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MAY BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
The Narrows Inn
4871 North Tongass Highway
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
May 8-9, 2001

Tuesday, May 8, 2001

2:30 p.m. Admissions
A. February applicants: Character Reports; schedule conference call for bar exam results
B. Reciprocity applicants

3:00 p.m. Strategic Planning Committee Report

3:30 p.m. ALPS 2001 Contribution to Alaska Bar Association

4:00 p.m. VCLE Dues Discount

4:30 p.m. Recess

7:00 p.m. Dinner at the George Inlet Lodge

Wednesday, May 9, 2001

9:00 a.m. CLE & Convention Report

9:15 a.m. Stipulation for Discipline: ABA File Nos. 1995D183, 1996D092

10:00 a.m. Bar Staff Pension Plan

10:30 a.m. Young Lawyer Section Request for Funding for National YLS Reception

10:45 a.m. Procedure/Timeline for Executive Director & Bar Counsel Evaluations

11:00 a.m. Discipline & Fee Arbitration Report
A. Statistics: Update 2nd Quarter 2001
B. Summaries

11:15 a.m. Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection Matter: ABA File No. 2001L002

11:30 a.m. Rules
A. Status of Proposed Rules Chart
B. Bar Rule 45: Amendments to delete requirement of domicile in Alaska and adding failure to pay a fee arbitration award as a basis for compensation (First consideration of requested draft revision)

11:45 a.m. Information & Consent
A. Approval of March minutes
B. Financial Information
C. Report on Alaska Airlines Credit Card

12:00 p.m. Public Comment

12:15 p.m. Resolutions for Annual Business Meeting
A. The Juneau Bar Association asks the membership to consider adopting a rule encouraging actively participating members to complete 15 or more hours of pro bono service per year.
B. The Juneau Bar Association recommends that the Board (a) simplify the VCLE reporting form and (b) maintain the Bar dues reduction as the incentive for completing the VCLE requirement.

12:45 p.m. Nomination of Officers for 2001-2002

1:00 p.m. Adjourn

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