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    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:12:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Athens Area SHRM July 2026 Chapter Meeting (July 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8:30 AM -&amp;nbsp;Networking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8:45 AM - 9:45 AM - presentation and speaker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 AM - Dismissal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Speaker: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TOPIC: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Why Attend?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
✔ Stay informed on current HR topics&lt;br&gt;
✔ Network with fellow HR professionals&lt;br&gt;
✔ Exchange ideas and best practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with your local SHRM community!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chapter Meeting Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Satula Training Room at 375 Satula Avenue, Athens, GA 30601&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Online (Teams) and in person meeting - you m&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;ust select your attendance location when registering.&amp;nbsp;Teams information will be provided to registrants on the Wednesday prior to the chapter meeting.&amp;nbsp; Please be encouraged to join us in person if possible.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_double_solid" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; height: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The purpose of the Athens Area Chapter of SHRM is to provide a forum for the professional development of our membership:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To raise the standards of performance in all phases of human resource management.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among the membership relative to every phase of human resource management:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Management Practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Health; Safety and Security&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Training and Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Compensation and Benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Employee and Labor Relations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Selection and Placement&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To promote adherence to the Chapter’s Code of Professional Responsibility among our members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To provide a focus for legislative attention to state and national human resource management issues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To support the purposes of SHRM, which are to promote the use of sound and ethical human resource management practices in the profession.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473538</link>
      <guid>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473538</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Athens Area SHRM August 2025 Membership Drive (August 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5 PM -&amp;nbsp;Networking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5:30 PM - Order dinner and eat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:30 PM and on - depart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TOPIC: Membership Drive for AASHRM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Social Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); margin-bottom: 0px !important;" open="" display:="" inline="" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1F1F1F" face="Google Sans, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 28px;"&gt;Brett's Casual American&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1F1F1F" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;3190 Atlanta Hwy, Athens, GA 30606&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;No Online access for this meeting. Please plan to join us at 5PM for networking, dinner at 5:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_double_solid" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; height: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The purpose of the Athens Area Chapter of SHRM is to provide a forum for the professional development of our membership:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style=""&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To raise the standards of performance in all phases of human resource management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among the membership relative to every phase of human resource management:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Management Practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Health; Safety and Security&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Training and Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Compensation and Benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Employee and Labor Relations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Selection and Placement&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To promote adherence to the Chapter’s Code of Professional Responsibility among our members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To provide a focus for legislative attention to state and national human resource management issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To support the purposes of SHRM, which are to promote the use of sound and ethical human resource management practices in the profession.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473532</link>
      <guid>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473532</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Athens Area SHRM September 2026 Chapter Meeting (September 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8:30 AM -&amp;nbsp;Networking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8:45 AM - 9:45 AM - presentation and speaker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 AM - Dismissal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Speaker: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TOPIC: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Why Attend?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
✔ Stay informed on current HR topics&lt;br&gt;
✔ Network with fellow HR professionals&lt;br&gt;
✔ Exchange ideas and best practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with your local SHRM community!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chapter Meeting Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Satula Training Room at 375 Satula Avenue, Athens, GA 30601&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Online (Teams) and in person meeting - you m&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;ust select your attendance location when registering.&amp;nbsp;Teams information will be provided to registrants on the Wednesday prior to the chapter meeting.&amp;nbsp; Please be encouraged to join us in person if possible.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_double_solid" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; height: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The purpose of the Athens Area Chapter of SHRM is to provide a forum for the professional development of our membership:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To raise the standards of performance in all phases of human resource management.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among the membership relative to every phase of human resource management:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Management Practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Health; Safety and Security&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Training and Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Compensation and Benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Employee and Labor Relations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Selection and Placement&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To promote adherence to the Chapter’s Code of Professional Responsibility among our members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To provide a focus for legislative attention to state and national human resource management issues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To support the purposes of SHRM, which are to promote the use of sound and ethical human resource management practices in the profession.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473539</link>
      <guid>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473539</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Athens Area SHRM October 2026 Chapter Social (October 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5 PM -&amp;nbsp;Networking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5:30 PM - Order dinner and eat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:30 PM and on - depart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TOPIC: Networking Building Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Social Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" open="" display:="" inline="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F1F1F" face="Google Sans, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 28px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;No Online access for this meeting. Please plan to join us at 5PM for networking, dinner at 5:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_double_solid" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; height: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The purpose of the Athens Area Chapter of SHRM is to provide a forum for the professional development of our membership:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style=""&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To raise the standards of performance in all phases of human resource management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among the membership relative to every phase of human resource management:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Management Practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Health; Safety and Security&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Training and Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Compensation and Benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Employee and Labor Relations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Selection and Placement&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To promote adherence to the Chapter’s Code of Professional Responsibility among our members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To provide a focus for legislative attention to state and national human resource management issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To support the purposes of SHRM, which are to promote the use of sound and ethical human resource management practices in the profession.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473535</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Athens Area SHRM November 2026 Chapter Meeting (November 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8:30 AM -&amp;nbsp;Networking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8:45 AM - 9:45 AM - presentation and speaker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 AM - Dismissal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Speaker: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TOPIC: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Why Attend?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
✔ Stay informed on current HR topics&lt;br&gt;
✔ Network with fellow HR professionals&lt;br&gt;
✔ Exchange ideas and best practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with your local SHRM community!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chapter Meeting Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Satula Training Room at 375 Satula Avenue, Athens, GA 30601&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Online (Teams) and in person meeting - you m&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"&gt;ust select your attendance location when registering.&amp;nbsp;Teams information will be provided to registrants on the Wednesday prior to the chapter meeting.&amp;nbsp; Please be encouraged to join us in person if possible.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_double_solid" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; height: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The purpose of the Athens Area Chapter of SHRM is to provide a forum for the professional development of our membership:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To raise the standards of performance in all phases of human resource management.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among the membership relative to every phase of human resource management:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Management Practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Health; Safety and Security&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Training and Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Compensation and Benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Employee and Labor Relations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Selection and Placement&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To promote adherence to the Chapter’s Code of Professional Responsibility among our members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To provide a focus for legislative attention to state and national human resource management issues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;To support the purposes of SHRM, which are to promote the use of sound and ethical human resource management practices in the profession.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473540</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Athens Area SHRM December 2026 Chapter Social (December 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5 PM -&amp;nbsp;Networking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5:30 PM - Order dinner and eat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:30 PM and on - depart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Speaker: Holiday Networking Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TOPIC: Holiday Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Social Location: TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); margin-bottom: 0px !important;" open="" display:="" inline="" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;No Online access for this meeting. Please plan to join us at 5PM for networking, dinner at 5:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_double_solid" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; height: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The purpose of the Athens Area Chapter of SHRM is to provide a forum for the professional development of our membership:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style=""&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To raise the standards of performance in all phases of human resource management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among the membership relative to every phase of human resource management:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Management Practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Health; Safety and Security&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Training and Development&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Compensation and Benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Employee and Labor Relations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Selection and Placement&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To promote adherence to the Chapter’s Code of Professional Responsibility among our members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To provide a focus for legislative attention to state and national human resource management issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To support the purposes of SHRM, which are to promote the use of sound and ethical human resource management practices in the profession.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://aashrm.wildapricot.org/event-6473534</link>
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