Executive Committee Actions
The following State Bar Executive Committee actions were taken at its
March 16 meeting. Members may request a copy of the minutes from the
State Bar by calling (800) 728-7788 (nationwide), (800) 362-8096
(statewide), or (608) 257-3838 (Madison).
DECIDED that award money won by a State Bar entity
should be put into the general fund and the entity that won the money
should be given special consideration next year if it proposes a worthy
project. There should not be any set-aside or automatic preference. This
policy does not apply to a situation where a division budgets to win a
specific competition and in fact does win it.
RECOMMENDED that the Board of Governors approve the
proposed Nonresident Lawyers Division bylaw amendments to conform the
division election to the new time of the election for statewide office
and Board of Governors.
APPROVED a change in the State Bar staff cafeteria
plan vendor from first Health to M&I.
AGREED to join with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and
finance one-half of the $6,500 book that would include the pictures and
brief biographies of each former justice of the court.
RECOMMENDED that the board suspend the four-year
limit for consecutive service by members on a State Bar special
committee for the coming year.
DISCUSSED the proposed FY99 State Bar budget.
RECOMMENDED that the board create a new section on
energy and telecommunications law.
HEARD a report from MRA Management Institute on an
employee opinion survey.
DECIDED that State Bar entities funding scholarships
may do so only if the scholarship is approved by the Finance Committee
either as part of the original budget or an amendment to the budget.
REINSTATED the pro bono coordinator position as a
full-time position effective as soon as the Finance Committee makes a
finding that the reinstatement can be handled within the current year
budget.
SET the FY99 Keller dues reduction at $8.
ACTED on a committee request to allocate money from
an approved project for FY98 to another project.
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