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also attended the joint reception with the Board of Governors and the Oklahoma County Bar Association, wrote the welcom ing letter for the Sovereignty Symposium and chaired the Justice Assistance Grant board meeting, which included presen tations by applicants for fund ing. He reviewed plans for the Tri-County/Board of Governors meeting in May and attended the Executive Committee and Appellate Practice Section meet ings. He was also involved in discussions with the Bar Center Facilities Committee related to redesigning the disability access entrance off of 18th Street. He also reminded the board that Law Day is coming up on May 1. REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT Vice President Williams reported he chaired the Professionalism Committee’s April meeting and the first panel meeting for the Professional Responsibility Commission. He attended the Membership Engagement Committee meeting, the joint recep tion with the Oklahoma County Bar Association and the Executive Committee meeting. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT President-Elect Pringle reported he moderated OBA Day at the Capitol, attended a happy hour and meeting of the Financial Institutions and Commercial Law Section and moderated a discus sion on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Oklahoma City Rotary Club’s breakfast meet ing. He attended a board meet ing for the Oklahoma Attorneys Mutual Insurance Co. and met with members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Judicial Conference to plan for

REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE SESSION

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FIDELITY BOND

The board received a report on the current status of legislative deadlines and key topics of inter est for the Legislature. President Elect Pringle, who co-chairs the Legislative Monitoring Committee, invited all board members to OBA Day at the Capitol taking place March 21. UPCOMING OBA AND COUNTY BAR EVENTS President Hermanson reviewed upcoming bar-related events, including the Oklahoma High School Mock Trial Championship, March 7, Tulsa; OBA Day at the Capitol, March 21, Oklahoma State Capitol; New Admittee Swearing-In Ceremony, May 10; Law Day, May 1, events take place statewide; OBA Solo & Small Firm Conference, June 22-24, Osage Casino, Tulsa; and the OBA Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-3, Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT President Hermanson reported he attended OBA Day at the Capitol and the ceremony in the Ceremonial Courtroom at the Capitol to recognize the first-place winners of the Law Day art and writing contests. He also attended the March and April meetings for the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association board as well as the District Attorneys Council board and Technology Committee. He filmed a video at the Capitol for Law Day; virtually attended meetings of the Membership Engagement, Strategic Planning and Professionalism committees; and worked on numerous appointments and the 2023 Annual Meeting. He The Oklahoma Bar Association Board of Governors met April 21, 2023.

The board passed a motion to ratify a fidelity bond in the amount of $10,000 in accordance with the OBA Bylaws Article IV, Section (4)(b)(2). PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMISSION The board passed a motion to approve the appointments of Ken Williams, Richard White and Angela Ailles Bahm to a three-person special commission charged with acting on a griev ance submitted against a cur rent member of the Professional Responsibility Commission in accordance with Rule 3.3 (b) (3) of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings. The board passed a motion to approve the appointments of Sarah Wittrock Moore of Edmond and Kelly S. Kinser of Oklahoma City to fill the vacancies of Monica Wittrock and Robert Bailey Jr. on the Contract Forms Committee. The appointments were recom mended by Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Executive Director Grant Cody. The board passed a motion to approve the Awards Committee recommendation that no changes be made to the committee’s cus tomary practices or to the awards to be presented during the Annual Meeting in 2023. MEMBER SERVICES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS The board passed a motion to approve three practice management contracts as new member benefits. OKLAHOMA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION ANNUAL AWARDS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

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