The Oklahoma Bar Association Board of Governors met at Tanglewood Resort on Lake Texoma as part of the Solo and Small Firm Conference on Friday, June 22, 2007.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

President Beam thanked board members for coming to the Solo and Small Firm Conference. He reported it was a record-breaking year with about 200 CLE registrants and speakers and nearly 400 people total. President Beam attended the Sovereignty Symposium at which he met retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and attended the ceremony where she received a Supreme Court medal. He also attended two OBA Annual Meeting meetings, Central Oklahoma Mental Health Association luncheon and Custer County Bar Association luncheon. At the Louisiana annual meeting in Destin, Fla., he participated on a panel discussing judicial elections versus retention. He presented awards at the Oklahoma County Bar Association annual awards luncheon and met with Executive Director Williams on numerous occasions.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT

President-Elect Conger reported he attended the board dinner at Freddie's hosted by the Creek County Bar Association and the board meeting the following day.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director Williams reported he attended the Sovereignty Symposium, Court Improvement Project meeting, MCLE Commission meeting, Pontotoc County Sheep Creek event, monthly staff celebration, swearing in of Corporation Commissioner Jim Roth, two Annual Meeting meetings, Oklahoma County Bar Association annual awards luncheon, Lawyers Helping Lawyers meeting and OBA directors meeting. He met with representatives of UMB regarding sponsorship of OBA programs, participated in the OBA CLE legislative Web cast and accepted an award from the Central Oklahoma Mental Health Association for the OBA's new crisis counseling program. He had several meetings with the architect and builder.

BOARD MEMBER REPORTS

Governor Bates reported she attended the Creek County Bar Association meeting and dinner, OBA May board meeting, Oklahoma County Bar Association board meeting, OCBA Awards Committee meeting and Cleveland County Bar Association meeting and CLE.

Governor Christensen reported she attended the Oklahoma County Bar Association board meeting and met with Educational Programs Director Douglas and her staff to discuss the Women in Law Conference and upcoming seminars.

Governor Dirickson reported she attended the Creek County dinner for the Board of Governors and the board meeting the next day. She attended the OBA Lawyers Helping Lawyers meeting and Custer County Bar Association monthly meeting.

Governor Farris reported he attended the April Board of Governors meeting, Board of Governors/YLD Board of Directors dinner and reception at Remington Park, and Tulsa County Bar Association Law Day Luncheon. He participated in the TCBA Lawyer in the Library Law Week program, TCBA Ask A Lawyer Law Week program, TCBA long range planning session and Tulsa County Bar Foundation golf tournament. He attended meetings of the Tulsa Municipal Judicial Nominating Committee, OBA Diversity Committee, OBA Legal Intern Committee and OBA Legal Intern Committee.

Governor Hermanson reported he attended the April Board of Governors meeting,
Board of Governors/YLD Board of Directors dinner and reception at Remington Park,
OBA State Legal Referral Service Task Force meeting and ABA GP/Solo Division spring meeting in Washington D.C. He also judged the Oklahoma Project Citizen State Portfolio Showcase.

Governor Kennemer reported he attended the Thursday night dinner hosted by the Creek County Bar Association, May Board of Governors meeting, Seminole/Hughes county bar associations luncheon with a CLE program by attorneys Ed Able and Kelly Bishop, task force meeting to create a Uniform Residential Sales Contract--OKC/OREC and Pontotoc County Bar Association annual Sheep Creek golf tourney and dinner.

Governor Reheard reported she attended the May Board of Governors meeting and dinner hosted by the Creek County Bar Association.

Governor Souter reported he represented the OBA at the Kansas Bar Association annual convention in Wichita. He attended the Board of Governors dinner with the Creek County Bar Association at Freddie's Steakhouse in Sapulpa, May board meeting in Jenks, OBA Leadership Task Force meeting and Creek County Bar Association meeting, that featured guest speaker Daniel J. Boudreau.

Governor Stockwell reported she attended the May board dinner in Sapulpa, May board meeting, OBA Access to Justice Committee meeting and Cleveland County Bar Association executive meeting.

REPORT OF THE YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION

Governor Camp reported two training sessions for the Wills for Heroes program have been held and the pilot program will be conducted in Yukon. He attended the YLD Seniors Committee planning meeting, Board of Governors dinner and reception in Sapulpa, May Board of Governors meeting, May YLD Board of Directors meeting, Wills for Heroes planning teleconference and OBA Leadership Task Force planning teleconference.

REPORT OF THE SUPREME COURT LIAISON

Justice Taylor reported the legislature has appropriated additional funding that will allow all counties to offer online access to all documents filed. He also said credit card use at court clerk offices has been approved.

LAW STUDENT DIVISION LIAISON

LSD Chair Pappy introduced OLSD Vice Chair Jeff Hensley from TU and thanked the OBA for the opportunity to attend this conference. She reported she held a meeting at the University of Tulsa School of Law. She said the division will host a booth with information on the OBA and OLSD on Saturday at an OCU School of Law event called LawLawPalooza.

REPORT OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

General Counsel Murdock shared a status report of the Professional Responsibility Commission and OBA disciplinary matters. He reported Assistant General Counsel Mike Speegle has retired, and applications for the position are being accepted. He presented a CLE to the Chickasaw Nation at the Windstar Casino golf course in Thackerville, presented a CLE to the Garvin County Bar Association in Pauls Valley and met with Mary Pointer of UMB bank regarding automatic trust account overdraft notification procedures. He attended the monthly meeting of the Professional Responsibility Commission, monthly birthday and employment anniversary celebration for OBA employees, retirement luncheon at the OBA for Assistant General Counsel Mike Speegle and OBA directors meeting.

BAR CENTER RENOVATIONS

Executive Director Williams reported he has another meeting Monday with the architect and a construction meeting Tuesday. He said the contract is finalized for the modular space, and the computer servers are being moved tomorrow. He reported the water meter currently in the parking lot is being moved to provide water for the modular space.

CLE ANNUAL REPORT

Educational Programs Director Douglas reported net revenue for continuing legal education in 2006 was above budget projections and attendance at live seminars was down slightly. She said seminars are being offered in all types of formats - live, podcast, Web, telephone and Webinar. All seminar evaluations are now conducted electronically, being e-mailed to participants following each seminar. She said the significant number of free CLE seminars continues to be the primary competition.

RECOMMENDATION TO SUSPEND MEMBERS FOR NONPAYMENT OF 2007 DUES

Executive Director Williams reviewed the procedure. The board voted to recommend to the Supreme Court suspension of members who have not paid 2007 OBA dues.

RECOMMENDATION TO SUSPEND MEMBERS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH MCLE 2006 REQUIREMENTS

The board voted to recommend to the Supreme Court suspension of members who have not complied with mandatory continuing legal education 2006 requirements.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE

President Beam reported the Community Outreach Committee created in January 2006 has never held a meeting. He said the mission envisioned for the committee overlaps with the community service performed by the Young Lawyers Division. The board voted to sunset the committee.

APPOINTMENT

The board appointed Paul Brunton, Tulsa, to a five-year term on the Oklahoma Sentencing Commission (expires June 30, 2012).

SURROUNDING STATE BAR MEETINGS REPORTS

Vice President Dawson shared highlights of his visit to the Arkansas Bar Annual Meeting in Hot Springs. Governor Souter reported he and his wife had a wonderful time at the Kansas annual meeting in Wichita and described how their meeting differed from the OBA. President Beam reported he traveled to Destin, Fla. for the Louisiana State Bar meeting.

JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION ELECTION

Executive Director Williams announced that Dan Little, Madill, was elected to represent District 3 and Jim Loftis, Norman, who was in an uncontested race, will represent District 4. Their terms will begin Oct. 1, 2007, and expire Sept. 30, 2012.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW BOARD ANNUAL REPORT

President Beam directed members to the report in their binders and asked them to take it home and review the report.

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

President Beam reviewed the events planned. The conference will start at the Sheraton Hotel in Oklahoma City at 11:45a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 23 and end with a luncheon the next day. All board members are invited to participate, and a joint dinner with conference participants in Bricktown Thursday evening is one of the events. The board will hold its monthly meeting on Friday, Aug. 24, at 12:30 p.m. Beale Professional Services has donated $1,000 to help sponsor the dinner.

INNOVATION AWARD FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Executive Director Williams reported the association received an award presented at a luncheon in Oklahoma City The award recognized the OBA's program created to address an increasing number of lawyer suicides. The program provides all bar members up to six hours of free crisis counseling and is available 24 hours a day.

NABE LEXIS NEXIS AWARD

Executive Director Williams announced the OBA's Law School for Legislators program won an award from the National Association of Bar Executives, and the award will be presented at the NABE Annual Meeting in San Francisco in August.

NEXT MEETING

The board will meet for the last time in the Oklahoma Bar Center Board Room at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, July 20, 2007, before remodeling of the east building begins.