BOG Meeting Agenda

STATE BAR OF GEORGIA
217th BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
Saturday, January 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
State Bar Building
104 Marietta Street, 3rd Floor
Atlanta, Georgia

AGENDA

1.  ADMINISTRATION

a.  Call to Order -- Gerald Edenfield, President
b.  Recognition of Past Presidents and Judges -- Gerald Edenfield
c.  Recognition of Special Guests -- Gerald Edenfield
d.  Roll Call (by signature) -- Bryan Cavan, Secretary
e.  Minutes of the 216th Meeting of the Board of Governors November 2, 2007 (action)  -- Bryan Cavan

2.  ACTION

a.  Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency -- Gerald Edenfield, Cliff Brashier

(1)  Appointments January 2008-December 2010

(a)  Expired term of Lester Tate
(b)  Expired term of Derek White

(2)  Mandatory CLE Rule 8-105.  Annual Report

3.  ELECTIONS

a.  Nominations of State Bar Officers -- Gerald Edenfield
(nominations = 5 minutes, seconds = 2 minutes)

1 year terms of 2008-2009
(1)  Office of Treasurer
(2)  Office of Secretary
(3)  Office of President-elect

b.  Nomination of ABA Delegates -- Gerald Edenfield

2 year terms September 2008-2010
(1)  Post 1 to succeed Rudolph Patterson
(2)  Post 3 to succeed Cubbedge Snow, Jr.
(3)  Post 7 to succeed Linda Klein

4.  LEGISLATION -- Matt Patton, Chair

a.  Proposed Georgia Rules of Evidence -- Ray Persons, Chair; Evidence Study Committee; Professor Paul Milich
b.  GREAT Plan, HR 900 -- Bill Smith
c.  Appellate Practice and Education Resource Center ($1,079,340 Funding) -- Tom Dunn
d.  Business Law Section (Corporate Code Amendments) -- Bruce Wanamaker
e.  Elder Law Section (Pooled Trusts) -- Adam Gaslowitz
f.  Fiduciary Law Section (Uniform Prudent Management of David McGuffey Institutional Funds Act) -- Dan Munster
g. 2006-2007 Annual Report (information) -- Tom Boller

5.  SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

a.  State Bar Conference Center Public Education on the Law -- Gerald Edenfield

(1)  The Honorable Douglas C. Pullen   
(2)  Sutherland Asbill & Brennan -- John Chandler
(3)  Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick Morrison & Norwood -- Neal Pope, Paul Kilpatrick, Mike McGlamry, Bill Norwood, Trip Tomlinson, Jay Hirsch, Alan Snipes

b.  Tommy Burnside, Jr. Excellence in Bar Leadership Award -- Gerald Edenfield, Dianne Burnside, Thomas Burnside, III

6.  INFORMATIONAL REPORTS

a.  Young Lawyers Division Report -- Elena Kaplan (attach)
b.  Executive Committee Minutes -- Jay Cook (attach)

(1)  November 16, 2007, Immediate Past President

c.  Treasurer's Report -- Lester Tate

(1)  Consultant for Membership Database

d.  ABA Report -- Allan Tanenbaum, State Delegate
e.  Fulton County Superior Court -- The Honorable Dee Downs, Business Case Division
f.  Georgia Bar Foundation -- Len Horton, Joe Brannen
g.  Lawyers Foundation of Georgia -- Lauren Barrett, Rudolph Patterson

7.  WRITTEN REPORTS

a.  Future Meetings Schedule
b.  2008-2009 State Bar Election Schedule
c.  2008-2009 Budget Process
d.  Legal Education Study Committee
e.  Judicial Pay Raise
f.  Help Health Law Partnership
g.  9th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service

8.  CLOSING

a.  Old Business -- Gerald Edenfield
b.  New Business -- Gerald Edenfield
c.  Remarks, Questions/Answers, Comments, and Suggestions -- Board of Governors, Officers, Executive Committee, Executive Director, General Counsel
d.  Adjournment -- Gerald Edenfield