Board of Directors Meeting
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| Members present: |
Catherine L. Blakley |
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Members absent: |
Todd Humphrey Marty Askins Karen Burnette |
| Staff present: |
Trudy Pope Clayton Taylor |
| Guests present: |
Barry Schmulback Owen L. Harper Charles Nichols |
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Welcome: President Catherine Blakely welcomed the members and guests, and the meeting was called to order at 1:30 pm. |
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| Minutes: The minutes were presented and a correction was made to the Executive Director's report from July 6. | |
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Motion: Approve minutes as corrected. 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 the Regional Meetings are scheduled for the following dates. The meetings will all begin at 6:00 pm with a social hour. Chaney and Randy are working on a Golf Tournament for September 26th. More information will be provided later. September 11 Woodward September 12 Lawton September 17 Tulsa September 18 Stillwater September 25 McAlester September 26 Guthrie |
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Treasurer's Report: The final 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 Director's Report: — Trudy gave a report on the Summer Meeting. — Trudy suggested that the affidavit for the CE videos be placed on-line. Trudy was asked to work with the Webmaster to accomplish this. |
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Committee Reports: → Education — The Basic Abstractor's School will be held September 11 at OSU/OKC. It has been submitted to the OID and Bar Association for approval. — Due to time factors with regard to OID approval, the Basic Closing School to be held this fall on October 25 will not offer any CE. The course will be submitted in time to have credit available for the March offering. — The Basic Abstractors School will be held January 22nd and 23rd at OSU/OKC. — The Owners/Managers Meeting will be held on President's Day, February 18th, at the Oklahoma History Center. — Basic Closing (repeat of the October school with approved CE) and Advanced Closing schools will be held March 5th at OSU/Tulsa. — Convention CE during the convention April 3 - 5th. — We are still working with the OID to obtain clarification for the new rules effective July 1 including the elective hours requirement, the pre-licensing requirement and the provisional license. — So that our CE offerings are made available to all licensed title insurance agents in the state, regardless of whether or not their company is a member of OLTA, class information will be forwarded to the agency representatives of all title insurance underwriters for distribution to their agents and agencies → Public Relations — No report. → Membership — Chaney is trying to garner enough assistance from the committee to proceed with revamping the membership book. → Legislative — Clayton discussed the process the Governor's office is taking with regard to appointments to the Oklahoma Board of Abstractors. Although they have asked for our input, they are not releasing the names and districts for those who have applied. Clayton will continue a dialog with them. — Following the Board meeting today, Board and Legislative Committee leadership will meet with representatives of the State Auditor and Inspector's office to discuss any assistance that the OLTA might provide during the transition from the SA&I to the new Board. Although he had planned to do so, Jeff will not be able to attend the meeting due to the death of his mother a few days ago. — Clayton discussed a new rule passed by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission that went into effect July 1st related to the "aggregating and reporting" of lobbyists' expenditures on elected officials. The State Chamber is organizing an effort to retain two of the state's most respected Ethics Attorney to take the lead in working with the State Ethics Commission to obtain a formal "interpretation" of the new rule that would become effective in September and are asking organizations and companies to contribute a minimum of $1,000 to the effort. The Board discussed the matter and requested that the Legislative Committee review the matter. → Research — No report. President's Report: — The Board discussed and determined that it would be best for the Vice President of the Board to be responsible for the Summer Meetings for the two years following his/her year of election. Each year the new Vice President will take over the meeting for the following year, which is already in progress, and begin work on the one that is two years out. This will allow a greater choice of facilities. — Part of the ALTA Convention in October will be donations of time and money for the building of a Habitat for Humanity home. Catherine asked if the Board felt we should try doing something as an OLTA GROUP or allow each OLTA member attending the convention to make their own decision. The Board requested that Catherine obtain additional information with regard to expectations. — There will be a meeting which includes all state association officers and executives held on Wednesday, October 10 during the ALTA Convention. President Elect's Report: — Mary Ann has set up the Pay Pal account with her personal credit card. |
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Old Business: None |
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New Business: — Catherine discussed issues that have arisen with various County Clerks in the state with regard to abstract companies posting their records on the Internet for sale. |
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Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 2:51 p.m. The next Board meeting is tentatively scheduled for September 17 prior to the Regional Meeting in Tulsa. Catherine will confirm a time and location with Karen Burnette and will notify the Board. Respectfully submitted, John Row, OLTA Secretary |
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