From: Tim Groshens
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:24 PM
To: 'ac-gov@lists.statebar.gen.mn.us'
Subject: MSBA Governance Committee
Welcome to the Governance Committee of the MSBA Assembly.  Yes, contrary to an earlier email, you have been assigned to the Governance Committee, not the Policy Committee.  Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
 
As stated previously, all Assembly committees will meet at 1:30 on Friday, September 17 during the Bar Leader Conference.  Items included on the Governance Committee Agenda include:
 
  1. Can alternates serve on Assembly Committees? 
  2. Does the Lavender Bar have a seat in the 2004-05 Assembly?
  3. Request of the Probate and Trust Law Section to amend its bylaws.
  4. Election of LawPAC Trustees – Current MSBA Bylaws indicated trustees will be elected by the Assembly (Section 4.1) and the LawPAC Constitution approved on April 16, 2004 calls for election by the Executive Committee/Council (Article V B 5) or in the event of a resignation election by the Executive Committee/Council with ratification by the Board of Governors/Assembly (Article V B 12). 
  5. Board of Governors/Assembly members – Will their term counts carry over?  (For example, if someone has served on the Board of Governors for three years, are they eligible to serve on the Assembly for six years or three?)
  6. How will the alternate representative provisions be enforced in the 2004-05 year?
  7. Council at-large members – Are the current terms of the at-large members one-year terms or are they the initial two-year terms outlined in Section 7.42 of the Revised Bylaws?
  8. Council representatives from the minority bar association, MWL and New Lawyers Section – Can these entities be required/encouraged to indicate the length of the term (not more than three years) when the representative is named?
And, scheduling future meetings of the Governance Committee.  Obviously all of these items cannot be completed in a half an hour.  Please bring your calendar to the meeting and the Committee can develop a meeting plan for the year. 
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
 
Tim
Tim Groshens
Executive Director
Minnesota State Bar Association
612/333-1183
612/333-4927 (fax)