Meeting Minutes - Transition Board
Transition Board of Directors - Legal Aid of North Carolina
February 22, 2002 Meeting (BOD Mtg #10)
Camp New Hope, Chapel Hill, NC
Persons in Attendance:
The following Board members were present for this meeting:
Leo Allison, Glenn Barfield, Rick Fay, Jack Holtzman, Allen Johnson, Caroline
Myers, Pender McElroy (chair), Frank Queen and Willis Williams.
The following people also attended the meeting:
Michelle Cofield (staff liaison), Ted Fillette, Susan Gottsegen, Michael
Hamden, George Hausen, Richard Klein, Hazel Mack-Hilliard and Evelyn Pursley.
Approval of the Agenda (Pender McElroy)
The meeting agenda was unanimously adopted with changes marked.
Management Structure Committee Report was moved to follow Approval of Minutes
of the January 24, 2002 Meeting. Search Committee Report was moved to follow the
Barfield Committee Report.
Approval of minutes of January 24, 2002 meeting (Pender McElroy)
It was moved and seconded that the meeting minutes from the January 24, 2002
meeting be approved as written. The motion was approved unanimously.
Management Structure Report (Allen Johnson)
Johnson reported on the progress made in identifying client representatives to
the board from each region. All regions except the Northeast region met by
caucus to determine who would be the client representative for that region. The
results are stated within the written report provided by Johnson. The Clients
Committee recommended Willis Williams to fill the Northeast Region position in
that he was the top vote-getter for membership as a client board member.
Glenn Barfield moved that the LANC board adopt the recommendation of the
Clients Committee to place Willis Williams as the client representative of the
Northeast Region. The motion received a second. After discussion on this matter,
the motion passed unanimously.
Governance Committee Report (Glenn Barfield)
In advance of this meeting, a memorandum from Ran Bell (Womble, Carlyle,
Sandridge & Rice) was circulated. The memorandum addressed proposed by law
changes, including the numbers of board members. Since the Governance
Committee’s report does not reflect action taken previously, Glenn will be in
contact with Cal Adams regarding this matter.
Motion: Amend Article 2, section 2 regarding the numbers of directors, not
make any changes to the organizations or affinity Bars and not make any motion
as to the approval of section 3 and the language following. There was no second
to this motion. The board decided to defer voting on the motion for later in the
day.
After some discussion about the board structure and the by laws, the board
determined that in order for rotation to work, the organization needs a number
divisible by three (15 lawyers and 9 clients).
The Clients Committee will need to decide which of its board members to start
out with year terms. Barfield suggested Laura Shofner be a three-year term.
Barfield made a motion: Adopt changes outlined in article 2 through 5 as
printed on the attached document. Rick Fay seconded. The motion carried
unanimously.
Barfield reported that one attorney nomination had been received: Jim Maxwell
for the 14th Judicial District.
Barfield Committee (Glenn Barfield)
The Barfield Committee has not met since the last Board meeting. Glenn
reported that both the Charlotte and Winston-Salem programs’ plans are being
revised at the detail level that does not require any action by the Committee or
the board. Both programs will communicate with the Committee and Board as to
what they are doing.
Barfield also reported that Chris Marks will be visiting the programs.
Ted Fillette reported that he will not be leading the Legal Services of
Southern Piedmont side (non LSC) as previously reported. Fillette will remain on
the LANC side. Ken Schorr will move to the LSSP side.
Search Committee (Glenn Barfield)
The Search Committee received 19 applications for the Executive Director
position by the February 15, 2002 deadline. Barfield reported that the
announcement was made available through a variety of sources. The Search
Committee met in executive session prior to the LANC board meeting and determine
that they will consider six applicants for interviews. They will perform
reference checks of the six to determine whether they will interview all six.
The Committee will meet by conference call to determine which candidates they
will interview.
Queen Committee (Frank Queen)
Queen reported that Legal Services Corporation wants to set up a meeting to
talk about the property in which they may assert a reversionary interest in.
That meeting is scheduled for March 20, 2002 in Greensboro with Randi Youells.
Queen reported that LSC has requested that no more than two people from each
program attend this meeting.
After discussion about the properties owned by the LSC funded programs, the
board agreed that the Committee would look at all the options and participate in
this discussion with LSC.
Property Conveyance Committee (Gina Reyman)
Reyman reported that LSNC is doing a property inventory at this time. The
board agreed that all lists for the programs should be completed by July 1, 2002
and that the lists should be separate.
Project Director Report (George Hausen)
Hausen reported that a salary spreadsheet has been created. His committee will
develop salary guidance recommendations. The information reported in the
spreadsheet protects the anonymity of the personnel. Hausen has directed LSNC’s
human resources staff to look into insurance matters to get the best plan for
everyone. The board authorized Hausen to request assistance from Womble Carlyle
with looking at the retirement plan.
Planning Council (Michael Hamden)
Michael reported that the Planning Council has been provided with the
opportunity to tap a volunteer (from the private bar) to attend an Access to
Justice meeting in Cleveland at the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference in April.
The Planning Council will be in contact with candidates for attendance.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Meeting summary prepared by Michelle Smith Cofield.
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