December 2007 Minutes
Monday, December 3, 2007
Boardroom of the Bar Building
Members Present (5):
Mary Elizabeth Crum, Chair
Wendy Cartledge*
John Fantry*
Susan A. Lake
Alexander Shissias
Bar Staff Participating (1):
Carey Way
*Participated by telephone.
CALL TO ORDER: Ms. Crum called the meeting to order.
MINUTES: By motion, second and unanimous vote, the Committee adopted the Minutes from the prior meeting held on September 28, 2007.
UPDATES:
A. 2008 Bar Convention: Ms. Way provided a copy of the session agenda for January 25, 2008. Chair Crum requested Ms. Way have co-sponsoring Government Law’s coordinator contact her regarding specifics.
B. Act 387 possible amendments: Mr. Shissias reported the only participant at the Ad Hoc meeting scheduled in October was Ms. Dantzler. Mr. Shissias presented a current list of issues relating to Act 387 which provided subsequent comments in bold print. Also reviewed was a list of DHEC proposed changes in the Board Final Agency Review process which had been previously provided to Ms. Way by Chair Crum and distributed via listserv.
Following a line-by-line review of the list of issues, an attempt to prioritize issues, lengthy discussion, and revisions made to the current list of issues, the following course of action was determined:
· an updated list of issues would be provided by Mr. Shissias to Ms. Way and she would distribute it to all Committee members via listserv;
· a subcommittee consisting of Chair Crum, Alex Shissias, and Susan Lake would come up with an initial plan draft to include notice and time issue suggestions and the definition of “affected personâ€;
· the draft plan would be distributed with assignments for two Committee members to review a general topic prior to an assigned deadline;
· Ms. Lake would attempt to obtain an entire copy of the DHEC Board Final Agency Review process for Ms. Way to distribute via listserv*; and
· DHEC General Counsel, Carl Roberts, might possibly be invited to an upcoming meeting to explain DHEC issues.
*subsequent to the meeting Ms. Lake reported to Ms. Way that DHEC had not voted on the DHEC Board Final Agency Review process document and therefore she would not be able to obtain copy for distribution at this time.
C. Participation in U Need 2 Know radio segment: It was reported that three members participated in October as follows:
Debbie Hottel/Understanding Administrative Law (ethics)
Liz Crum/What Administrative Law Is
Sharon Dantzler/SC on Payment of Wages Law
Ms. Lake stated she really enjoyed the radio segment. Ms. Crum stated she thought Mr. Knapp did a good job from a public service standpoint. She reported that during her segment, Mr. Knapp brought up procurement and zoning for discussion along with her scheduled topic.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Pending Legislation: Chair Crum asked if there was anything new to report. Nothing was reported.
B. Need for Point Persons and Testifiers for legislative purposes:
Ms. Way reported a request had been made by Kali Turner Public Affairs Director that the Committee provide a point person/testifiers for legislative purposes.
Chair Crum volunteered to serve as “point person†and Mr. Fantry volunteered to “pinch hit†if need be. It was determined testifiers would be determined depending on pending issues.
Ms. Way reported she had been advised that the point person/testifiers did not have to be pre-approved by the Board of Governor’s or House of Delegates as questioned by the Chair prior to the meeting.
NEXT MEETING: Ms. Crum stated in light of pending legislation regarding Act 387, she recommended the next meeting be scheduled early in the year but that she would not be available in January. Members stated meetings would be best on Thursday or Friday and not on Monday. It was determined Ms. Way would check for room availability, email members to determine a date suiting the majority, and schedule the meeting some time in early February.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Ms. Crum adjourned the meeting.
Boardroom of the Bar Building
Members Present (5):
Mary Elizabeth Crum, Chair
Wendy Cartledge*
John Fantry*
Susan A. Lake
Alexander Shissias
Bar Staff Participating (1):
Carey Way
*Participated by telephone.
CALL TO ORDER: Ms. Crum called the meeting to order.
MINUTES: By motion, second and unanimous vote, the Committee adopted the Minutes from the prior meeting held on September 28, 2007.
UPDATES:
A. 2008 Bar Convention: Ms. Way provided a copy of the session agenda for January 25, 2008. Chair Crum requested Ms. Way have co-sponsoring Government Law’s coordinator contact her regarding specifics.
B. Act 387 possible amendments: Mr. Shissias reported the only participant at the Ad Hoc meeting scheduled in October was Ms. Dantzler. Mr. Shissias presented a current list of issues relating to Act 387 which provided subsequent comments in bold print. Also reviewed was a list of DHEC proposed changes in the Board Final Agency Review process which had been previously provided to Ms. Way by Chair Crum and distributed via listserv.
Following a line-by-line review of the list of issues, an attempt to prioritize issues, lengthy discussion, and revisions made to the current list of issues, the following course of action was determined:
· an updated list of issues would be provided by Mr. Shissias to Ms. Way and she would distribute it to all Committee members via listserv;
· a subcommittee consisting of Chair Crum, Alex Shissias, and Susan Lake would come up with an initial plan draft to include notice and time issue suggestions and the definition of “affected personâ€;
· the draft plan would be distributed with assignments for two Committee members to review a general topic prior to an assigned deadline;
· Ms. Lake would attempt to obtain an entire copy of the DHEC Board Final Agency Review process for Ms. Way to distribute via listserv*; and
· DHEC General Counsel, Carl Roberts, might possibly be invited to an upcoming meeting to explain DHEC issues.
*subsequent to the meeting Ms. Lake reported to Ms. Way that DHEC had not voted on the DHEC Board Final Agency Review process document and therefore she would not be able to obtain copy for distribution at this time.
C. Participation in U Need 2 Know radio segment: It was reported that three members participated in October as follows:
Debbie Hottel/Understanding Administrative Law (ethics)
Liz Crum/What Administrative Law Is
Sharon Dantzler/SC on Payment of Wages Law
Ms. Lake stated she really enjoyed the radio segment. Ms. Crum stated she thought Mr. Knapp did a good job from a public service standpoint. She reported that during her segment, Mr. Knapp brought up procurement and zoning for discussion along with her scheduled topic.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Pending Legislation: Chair Crum asked if there was anything new to report. Nothing was reported.
B. Need for Point Persons and Testifiers for legislative purposes:
Ms. Way reported a request had been made by Kali Turner Public Affairs Director that the Committee provide a point person/testifiers for legislative purposes.
Chair Crum volunteered to serve as “point person†and Mr. Fantry volunteered to “pinch hit†if need be. It was determined testifiers would be determined depending on pending issues.
Ms. Way reported she had been advised that the point person/testifiers did not have to be pre-approved by the Board of Governor’s or House of Delegates as questioned by the Chair prior to the meeting.
NEXT MEETING: Ms. Crum stated in light of pending legislation regarding Act 387, she recommended the next meeting be scheduled early in the year but that she would not be available in January. Members stated meetings would be best on Thursday or Friday and not on Monday. It was determined Ms. Way would check for room availability, email members to determine a date suiting the majority, and schedule the meeting some time in early February.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Ms. Crum adjourned the meeting.