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The Board of Governors met on Friday, May 15, 2015. Officers and Bar Governors in attendance were, President B. Johnson ; President-Elect D. Farnsley ; Vice President M. Sullivan ; Immediate Past President T. Rouse and Young Lawyers Division Chair B. Sayles ; Incoming YLD Chair T. Watkins . Bar Governors 1 st District – M. Pitman , F. Schrock ; Bar Governors 2 nd District – T. Ker- rick , J. Meyer ; 3 rd District – M. Dalton , H. Mann ; 4 th District – A. Cubbage , B. Simp- son ; 5 th District – W. Garmer , E. O'Brien ; 6 th District – S. Smith , G. Sergent ; and 7 th District – M. McGuire . Bar Governors ab- sent were: J. Vincent . Also present was in- coming Fifth Supreme Court Bar Governor Mindy Barfield of Lexington. In Executive Session, the Board considered one discipline case and one (1) default dis- ciplinary case. Judy Campbell of Frankfort, Brenda Hart of Louisville, Dottye Moore of Elizabethtown and Dr. Leon Mooneyhan non-lawyer members serving on the Board pursuant to SCR 3.375, participated in the deliberations. In Regular Session, the Board of Governors conducted the following business: Heard status reports from the 2015 An- • nual Convention Planning Committee and Rules Committee. President-Elect Douglass Farnsley re- • ported that the Summer Board meet- ing will be held on Thursday through Saturday, July 16-18, 2015, in Bowling Green. President-Elect Douglass Farnsley re- • ported on the success of the Diversity & Inclusion Summit which was held on April 10 in Louisville and sponsored by the KBA, U of L Brandeis School of Law and the Louisville Bar Association. Farnsley reported that we received great feedback and that this event went a long way to overcome some at- tendees past feelings of being margin- alized. Plans are being discussed of having the summit at least every two years if not every year. Farnsley re- ported that the KBA YLD was nomi- nated for ABA recognition in conjunction with the Diversity & Inclu- sion Summit and has been selected as a finalist. Young Lawyers Division Chair (YLD) • Bradley Sayles reported on the recipi- ents of their awards that will be pre- sented at their luncheon during the annual convention, including the Nathaniel R. Harper Award which will be presented posthumously to Justice William E. McAnulty, Jr., Jennifer Brink- ley will be awarded the Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Christine de Briffault will receive the Young Lawyer Service to Community Award and Pro- fessor William H. Fortune will be awarded the Service to Young Lawyers Award. In addition the YLD awards sev- eral scholarships each year. The Ken- tucky Leadership Program scholarships will be awarded to Walt Robertson and David Wilson . Sayles reported that the YLD is in the process of selecting its bar scholarship award recipients, which will be one from each law school and one out of state. Vice President R. Michael Sullivan re- • ported that serious consideration is being given to holding the 2017 An- nual Convention in Owensboro. Sulli- van reported that there is a new convention center with two hotels. He also stated that there is a lot to offer in the area of enjoyment for the atten- dees. He advised that more informa- tion will be forthcoming. President William E. Johnson reviewed • the proposed resolutions submitted by DPA for consideration by the Board with regard to providing assistance in securing additional financing for the DPA. Johnson also discussed how over- worked the DPA attorneys are and the fact that they handle approximately 450 cases which brings the concern if they are providing due process of law to their clients. Following discussion, the proposed resolutions were passed to the June meeting for further review. Approved the reappointment of Mar- • garet E. Keane of Louisville and W. Douglas Myers of Hopkinsville as the Kentucky delegates to the ABA House of Delegates for their second two year term ending at the conclusion of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Approved the following appointments • and reappointments to the Attorneys' Advertising Commission: reappointed Kerry D. Smith of Paducah for a second three year term ending on June 30, 2018 as well as appointed Smith to serve as chair for one year expiring on June 30, 2016; appointed Andrea An- derson of Bowling Green and Sarah Lynch of Ft. Wright each for a three year term ending on June 30, 2018. Approved the submission of three • nominees to the Supreme Court of Kentucky for appointment of one per- son from each District to the CLE Com- mission for three year terms ending on June 30, 2018: 1 st Supreme Court Dis- trict – Samuel Joseph Wright of Padu- cah, Jason Franklin Darnall of Benton and Gerald Lynn Bell of Murray and in the 6 th Supreme Court District – David B. Sloan of Covington, Jacqueline Suzanne Wright of Maysville and Catherine Daphne Stavros of Florence. Approved the following appointments • and reappointments to the Clients' Se- curity Fund Board of Trustee: ap- pointed Frank Farris of Louisville to a three year term ending on June 30, 2018 and reappointed Justice Martin Johnstone of Louisville for a second three year term ending on June 30, 2018. Approved the following reappoint- • ments to the Kentucky Bar Foundation: 3 rd Supreme Court District – John Dou- glas Hubbard of Bardstown to a sec- ond three year term ending on June 30, 2018; 4 th Supreme Court District – Ekundayo "Dayo" Seton of Louisville for a second three year term ending on June 30, 2018 and 7 th Supreme Court District – R. Stephen McGinnis of Greenup to a second three year term ending on June 30, 2018. Executive Director John D. Meyers re- • ported that the Supreme Court ap- proved the KBA 2015-2016 Budget for the term of incoming President Dou- glass Farnsley on March 24, 2015. Approved the list of the 2015 Honorary • Members, pursuant to SCR 3.030(3) and Bylaw Section 2, who reached the age of 75 or have been admitted to the practice of law for 50 years. Meyers reported that the KBA website • is now online with much positive feed- back being received. He stated that work is still being finalized to incorpo- rate changes from the membership database and that currently both old and new programs are running parallel. Meyers reported that he and Director for CLE Mary Beth Cutter have a meet- ing scheduled with Digital Ignite who has been acquired by the Your Mem- bership company with whom the KBA is already working. The goal being for members to go on line to report CLE activity and get program accreditation. Meyers reported that the case manage- ment program is currently being con- figured and training has been scheduled with some Office of Bar Counsel staff and the Disciplinary Clerk. Meyers reported that one of the challenges in both programs has been converting the old data into a new for- mat and that has been done for the member database and work is still being done on the discipline database. Online target date is November. Meyers reported that the Kentucky Bar • Foundation/IOLTA Executive Search Committee has received 20 resumes and the committee has selected six in- dividuals to interview on June 2. Approved the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 • KBA staff salary schedule. 48 B&B; • 7.15 B A R N E W S SUMMARY OF MINUTES KBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING MAY 15, 2015