Planning, Program Development & Budget Notice and Agenda Friday, March 6, 2009 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM 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), Francisco Gomez at (415) 538-2170 or Chair, Howard Miller at (213) 977-0211. 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: Patricia White, William Hebert, Laura Chick, Jeannine English, Richard Rubin, James Aguirre, Joseph Chairez, 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
I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
A.
Financial Statement for Quarter Ended December 31, 2008; Investment Report for Quarter Ended December 31, 2008; Client Security Fund Report for Quarter Ended December 31, 2008 (MARCH 51, 52 & 53)
Location and Timing of Future Board Planning Sessions
C.
Proposed Amendments to the California Rules of Professional Conduct Adopting the Policy of ABA Model Rule 6.5 (“Nonprofit and Court-Annexed Limited Legal Services Programs”) – Request for Public Comment
Member Amnesty Program - Proposed amnesty program for members suspended for nonpayment of fees within certain eligibility criteria - Oral (Babcock/DiLoreto)
V. Reports
None
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
None
* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.
** Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(3) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding the negotiation of the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real property.