February 22, 2013 - Oregon State Bar
February 22, 2013 - Oregon State Bar
February 22, 2013 - Oregon State Bar
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BOG Agenda Memo — Executive Director’s Operations Report<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2013</strong> Page 4<br />
Human Resources<br />
(Christine Kennedy)<br />
Legal Publications<br />
(Linda Kruschke)<br />
o<br />
• Troy Wood started <strong>February</strong> 19 th as Assistant General Counsel and CAO<br />
Attorney. John Gleason will start the beginning of March as Disciplinary<br />
Counsel and Director of Regulatory Services.<br />
• AJ Ochoa, Carlos Diaz, and Mike Blythe were hired as RIS Assistants. AJ and<br />
Carlos are bilingual.<br />
• Danny <strong>Bar</strong>bour was hired in the IT Department as the Technical Support<br />
Specialist.<br />
• The BBX has scheduled phone interviews for nine candidates on March 1 st .<br />
Temporary employees were brought in to fill 1.5 FTE in administrative staff<br />
until the new department manager is hired.<br />
• There is a .5 FTE position to fill in Accounting.<br />
• The HR Director made two presentations to the ABA Standing Committee<br />
on Lawyer Referral Services annual conference. One was about hiring an LRS<br />
team and the other about motivating and fostering a team environment.<br />
She also presented to a senior HR management majors class at PSU about a<br />
career in HR.<br />
• The following have been posted to <strong>Bar</strong>Books since my last report:<br />
The 2012 revision of Administering <strong>Oregon</strong> Estates<br />
The <strong>2013</strong> revision of Consumer Law in <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
The 2012 supplements of Uniform Civil and Criminal Jury Instructions<br />
Two additional chapters of the <strong>2013</strong> revision of Family Law<br />
• Administering <strong>Oregon</strong> Estates went to the printer on December 17. Preorder<br />
marketing campaign began on October 15.<br />
2012 Budget = $13,500; Actual to date = $57,442<br />
Of the total revenue to date, $35,710 will be <strong>2013</strong> revenue<br />
• Consumer Law in <strong>Oregon</strong> went to the printer on January 28. Pre‐order<br />
marketing campaign began on November 27.<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Budget = $15,000; Actual to date = $16,635<br />
• Uniform Civil Jury Instructions and Uniform Criminal Jury Instructions<br />
supplements went to the printer on <strong>February</strong> 7. Pre‐order marketing<br />
campaign began on December 13.<br />
Civil – <strong>2013</strong> Budget = $29,850; Actual to date = $19,215<br />
Criminal – <strong>2013</strong> Budget = $<strong>22</strong>,025; Actual to date = $11,365<br />
• We are negotiating with Bloomberg Financial LLP to license some our<br />
books. We have reached agreement on the titles to be licensed and the fee<br />
and are in the process of finalizing the terms of the Agreement. Annual<br />
revenue from this arrangement will be $24,000. Additional titles may be<br />
added for a fee of $1,200 per title.<br />
• We are negotiating with Lexis Nexis to license our jury instructions for their<br />
online database. The fee will be a royalty of 20% of the fees allocated to<br />
subscriber usage of the jury instructions.
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