February 22, 2013 - Oregon State Bar

MINUTES
BOG Special Projects Committee
Meeting Date: January 11, 2013
Location:
OSB Center, Tigard
Chair:
Travis Prestwich
Vice-Chair:
Maureen O’Connor
Members Present: Travis Prestwich, Maureen O’Connor, Patrick Ehlers, Joshua Ross,
Timothy Williams, Audrey Matsumonji (by phone)
Members Absent: None
Guests:
Jenifer Billman, Mike Haglund
Staff Members: Kay Pulju, Brenda Cerda
ACTION ITEMS
1. Topic: ABA Tree Project. The committee agreed to proceed with a tree-planting event,
preferably in two locations (Portland and Eugene) on a single Saturday in March. The event
will be coordinated with the Oregon chapter of Friends of Trees and co-sponsored by the
bar’s Sustainable Future Section, Environmental & Natural Resources Section, and the
Oregon New Lawyers Division.
2. Topic: May Day Lobby Proposal. This item was tabled pending the recommendations of
other bar groups working on access to justice and judicial funding issues.
INFORMATION ITEMS
3. Topic: Fundraising Fun Run. This item will be discussed further at the next meeting.
Haglund will discuss the concept with leaders at the Campaign for Equal Justice; Pulju will
confer with the St. Andrew Legal Clinic regarding the clinic’s annual fundraising run.
4. Topic: SOLACE Network. Prestwich will discuss this ABA program with one or more
state bar’s that have already implemented a project, and will invite a guest to participate
by phone in a future committee meeting. Pulju will discuss with PLF staff for
implementation ideas.
5. Topic: Modest Means Program Expansion. Bar staff will incorporate suggestions raised
by the recent Economic Opportunities Task force into an existing review of the program.
More information will be presented to the full board at its next meeting.
6. Topic: Matching new practitioners with members contemplating retirement. Mike
Haglund presented information on expected recommendations of the Legal Opportunities
Task Force. Along with expansion of the Modest Means Program, a key recommendation