Board of Directors Meeting
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| Members present: |
Catherine L. Blakley |
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| Members absent: |
John Row |
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| Staff present: |
Trudy Pope Clayton Taylor Jerry Hemry |
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| Guests present: |
Barry Schmulbach Owen L. Harper Glenda Mittasch Sheryl Maggard |
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Welcome: Catherine welcomed the members and guests. The meeting was called to order at 1:30pm. |
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| Minutes: The minutes were presented. | |
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Motion: Approve minutes as presented. The motion was made and seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Passed |
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Past President's Report: No report |
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Vice President's Report: Chaney reported that the member information form is ready to be sent to Trudy for distribution to the membership in order to update files for the new directory. The form will also be placed on the website. The goal for distribution of the new directory is the 2009 Owners/Managers meeting. Sue Ann suggested that the member update form go out every year along with the dues notices. |
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President Elect's Report: — Mary Ann reported on the Owners/Managers meeting scheduled for Feb. 18. The speakers and outline are ready. Invitations to Legislators went out on Tuesday. Discussed items to be handed out to Legislators. Registration cost is up $5.00 from last year due to cost of food. Sponsors will be solicited for the Legislative Reception. |
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Motion: $3,000 to handle expenses for the Legislative Reception to supplement the $2,500 that Okie TiPAC will pay. The motion was made and seconded. Discussion was held. Vote: Passed |
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— She advised that the Oklahoma Insurance Department is holding an open house on January 24. — She and Trudy are working on the 2009 convention -The Skirvin will block rooms for $159.00. Exact convention dates are not set at this time. |
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Treasurer's Report: The Treasurer's report was presented. |
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Motion: Approve report as presented. The motion was made and seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Passed |
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General Counsel's Report: No report |
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Executive Secretary's Report: — Discussed that 2nd dues notices will be sent out February 1. — Trudy handed out convention registration forms for the Board to review — Trudy will put together cost details for the convention and get with Catherine in order to make a decision on the registration fee. |
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Committee Reports: → Education — Basic Closing 101 will be videotaped but will not have CE credit for the live course only for those watching it by DVD. This is to allow those who need the class to have the best access. — Guidelines have been set up for members who are not required to pay the fee for a school: 1) instructor for the school; 2) member of the subcommittee presenting school; 3) volunteer from the Education Committee assisting with school. CE credit will only be given for the actual hours attended. — Catherine reported that the OAB is working on revising the abstractors' test and will administer the test on March 12 following the Basic Abstractors School. → Public Relations — A Public Relations committee will be held at a date prior to the Owners/Managers Meeting to discuss the Title Industry Consumer Initiative and Principles of Fair Conduct and how to assist companies in adopting and implementing. — Catherine reported that any individual companies who have adopted the Principles of Fair Conduct may send their information to Ed Miller at ALTa (ed@alta.org) to be added to the list being maintained by ALTA. — 36 history books are left over and they will be brought to upcoming meetings for purchase. → Membership — The Membership Committee will be updating the membership applications. They will include all categories as outlined in the Bylaws, will include all information being requested on the Membership Information form, and will include a commitment to the Principles of Fair Conduct. → Long Range Planning — No report → Legislative — Clayton reported that the deadline for putting language in a bill was today. — The OAR has a bill filed which currently doesnąt include language. He will meet with Charla Slabotsky to discuss the bill. — Clayton reported that the OAB now has space in Shepherd Mall. — The first Legislative Tracking Report of the session should be ready to send out early next week. — Clayton reported that all $2,000 tables for the Speakers Ball are sold. If we wish to attend there are other higher priced tables to choose from. — January is a good time for political contributions prior to the start of the legislative session. Clayton and his staff are attending fundraisers. — Sue Ann advised that the County Clerk's association may file legislation concerning the sale of online records. Clayton will watch for the bill and keep us apprised. → Research — See the Uniformity Committee report. → Uniformity Committee — Catherine provided information on the OAB's new contact information. — The Rules and Regulations sub-committee of the OAB requested members of the OLTA Research Committee to provide input on their proposed emergency rules. The Research Committee met on the morning of January 10 to discuss the rules. That afternoon, at the request of the OAB, a few Research Committee members attended the Rules and Regulations sub-committee meeting. The sub-committee is currently working on Draft 3 and will solicit additional input from Research Committee members. — Catherine will send out an OAB update to the entire OLTA membership in the next couple of days. — The next meeting of the OAB will be Tuesday, Feb. 5 @ 10:00 A.M. Emergency rules will hopefully be adopted and sent to the Governor for approval. Title 5 will be where the new rules are located. President's Report: — Jennifer Burchett with the OID did respond that they had received our formal response to their suggested Omnibus Bill and rule changes. She was to have emailed a new version on January 7, but it has not yet been received. |
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Old Business: — Barry Schmulbach discovered some immaterial errors in the Bylaws amendments that were distributed to the members earlier this month. |
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Motion: Accept corrected bylaws amendments as presented and forward amendments to the members no later than Friday afternoon. The motion was made and seconded. Discussion: None Vote: Passed |
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New Business: None |
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Because of the Owners/Managers Meeting in February, there will be no formal OLTA Board meeting. The next meeting will be held at 1:30 pm on March 20 at FirsTitle in Tulsa. |
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Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Danita Francis, Acting Secretary |
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