February 22, 2013 - Oregon State Bar

Minutes
Budget & Finance Committee
November 10, 2012
Surfsand Resort
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Present - Committee Members: Mike Haglund, chair; Steve Larson, vice-chair; Ethan Knight;
Theresa Kohlhoff; David Wade. Other BOG Members: Mitzi Naucler; Jenifer Billman. 2013
BOG Members: Ray Heysell; Timothy Williams; Caitlin J. Mitchel-Markley. Staff: Sylvia
Stevens; Helen Hierschbiel; Mariann Hyland; Rod Wegener.
1. Minutes – September 28 and October 12, 2012 Committee Meeting
The minutes of the September 28 and October 12, 2012 meetings were approved.
2. 2013 OSB Budget
The committee reviewed the 2013 budget report before its recommendation to the Board of
Governors meeting later in the day. The committee discussed the potential short-term and
long-term impact on the bar’s revenue if the membership plateaus or declines as is projected in
the budget report.
One factor in declining membership revenue is the increasing number of over 50-year
members who pay no fee. The committee recommended that it further study whether the
policy of no fee for these members continue. Mr. Wegener stated he would provide data on
this membership at a future meeting.
Prior to the discussion of the salary pool of 2% for 2013, Mr. Wegener pointed out that the
correct amount of reduction in personnel costs if there were no salary pool is $130,900 – not
$78,100 as indicated on page 5 of the report.
The committee recommended that the 2013 budget include a 2% salary pool.
The highlights of the 2013 budget are:
a. The projected net operating revenue is $27,258.
b. There is no change to the active member fee.
c. The inactive member fee is raised by $15.00 to $125.00. This action was approved by
the House of Delegates at the November 2 meeting.
d. The Client Security Fund assessment is raised by $30.00 to $45.00.
e. The PLF will increase the grant for BarBooks from $100,000 to $200,000.
f. One Hundred thousand dollars ($100.000) will be transferred from the Contract Legal
Fees contingency to operating revenue.
g. Funding for the Senior Lawyers Task Force remains at $10,000.
h. Funding for the Remote Communication Task Force is discontinued.