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meeting for judicial training to implement rewritten legislation. He also worked with the task force from the committee to finalize the various forms for submission to the Court of Criminal Appeals, which are necessary to implement recent legislation in the district courts and all municipal courts. Governor White reported he attended two hearings as the pre siding master for the Professional Responsibility Tribunal. Governor Shaffer Siex reported she attended the September YLD board meeting and the Access to Justice October meeting. She reviewed the Access to Justice September meeting minutes, met with the Tulsa County Bar Association YLD regarding the YLD New Lawyer Happy Hour, drafted an article for the November issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal and attended the joint reception with the Kay County Bar Association. REPORT OF THE YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION

regarding updates and improve ments to the program. He met with the dean of the OCU School of Law to discuss various issues related to the law school and the OBA and attended the joint reception with the Kay County Bar Association. Governor Conner reported he attended the Garfield County Bar Association meeting and the joint reception with the Kay County Bar Association. Governor Dow reported she attended the October Oklahoma County Bar Association Family Law Section meeting, the Cleveland County Bar Association meeting and the joint reception with the Kay County Bar Association. Governor Smith reported she attended the September Diversity Committee meeting. Governor Thurman reported he attended a Pontotoc County Bar Association meeting, organized and attended a Pontotoc County Bar Association social hour and attended the District 22 monthly multidisci plinary team meeting for updates on investigations for abused children. He also attended a Board of Directors meeting for the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Alumni Association and participated in the East Central University homecoming parade to represent the Pontotoc County Bar Association. He also attended the joint reception with the Kay County Bar Association. Governor Vanderburg reported he attended the Cost Administration Implementation Committee meet ing in October and a planning

will begin working on a list of pros ecutors for the board’s approval.

REPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Past President Hicks reported he prepared for the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents in West Virginia and the OBA Annual Meeting. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Ailles Bahm reported she attended the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee meeting with the liaison and the executive director of A Chance to Change. She also attended the Legislative Monitoring Committee meeting and signed off on the engagement letter from Smith Carney, the auditors who are anticipated to present at the Annual Meeting, as chair of the Audit Committee. Governor Barbush reported he conferenced with the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee chair, reviewed the Cannabis Law Committee meeting agenda and attended the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee meeting with A Chance to Change, Executive Director Johnson and Governor Ailles Bahm. He conferred with Executive Director Johnson about the LHL meeting and hosted an open house for the Bryan County Bar Association. Governor Bracken reported he discussed the Oklahoma Lawyers for America’s Heroes Program with OBA staff

REPORT OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

General Counsel Hendryx reported on the status of litigation involving the OBA. A written report of PRC actions and OBA disci plinary matters for the month was submitted to the board for its review.

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