Board Operations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, March 6, 2008
12:00 PM
The State Bar Of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Cathy Torney at (415) 538-2337 or Chair, Jeffrey Bleich at (415) 512-4007. Committee members are requested to notify the Committee Coordinator as early as possible in advance of the meeting if they wish to remove any item/s from the consent agenda.

Committee Members: Danni Murphy, Jeannine English, Holly Fujie, Judy Johnson, James Penrod, John McNicholas, M. Carmen Ramirez, Richard Rubin.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
III. Action
A. Referrals to Other Committees
B. Title 1, Division 2, Rule 1.10(A) Public Comment Rules, Proposed Shortening of Time - Return from Public Comment (March 54-112)
C. Title 6 Governance Rules - Request to Release for Public Comment
[There will be no written item, but an oral status report will be given]
D. Executive Director and Chief Trial Counsel Performance Evaluation Process (March 111-124)
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
A. Claim of Chow (March 3113) **
B. Claim of Williams (March 3114) **
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda **
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Executive Director Performance Evaluation ***
V. Reports
* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(a) to consult with counsel concerning pending or prospective litigation.

** Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel.

*** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider personnel matters.

**** Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(c) to confer regarding union or labor matters.

***** Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(d) to confer regarding the negotiation of the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real property.