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not fill either board position.
3 Consent Agenda:
a) Approval of December 9,
2016 board meeting minutes
b) Approval of Resignations: ( 1)
In Good Standing; and (ii) In
Lieu of Reinstatement
c) Approval of Reinstatement
of Member(s) Suspended for
Non-Compliance with Annual
Membership Dues and/or
Trust Account Compliance
(Rule 32(c)( 10) and/or Rule
43, ARIZ.R.S.CT.
d) National Elder Law Founda-
tion renewal
e) American Board of Certifica-
tion renewal
f) MCLE Non-Compliance
Summary Suspensions
g) Dues Waiver Requests
3 President Loo asked if any item
needed to be removed from
the Consent Agenda; hearing
nothing, requested a motion.
3 Motion: Alex Vakula moved,
Jim Smith seconded and the
motion to approve the Consent
Agenda carried unanimously.
3 Convention 2017 – Silent
Auction Charity Selection—Lisa
Loo/Lisa Deane:
3 Lisa Deane reviewed the 2012
board policy whereby the
Board of Governors selects the
charity authorized to organize
and run a silent auction at the
Convention and retain the
related income.
3 Ms. Deane described the RFP
process and the two agencies
that submitted proposals for
consideration:
3 Tucson Homeless Connect,
Tucson – twice a year has
one-stop event for the
homeless which includes ID,
clothes, health screening,
haircuts, VA benefits, drug
and alcohol counseling;
rabies shots for their dogs.
3 Defenders of Children,
Phoenix – serving abused or
allegedly abused children and
nonoffending family members.
3 Motion: Jim Smith moved,
Dave Derickson seconded and
the motion carried over one
abstention to select Tucson
Homeless Connect as the 2017
Charity for the Convention.
3 Finance and Audit Committee
—Jeffrey Willis:
3 The preliminary end of year
financials were presented: 2016
Income Statement – Preliminary; Revenues $15,499,000,
Expenses $14,269,000; Surplus
$1,230,000
3 The board was reminded that
the Court had previously
approved the board’s request
to defer the authorized dues
increase in 2018 to 2019, and
that the Court had approved,
effective 2017, redirecting an
additional $10 (total $20) of
members’ dues to the Client
Protection Fund.
3 The Hub—John Phelps:
3 The Hub is an internal initiative
to replace the Association Management System that was cancelled last year.
3 The Hub’s phases: Phase I –
stabilize/secure database;
Phase II – update/replace core
business process architecture;
Phase III – evaluate/enhance
business process applications
3 Presented the five-year timeline
to bring on all operational
systems
3 Reviewed the financial impact:
reduced costs versus an AMS
system; return on investment –
increased efficiencies and lower
learning systems (CLE) costs
3 Added advantages: controlled
delivery; expanded internal
technological support; custom
solution
3 Adjournment – 11: 35 a.m.
3 Obituaries
To honor our members who have
passed, a webpage has been
created and will be posted at
www.azbar.org/NewsEvents/
InMemoriam.
3 Meeting Schedule—The board
meeting schedule is posted on
the Bar’s website: www.azbar.
org/aboutus/leadership/
boardofgovernors/
meetingschedule/.
