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January 2002 Women's Bar Association Committee and Forum Co-Chair Meeting, 2002 [1] (January 2002)

handle is hein.peggy/wbacmfccm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE AND FORUM CO-CHAIR MEETING January 8, 2002 MINUTES The meeting was called to order at approximately 6:40 p.m. In attendance were Deborah Israel (President), Marjorie Burnett (Treasurer-elect), Jennifer Duane (Secretary), Evangeline Paschal (Judicial Endorsements), Paulette Chapman (Litigation Forum), Helen Hong (Tax & business Forum), Yahn Miorini (Working Parents Forum), Jeanette Dayan (Tax & Business Forum), Elaine Fitch (Raising the Bar), Brad Hendricks (Communications Law Forum/Raising the Bar), Lisa Dunner (Intellectual Property Law Forum), Susan Kovarovics (International Law Forum), Natalia Geren (International Law Forum) Sarah Nappi (International Law Forum), Susan Gerson (Government Attorneys Forum/Executive Endorsements), Christy Prame (Litigation Forum/Executive Endorsements), Ilene Price (PR-Media Committee), Mary Adelman Legg (Working Parents Forum) Dorothy Patterson Lin (Lawyers At Home Forum), Kimberly Knight (Executive Director) and Sandy Quimbaya (Administrative Assistant). I. PRESIDENT'S REPORT (Deborah Israel) * WBA Elections - Deb announced that Mary Kate Whalen would be chairing the nominations committee for the 2002 WBA elections. Mary Kate is currently taking nominations for candidates to serve on the WBA Board for 2002-2003. Co-chairs should let Deb and Mary Kate know if they are interested in being nominated. Deb will discuss the time commitments involved in serving on the Board. Deb also asked the co-chairs to begin thinking about whether they want to continue as co-chairs. The deadline for submitting nominations is in February. The ballots are sent out in April. * Co-Chair Meetings - Deb asked the co-chairs about their preferences for holding the committee and forum co-chair meetings in the evening or at lunchtime. The consensus was to rotate monthly between evening and afternoon meetings. * WBA Membership - Deb asked the co-chairs to promote WBA membership in their law firms and reach out to new attendees at their programs. Co-chairs serve as the WBA's best ambassadors in promoting the benefits of WBA membership. Deb reported that the Board voted to offer honorary WBA memberships to-judges. Her goal is to have every women judge in DC become a WBA member by May 2002. * Committee and Forum Programs - Deb reminded co-chairs that they must submit their budgets to Deb, Heidi and Marjorie for review before their programs take place so that any problems can be corrected and budget assumptions challenged and made more realistic. If any committee or forum is considering using a co-sponsor outside of the WBA for any ,program, it must go through the Board to ensure there is no problem or conflict. Any