Hello everyone. I am Patrick Lynch, and I am proud to be your SHRM-Atlanta President for 2021. I look forward to serving our members, sponsors, and the greater Atlanta HR community in my new role.
I checked the SHRM-Atlanta history books, and it turns out that I am going to be the 50th President of our chapter. There has been a lot of great leaders who have preceded me in this role. I hope to be able to fill their shoes.
My mission for 2021 is to the voice for our members. I want to deliver value to each of you who have chosen to be a member of our chapter – whether it is listening to great content at our chapter meetings or SOAHR, certification opportunities, or finding answers to your pressing HR questions. I want to make your membership something that you can all brag about.
As many of you know, we built SHRM-Atlanta on four strategic pillars:
- Fostering Community
- Promoting Professional Development
- Celebrating Excellence in HR
- Advancing Thought Leadership
My goal is to frequently talk about these four pillars with all of you next year. Today I would like to focus on the secret sauce that makes SHRM-Atlanta such a great chapter – Fostering Community.
- Being a member of our chapter is an opportunity to be part of something bigger.
- It is your chance to network and build relationships with your HR colleagues.
- It is where you can learn and grow from the subject matter expertise of your fellow members.
- It is where you can grow your relationships by serving as a volunteer.
Even though COVID has forced us into a virtual world of Zoom meetings, I still believe that relationships can flourish. We all have examples of how this happened throughout 2020. I would love to hear any stories that you would like to share.
We are also not going to be virtual forever. I am confident that sometime in 2021, we will safely be able to return to face-to-face meetings.
Speaking of Fostering Community, I would like to warmly welcome our thirty-six new members to our growing SHRM-Atlanta community. While we will not have the opportunity to meet these new members at an upcoming chapter meeting, I hope everyone will congratulate them on joining us (or connect with them on LinkedIn).
Here is a list of all the new members who have joined us in the past thirty days.
Thanks again to all of our new members.
I want to wrap up with a couple of important topics.
We have several great volunteer opportunities for those who have a heart to serve and an interest in building stronger relationships within the chapter.
Here are some of the open roles that we have. Please click this link to apply.
- EVP – Special Programs – Application Deadline: 12/18/20
- EVP – Workforce Readiness & Community Volunteerism – Application Deadline: 12/18/20
- Chair – 21st Century Leaders – Application Deadline: 12/18/20
- Chair – HR for Change – Application Deadline: Until Filled
- Chair – Student Chapter Liaisons – Application Deadline: 12/18/20
- Chair – Back on My Feet – Application Deadline: 12/18/20
- Chair – Legal & Legislative Programs – Application Deadline: 1/8/21
In closing, I very much look forward to serving as President and continue building on the strong foundation that we have as one of the country’s most successful mega-chapter.
I wish you all a very happy holiday season and hope you can share all of your blessings with your family and loved ones.
Pat
