The Oklahoma Bar Journal January 2024

B oard of G overnors A ctions

Meeting Summary

REPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Past President Hicks reported he attended the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents in West Virginia, the Tulsa County Bar Association Golf Committee meeting and an address by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond at OU Health’s Schusterman Center in Tulsa. reported she attended the Bench and Bar Committee meeting, led the Audit Committee meeting and attended the Oklahoma County Bar Association Delegate Caucus meeting, where she heard from the Board of Governors at-large candidates. Governor Barbush reported he co-sponsored and pre sented at the Durant High School Speech and Debate First Annual Ethics Day. He also attended the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee meeting at the Annual Meeting. Governor Bracken reported he helped plan and attended a Military Assistance Committee CLE program and attended a Military Assistance Committee meeting. He also attended a Legislative Monitoring Committee meeting, the OCU School of Law Luncheon, the Annual Luncheon, the Oklahoma Bar Foundation reception and the Diversity Awards Dinner. Governor Conner reported he attended the Garfield County Bar Association Meeting and the Audit Committee BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Ailles Bahm

coordinated additional CLE pre sentations for county bar associ ations, revised and finalized the Professionalism Committee’s writ ten materials for its professionalism CLE at the Annual Meeting, coor dinated and hosted the CLE panel’s preparation session and assisted in the CLE presentation during the Annual Meeting. He also virtually attended the October Strategic Planning Committee meeting and assisted in finalizing the assigned goal. He supplied President-Elect Pringle with a recommendation from the Tulsa County Bar Association for the Board of Editors and attended the Nov. 1 morning segment of the Annual Meeting. Executive Director Johnson reported she attended the Strategic Planning Committee meeting, the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents in West Virginia, the public hearing on the OBA budget and the Audit Committee meet ing. She planned and prepared for the Annual Meeting, including attending multiple meetings, and had conversations with attorneys on ongoing litigation involving the OBA. She attended the Annual Meeting and the OCU School of Law Luncheon, where she pre sented awards to law students. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Oklahoma Bar Association Board of Governors met Nov. 1, 2023.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT President Hermanson reported he attended the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents in West Virginia as well as meetings with Executive Director Johnson on pending OBA issues and the Annual Meeting. He also commu nicated and met with Director of Administration Brumit on Annual Meeting issues, prepared for the Annual Meeting and attended var ious events in conjunction with the meeting, including the Wednesday morning CLE session and the OU College of Law Luncheon. He worked on appointments, finalized arrangements for the President’s Awards and is working on his final column for the December issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal . President-Elect Pringle reported he worked on appointments, pre pared for the Annual Meeting and attended the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents in West Virginia. He chaired a meeting of the Strategic Planning Committee and attended a public hearing for the OBA budget. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT

REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

Vice President Williams reported he transmitted the October professionalism moment to all the county bar presidents,

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