Cba Board of Governors Meeting: November 13, 2004

• Publication year: 2005
• Pages: 47

34 Colo.Law. 47 Colorado Bar Journal 2005.

2005, January, Pg. 47. CBA Board of Governors Meeting: November 13, 2004

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The Colorado Lawyer
January 2005
Vol. 34, No. 1 [Page 47]

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Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors Highlights
CBA Board of Governors Meeting: November 13, 2004
by Dana Collier Smith

Editor's Note: The Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors meets three times per year. After the meetings, in the next available issue, The Colorado Lawyer publishes highlights of the meeting to keep CBA members apprised of Board actions. Members who have questions about any of the issues addressed should contact Dana Collier Smith at (303) 824-5318 or e-mail her at dcolliersmith@cobar.org. Full minutes of the Board meetings can be found on the CBA website: http://www.cobar.org; click on "About the CBA"; then "Administration"; then "Board of Goverernors."

The Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors met on November 13, 2004, at the University of Colorado School of Law in Boulder

Action Taken

Approved the minutes of the May 8, 2004 Board of Governors meeting

Granted a seat on the Board of Governors to the Government Counsel Section, as requested by Section Chairman Robert Mack.

After hearing from Pueblo County Bar Association representatives Tuck Young and Valerie Haynes, and CBA's contract lobbyist Mary Kay Hogan, the Board voted 37 to 32 not to refer to the Legislative Policy Committee the Pueblo Bar's resolution urging the CBA to establish a Political Action Committee.

By majority vote, the Board failed to approve an amendment to the CBA bylaws that would create five election circuits for the purpose of nominating a president-elect. The amendment, from the First JD Bar Association, was presented by Fred Rodgers.

Approved an amendment to the CBA bylaws Sunsetting the Convention Committee, Women in the Profession Committee, and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Committee, as presented by Dana Collier Smith.

Board of Governors representatives broke into groups by CBA district to discuss the method by which a nominee for vice-president from their district would be selected for the 2005 - 06 year.

Informational Reports:

Contract Lobbyist Mary Kay Hogan reported that seventeen attorneys would be serving in the 2005 legislature, six more than the previous year. She expects the new makeup of the legislature to be more favorable concerning CBA issues, but the organization still needs to reach out to individual legislators. She urged Board representatives to participate in a grassroots program through which they might be asked to contact a legislator on a specific CBA issue. On November 18 2005, the CBA would host a Legislative Symposium for legislators to provide them with information...