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5 Urb. St. & Loc. L. Newsl. 1 (1981-1982)

handle is hein.journals/stlolane20 and id is 1 raw text is: American Ba! Association Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1981 A Letter to the Members of tho Section From Our Chairman, Joe Johnson I take the opportunity afforded by the publication of the first issue of the Newsletter in the 1981-82 ABA year to welcome each of yo. to the work of the Section this year, to bring you up-to-date on certain of its activities and plans and to an- swer certain questions that have from time to time been asked about Section work. Joe Johnson Becoming Active in the Section Section members have, from time to time, asked such ques- ions as: How does one become active in the Section? How does one become a chairman or vice-chairman of a standing committee? How does one become a member of the Council or an officer of the Section? The answers are fairly straight- forward and simple. The chairmen and vicechairmen of all standing committees are appointed by the Section officer who is then in charge of committee work. For the current (1981-82) and the next suc- ceeding ABA year (1982-83) that person is our current Section Vice-Chairman, Pat Falvey of New York City. He will appoint the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the standing committees for the 1982-83 and 1983-84 ABA years. Under current ABA procedures those appointments are required to be effectively finalized in the late spring of the preceding ABA year. Thus, final decisions on next year's committee officers will be made in the late spring of 1982, although formal notification usually does not go out until some time later. During the last several years it has been the general-though not invariable-practice for the chairmen and vice-chairmen of standing committees to be appointed from the membership of the committee in question, based upon, among other things, (a) the individual's activity in the affaics of the committee, (b) the recommendations of the then current committee chair- man and other interested Section members, (c) attendance at annual and midyear meetings, etc. We recognize that, in years past, committee members did not have much opportunity to become active in the work of their committees. However, because of increased interest in committee work, as well as a new Council requirement that all committees having more than ten members be divided into two or more subcommittecs, we believe that recently our committees have been functioning more actively in the manner of true committees and that com- mittee members should have ample opportunity to participate fully in the work of their committees.' Further, current Council policy provides that (except in unusual circumstances) no chairman of a standing committee may serve for more than three consecutive years. This policy obviously necessitates frequent rotation in commitee chairmanships. In short, if yoU wish to be considered for the chairmanship or vice-chairmanship of a standing committee, become active in the work of your particular committee, attend its meetings (if any), attend annual and midyear meetings of the Section and other Section functions, hoth business and social, and thereby make yourself known to Secdon Officers and Council mem. bers. Insofar as becoming an officer of the Section or a member of its Council is concerned, I would offer substantially the same advice. While nominations for Section Officers and Council memberships are made annually by a nominating committee, past experience indicates that the various nominating commit- tees have taken into account the criteria mentioned above in making nominations. Almost invariably, new Section Officers and new Council members have been recommended by the nominating committee based on their activity in the Section and in its committees. Publications Committee This brings me to the necessity of finding interested Section members to staff a new Publications Committee that I, upon the recommendation of the other Section Officers, have de- cided to appoint. It will be the function and duty of the Publica- tions Committee, which will probably be broken down into two or more subcommittes, to act as a board of overseers or board of editors for The Urban Lawyer, as well as to undertake a more extensive publication program for the Section generally. As you know, many ABA sections publish pamphlets and soft- back books on substantive subjects within their jurisdiction. All this requires work and time-arranging for authors and/or committees to write and edit the material, setting up budgets and working with the publications people at ABA headquarters in order to assure that the publication reaches those for whom It is intended and can be marketed without financial loss to the Section and hopefully at a small profit. I solicit your applica- (continued on next page) .if you do not think the standing committee to which you have been appointed is functioning properly or that you are not being given appro- priate opportunity to work, I urgo that you contact Vice.Chairman Falvey or me. Your communications will be handled with discretion. Copyright Q 1981 American Bar Association Produced by the ABA Press

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