Executive Committee Meeting Minutes July 2009

Minutes
Technology Law Section Executive Committee
July 17, 2009

Attendees: Chuck Ross, Ben Young, Steve Combs, Bob Neufeld, David Keating, Brett Lockwood, Mari Myer, Jim Harvey, Warren Thomas , Sarah Shalf, and Melissa Yost (by phone).

1.   Meeting called to order at 7:32 am

2.   Welcome – Chuck Ross

3.   Regular Agenda Items

–The EC welcomed Warren Thomas, the Section’s new law school liaison

–Mari announced her new practice and there was discussion of adding an announcement to the website.

–Section finances remain steady with a slight loss due to the Braves game expense. Some of the losses were regained through good attendance at the Section’s annual meeting. The Section also made a 10% contribution to the Bar’s Legal Foundation in response to the Bar’s request for assistance from all Sections.

–The EC discussed having a membership drive with various events, such as the Braves game and law school events. The Section also needs to review renewals from this year’s bar dues renewal notices.

–Steve gave a summary of the Annual Meeting, including the good attendance and positive feedback.

–Ben gave a summary of the Braves Game event with 40 people attending and plenty of excitement in the later innings.

–Ben discussed reviewing the current EC members for participation going forward.

– Steve will work on updating EC bios for the website. There was a discussion of including client alerts from various forms on the website. Steve will check with the Bar with respect to displaying advertising on the site.

–Steve and Brett set a date in mid August to discuss the next overall of the website design and journal formats. We may go to 2 major releases per year. The EC agreed we should start using year and volume numbers for the numbering scheme.

–The Legends of IP dinner organizers were granted permission by Chuck to use the Section’s email list.

–Chuck Ross provided an update on the Technology Law Institute.  Chuck will finalize topics late August; finalize materials late September. The event will run from 830am to 530pm.  1/2 hour lunch then David Dempsey as keynote. it will be a box lunch, not a sit-down lunch. Chuck will try to obtain one professional hour for David Dempsey lunch. ICLE will sponsor; email out announcements and do the electronic registration. A reception will be onsite. Steve will contact Merril (eDiscovery vendor) to see if they want to set up a table in exchange for a $500 sponsorship fee.

–The EC was contacted to offer ideas on possible legislation needed in Georgia. The EC discussed possible areas such as data breach legislation, adoption of UETA, etc. The EC decided that coming up with a formal position of the Section would be difficult given competing interests.

–The Section will do the Fall/Winter Meeting Planning after TLI.

4.         Meeting adjourned at 8:36 am

5.         Next Meeting Date/Location – August 14 at Troutman Sanders.