SHRM News Feed PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY LUNCHEON The Northeast Louisiana Society of Human Resource Management monthly programs are typically held the 2nd Thursday of the month. We are meeting at the Holiday Inn - Holidome, 1051 Martin Luther King Jr Drive (Hwy 165 North), Monroe, LA. Our meeting and luncheon starts at 11:30 AM, with the educational portion of our event from 12:00 noon until 1:00 PM. Guests and members alike are welcome to join us for a wonderful meal, great conversation, networking opportunities, and an informational speaker in fields relative to today's HR professional. The cost for NELA-SHRM members will be $13 which covers the cost of the meal. The cost for non-members is $20 per person. We encourage you to come and discover what NELA-SHRM has to offer the business and HR community. So please take a moment to consider joining NELA-SHRM for 2008. The yearly dues are $50 per year and there is a link to the left for membership enrollment for your convenience. If you still have not made up your mind, please join us for a meeting to see what you have been missing. You can go to our calendar to get more information about each event. Please RSVP each month by the Tuesday before the meeting at the link below.		Welcome from the President Welcome and Thank You for visiting the website of the Northeast Louisiana Society of Human Resource Management (NELA-SHRM) Chapter #207.  We are an affiliate chapter of The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management with over 190,000 individual members. Our organization is made up of local business leaders and human resource professionals. As the voice of HR in Northeast Louisiana and the greater Monroe/West Monroe metro area, our members have the opportunity to influence business decisions locally, state wide and nationally.  NELA-SHRM delivers terrific value to members through: Professional development in monthly programs, conferences, and other professional development tools focused on key issues and disciplines Networking at social and professional development events Skill development through volunteer leadership and committee work Access to current, topical information through our  Web site and other resources The members of the NELA-SHRM would like to take this opportunity to ask you to come and visit with us to discover the benefits of membership. We encourage you to come and discover what NELA-SHRM has to offer the business and HR community.  So please take a moment to consider joining NELA-SHRM for 2008.  The yearly dues are $50.00 per year and a membership enrollment form can be downloaded from our website by clicking the link to the left.  If you still have not made up your mind, please join us for one of our monthly meetings to see what you have been missing.  Tell a colleague or business associate about NELA SHRM today... Respectfully, Nancy Apel, SPHR President