July 2009 BOG Book

The July Board of Governors meeting will be held at the Tulalip Resort, located at 10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard, Tulalip, WA on July 24-25, 2009.

If an effort to "go green" and conserve resources, the WSBA will no longer produce or mail out hard copies of the BOG book. For those attending the BOG meeting, it will be necessary to download the materials onto your laptop prior to arriving at the meeting. You will need Adobe Reader 9 to view the BOG book. You can download the software for free at www.adobe.com/reader. Alternatively, please feel free to print out any portion of the BOG book to bring to the meeting with you.

If you need assistance downloading or navigating the BOG book, please see our user guide here: Quick Reference Guide

To download, right-click on the link and select "Save Target As..." to save to your computer.

For a copy of the entire BOG book, click here: July 09 BOG Book

To download the Late Materials, click here: July 09 Late Materials
(as of Tuesday, July 21, 2009)

If you prefer to download a specific section, please click on the relevant link below:

General Meeting Information

Tab 1 - Agenda

Tab 2 - Executive Session - For WSBA Governors only. For more information, click here.

Tab 3 - Public Session - Introductions and Welcome

a. Welcome by Tribal Chairman Melvin Sheldon Jf.
b. Approval of Minutes (action)
c. Report on Executive Session
d. Executive Director's Report

Tab 4 - Consent Calendar

a. Appointment to Hearing Officer Selection Panel
b. Chief Hearing Officer Start Date
c. Presidential Correspondence to Federal Trade Commission re "Red Flag" Rule

Tab 5 - Court Rules and Procedures Committee Report - Roger Wynne, Chair

a. Recommendations (action)
b. Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Amendments (first reading)

Tab 6 - Governors' Forum

Tab 7 - Liaisons' Forum (no materials)

Tab 8 - Washington Young Lawyers' Division (WYLD) Report - Jaime Hawk, President

Tab 9 - Report from the Limited Practice Officer (LPO) Board - Robert Severns, Chair

Tab 10 - Local Rules Task Force Recommendations on Family Law Rules (action) 

Tab 11 - Program Review

a. Service Center (action)
b. New Lawyer Education (first reading)
c. Continuing Legal Education (action)
d. Public Legal Education (PLE) (action)
    -Proposed Focus for WSBA PLE Programming

Tab 12 - Civil Legal Aid Funding

a. Proposed Joint Agreement Between WSBA and LAW Fund (first reading) (late materials)
b. Update on Proposed Opt-Out Provision

Tab 13 - WSBA IT Update - Mark McDonald, IT Director

Tab 14 - Fiscal Matters

a. Draft FY2010 Budget (first reading)
b. May 2009 YTD Financial Statements (informational)

Tab 15 - BOG Matters
a. WSBA Committee Appointments (action)
b. Various Committee and Board Appointments (action)
    -Approve Law Clerk Board Appointments
    -Approve Practice of Law Board Appointments
    -Approve Disciplinary Board Appointments
c. Election of 2009-2010 WSBA Treasurer (action)
d. ABA Formal Opinion Regarding Legal Process Outsourcing
e. Co-Sponsor ABA Resolution Re Repeal of Federal Ban on Extending Benefits to Lawfully Married Same-Sex Marriages (action)
f. Co-Sponsor ABA Resolution Re Standards for Representation of Children in Abuse and Neglect Proceedings (action)
g. Update from Planning Ahead Committee
    -Approve Resolution from Planning Ahead Committee (action)
h. Proposed Comment to RPC 1.3 Re Succession Planning (first reading)
i. Update from BOG Diversity Committee
j. Reports from WSBA Standing Committees on FY 09 Activities and FY10  Plans

Tab 16 - Officers' Reports (Written Reports)

a. President's Activities (verbal report)
b. President-elect's Activities

Tab 17 - Future Meetings

a. Preliminary September 2009 Agenda