October 2009 BOG Book

The October Board of Governors meeting will be held on October 23-24, 2009, at the Compton Union Building (CUB) on the Washington State University Campus in Pullman, WA.

In an effort to "go green" and conserve resources, the WSBA no longer produces or mails out hard copies of the BOG book. For those attending, 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 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: October BOG Book

To download the late materials, click here: October Late Materials
(as of Wednesday, October 21, 2009)

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

General Meeting Information

1. Agenda

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

3. Public Session - Introduction and Welcome

a. Approval of Minutes (action)
b. Report on Executive Session
c. President's Report
-Overview of the Coming Year
-Roberts Rules of Order
d. Executive Director's Report

4. Consent Calendar

a. Approve FY 2010 Budget - Budget Amendment
b. Approve Nomination to Character and Fitness Board

5. Bylaw Review Task Force Recommendation - Membership Criteria - Cathy Moore, Governor, and Jean McElroy, Director of Regulatory Services

6. Governors' Forum (no materials)

7. Liaisons' Forum (no materials)

8. Update on Gonzaga University Law School Diversity Efforts - John Sklut, Assistant Dean

9. Program Review

a. Bar Exam/Admission Program Review Report (first reading)

10. BOG Matters

a. Various Committee and Board Appointments (action)
    -Approve Nomination to Limited Practice Board
    -Approve Appointment to Board for Judicial Administration Court Security Committee
b. Appointments to Washington State Bar Foundation Board of Trustees(action)
c. President Mungia's Proposed Mentoring Program (action)
d. Update from BOG Diversity Committee
    -Draft Proposal to Reform Diversity Efforts in the WSBA (first reading)(late materials)
e. Discussion Re Funding for votingforjudges.org Website
f. Resolution Re Funding of County Law Libraries (action)
g. Elder Law Section Re Funding of Office of Public Guardianship (OPG)

11. Addendum to 2008 Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection Annual Report (action)

12. Fiscal Matters

a. August 2009 YTD Financial Statements (information)
b. Final FY 2010 Budget (information)

13. Comments by University of Idaho Law School Dean Donald Burnett

14. Discussion Re Possible Drug Policy Issues in the Upcoming Year - Mark Aoki-Fordham, King County Bar Association Board of Trustees, and Gail Stone, Director of Justice and Diversity Initiatives

-Background on GR 12
-Background Information Re Drug Policies

15. Written Reports

a. Officers' Reports
    -President's Activities
    -President's Correspondence
    -President-elect's Activities

16. Future Meetings

a. Preliminary December 2009 Agenda