Volunteer Involvement
Notice and Agenda
Friday, July 11, 2008
8:30 - 10:00 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), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, John McNicholas at (310) 474-1582. 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., Matthew Butler, Bonnie Dumanis, John Dutton, Richard Frankel.
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.

* Meeting reconvened from July 2 Conference Call
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Oral Report
II. Consent
None
III. Action
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Appointment Review Process (John McNicholas, Matthew Butler, Richard Frankel, Karen Hagelund)
IV. Discussion/Information
VIC Review Process_Suggestions for 2008-2009
Attachments:
ATT A_Current VIC Review ProcedureATT_B_Sample (Committee Report)
V. Reports
A. Outreach Reports regarding Contacts with Committees and Encouraging
Applications (if any) (John McNicholas) (Oral Report)
B. Staff Report on Appointments Office (Karen Hagelund) (Oral Report)
Closed Session

I. Consent
None
II. Action
A. Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC), Reappointment of Attorney Member to the Board of Directors (JULY 6011) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***

B. California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA), Annual Appointment of Attorney Member to the Board of Directors (JULY 6012) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
C. Fee Arbitration Department, Appointment of New Arbitrators (JULY 6013) (Jill Sperber) ***
D. Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE), Appointment of Officers and Members (JULY 6021) (John McNicholas, Karen Hagelund) ***
E. Legal Malpractice Consulting Group, Appointment of Chair and Members
(JULY 6022) (Phyllis Culp) ***
F. Center for Civic Education, Appointment of Two Members of the Board of Governors (JULY 6023) (John McNicholas, Karen Hagelund) ***
G. Standing, Special, and Section Executive Committees, 2008-2009 Annual Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II (JULY 6024) (John McNicholas, Karen Hagelund, Tricia Horan) ***
H. Loren Miller Legal Services Award, 2008 Selection of Recipient (JULY 6025) (Pat Lee, Sharon Ngim) ***

I. Diversity Awards, 2008 Selection of Recipients (JULY 6026) (Pat Lee, Theresa Mesa) ***

J. President’s Pro Bono Service Awards, 2008 Selection of Recipients (JULY 6027) (Pat Lee, Sharon Ngim) ***
K. Bernard E. Witkin Medal Award, 2008 Selection of Recipient
(JULY 6028) (Robert Hawley) ***
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
* Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) 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 July 11, 2008