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.