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1997 January Women's Bar Association Minutes, 1997 [1] (1997)

handle is hein.peggy/wbamtxes0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FINAL APPROVED MINUTES OF THE WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING JANUARY 21, 1997 The meeting was called to order at approximately 6:30 p.m. by President Nancy Long. Those present at the meeting included Ellen Berick, Nancy Long, Julie Heflin, Pat Apfelbaum, Mary Kate Whalen, Saundra Brown, Cory Amron, Martha McQuade, Sue Swiatek and WBA Executive Director Lora Pollari-Welbes. Tania Hanna, co-chair of the Women's Leadership Dinners, and Karyn Ryan, attended part of the meeting and spoke before the Board. I. MINUTES The Board minutes for December 17, 1996, were approved as amended. II. Women's Leadership Dinners (Tania Hanna) Tania Hanna, co-chair of the Women's LeadershipDinners, reported on the status of the Women's Leadership Dinners which will be held on March 19, 1997. Ann Bingaman has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker. After the general reception and Keynote speech, the event will be divided into nine separate dinner parties, each with a different area of legal practice, with 3-5 guest speakers at each dinner. Each dinner planner is responsible for getting attendance of at least 20 at their dinner. Additionally, Tania reported their intent to solicit smaller, boutique law firms for sponsorships. The Board approved the budget submitted for the WBA Women's Leadership dinners, as revised January 21, 1997. II. Proposed Intellectual Property Forum (Karyn Ryan) Karyn Ryan proposed the formation of an Intellectual Property Forum. She explained to the Board that such a Forum is needed because the issues involved in the practice of Intellectual Property law are not encompassed by any one existing Forum. She also pointed out that Washington, DC is the center for the United States Patent and Trademark Office and that an Intellectual Property Forum could be a good resource for membership recruitment.. Karyn further reported that a brown bag lunch has been scheduled for February 12, 1997, for a general round-table discussion on Intellectual Property practice. The lunch will be co-sponsored by the Tax & Business Forum. The Board suggested going forward with the planned brown bag lunch and subsequent planning meetings and then to report to the Board the extent of interest in an Intellectual Property

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