Board Meeting Minutes
April 25, 2006

PRESENT: Ellie Slade, Bob F. Richards, Valerie Railey, Annette Jackson and Pat Rusheen
LOCATION: Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, 750 B Street, Suite 2100 , San Diego , CA 92101
TIME: 11:30 am

The meeting was called to order at 11:47 am. by Ellie Slade.

Minutes of the 3/21/05 Board Meeting previously approved via e-mail.

Treasurer's Report
•  Clarification was provided re: the process of depositing monies for the Joint Institute into the SANDALL account. Annette made deposits to the SANDALL account and then transferred these monies into the SCALL account. This procedure was followed because the monies could not be co-mingled.
•  Accounting for the Joint Institute still under way and final numbers are not available yet.
•  Since Annette has been treasurer, 4 new memberships have come in.
•  Brief discussion about bank location - the bank we currently use is proving to be inefficient and causing delays in organization banking business due to its limited location. It was suggested that it might be more productive and efficient to maintain the SANDALL accounts at a bank with a more accessible location and/or more branches.
•  Checking Account current balance - $7,600.07
•  Savings Account current balance - $10, 346.77

Nominations Committee
Ballots mailed to membership. Voting is on track.

Programs Committee
•  Joint event with SLA has been confirmed for May 26th in the afternoon at 600 W. Broadway, 2 nd Floor. EOS has graciously agreed to sponsor the refreshments. Bob will send out an e-mail to the membership soon.
•  The board further discussed the possibility of a late spring/early summer social fundraising event for the chapter. It was agreed that the board wishes to ask the membership if they are interested in an event this year and if so, if they can suggest a venue and/or provide ideas. The board asked Bob to send an e-mail regarding this to the membership by the end of the week. In addition, the board agreed that we would assist Bob with logistics if it is decided to move forward with this event.
•  Annual Business Meeting confirmed for Friday, June 23, 2006 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm at Sheppard Mullin. Lunch catering to be determined. The board discussed presentation of recognition certificates at the Annual Meeting.

Joint Institute (JI) Update
The Joint Institute was a success! Approximately 14 SANDALL members attended.

Bylaws
Ellie will contact John Adkins concerning proposed amendments to the bylaws and remind him of upcoming deadlines.

The next Board Meeting is scheduled for May 16, 2006 at 11:30 am at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, 501 W. Broadway, 19 th Floor, San Diego , CA

The meeting adjourned at 12:20 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat Rusheen, SANDALL Secretary
April 26, 2006

Board Meeting Minutes
March 21, 2006

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Ellie Slade, Bob F. Richards (via conference call), Annette Jackson and Pat Rusheen
LOCATION: Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, 750 B Street, Suite 2100 , San Diego , CA 92101
TIME: 11:30 am

The meeting was called to order at 12:04 p.m. by Ellie Slade.

Minutes of the 2/28/05 Board Meeting previously approved via e-mail.

Treasurer's Report

• Deposits - $500 check from West (for sponsorship of 05 Holiday Party as mentioned in the 2/28/06 minutes) & $180 from Legislative research Incorporated for 5 ads to 2006 SANDALL Newsletter

• Expenditures: $15.07 (purchase of stamp to endorse registration checks to SCALL for Joint Institute) and $10.00 petty cash for stamps.
• Deposits for the Joint Institute moving smoothly.
• No Joint Institute funds remain in SANDALL treasury. They have all been transferred to SCALL.

Treasurer's report was accepted as presented.

Nominations Committee

Logistics discussed - Ballots need to be mailed to membership 60 days prior and they need to be received by the committee at least 30 days prior to the Annual Meeting. We are on track with these deadlines.

Programs Committee

• Next Brown Bag event confirmed & scheduled at Morrison & Foerster, topic "Google to the Max"
• The board discussed the possibility of a late spring/early summer social fundraising event for the chapter. Potential sites and themes were discussed (Saturday event; tentatively planned for early June, including a guest attendee [spouse, friend, etc.] was favored). A recommendation to use the same caterer as last year was made. It was suggested to the program chair that he send an e-mail to the membership asking for ideas.
• Annual Board Meeting date - can't confirm room until April 1 st , but are tentatively planning date towards end of June, possibly the 23 rd , but not yet confirmed.

Joint Institute (JI) Update

Badges and ribbons should arrive at Ellie's by March 24. Lexis has offered to assist the registration committee with stuffing the registration tote bags. Ellie will circulate a sign-up sheet for registration table coverage.

Bylaws

Change to include electronic voting was discussed. The committee drafted tentative language and provided to board for comment. Ellie will contact John Adkins concerning this proposed amendment to the bylaws. It was also stated that AALL charges a one-time fee to initiate e-voting. Ellie believes the charge to be $250.

Education Committee

Need for salary was discussed. Per Ellie, the last regional survey was conducted in 1998. SCALL and NOCALL have done regional surveys as well. Ellie made a motion and it was seconded to have her look into the logistics of sending out a survey and report back to the board.

New Business

All new business (budget and policies & procedures update discussions) was tabled until the next board meeting due to time limitation.

The next Board Meeting was scheduled for April 25, 2006 at 11:30 am at Seltzer Caplan.

The meeting adjourned at 1:10 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat Rusheen, SANDALL Secretary
April 25, 2006