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c. Sponsorship: This Committee was established to assist in getting sponsors forthe Family Law Institute. A new record was set in sponsorships for the May, 2012 Institute of$71,500, which was thousands of dollars higher than sponsorships for any previous Institute.However, the best news is that record was shattered by the sponsorships for our upcomingInstitute in May, 2013. To date, we have received total sponsorship monies of $82,900 as of theend of March. In addition to the hard work Eileen Thomas always does, the Section’ssponsorship committee met to come up with additional ways to reach out and get sponsors whichhas undoubtedly helped in the amount raised for the upcoming Institute. These additionaldollars allow our Section to invite more judges to the Institute and to offer more scholarships toattendees.d. Diversity: This committee has met twice so far this year. It is in the process ofputting together a questionnaire to send out to the Family Law Section.e. Military and Federal Employees: This committee has had two meetings buthas also done work throughout the year regarding the suggested new legislation which came outof the Military and Veterans Law Section. John Camp and his Section have worked verydiligently on a new uniform law entitled Uniform Deployed Parents Visitation and Custody Act.There is a big push for Georgia to be the first state to implement this new law. Work began onthis effort between our Section and the Military and Veterans Law Section back in the summer of2012. The Military and Federal Employees Committee of the Family Law Section reviewed thisproposed legislation and made suggestions and comments regarding same. By having this newcommittee of our Section, we were able to have a much wider base of input on this importantlegislation to share with the Military and Veterans Law Section and were able to keep ourSection members who practice in the area of military family law up to date on this newlegislation. Our Section also sent a blast email to all of the Section members informing them ofthe military divorce and retirement three day seminar being held in Texas as requested by theChair of the Military and Veterans Law section.216