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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Misc/OSB Secretary March 2007 Minutes