MINUTES OF THE APRIL 2010 MEETING

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INDIAN

RIVER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

The APRIL 2010, Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Indian River County Bar Association, Inc., was held on April 27, 2010 at the offices of President Peggy Lyon at City Hall, Vero Beach, Florida.

1.                  Call to Order

The Meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by President, Peggy Lyon. Attending were Barry Segal, Peggy Lyon, Mark Hill, Andrew Metcalf, Jennifer Tedesco, Rebecca Emmons, Bill DeBraal and Erin Grall. 

II.                Approval of Minutes

The prior month’s minutes were unanimously and enthusiastically approved upon the motion of Bill DeBraal and the second of Barry Segal.

III.             President (Peggy Lyon) 

The May Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday May 24, 2010. We need to have proposed budget.  Lawyer’s Auxilary needs Holiday Party Budget.

Motion (made by Mark Hill and seconded by Barry Segal; passed unanimously):

The budget for the 2010 Holiday Party shall be $7,600.00.

IV.              President-Elect (Andy Metcalf)

A.     Speakers for up-coming membership luncheons:

                                                               i.            May Meeting: Chief Dappan – city of Vero Beach Chief of Police

                                                             ii.            June Meeting: We normally don’t have a speaker but Scott Hawkins, President Elect of the Florida Bar has agreed to come.

B.     Luncheons for next year:  Andy has been in continuous contact with Quail Valley Country Club and will be including Ann Catchick.  A reminder that our budget allows for $1,100/luncheon.

V.                 Treasurer (Mark Hill)

Decision was made to keep Bar Leader’s Conference in budget.

VI.              Secretary (Rebecca Emmons)

Nothing to report.

VII.           Committee Reports

a.        Pro-Bono (Tom Tierney): nothing to report

b.      Website (Barry Segal) looking for replacement; suggested that Holly may be interested.

c.       Non-dues income/sponsorships (Jennifer Tedesco): nothing to report

d.      Newsletter (Erin Grall): Goal is to get out an end of the year report.

e.       Publicity (Bill DeBraal): nothing to report

f.        Young Lawyers’ Division (Doug Vitunac): nothing to report

VIII.        Old Business

·        The Board is continuing to work on the IRS issues with Harris, Cotherman, et al.

MINUTES OF THE MARCH 2010 MEETING

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INDIAN

RIVER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

 The March 2010, Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Indian River County Bar Association, Inc., was held on April 7, 2010 at the offices of President Peggy Lyon at City Hall, Vero Beach, Florida.

 1.                  Call to Order

The Meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by President, Peggy Lyon. Attending were Barry Segal, Peggy Lyon, Mark Hill, Andrew Metcalf, Jennifer Tedesco, Rebecca Emmons, Tom Tierney, Bill DeBraal and Doug Vitunac. 

 II.                Approval of Minutes

The prior month’s minutes were unanimously and enthusiastically approved upon the motion of Andy Metcalf and the second of Barry Segal

III.             President (Peggy Lyon) 

The April Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 27, 2010.

IV.              President-Elect (Andy Metcalf)

A.     Speakers for up-coming membership luncheons:

                                                               i.      April Meeting: Alan Polakawich

                                                             ii.      May Meeting: Chief Dappan – city of Vero Beach Chief of Police

                                                            iii.      June Meeting: We normally don’t have a speaker but Scott Hawkins, President Elect of the Florida Bar has agreed to come.

B.     Luncheons for next year:  Andy has been in continuous contact with Quail Valley Country Club.  He has updated them on the number of people we normally have and has suggested that we may also have our holiday party there.  We hope to have a firm quote from QV by the next Board meeting.

V.                 Treasurer (Mark Hill)

YLD has been working with Mark in trying to come up with a better accounting method for the grants from AOCs.  Mark has suggested YLD provide a treasurer’s report to reconcile with Mark’s report and balance. Mark and Doug agreed to determine if Ms. Holly Mantle had any further receipts to be reimbursed for the AOC grant.

VI.              Secretary (Rebecca Emmons)

Nothing to report.

VII.           Committee Reports

a.        Pro-Bono (Tom Tierney): Tom and Rebecca agreed to try to set up a date for the meeting with Val Larcomb regarding the Guardian Ad Litem for mentally ill.

            b.      Website (Barry Segal) nothing to report

c.       Non-dues income/sponsorships (Jennifer Tedesco): nothing to report

d.      Newsletter (Erin Grall): nothing to report

e.       Publicity (Bill DeBraal): Bill indicated that YLD should get him information for Law Week.

f.        Nominating Committee: The Committee reported that it was proposing Holly Mantle and Jason Odom for the Board.  Andy Metcalf made a motion to approve the proposal and it was seconded by Mark Hill.  The motion was approved unanimously.

g.       Young Lawyers’ Division (Doug Vitunac): The Law Week Chair is Cynthia Hall.  The Committee includes Aaron Johnson, Jeff Pegler, Jason Odom and KevinRollins

VIII.        Old Business

·        The Board is continuing to work on the IRS issues with Harris, Cotherman, et al.

·        Cynthia Hall was appointed to the Environmental Control Hearing Board by the Board of County Commissioners.

MINUTES OF THE February 23, 2010 MEETING

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INDIAN

RIVER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

The February 23, 2010, Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Indian River County Bar Association, Inc., was held at the offices of President Peggy Lyon at City Hall, Vero Beach, Florida.

1.                  Call to Order    The Meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m. by President, Peggy Lyon. Attending were Barry Segal, Peggy Lyon, Mark Hill, Andrew Metcalf, Jennifer Vanhoose, Erin Grall, Rebecca Emmons and Bill DeBraal. 

II.                Approval of Minutes    The prior month’s minutes were unanimously and enthusiastically approved upon the motion of Bill DeBraal and the second of Andy Metcalf.

III.             President (Peggy Lyon)  March membership luncheon meeting.  Friday March 12, 2010.  March Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday March 30, 2010.

IV.              President-Elect (Andy Metcalf)

 Speakers for up-coming membership luncheons:

                                                            i.      March meeting:  Craig Callan – Minor League Baseball

                                                            ii.      April Meeting: Chief Dappan – City of Vero Beach Chief of Police

                                                            iii.      May Meeting suggestions:

a.       Economic Gardening – not sure what the entity is

b.      Scott Hawkins, President Elect of the Florida Bar – Andy will contact Tom Tierney about this because Mr. Tierney knows Mr. Hawkins

V.                 Treasurer (Mark Hill)   Monthly report.

VI.              Secretary (Rebecca Emmons)  Nothing to report.

VII.           Committee Reports

a.        Pro-Bono (Tom Tierney):

i.                     Tom met with Judge Cox and Sandra Rodriquez-Hickman to discuss the issue of their conflict of interest policy and if the Bar could facilitate with the conflicts.  SRH reported that if Bar were to assist there would be approximately 20 intakes per month that would take about one hour per intake.  This would also result in 20 more pro bono cases per month which we would need to place.  A determination was made that we would not be able to assist based upon this report.

ii.                   Rebecca mentioned the guardian ad litem program for mental patients mentioned by Val Larcomb, general counsel for the Hospital.  It was determined that Tom and Rebecca would schedule a lunch meeting with Val to discuss.

b.      Website (Barry Segal) nothing to report

c.       Non-dues income/sponsorships (Jennifer VanHoose): There was a suggestion made that we could offer packages with sponsorships (ie – when you pay your dues you could sign up for lunch sponsorship – or lunch sponsorship would include dues payments)

d.      Newsletter (Erin Grall): nothing to report

e.       Publicity (Bill DeBraal): wants to get an article on John Moore published and information about the next Ask-A-Lawyer.

f.        Young Lawyers’ Division (Doug Vitunac): nothing to report

 VIII.        Old Business

a.       Tax filing status:  Form 990N for fiscal years July 1 through June 30, 2008 and 2009:  Clay Price has not received confirmation from IRS as to receipt of change of address form.

IX.              New Business

a.        Attorney representative on the Indian River County Environmental Control Hearing Board: sub-committee to review applications – Andy Metcalf, Barry Segal & Bill DeBraal

MINUTES OF THE January 26, 2010 MEETING

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INDIAN

RIVER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

 The January 26, 2010, Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Indian River County Bar Association, Inc., was held at the offices of President Peggy Lyon at City Hall, Vero Beach, Florida.

1.                  Call to Order

 The Meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by President, Peggy Lyon. Attending were Barry Segal, Peggy Lyon, Mark Hill, Andrew Metcalf, Tom Tierney, Jennifer Vanhoose, Doug Vitunac (YLD), Rebecca Emmons and Bill DeBraal. 

II.                Approval of Minutes

 The prior month’s minutes were unanimously and enthusiastically approved upon the motion of Peggy Lyon and the second of Mark Hill.

III.             President (Peggy Lyon) 

 February membership luncheon meeting.  Friday February 12, 2010.  February Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday February 23, 2010.

IV.               President-Elect (Andy Metcalf)

 Speakers for up-coming membership luncheons:

                                                               i.       February meeting:  Mayor Kevin Sawnick

                                                             ii.       March meeting:  Craig Callan – Minor League Baseball

V.                  Treasurer (Mark Hill)

 Decision was made to have YLD account for their funds and have all reimbursement requests come through YLD treasurer.

VI.               Secretary (Rebecca Emmons)

 Nothing to report.

            VII.            Committee Reports

a.       Pro-Bono (Tom Tierney):

i.                     Discussion regarding the conflict of interest policy adopted by FRLS occurred.  Only the custodial parent will be represented per FRLS policy.  They will also not represent anyone with a domestic violence history.  There is concern that this is affecting access to courts.  There was a determination made that we need to determine what their true process is.

ii.                   FRLS asked us to do Bankruptcy/Foreclosure clinic so this is the scheduled topic for the next Ask-A-Lawyer.

b.      Website (Barry Segal) nothing to report

c.       Non-dues income/sponsorships (Jennifer VanHoose): nothing to report

d.      Newsletter (Erin Grall): nothing to report

e.      Publicity (Bill DeBraal): wants to get an article on John Moore published and information about the next Ask-A-Lawyer.

f.        Young Lawyers’ Division (Doug Vitunac): Reported

i.                      Report on Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Affiliate Outreach Conference where they received $3,500 grant award and also the designation of “Outstanding Award.”

ii.                   Law Week: Law Week committee will be selected soon.

VIII.         Old Business

a.      Board reviewed Ann Catchick’s reflections & suggestions on next year’s Holiday Party.

b.      Tax filing status:  Form 990N for fiscal years July 1 through June 30, 2008 and 2009:  Clay Price has not received confirmation from IRS as to receipt of change of address form.

IX.               New Business

a.       Advertisements in newsletter was discussed.  Following resolution was made:

RESOLVED THAT no advertising in the newsletter will be permitted.  If anyone wants to advertise to our members they can sponsor a luncheon.