Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for May 17, 2007

Members present:

Catherine L. Blakley
Danita Francis
Mary Ann Nelson
Chaney Haynes
John Row
Randy Dittmann
Marty Askins
Sue Ann Loggains
Karen Burnette

Members absent:

Todd Humphrey
Laura Dishman

Staff present: Jerry Hemry
Sandy Ruble

Guests present: Owen Harper
Tracy Row

Welcome: President Catherine Blakley welcomed the members and guests, and the meeting was called to order at 1:30 pm.

Minutes: The minutes for April 12, April 14, April 23 and May 7 were presented.
  Motion: Approve minutes as presented.
The motion was made and seconded.
Discussion: None
Vote: Passed

Past President's Report: The Budget Committee will meet June 4th.

Vice President's Report:
—Chaney reported on the PREP (Property Records Education Partners) group from Oklahoma City. Karen mentioned that there is also a Tulsa group, and a representative from her company attends.

Treasurer's Report:
— The Treasurer's report was presented.
  Motion: Approve report as presented.
The motion was made and seconded.
Discussion: None
Vote: Passed
—An Associate member application was presented for David Dryer, a title examiner.
  Motion: Approve application as presented
The motion was made and seconded.
Discussion: None
Vote: Passed

General Counsel's Report: : No report.

Executive Director's Report:
—Sircon is the new system utilized by the Oklahoma Insurance Department. There will be a demo of the system at the Summer Meeting.
—We received a letter from the Arkansas president on how good our convention was.
—The database for the OLTA membership is coming together.
—Sandy is currently working on the TitleGram.
—The planning for the Summer Meeting is mostly complete. Sandy distributed a sample of the registration brochure for the Summer Meeting. It will be available on the website shortly and will be emailed and faxed to all members.
—They are still working with Jim Turner to get Pay Pal working.

Committee Reports:
→ Education:
— The committee met this morning, assigned chairs for the upcoming schools, and scheduled tentative dates.

Public Relations/Membership: — Catherine presented a question raised by Donna Schmulbach with regard to how many history books to purchase. The Board agreed with Donna's suggestion of ordering 200 hard cover books.

Research — No report.

Legislative — Tracy Row and Catherine Blakley gave an update on SB 909.

Research — — See Legislative Committee report.

President's Report::
— Catherine and Owen attended the New Mexico convention.
— A convention-planning meeting for our 2008 convention will be held immediately following this Board meeting.

Old Business: None

New Business: — Karen presented a letter from the OAR regarding HB 3009 that they will be including in their next newsletter.

Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 2:21 p.m. The Next meeting will be 7-6-2007 at the Summer Meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

John Row, OLTA Secretary