Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for August 17, 2006

Members present:

Danita Francis
Mary Ann Nelson
Laura Dishman
Ken McDowell
Chaney Haynes
Todd Humphrey

Members absent:

Catherine L. Blakley
Lisa Sparks
Randy Dittmann
Tracy Row

Staff present: Jerry Hemry
Kay Bibens

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

Minutes: The minutes were presented.

  Motion: Approve minutes as presented
Made by: Ken McDowell
Second by: Chaney Haynes
Vote: Passed

Past President's Report: None

Vice President's Report:
—The email list is done and is ready for use. It's an Excel spreadsheet and includes Member Name, Contact, Mailing Address, County, Type of Member, Phone, Fax, Email. As Catherine and Danita complete the member visits, physical addresses will be added to the list as well. It will be housed and maintained by the OLTA office. If anyone on the committee or on the board needs the list, they should contact Jan or Kay.

—Catherine has requested that both the Active and Associate Membership applications be amended as shown below. The primary contact would be included on the Treasurer's list of members. The primary contact and all additional contacts would be included on the OLTA Membership Mail/Email List. Neither of the applications now have a space for phone/fax numbers.

Company/Applicant Name:_____________________________
Physical Address:____________________________________
Mailing Address:_____________________________________
Phone Number:______________________________________
Fax Number:________________________________________
Primary Contact Name:________________________________
Primary Contact Email:________________________________

Additional Names/Email addresses to be added to the mailing/email list
Name:                              Email:
____________________   ______________________
____________________   ______________________

—We have signed a contract with Quartz Mountain Resort to reserve July 6th & 7th for the 2007 Summer Meeting.

Treasurer's Report: The Treasurer's report was presented.
  Motion: Approve report as presented
Made by: chaney Haynes
Second by: Ken McDowell
Discussion: None
Vote: Passed

General Counsel's Report: Jerry gave an update on the America First case.

Executive Director's Report:
—Kay reported that the Title Gram will go to print this week. It will be the last printed edition. It will also be sent out electronically.

—The OLTA office is working with Sue on the Regional Meetings and will coordinate the dates and times with the State Auditor's office and the State Insurance Department.

—Glenda and Jan will meet to transfer over the handling of the accounting of the PAC funds.

Committee Reports:

→ Education —
Spring School 2007 is changing locations from Reed Center to OSU/OKC.

Public Relations/Membership
— The committee is planning on hiring Norman Transcript for the History Book. Fifty percent of members must submit information in order to complete the book. The committee will meet again on the 30th.
— The committee is still checking with local colleges/universities on pricing for the creation of a commercial and for other marketing opportunities.

Legislative
—Receptions for Jeff McMahan will be held on August 24th (hosted by Todd in his Enid office) and on Sept. 12th (held in Chaney's Yukon office and hosted by Chaney and Mark Bilbrey).
— The Legislative Committee/Okie TiPAC Committee will be working with us to host legislative receptions on September 28th (at Cedar Rock Inn in Tulsa following our board meeting/legislative training session) and on February 19th (at Oklahoma History Center following our 2007 Owners/Managers Meeting).

Research — None

President's Report:
—Danita and Catherine are in the process of completing member visits. If time permits, they will also visit non-members.
—Danita received a call from the State Insurance Department stating our contact person for agent licensing has been moved to Jan Sinn. Katie Johnson in the Insurance Department has been sending courses to Danita for review.
—The Research Committee is working on hand-outs to be distributed at the Regional Meetings.
—We have signed the contract with the Sheridan/OKC for the 2007 Annual Convention. The Convention Committee will meet Sept. 11th at 2:00 p.m.

Old Business: None

New Business: None

Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 2:41 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Laura Dishman, OLTA Secretary