONAL SHRM MEMBERSHIP RAFFLE
Are you a CCSHRM member who is not a National
SHRM member?
If so, then find out what you can do for a chance to place
your name in a raffle for one free paid national
membership to SHRM - $180.00 value!
Guidelines for eligibility for the Raffle:
Must be a current member of CCSHRM
Must not currently be a National SHRM member
Must meet 2 out of the 4 criteria:
 Participate in a CCSHRM sponsor event as a
volunteer
 Volunteer on board in committee participation
 Refer a guest who joins our chapter
 Attend 2 out of the 3 monthly events
National SHRM membership benefits:
Full access to SHRM Online (the HR Knowledge Center)
Free subscription to HR Magazine
Access to HR research, discounts on SHRM education, and
networking opportunities with more than 250,000 HR
professionals!!
CCSHRM HR FLORIDA RAFFLE
CCSHRM is offering a chance for our members to be
entered into a drawing to win a Free Registration to
this year’s HR Florida Conference. Our first drawing
will be at our March monthly luncheon on the 27th.
Ways to be Eligible for the Raffle:
Every CCSHRM member who is a SHRM national
member as of March 2013 will be entered into a
drawing to win a full registration. (Must provide
SHRM national member number for confirmation).
Attend our monthly meetings and special events!!
For every monthly meeting or event that you attend
between February to June 2013, your name will be
entered into the drawing to win one of the two full
registrations. The more meetings and events you
attend, the more chances you have to win!!
For general information on the conference, visit:
www.hrfloridaconference.org
Please contact Wanda King, PHR at (941) 650-5740
or wking4@wm.com for additional details.
.
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING
EVENTS
Advertise Your Business
Advertising in CCSHRM’s newsletter each month is a
great way to reach HR professionals in Charlotte County.
The price for a business card size ad is just $25 per
quarter.
We will feature your business logo in our newsletter
when you sponsor one of our events.
Fri May 17, 2013
- Location: Holiday Inn Airport, Ft. Myers
Program: Tri County Conference
HR Rocks and Rolls with the Changes
Wed June 26, 2013
- Location: Port Charlotte Cultural Center
Program: Supervisory Intervention – How to Best
Assist Managers and Supervisors in Dealing with
Employee Issues
Speaker: Joyce Chastain, SPHR-2013 HR Florida
President
Wed July 24, 2013
Location: Port Charlotte Cultural Center
Program: Legislative Speaker
Monthly Meeting Sponsorship is $100.00 and includes
15 minutes podium time to introduce your services to
our members at one of our monthly membership
meetings. The sponsorship fee also includes a business
card size ad in our newsletter.
If you are interested in advertising with us, please
send your payment to CCSHRM, Attn: Advertising, PO
Box 494972, Port Charlotte, FL 33949.
WORKFORCE READINESS
We Need Volunteers!
August 19 - 21, 2013
Location: Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Florida
Program: HR Florida Conference
Wed September 25, 2013
- Location: Port Charlotte Cultural Center
Program: Emotional Intelligence
Speaker: Debra Hope
Wed October 23, 2013
- Location: Port Charlotte Cultural Center
Program: Compliance and Diversity; Making
sense of the relationship-leveraging Diversity and
inclusion to fulfill the mission of the organization
Speaker: Dr. Walter Douglas
Our local CCSHRM Chapter is ready to help our local
community. We are preparing for Workforce Readiness and
need a little bit of your volunteer time for activities such as:

Interview mentors - At Edison College to help them prepare
for future careers

Businesses that can offer a date and time to host an “Open
House for Future Employment” showing visitors around and
tell them about your company and why it is so great!

Career supporter for a fall event at a local location
(probably an education location – TBD)

Instructors for public citizens who would be able to attend
on how to find, and get hired, training sessions such as:
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Wed November 20, 2013
- Location: Port Charlotte Cultural Center
Program: Tentative – Rule changes, overview
of Workman’s Compensation
Wed December 18, 2013
Location: Charlotte County Yacht Club
Program: Membership Holiday Party Induction of New Board MembersHR Professional Award
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How to do a job search on the internet and other
places
Ways to write your resume so it says what your
skills are
What you should and should not do when
interviewing
And more…
Please contact Cheryl Vanande the Workforce Chair by
emailing cvanande@swfc.edu to let her know if you and/or a
coworker have a specific interest in helping with one or more
of these events.
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Member Spotlight
He at h e r Bacus,SPHR,CCSHRM Me m b e r
Heather Bacus, SPHR , is the Director of Human Resources, with Charlotte County. She has been in the human
resource field over 17 plus years, in various fields including, government, public education, private education,
manufacturing and health care.
Heather earned her Master’s degree in Human Resource Development and received her SPHR in 2001. This is her
first year as a member with CCSHRM, but she had been a member of her local SHRM organization in Michigan since
2001.
Heather wanted a career with a variety as she was in constant need of a challenging environment. Heather said that
the last 17 years have been anything but “boring”, and that it doesn’t matter what field you work in, the issues
presented to an HR professional are very similar. Heather has a wonderful staff that is passionate about helping
people and that they all want to do what is best for anyone who crosses their paths. At the end of the day, it is about
satisfied customers and employees.
Heather is a new Floridian and has really been enjoying all that the weather has to offer. She plans to get very
involved so that Charlotte County can be considered her “home”. She is open to new challenges and believes there is
plenty of work ahead for Charlotte County and she is excited to be a part of it!
Please welcome Heather Bacus as a member of CCSHRM and as a “new” Floridian to Charlotte County.
Legislative Grassroots HR Resource
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Barbara Melenson, SPHR, Barbara_Melanson@ccps.k12.fl.us
CCSHRM Legislative Chair
DAY ON THE HILL
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SHRM CERTIFICATION
Looking for SHRM Certification or a Scholarship?? It’s available to you through the SHRM Foundation. It’s true…
Try it! I did!
The Certification Scholarship of $750 can be used towards the SHRM Learning Center or testing fees. The application
deadline date for scholarships is July 15, 2013.
Do you need Certification Study Assistance? Are you preparing to test for your PHR/SPHR?
Let’s team up and study together!! We can meet in person or SKYPE.
For information on Certification Scholarships for HR Professionals who are current CCSHRM members and
information on study groups to prepare for PHR/SPHR Certification, please contact Angela Brown, PHR, CCSHRM
Foundation and Certification Chair at abrown@cityofnorthport.com to get set-up.
2013 PHR/SPHR/GPHR Exam Application Submission Dates
Visit www.hrci.org/hrcertification for more information
Testing Dates
PHR/SPHR
GPHR/CA
Dec. 1 -Jan. 31
Dec. 1-31
Applications
Accepted
Winter
July 15 - Oct. 4
July 15 - Oct. 4
Late Applications
Accepted*
Oct. 5 - Nov. 8
Oct. 5 - Nov. 8
*A $75.00 USD nonrefundable late fee is applied to all applications submitted during this time.
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2013 BOARD MEMBERS
President
Lisa O'Connor
This Month’s Sponsors
(941) 661-4526
Lisa.oconnor@co.charlotte.fl.us
CCSHRM Thanks You for Your Support
(941) 650-5740
wking4@wm.com
President-Elect
Wanda King, PHR
Past-President
Eve Sweeting, PHR
(941) 575-3052
hr@fishville.com
Secretary
Norma Corso, PHR
(941) 764-4508
norma.corso@charlottefl.com
Treasurer
Deborah Hope
(941) 421-1041
dhope4451@comcast.net
Membership Chair Heather Lupinetti
(941) 205-5612
heather.lupinetti@ccso.org
Program Chair
Dan Frees
(941) 743-0500.
dan_frees@experienceworks.org
Legislative Chair
Barbara Melanson,
SPHR
Workforce
Readiness Chair
Cheryl Vanande
(941) 391-8888
cvanande@swfc.edu
Diversity Chair
Julie Greaves
(941) 347-6424
jgreaves@cbhcfl.org
Web and
Communication
Chair
(941) 255-0808
Barbara_Melanson@ccps.k12.fl.us
(941) 629-0909 ext. 105
Kathrine L. Robinson krobinson@charlottecountyymca.com
SHRM Foundation
Angela Brown, PHR
& Certification
Chair
(941) 429-7133
abrown@cityofnorthport.com
Charlotte County Society for
Human Resource Management
PO Box 494972, Port Charlotte, FL 33952
http://www.CCSHRM.org
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