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December Women's Bar Association Foundation Board Meeting Minutes, 1998 1 (1998)

handle is hein.peggy/wbabmmviii0010 and id is 1 raw text is: [6- 6o ostlow -1 2-9-9-2.. MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION December 8, 1998 The meeting was convened by the President Costlow at 6:55 p.m., at the law offices of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Present were: Sharon Goley, Tania Hanna, Nancy Long, Marjorie Reeder, Gloria R. Sulton, Vicky McEneney, and Michelle Gary. Also in attendance were Kathryn Ellis, Denise Wilson-Taylor and Pat Applebaum. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: The minutes of the October 13, 1998, meeting were approved as corrected by the Secretary. (Item 1) The meeting scheduled for November 10, 1998, was postponed because of an emergency in President Costlow's family. The rescheduled date, November 17, was cancelled for lack of a quorum. TREASURER'S REPORT: The Treasurer was unable to attend the meeting. Statements from Salomon Smith Barney, Charles Schwab and Charter Financial Group were circulated. (Item 2) OLD BUSINESS: 1. Budget 1998 - 1999 - The revised budget was tabled until the next meeting because of the Treasurer's unavailability. 2. Tax Accountant Retention - The Presidents of the WBAF and the WBA have approved the hiring of Michael Friedman to prepare tax returns and audit the books of both organizations. The costs for both organizations is $5600, and WBAF's portion is approximately $2600. (Item 3) The exact amount was on the proposal which the President inadvertently did not copy. Diane Fuchs, our tax counsel was unavailable to attend the meeting and any decision on whether to modify the Foundation's status or to change its audit schedule will be deferred until she is available to answer questions. 3. Grants Review Recommendations - President Costlow reported that the faxed vote on the PLEN grant was approved by the Board in the amount of $600. The President advised the Board that Judge Eaton submitted another grant request for the continuation of her study of women judges. The WBAF gave her a grant of $1,000 last fiscal year with the understanding that she would seek other grants to assist in this undertaking. Those efforts were unsuccessful. Judge Eaton reports that the grant from WBAF was spent on travel to a judicial conference and equipment purchase. The Board voted not to support her current request.