MARIN COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE CGJA
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
JULY 15, 2010
Board of Supervisors Chambers
Members present: Ann Marie Melanephy, Irwin Taranto, Dennis
Brown, Nick Clark, Frank Keenan, Ron Lucas, Sterling Harwell, Betty J. Mattea,
Advisor to the BOD; Al Lozano, Director; Woody Weingarten, Director; and Owen
Haxton, Chapter President
The meeting was called to
order by President Haxton at 10:12 AM.
There were 11 members present. A quorum was established and the agenda
approved. Approval of the previous
minutes was deferred awaiting submission of those minutes.
President Haxton noted that
committee chairs have not yet volunteered or been appointed and in the future
the agenda will include input from committees and Chapter Officers.
He commented to the effect
that the one day he participated in the orientation of the new jury, he was
impressed with the willingness of the jurors to raise questions with the
presenters; that the reception to welcome the new jurors to the chapter was
well attended and all seemed to enjoy themselves; reiterated the remarks he
made at the reunion regarding: board meetings will be on the third Thursday of
a month (- December); there will be four membership luncheon meetings; there
will be greater emphasis on the Chapters Continuity committee and its activities and that CGJA invited Marin Chapter to submit a
proposal to host the 2011 CGJA Conference.
President Haxton indicated
that at this moment, we have 72 Marin Chapter members recorded as dues paid.
At this point the members present
addressed the four items requiring a vote of the members.
1.
Shall the Marin
Chapter submit a proposal to host the 2011 CGJA Annual Conference (AC). After much
discussion as to what it means to host a CGJA AC, the members present voted to
support sending the proposal to CGJA in order for it to be considered by the
CGJA Board at their August meeting.
2.
Ed Schulz has
offered to put on the picnic this September, 2010. Is the membership supportive of this
endeavor? It was successful last year
and some members agree that it should continue.
The vote was to take Ed up on his offer for a September picnic.
3.
Lowell Smith and
his wife have (again) offered to provide the setting for a Chapter Christmas
party. The date of December 18,
5:00-7:00 PM has been suggested. The
membership present voted to accept this offer and information about the event
will be circulated to the membership in a timely manner.
4.
Owen Haxton
presented the option to have just 4 business meetings a year (locale tba). One would be the Annual Reunion, another
would be the picnic and the dates for the remaining two are to be selected a
little later this year. This idea is a
trial for the year to see if it will be well received by the membership. The membership present voted to support this
‘trial’ plan.
5.
BOD meetings will
be held monthly (unless cancelled in a timely manner) at the Civic Center, in
the Board of Supervisor’s Chambers. This
arrangement will assure adequate space for any interested member who wants to
attend BOD meetings. NB: from our bylaws, all BOD meetings are open to
the membership.
6.
The remainder of
the meeting was spent in a wide-ranging discussion of what it takes to “excite
the members” and “attract participating members.” Some suggestions were: a. A telephone tree to
get the word out and to encourage members to participate; b. committees that
are more active and actually accomplish something; c: more
activities that are of a social nature; committee chairs are encouraged to
contact each member of the 2009-2010 jury to ascertain whether or not jurors
would be interested in joining their committee.
7.
There were no
remarks in open comment.
The meeting was adjourned
at 11:35 AM
Recorder pro tem
Betty J. Mattea
7-15-10