Sarasota Manatee Human Resources Association Inc

“Description: depreciation. Amount: 228.”

“Description: website. Amount: 5,513. Description: bank & credit card fees. Amount: 2,621. Description: taxes & licenses. Amount: 61. Description: office expense. Amount: 4,666. Description: insurance. Amount: 1,191. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 14,052.”

“Description: other depreciable assets. Beg. Of year amount: 610. End of year amount: 382.”

“Substantial changes to the organization's bylaws were as follows: section 2.1.a - purpose - forum for professional and personal development of members section 2.1.f - purpose - provide valuable information gathering and dissemination challenges for hr best practices section 2.2 reworded to bring into the 21st century and in alignment with our mission sections 4.1 and 4.2 combined qualifications for membership & non-transferability of membership into a single section; simplified qualifications and moved no discrimination to its own section (section 4.2) section 4.3 updated title to "ownership and non-transferability of membership". Clarified wording of individual membership. Section 4.4 incorporated 4.5 & 4.6 and becomes "membership categories" with professional members in one category for consultants/professionals which is meant to include lawyers and employment law professional as well as other types of consultants and professionals. Added shrm certified professionals. Section 4.4 b. Student memberships - simplified qualifications to coincide with shrm. The membership director and the board of directors determine membership criteria for students; the board shall determine dues for students. Section 4.7 becomes 4.8; no wording change. Section 4.7 is new and entitled "membership responsibilities" section 4.8 is now 4.9 - application for membership. Simplified wording. Section 4.9 is now 4.10 - guests - refined wording section 4.10 is now 4.11 - dues - changed title from renewals and expenses to "dues, renewals and refunds". Simplified fees for annual membership. Section 4.11 is now 4.12 - voting - adjusted wording per attorney. Added that voting may take place electronically. Section 5.1 - regular (member) meetings - adjusted to at least four times per year and removed "3rd friday" requirement. Section 5.2 - annual (member) meeting - removed september as timing and changed to "time determined by board of directors". Section 5.4 - notice of (member) meetings - removed 30-day notice and replaced with 10-days notice. Section 5.6 - (member) meeting cancellations - added authority of president to cancel under emergency conditions. Section 5.7 - attendance at (member) meetings - added this section looking to the future, where we may use other means for members to attend meetings. Section 6.1 - changed "powers" to "duties and responsibilities" (for board); simplified wording and added last sentence re: policies and procedures. Section 6.2 - officers - removed duties and responsibilities from this section since they are listed on the website and are dynamic. Left positions only, added technology director and ability of board to add/remove positions as needed. Section 6.3 - committees. Added this section. Section 6.4 (old section 6.3) - core leadership - removed named core leadership areas and specific responsibilities. Replaced with general wording re alignment with shrm and that core leadership areas can be found on shrm website. Section 6.5 is now 6.6 - election-term of office - removed "3-member" from nominating committee, removed september as designated annual meeting, removed december as installation month, and clarified wording regarding succession and board terms of office. Section 6.7 is now 6.8 - regular board meetings - clarified that while board meetings are usually held monthly, they are only required to be held a minimum of four times a year, which follows shrm requirements. Section 6.9 - board of directors responsibilities - removed. Same as article 6.1. Section 6.10 - removal of director or officer - refined wording for "due process" for removal. Section 6.11 - no remuneration for board or committee members - added this section. Old articles 7 and 8 have been deleted and are covered in section 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 article 9 is now article 7 - electronic voting - simplified wording. Article 11 is now article 9 - parliamentary procedure: clarification that all shra board meetings will be governed by roberts rules of order. Art”