MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

October 19, 2007

I. CALLED TO ORDER:

Chair Linh Vu called the meeting to order at 12:12 p.m. Present in person were:

Robert Guarrasi; Jill Riechers; Mustafa Kasubhai; Dean Lederer; Martin Alvey – Past Chair; Linh Vu – Chair; Chuck Mundorff; Suzanne Cushing OSB Representative; and Matthew Roy Secretary.

Present by phone were:

Julie Masters and Matthew Fisher

Chair Linh Vu stated that the next meeting for the Executive Meeting would be at the Bench Bar Forum. She also did an inquiry looking for names of members of the section that switched sides from claimant to defense or defense to claimant for an article that was being considered.

II. MINUTES:

The minutes were unanimously approved.

III. CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE FOR CONTRIBUTION:

The Campaign for Equal Justice has indicated that they would like us to contribute $3,500 towards their efforts. There was a copious discussion on whether we can do it, how much we can do, will it affect Salishan. There was a motion to approve $2,500 by Mustafa Kasubhai with Robert Guarrasi seconding the motion. The members voted and that motion failed. We discussed a line item increase of $2,000 and Martin Alvey moved that amount be approved. Mustafa Kasubhai seconded that motion and it passed unanimously.

IV. BENCH BAR FORUM:

Jill Riechers discussed the Bench Bar Forum and that they had flyers ready to go out. Apparently, the contracts were in approval status and everything seems to be falling into place. She indicated the brochure would go out soon and that the Bar would be working on the name tags to be printed.

V. ATTORNEY FEE INCREASE:

It was mentioned that Bob Carlson filed the petition with the Workers’ Compensation Board for an increase in fees, in effect, removing the 10% cap on CDA’s and DCS’s. There was much discussion on this topic with some very strong proponents of their respective positions. Julie Masters, representing SAIF, indicated that SAIF may oppose because they are worried that it may drive up settlement amounts. Dean Lederer stated in his very strong position that he was in favor of removal of the caps as, in his opinion, he did not believe this would increase settlement values as they would value the case the same. There was discussion that labor has historically opposed the removal of the caps, but the pendulum may be swinging. The Workers’ Compensation Board was seeking comments or opinions from the Workers’ Compensation Executive Committee, and Martin Alvey moved that we voice our opinion as in favor of removing the 10% cap on CDA’s and DCS’s. Dean Lederer seconded the motion. The motion passed.

VI. MUSTAFA KASUBHAI:

Mustafa Kasubhai talked about various rule changes that are in the works, including CDA approval, extension of time matters, including deleting the “passive business is not an extraordinary circumstances language.” Also, discuss was had regarding the cost bill and there were many ideas about exactly how to do that, including separating costs from the Opinion and Order. That was tabled to the next meeting and Martin Alvey was going to give an update at the next meeting.

Julie Masters was going to put the Bench Bar information on our website, and we postponed discussion on the Access to Justice Issue until Holly Somers and Geoffrey Wren were able to be present.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 1:30 p.m.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

August 17, 2007

I. CALLED TO ORDER:

The meeting was called to order at approximately 12:10 p.m. by Chair Linh Vu. Present at the meeting were:

Robert Guarrasi; Julie Masters; Mark Thesing; Matthew Fisher; Holly Somers Chair Elect; Linh Vu Chair; Jill Riechers; Geoffrey Wren; Meg Carman Treasurer; and Matthew Roy Secretary.

Mustafa Kasubhai was present by phone until approximately 12:22 p.m., at which time he left the meeting.

II. MINUTES:

The minutes from the prior meeting were approved unanimously.

III. CHAIR REPORT:

There was no chair report.

IV. TREASURER’S REPORT:

The treasurer’s report indicated that we had a $23,845 balance, and Meg Carman indicated that $2,000 was still to be paid to the Campaign for Equal Justice, and that the Bench Bar Forum had to be paid for out of those funds as well. That brought up a number of topics, including the use of the money. Robert Guarrasi reported on access to justice and indicated that there is, indeed, a need for claimants’ attorneys in the community. He mentioned newer claimants’ attorneys in the community, including Keith Semple, Brian Green, Adriana Ortega, Kathy Proctor, Stefan Gonzalez, and Klarissa DeLaHart. Also mentioned was that defense continued to be hiring for Workers’ Compensation attorneys. Nearly the entire meeting was spent discussing what we could do to spend the additional money to entice new lawyers to enter the Workers’ Compensation claimants’ practice. Ideas included a mentor program, a CLE video feed, and buying Workers’ Compensation CLE manuals for new attorneys. Particularly of a problem is in Eastern Oregon where there are more unrepresented workers and less attorneys. It is noted that the OWCA list serve is somewhat helpful to claimants’ attorneys, especially new practitioners. Finally, we decided to create an Access to Justice Subcommittee to actually work on coming up with an idea for attracting new claimant attorneys. Robert Guarrasi is to take the lead on that committee, assisted by Matthew Fisher and Holly Somers.

V. BENCH BAR FORUM:

The contract for the facility at Willamette Valley Vineyards is in the process of being reviewed and signed by the Bar. Chuck Mundorff is working with the PLF and malpractice traps as far as a panel with one claimants’ attorney and one defense attorney. Post-meeting, Matthew Roy conferred with Justice Peterson who indicated he is unable to do CLEs on Fridays, as that time is reserved for time with his wife. This was communicated to Jill Riechers who will look at other options.

VI. DAUGHTRY AWARD:

There was no report on the Daughtry Award or Committee at this point.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 1:10 p.m.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

July 20, 2007

I. CALLED TO ORDER:

The meeting was held at approximately 12:10 p.m. Chair Linh Vu called the meeting to order. The following members were present at the meeting:

Linh Vu Chair; Meg Carman – Treasurer; Jennifer Roumell; Jill Riechers; Geoffrey Wren; Matthew Roy Secretary; Holly Somers Chair Elect; and the Bar representative.

Also present by phone were Mustafa Kasubhai and Robert Guarrasi.

II. MINUTES:

Jennifer Roumell moved that the minutes be approved, and the members voted and unanimously approved the minutes from the prior meeting.

III. CHAIR REPORT:

There was no chair report.

IV. TREASURER’S REPORT:

Treasurer Meg Carman indicated there are now 363 members, including 3 new members of the Section. Revenue for the year was $43,433, with expenses at $35,898. Our current balance in the budget is over $25,000 at the present time.

V. BENCH BAR FORUM:

This is in the schedule for Willamette Valley Vineyards on November 9, 2007. It was discussed that Sandra Hansberger will be present to speak on elimination of bias. We were also talking about having a session on Workers’ Comp Malpractice Traps, and Matthew Roy is going to call Justice Peterson to see if he is available for the November 9, 2007 meeting.

VI. OLD BUSINESS:

We were still discussing ideas for how to spend the extra cash that we have available in the budget. Apparently, Sally has agreed to be in charge of Salishan once again, which is a great thing. We discussed reducing the amount for the attendance at Salishan, and also discussed need-based scholarships. We discussed contributing some of that to the Campaign for Equal Justice, and we also discussed helping out new practitioners and Workers’ Comp as far as attending Salishan. There was a suggestion that we do a study or survey to track the health of Workers’ Comp practitioners, and whether they feel people have adequate access to justice through the Workers’ Compensation system. Robert Guarrasi was going to check with the ombudsman, and Suzanne Cushing was going to check with the Oregon State Bar Referral Service. We talked about doing a mock hearing for Workers’ Comp, and also recruiting new practitioners.

VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Communications There was no Communications report.

B. Daughtry Criteria It has not been set up yet. Dean Lederer, apparently, is in charge of working on that issue.

C. Legislative A handout was passed around regarding the status of several bills that affect the Workers’ Compensation system.

D. Race/Ethnic There was no Race/Ethic Report.

VIII. NEW BUSINESS:

Abby Herman confirmed Holly Somers as presiding ALJ of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Congratulations to Holly Somers. The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

AT SALISHAN, GLENEDEN BEACH, OREGON

May 18, 2007
I. CALLED TO ORDER:

The meeting was held at Salishan, Gleneden Beach, Oregon. The following members were present at the meeting:

Jennifer Roumell, Art Stevens, Holly Somers Chair Elect, Meg Carman – Treasurer, Mark Thesing, Chuck Mundorff, Linh Vu – Chair, Geoffrey Wren, Matthew Roy – Secretary, and Martin Alvey

II. CHAIR REPORT:

The meeting was called to order by Chair Linh Vu at 10:45 a.m., at which time Chair Vu gave her Chair Report and talked about the Wally Carson, Jr. Award of Excellence. Following the Chair Report, the minutes were unanimously approved.

We talked about the Salishan annual meeting that was about to happen, and the comment was that, “Sally worked extremely hard.” Also, the comment was that $5,000 in contributions was made by outside sources and that we were reserving Salishan again for next year. We had a discussion about the dates, and the indication was that the only date that worked was the weekend after Mother’s Day and before Memorial Day. This date was late enough in May, but did not fall on a holiday weekend. We discussed Sally’s gift, which would be a gift certificate to Borders for $50 and to the Chart House Restaurant for $100. There was also discussion that Salishan would qualify for 9-1/2 CLE credits.

III. TREASURER’S REPORT:

Meg Carman stated that we had a total of 358 Section members, and that we had received $26,801 in revenue, and expenses of $3,375. We had budgeted $40,000 in revenue, and are well ahead on the year as far as revenue versus expenses. We have 198 people registered for Salishan, but they expected about 200 to 215 with registrations at the door.

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Communications There was no Communications report.

B. Legislative There was no Legislative report.

C. Rules There was no Rules report.

D. Race/Ethnic There was no Race/Ethnic report.

VI. OLD BUSINESS:

There was no old business.

VII. NEW BUSINESS:

Art Stevens indicated he had the Bob Davis chair which he was going to have ready to present, and Holly Somers reported that she had the Oscar award both of which were to be presented to Judge Davis at the conclusion of his presentation at Salishan. The meeting adjourned at 11:12 a.m.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

April 20, 2007

I.CALLED TO ORDER:

The meeting was called to order at approximately 12:05 by Chair Linh Vu. The meeting was held at the Oregon State Bar office in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The following members were present in person:

Dean Lederer, Holly Somers Chair-Elect, Linh Vu Chair, Meg Carman Treasurer, Jill Riechers, Geoffrey Wren, Suzanne Cushing Bar Liaison, Matthew Roy Secretary, and Mark Thesing.

Present by phone were:

Julie Masters, Art Stevens, and Matt Fisher.

II.MINUTES:

The minutes from the March 16, 2007 Executive Committee Meeting were discussed and some changes were made to those minutes. Specifically regarding the mention in the Daughtry Award and much of the detail was taken out of that. It was changed to read, “A vote was taken as to who should receive the Daughtry Award, and a section member was approved.” Additionally, there was a motion to create a subcommittee to resolve the issues regarding Daughtry Award nominations for next year, which was seconded and approved. However, it was tabled to come back next month with ideas for revision of the process. Also changed was the spelling of Meg Carman’s name, which has an “a” rather than an “e” in her last name, and the sentence that reads, “Apparently, Geoffrey Wren was in charge of that task” was also deleted. Subject to those amendments, the Minutes were unanimously approved.

III.CHAIR REPORT:

The issue raised by Linh Vu during her Chair Report was that we needed to approve the slate of officers to be approved by the membership at the annual meeting at Salishan on Friday, May 18, 2007. A defense attorney was needed to fill the role of Secretary, and Matt Fisher volunteered to undertake that role. Dean Lederer and Julie Masters did not express an interest in undertaking the Secretary role. Meg Carman agreed to perform the duties of the Treasurer for an additional year. The full slate of officers to be approved by the membership on May 18, 2007 include Linh Vu as Past Chair; Holly Somers as Chair; Matthew Roy as Chair-Elect; Matt Fisher as Secretary; and Meg Carman as Treasurer. Additional, Dale Johnson has been nominated to become a member of the Executive Committee representing the claimant’s Bar.

IV.TREASURER’S REPORT:

Meg Carman reported that there is a $28,907 fund balance, with revenue of approximately $12,000 this year. She indicated we have a healthy budget and there was some discussion about reducing fees for attending the Salishan annual meeting next year, and certainly reducing fees for new admittees.

V.COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A.Salishan There was no additional information on Salishan, although there were questions from Geoffrey Wren regarding audio visual. Additionally, we talked about gift certificates for certain members who contributed to Salishan. Geoffrey Wren moved to approve these gift certificates and Dean Lederer seconded.

B.Communications There was no new information on communications.

C.Daughtry Award The Daughtry Award discussion was tabled after amending the March Minutes.

D.Legislative There was no Legislative report.

E.Bench/Bar Forum The only discussion was that they will contact Willamette Valley Vineyards regarding having the event there.

F.Rules There was a discussion that Mustafa Kasubhai would be getting a work group together to go over all the Board rules.

G.Race/Ethnic There was no report on race/ethnic.

VI.OLD BUSINESS:

There was no old business.

VII.NEW BUSINESS:

There was discussion about a certain member who has made outstanding contributions to Salishan, and direction was given to Art Stevens, Holly Somers, and Matt Fisher to explore appropriate ideas for recognition of this member. This discussion involved quite a lot of comments and quite a large amount of time, and the meeting adjourned at 1:57 p.m.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

March 16, 2007

I.CALLED TO ORDER:

Chair – Linh Vu

Called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. at the offices of the Oregon State Bar in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The following members were present in person:

Linh Vu Chair, Holly Somers Chair-Elect, Matt Roy Secretary, Suzanne Cushing Bar Liaison, Matthew Fisher, Robert Guarrasi, Mustafa Kasubhai, Dean Lederer, Julie Masters, Charles Mundorff, and Jill Riechers.

Also present by phone was:

Member Geoffrey Wren attempted to be present by phone, but had a difficult connection through the speaker phone and, therefore, was not able to participate.

Not present were:

Martin Alvey Past-Chair, Meg Carman – Treasurer, Art Stevens, Mark Thesing, Bette Worcester, and Jennifer Roumell.

II.MINUTES:

The minutes from the February 16, 2007 Executive Committee Meeting were unanimously approved.

III.CHAIR REPORT:

Linh Vu Chair, indicated that the due date was April 13, 2007 for the brochures for new bar members. Linh Vu indicated that there are a total of 365 section members at this time. There was also discussion of the new rule that judges get free CLE’s from the Oregon State Bar, and that list had been expanded, however, that list did not include WCB ALJ’s or Board members. Mustafa Kasubhai was going to call Sara Hackbart regarding including ALJ’s and Board members. He was also considering talking to Board Chair Herman regarding this issue. Suzanne Cushing indicated that legislation has to be approved by the Public Affairs Committee of the Bar.

IV.TREASURER’S REPORT:

Meg Carman was absent, so there was no Treasurer’s report.

V.COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A.Salishan As of the time of this meeting, the CLE credit had not yet been approved for Salishan. The brochures were scheduled for a 3/20/07 mail date, and the save the date had gone out on the day of our meeting. Member Mundorff stated that everything is ready and that the money is still coming in. Subsequent to the meeting, a detailed event budget was submitted via Executive Committee list serve.

B.Communications Julie Masters indicated she was putting the Salishan information on the website, and that there were no ads on the website at this time.

C.Daughtry Award A vote was taken as to who should receive the Daughtry Award, and the vote was unanimous approving a section member as the Daughtry Award recipient this year. Additionally, there was a motion to create a subcommittee to resolve the issues regarding Daughtry Award nominations for next year, which was seconded and approved. However, it was tabled to come back next month with ideas for revision of the process.

D.Legislative Jennifer Roumell was not present at the meeting, therefore, there was no Legislative report.

E.Bench/Bar Forum Jill Riechers reported that November 9, 2007 seems to be the preferred date, although November 16 is also a Friday available date for the Bench/Bar Forum. Possible speakers include Justice Peterson and he is supposed to be contacted by Matt Roy. There was also an idea regarding contributions for the Campaign for Equal Justice to be made at the Bench/Bar Forum and possibly having a representative from the campaign there to receive donations. This would be a voluntary thing for those members attending who are receiving a free lunch. Also mentioned was a possible topic of malpractice traps and having a PLF panel discuss that issue as it pertains to Workers’ Compensation.

F.Rules The Rules report was tabled for the next meeting.

G.Race/Ethnic There was no report, as Mark Thesing was not present.

VI.OLD BUSINESS:

Again, the discussion was made about the additional money that was available in the budget, and that issue was tabled until the next meeting.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 1:20 p.m.

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MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

February 16, 2007

I. CALLED TO ORDER:

Chair Elect Holly Somers

Called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. at the offices of the Oregon State Bar in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The following members were present in person:

Holly Somers Chair-Elect, Matt Roy Secretary, Meg Carmen Treasurer, Suzanne Cushing Bar Liaison, Matthew Fisher, Robert Guarrasi, Dean Lederer, Julie Masters, Charles Mundorff, and Jennifer Roumell

Also present by phone was:

Mustafa Kasubhai

Not present were:

Martin Alvey Past-Chair, Linh Vu Chair, Jill Riechers, Art Stevens, Mark Thesing, Geoffrey Wren and Bette Worcester BOG Liaison

II. MINUTES:

The minutes from the January 26, 2007 Executive Committee Meeting were unanimously approved.

III. CHAIR REPORT:

Holly Somers, Chair-Elect, reported that there was an initial report that the Chair is required to submit and that Linh Vu, Current Chair, has taken care of that issue and has submitted the Initial Section Report.

IV. TREASURER’S REPORT:

Meg Carmen reported that the current fund balance for the Workers’ Comp Section is $16,924. She also reported that the fund balance at the end of 2006 had increased by $1,500 over the beginning fund balance.

V. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Salishan Member Mundorff reported that the Friday food will be the same as last year, which was an excellent spread for the Friday evening dinner. The brochure is in the process of being compiled at the present time, and a save the date e-mail should be going out. The only uncertainty with the speakers at this point is on the Medicare set aside, but they are working on that, and there was some discussion that Mike Healy will be part of that panel of speakers. They are working off of a $2,100+ donation budget and in the process of soliciting and collecting that. They did mention that they need volunteers for the registration desk between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. During the meeting, Member Mundorff got an e-mail from Sally Curry indicating that the golf tournament is on for Saturday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and there are 16 players presently signed up. Sally Curry also indicated in the e-mail that the CLE credits that they have applied for are 9+.

B. Communications Julie Masters was present and agreed to Chair the Communications Committee, and some ideas were discussed for content on the website.

C. Daughtry Award The deadline for the Daughtry Award nominations is March 1, 2007. Chair-Elect Holly Somers indicated she would send an e-mail to Martin Alvey asking him to send a reminder to the members to address criteria in their nominating letter. (Subsequent to the meeting, that e-mail did go out.)

D. Legislative Jennifer Roumell has agreed to be the Liaison for the Legislative Committee, which at present consists of Chris Moore and Steve Cotton.

E. Bench/Bar Forum The consensus was that Willamette Valley Vineyard should be the location for the Bench/Bar Forum, as that was generally agreeable to all. Matt Fisher volunteered to help out with the committee which is being chaired by Mustafa Kasubhai and Jill Riechers.

F. Rules There was no report from Julie Masters on Rules, although Mustafa Kasubhai brought up that he might explore the OAR 438 Rules with the Committee.

G. Race/Ethnic There was no report, as Mark Thesing was not present.

VI. OLD BUSINESS:

None.

VII. NEW BUSINESS:

We discussed the campaign for Equal Justice. We had discussed that we generally give $1,000, as that is budgeted in the budget, and that issue had already been decided when the budget was approved. The $1,000 will be sent to the Campaign for Equal Justice. However, the Campaign for Equal Justice also asked for individual member’s contributions. It was indicated that there might be a way to have a member from the campaign present at the Bench/Bar Forum, and we could have her ask for individual donations at that venue, since that event is provided for free to section members. Then people could make individual contributions at that time if they would like to. This issue was referred to the Bench/Bar Forum Subcommittee to work on.

Finally, we discussed how to spend the extra money, as the fund balance is rather high at this time. Many ideas were tossed around, but no consensus was reached regarding any of those ideas. This may be brought up at a future Executive Committee meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 12:54 p.m.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

January 26, 2007

I. CALLED TO ORDER:

Chair Elect Holly Somers

Called the meeting to order at 12:12 p.m. at the offices of the Oregon State Bar in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The following members were present in person:

Holly Somers Chair-Elect, Chuck Mundorff, Mustafa Kasubhai,
Meg Carmen Treasurer, Suzanne Cushing Bar Liaison, and
Matt Roy Secretary

Also present by phone were:

Geoffrey Wren, Linh Vu Chair, Jennifer Roumell, and Jill Riechers

Not present were:

Martin Alvey Past-Chair, Matthew Fisher, Robert Guarrasi,
Dean Lederer, Julie Masters, Art Stevens, Mark Thesing, and
Bette Worcester

II. MINUTES:

The minutes from the December 15, 2006 Executive Committee Meeting were approved.

III. CHAIR REPORT:

Unknown

IV. TREASURER’S REPORT:

Meg Carmen is the new Treasurer for the Section, replacing outgoing Treasurer Matt Roy. She reported that the Section now has 368 members and submitted a copy of the Section Budget Worksheet which shows the year-to-date totals as of 8/31/06, as well as the 2007 budget amounts.

V. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Salishan Member Mundorff reported that they are gathering the written materials and everything is “looking good.” It is noted that the Friday reception is family-friendly and the only thing they are currently working on is the Medicare set aside update speaker. Furthermore, it was indicated that there may be no golf tournament this year, as interest was lacking with only 8 people having signed up. Member Mundorff indicated that he would double check on this and report at the next meeting.

B. Communications Julie Masters was not present at the meeting and there is no report, although there was some discussion about contacting Julie Masters regarding sharing the Communications Committee and being the Liaison to the Executive Committee.

C. Daughtry Award There was no report from the current sub-committee, but there was discussion that the members of the Nominating Committee are Rob Brazeau, Martin Alvey, and Roger Hepburn.

D. Legislative Chair Vu has previously been the Liaison for the Legislative Committee and indicated that, as she is the Chair, the responsibility needs to pass to others. She said if someone is interested in taking over as the Liaison to the Legislative Committee, you could contact her on her cell phone number at (503) 789-7483.

E. Bench/Bar Forum Chair Vu is passing on the baton as the Liaison for the Bench/Bar Sub-Committee. Congratulations go out to Mustafa Kasubhai and Jill Riechers who have agreed to serve as Co-Chairs for this sub-committee. Possible members of the sub-committee are discussed as being Matt Fisher, Keith Semple, and Kat Rosenbaum as Stoel Rives.

F. Rules Julie Masters is the Chair of the Rules Committee and was absent at the Executive Committee meeting. However, Mustafa Kasubhai indicated that new rules under OAR 438 have just been adopted regarding e-mail filing Requests for Hearing. Apparently, Thad Hettle is a member of the Rules Committee along with Julie.

G. Race/Ethnic As Mark Thesing was absent, there is no report.

VI. OLD BUSINESS:

None.

VII. NEW BUSINESS:

A list of meeting dates was given as follows:

February 16, 2007; March 16, 2007; April 20, 2007; June 15, 2007

All of which will be held at the Oregon State Bar offices. Additionally, there will be a meeting on May 18, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at Salishan prior to the annual meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

December 15, 2006

I. CALL TO ORDER

Chair Marty Alvey called the meeting to order at 12:05 PM at the offices of the Oregon State Bar in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The following members were present: Secretary Holly Somers; Members Shelley Edling, Rodger Hepburn, Julie Masters, Chuck Mundorff, and Mark Thesing. Attending by phone were Members Jill Riechers and Geoff Wren. BOG liaison Bette Worcester and OSB liaison Suzanne Cushing were also present. Not present were Chair-Elect Linh Vu; Treasurer Matthew Roy; Members Meg Carman, Matthew Fisher, Dean Lederer, and Art Stevens.

II. MINUTES

The minutes from the November 17, 2006 meeting was approved.

III. CHAIR REPORT

Chair Alvey reported that the Section’s Annual Report was timely submitted to the Bar.

IV. TREASURER’S REPORT

Treasurer Roy was absent, but submitted a faxed copy of the current budget.

V. COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. Salishan

Member Mundorff reported that Virginia Linder accepted the invitation to be the Keynote Speaker and that all other speakers were confirmed. Approximately 10 CLE credits are expected from the CLE.

B. Communications

No report.

C. Daughtry Award

No report from the current subcommittee. Next year’s committee will be comprised of Rob Brazeau, Rodger Hepburn, and Martin Alvey.

D. Legislative

No report.

E. Bench Bar

No report.

F. Rules

No report.

G. Race/Ethnic

No report. The last meeting had been cancelled.

VI. OLD BUSINESS

None.

VII. NEW BUSINESS

As Chair-Elect Vu is out on maternity leave, Secretary Somers will coordinate the January and February 2007 meetings and communicate with Suzanne Cushing/OSB regarding the new roster and 2007 meeting dates.

The meeting adjourned at 12:25 PM.

MINUTES OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

November 17, 2006

I. CALL TO ORDER

Chair Marty Alvey called the meeting to order at 11:50 AM at the Willamette Valley Vineyards in Turner, Oregon. The following members were present: Chair-Elect Linh Vu; Secretary Holly Somers; Members Meg Carman, Rodger Hepburn, Julie Masters, Chuck Mundorff, Jill Riechers, and Mark Thesing. Not present were Treasurer Matthew Roy; Members Shelley Edling, Matthew Fisher, Dean Lederer, Art Stevens, and Geoff Wren.

II. MINUTES

The minutes from the October 20, 2006 meeting were approved.

III. CHAIR REPORT

None.

IV. TREASURER’S REPORT

None. Members noted that the Section budget will need to be reviewed and approved in December.

V. COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. Salishan

Member Mundorff reported that the subcommittee is making good progress and will submit a draft budget for Committee approval.

B. Communications

No report.

C. Daughtry Award

No report.

D. Legislative

No report.

E. Bench Bar

No report.

F. Rules

No report.

G. Race/Ethnic

No report.

VI. OLD BUSINESS

None.

VII. NEW BUSINESS

None.

The meeting adjourned at 11:55 PM.