OAALJ Board Meeting Minutes
July 24, 2003
In attendance: Steve Rissberger, Larry Smith, Alison Webster, Daina Upite, Dee Anna Hassanpour, Andrea Sloan and Monica Smith.
Minutes: Minutes from the June 19, 2003 Board Meeting were approved.
Treasurer report was given by Dee Anna Hassanpour
US Bank Checking has $840.66
Money Market Account has $1,499.53
Washington Federal Savings CD has $4,120.03
and Money Market has $2,314.40 for a grand total of $9,274.62
Board Vacancies: A motion was made to have Andrea Sloan fill out the remainder of Kevin Anselm’s term. Alison seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Newsletter: Alison and Andrea discussed that all was going well. They had plenty of material for the newsletter. They are going to try and put it together themselves and save the expense of having Dani do it. They will also shop around and see if they can find a less expensive and more convenient mailing service.
Lexis/Nexis Scholarship letter: The Board set up some criteria to decide among the applicants to receive the $300 stipend to attend NAALJ in Orlando, Florida on October 10, 2003. These criteria will be published in the newsletter which will go out on August 11, 2003. Responses must be returned by August 26th. The board also agreed to provide some of our own money to the person who receives the scholarship. We voted to help David Marcus with expenses but no exact figures were decided. A subcommittee of Larry, Steve and Dee Anna was set up to handle these issues in late August. If Daina is available she will assist the subcommittee.
Other Business
Daina asked if we were going to send someone to National Judicial College again. We will decide this later when we see if we have the funds to do so.
Larry brought an ethical question from Charlotte Rutherford. The board decided to issue advisory opinions on these questions. So Larry will ask Charlotte to submit her question is writing and the board will respond in kind.
Andrea suggested ALJ’s having their own separate union. Steve thought we should start with an editorial. Since there is no room in the upcoming issue of the newsletter, this was a topic for the next one that goes out after the August 2003 version.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.