Volunteer Involvement
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 20, 2008
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
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), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, John Dutton at (530) 885-1906. 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: Michael Marcus, Paul Kramer, Jr., Jim Hussey, Angela Davis, William Hebert, Micha Liberty, Jon Streeter, Michael Tenenbaum.
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
1:00
I. Chair's Report
A. Oral Report
B. Appointment of Interview Subcommittees (oral report)
II. Consent
None
III. Action
None
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Former Board Member Application for Appointment to a State Bar  Sub-Entity or External Group (John Dutton)
B. Appointment Review Process for 2009 (John Dutton, Karen Hagelund)
V. Reports
A. Outreach Reports regarding Contacts with Committees and Encouraging Applications (John Dutton) (Oral Report)
B. Subcommittee Reports (if any) (John Dutton) (Oral Report)
C. Staff Report on Appointments Office (Karen Hagelund) (Oral Report)
Closed Session
1:00
I. Consent **
A. Fee Arbitration Department, Annual Reappointment and Appointment of Arbitrators and Presiding Arbitrator (NOV 6011) (Jill Sperber) ***
B. Solo and Small Firm Section Executive Committee, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV 6012) (Pam Wilson, Mitch Wood) ***
C. California Indian Legal Services (CILS), Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (NOV 6013)  (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
D. Real Property Law Section Executive Committee, Interim Appointment of Officer (NOV 6014)  (Pam Wilson) ***
E. Law School Council, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV 6015) (Gayle Murphy) ***
F. California ALL Board, Reappointment of Member (NOV 6017) (Pat Lee) ***
G. California Commission on Access to Justice, Annual Appointment of Officer  (NOV 6018) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
II. Action **
A. Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission, Appointment of Officers and Members (NOV 6016) (Phyllis Culp) ***
B. Admiralty and Maritime Law Advisory Commission, Appointment of Officers and Members  (NOV 6019) (Phyllis Culp) ***
C. Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) Oversight Committee, Annual Appointment of Officer and Members  (NOV 6021) (Janis Thibault) ***
D. California Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Annual Appointment of Members  (NOV 6022) (Leslie Hatamiya, Peter Boutin) ***
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda*
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
None
* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(g) to consider appointments to State Bar committees, boards or other entities.

*** On Board of Governors' agenda for November 21, 2008.