ACLEA President Vince O Brien called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.

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1 ACLEA Business Meeting San Francisco, CA Tuesday, January 25, 2011 ACLEA President Vince O Brien called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. 1. President s Welcome and Report Vince O Brien Vince welcomed everyone to business meeting, thanked the planning committee, ACLEA staff, and highlighted several items. - Recapped financial strength - Transparency remains a heightened focus - Mentoring continues to be an important benefit, multiple new matches - Bootcamp thriving: Karen Lee in charge; thanked new members in attendance - Reiterated Work hard, Play hard Theme - ACLEA has great members and networking 2. Secretary s Report Roger Curlin Roger submitted the minutes of the July 2010 Business Meeting in New York for approval. It was MOVED and SECONDED to approve the minutes of the New York ACLEA Business Meeting. The motion passed. 3. Treasurer s Report Donita Douglas Donita reported on the actuals, reserves, and proposed budget with the following highlights: - ACLEA is financially healthy - The Membership Dues line-item will see an increase before end of fiscal year - Conference call company affiliate has been transitioned - Slight increase in budget for Awards and Bank Charge expense line-items - Reserves rebounding; close to pre-recession levels - Annual audit was completed Donita discussed the new treasurer s report charts that help summarize and visualize the ACLEA financials. It was MOVED and SECONDED to approve the proposed budget. The motion passed. 4. Executive Director s Report Donna Passons Donna updated on several projects. - Copper Conferencing is a new member service provider for ACLEA; thanked LaVone Warren and Ray Rupert for guiding the process - Website: Avectra, software, is being tweaked to sort by SIGs; materials search function has been fixed; encourage members to go and use the ACLEA website - New member recruitment brochure is coming out soon

2 - Distance Learning Committee continues to work hard - For continued between meeting networking, possibility of arranging SIG conference calls - New Orleans hotel contract has been signed fantastic property; Denver/Seattle meeting location decision is pending 5. CLE Summit Report Carole Wagan Carole briefed everyone on various pieces of the Summit s continuing projects. - Reminded everyone about the implementation plan (in the ACLEA materials and on the Summit website) - Summit panel today (Tuesday, January 25) - Equipping Our Lawyers website and newsletter, great job being done by Chuck Bingaman - In the Loop Summit articles - AALS held great session on the Summit; materials on innovation occurring at law schools - Carole is a member of the Conference Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar - Ongoing working groups for each major Summit Recommendation - Pro Bono committee is proposing a directive to ACLEA members to encourage Pro Bono activity; Carole submitted the directive language to the Executive Committee 6. Committee and SIG Reports Lisa Deane Lisa (á la Rob Roddy) called on the various co-chairs or designees to give reports from the floor. Reporters gave highlights from SIG/Committee meetings, lunches, and projects. Executive Leadership SIG Discussions on impact of economy on CLE programs: budget cuts, more programs, client programs Submission of articles for In the Loop Discussion of role of leadership with technology and technology as used to improve quality of education Law School SIG Idea of coordinating site visits to law schools at future ACLEA meetings Local/Specialty Bars SIG Explored options to make membership more meaningful at and between meetings (attendees and non-attendees) Brainstormed member questions and ideas for Boston lunch topic

3 In House SIG In House member meeting attendance low (various reasons) Idea to brief non-attendees of what SIG did at meetings Better use of Facebook pages/groups Organize local meetings or members in areas like New York City Systematic outreach to local In House professionals in each ACLEA future meeting site Marketing SIG Focus on making group more relevant between meetings and for those that don t attend Want to make ACLEA award winner information shareable ACLEA 101 Beyond the Bootcamp project to reinforce Nationals SIG Predictions discussion: distance learning, regulatory bodies, programming, and possibility of non-mandatory shift Public Interest Committee Exploring community service project that could happen in New Orleans on the Saturday of weekend meeting start Resolution to EC for Boston to do or increase Public Interest programming Want In the Loop articles Publications SIG Record attendance at meeting Print to online transition Texas Bar Books special speaker Want to use SIG conference calls for between meetings Collaborate with Technology SIG State/Provincial Bars SIG 2010 Hits/Misses challenges with Destination CLE Twitter discussion Discussion on new customers/volunteers Technology SIG Different platforms to utilize current ACLEA assets Members to share resources/projects between meeting time Idea of webinars to help members use platform/rss

4 Entrepreneurs SIG Providing You Tube skilling for volunteer speakers Use of technology Ways to move ACLEA forward Programming SIG Idea generating for future meetings Best utilization of listservs Use of evals to improve programs Tasking by EC to look at 1992 standards and revise/update (putting committee together on it) Associate Member SIG Request to EC to remove terminology of non-professional in defining associate members Membership is excited; represent a wide variety of roles Happy to be included in ACLEA, with tools for personal growth Calls to new associate members Awards Committee Recognition of excellence Request everyone to volunteer to be an awards judge and enter projects Electronic submittal of materials Exhibitors and Sponsors Committee Upgrade sponsorships Additional marketing/targeting ideas gained from current exhibitor/sponsors Alumni exhibitor/sponsors reach out and get them to come back International Committee Teleconference link to add non-attending members Promotion to other world-widers to come Dedication of an international slot at each meeting Mandatory CLE Committee Good ideas for topics Survey results coming soon

5 Newsletter Editorial Committee Published quarterly Guidelines for contributors New linking and design Distance Learning Committee Mission purpose statement Help educate attendees and non-attendees at meetings and in between times Help facilitate SIG calls Membership Committee Representative from In House needed for committee Tasked to phone call new members with s to non-attendee members New members appreciate call, bootcamp, diversity Non-attendees don t come because of economy primarily Benefits sheet for recruiting Collaboration between Marketing and Technology for benefits how to packet Boston Planning Committee Key will be innovation speakers at speed session Workshops tracing from plenary sessions Crazy, interesting, fun line-up Hot Topic series coming out of San Francisco Un-conference featured New Orleans Planning Committee Just beginning planning. Hotel set. 7. Other Business Nothing added. Vince s closing remarks. - Transparency continues to be important EC officers would be meeting with anyone who wanted to come chat at end of business meeting. - Looking for volunteer to be photographer in Boston - Facebook subpages for SIGs and Committees forthcoming

6 Meeting adjourned at 9:35 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Roger Buchanan Curlin, III - Secretary I survived an ACLEA scorpion bite