All proposed PSAs shall undergo
the same process before being
approved by the board and shall be
reviewed after the first year of the
new program before being recommended for continuation by the
board.
3MOTION: The motion on the
floor comes from the Program
Review Committee and
required no second. Motion
carried unanimously to approve
the Program Review Policy.
The recommendations for
modifying some PSAs are as
follows:
a. Peer Review: Eliminate sepa-
rate staff-run program; function
to be handled by Lawyer
Regulation Office during intake
process.
b. Committees:
3 Professionalism
Committee: Ethics
Committee to assume
responsibility
3 UPL Committee: Ethics
Committee to assume
responsibility
3 CLE Committee: Staff to
assume functions; ad-hoc
3Mr. Chambers reminded those
present of the discussions at
the August Board Retreat
wherein suggestions were made
to look at board governance
issues that had not been done
in 10 years. The Courts’ draft
strategic plan also references
board governance issues.
3 The board voted unanimously
in favor of forming a Board
Governance Task Force.
3Program Review Committee
(continued)—Whitney
Cunningham:
Program Review Policy
Recommendations:
3 The purpose of the program
review policy is to ensure that
the limited resources of the
State Bar are used to support
the Bar’s mission and strategic
goals.
3All current programs, services
and activities of the Bar shall
undergo a review at least every
three years, or more frequently
as appropriate, using the criteria outlined in the policy, prior
to the approval of the annual
budget.
Budget 2014:
3Budget preparation is ongoing
and accounting has rolled up
the draft budget, which reflects
an initial estimated $700,000
deficit.
3Health care costs are estimated
to increase 34 percent; the discretionary 401(k) contribution
has historically been 7 percent;
merit pool assumption is 3 percent; $200,000 more in contract services is estimated.
3 The budget will go to the
Finance Committee November
20 for review and then to the
board for review prior to board
vote at its December 12-13
meeting.
Third Quarter Financials:
3Summary for nine months
ending Sept. 30, 2013:
3 The Bar’s income statement
generated a surplus of
$873,000 excluding
Sections, Access to Justice
Distributions, and professional services for the
Thomas case.
3 Surplus year-to-date is
$605,000 more than budget
due to $76,000 more in
revenues and $529,000 less
in expenses.
3 Cash and cash equivalents
decreased $80,000, which
includes principal payments
of $1.1 million on the line
of credit.
3 The balance sheet reflects a
Net Worth/Net Assets of
$9,096,000.
3 Strategic Planning—Chair
Bryan Chambers reported.
Amended Committee
Guidelines:
3 The proposed changes are
mostly technical in nature,
with one major change: allow
the State Bar president to reap-
point committee members to
partial or full three-year terms
following their six-year service.
3MOTION: Coming as a
motion from the floor by
the committee, requiring no
second, the board voted
unanimously to approve
the proposed Amended
Committee Guidelines.
3Formation of a Board
Governance Task Force:
