Board Operations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 19, 2012
9:00 a.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), Cathy Torney at (415) 538-2337 or Chair, Jon Streeter at (415) 676-2249. 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: George Davis, Joseph Dunn, Lowell Carruth, Wells Lyman, Patrick Kelly, Cheryl Hicks, Clark Gehlbach, Gwen Moore, Dennis Mangers.
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
A. Call for Public Comment
II. Consent
NONE
III. Action
A. Referrals to Other Committees (5 min)
III. Action
Referrals to Other Committees
B. Referral - Board of Trustees Officers and Committee Governance Structure (5 min)
III. Action
Board of Trustees Officers and Committee Governance Structure
C. Referral - Proposed Amendments to the Open Meeting Rules (5 mins)
III. Action
Referral - Proposed Amendments to Title 6 BOT Open Meeting Rules
D. Executive Director Performance Evaluation Procedure (July 111) (15 min)
III. Action
Executive Director Annual Performance Evaluation
Attachments:
111 July EDReview ATT 1111 JULY EDReview ATT 2111 July EDReview ATT 3
E. Resolution in Support of Elimination of Bias (July 112) (20 min)
III. Action
Resolution in Support of Elim of Bias
IV. Discussion/Information
NONE
V. Reports
A. Rules of Professional Conduct, Proposed New and Amended, Further Direction to Staff on the Comments to the Rules - Report of Action Taken June 13, 2012, by the Board Committee on Operations on Behalf of the Board Between Meetings (July 113) (5 min)
V. Reports
Rules of Professional Conduct Proposed New and Amended
Attachments:
113 JUL Rules of Professional Conduct Proposed New and Amended, Further Direction to Staff on the Comments to the Rules
B. Board Committee on Operations Accomplishments (1 min)
V. Reports
Board Committee on Operations Accomplishments 2011-2012
Closed Session

I. Consent
NONE
II. Action
NONE
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
A. Update on Litigation (20 min) *
* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(a) to consult with counsel concerning pending or prospective litigation.

** Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

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

**** Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(2) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding union or labor matters.

***** Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(3) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding the negotiation of the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real property.