Meeting Minutes - September 19, 2008
Minutes of the Virginia State Bar
Real Property Section
Board of Governors
Charlottesville, Virginia
AGENDA
Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar
Fall Meeting
of the Board of Governors and Area Representatives
Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 10:00 AM
The Virginia CLE Office <> 105 Whitewood Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901
I. Welcome / Introductions ~ Howard
II. Offering for Approval and Adoption: Minutes from the June 20, 2008, Annual Meeting ~ Howard [draft copy sent 09/14/08]
III. Financial Report ~ Howard
IV. New Area Representative(s) <> Nomination and election. Appointment(s) to Standing Committees.
V. Future Seminars ~ Kern
a. Advanced Real Estate Seminar
b. Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar
c. Annual Meeting
VI. Unfinished Business
a. Legal Writing Contest: is it to continue?
b. Directive Letter of Chief Justice Hassell
c. Items from the floor
VII. New Business
a. Draft “Board and Area Representative Handbook” ~ authored by Larry J. McElwain, Esq., and Joseph M. Cochran, Esq.; presentation by McElwain [draft copy sent 09/14/08]
b. Items from the floor
c. Standing Subcommittee Reports:
(1) Membership
(2) Fee Simple
(3) Technology
(4) Programs
d. Substantive Subcommittee Reports:
(1) Commercial Real Estate
(2) Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
(3) Eminent Domain
(4) Ethics
(5) Land Use and Environmental
(6) Residential Real Estate
(7) Title Insurance
Note: A planning Meeting for next Annual Advanced Real Estate Seminar and the next Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar will follow adjournment of Section meeting. This will be a working lunch meeting and is open to all attendees.