MINUTES
PARK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION
December 14, 2000

Members in attendance: Christina (Dasher) Miller, Barbara (Dancer) Sharp, Dwayne (Prancer) Vance, Mark (Vixen) Kozak, Joe (Comet) Tesch (who happened to pass through the room during the meeting not unlike a speeding Comet, and paused just long enough to note that he needed to call Judge Murphy), and Tassie (Cupid) Williams (we were a few people short of a full sleigh team, but of course we always seem to be a few cards shy of a full deck no matter how many people show up)

1. Christina gives Dwayne the skunk-eye and makes a point of announcing that she is now calling the meeting to order (of course she then proceeds with the meeting and completely spaces the approval of last meeting’s minutes, our fearless leader in action, but Dwayne decides the prudent course of action is to attempt to discern everyone’s intent with respect to the last meeting’s minutes even though the officers did not necessarily vote yes or no regarding approval, and with the help of some pregnant chad the minutes are approved by the narrowest of margins in spite of the fact that they lost the popular vote)

2. Discussion of Vice-President/President-Elect (fortunately this discussion involved Mike Katz rather than Gore and W)

a. Dwayne attempted to telephone Mike soon after the November meeting, but when that attempt was unsuccessful he put the matter on a back burner where it has been simmering ever since (everyone in attendance then fondly recalled and retold their favorite Mike Katz stories)

b. Christina then proposed that the Board appoint (recruit, draft, enslave, whatever it takes) a new Veep at the January meeting, and then at the next election a Vice-President and a new President will be elected (who may or may not be the interim Veep); nominations are strongly encouraged from all

3. Christina disingenuously asked Mark if there was anything new to report on tax returns; Mark gave her a deer in the headlights look and asked if that was his action item to follow-up on; Christina then begrudgingly acknowledged that she was supposed to have followed up on it after the last meeting, and then tried to save herself by noting that she had hoped Lade would be here today to shed further light on the topic

4. Report on Tuesday Night Bar by Bar-bar-a (is she a natural for this position or what?)

a. Sam Adams (the attorney, not the beer guy, although we will refrain from making any commentary on his social life) was a godsend and pretty much got thrown into the fire without much in the way of training or instruction

b. Sam is also going to recruit Doug Johnson from his office to start coming; Mark noted that he took a quick jaunt out-of-town and missed the last Bar, but he should be there next month; Dwayne noted that his schedule might change at the first of the year so he might be able to start attending (Barbara only rolled her eyes in the knowledge that people are no more likely to keep such commitments that they make this time of year than they are to stay on their diet for more than twenty-four hours or the first donut shop they pass, whichever comes first)

5. CLE report by Christina on behalf of Natalie

a. Tomorrow (Friday, December 15, 2000), from noon to one in the conference room of the Bellmarc Building, we are pleased to announce that Gerry D’Elia will be presenting a brown bag DUI CLE (we still are not quite sure how Christina managed to get Gerry to do this topic rather than Christina, but we are confident that all of the dirty details will come out in the upcoming congressional sub-committee hearings)

b. The Olympic Rentals CLE is currently scheduled for February 1, 2001, from 6-8 at the Jim Santy Auditorium (which is in the library, but the library doesn’t want us to advertise that it is at the library because they don’t want people parking at the library, which begs the question what kind of idiots are going to attend that can find their way to the Jim Santy auditorium which is located in the library but not actually realize that they are in the library when they are in the Jim Santy auditorium?)

i. There is a $110 charge to reserve the auditorium; Mark is all over it and will see that it gets paid

ii. The library said they can’t provide microphones, so we will need our own audio set-up; Christina said her man Trevor has a buddy who can handle it

iii. The library won’t let us have refreshments, notwithstanding the fact that the Park City Film Series is allowed to have refreshments at their screenings in the auditorium; Dwayne is going to talk to Frank Normile to see if he can right this injustice and blatant discrimination

iv. Attorneys will be free so there will be no payment to the State Bar; general public will be charged $5 a head (regardless of the condition of the head)

v. The panel will consist of (let me warn you in advance, I am guessing regarding the spelling of most of these names): Craig Cooper (insurance guy); Chip Higgins (CPA guy); Kent Shlopey (Coldwell Banker guy); Dave Johnson (attorney guy); and someone from SLOC (which may be a guy or a gal, we’re not sure)

vi. Christina (read Tassie) will inquire into the cost of a newspaper ad to run after the first of the year; we (read Tassie) will also get KPCW to do some public service announcements, and get it put on the community calendar in the newspaper, on Channel 8 and the Park City website; perhaps SLOC could help us out with some advertising

c. Mark suggests that we ask Doug Johnson to do a brown bag CLE on water law, which suggestion was warmly received by all (this actually came up later in the meeting, but I don’t necessarily feel bound by time or any other constraints in preparing minutes); Christina will have Natalie follow-up with Doug

6. Discussion of CLE & Ski

a. Christina regales everyone with tales of the adventures she and Tassie had in dealing with The Canyons regarding the reservations

b. Discussion of holding it on March 9 vs. March 16

i. March 16 is the State Bar mid-year convention in St. George (just found out yesterday)

ii. Larry Fox can make it on either the 9th or the 16th, but he hasn’t let us know which one; Judge Kozinski can only make it on the 16th, and we think he will be a better draw

iii. Judge Hilder is available either date; Judge Campbell is available either date; Judge Orme is available on the 9th, but isn’t sure about the 16th; we are still waiting to hear back from Judge Durham; Judge Murphy is in Denver on both dates, but Joe is trying to talk him in to flying back Thursday night on the 15th for the CLE—if Judge Murphy isn’t available, perhaps we could get Monroe McKay (Barbara noted that Judge Orme was McKay’s first law clerk after he was appointed)

iv. Mike Zimmerman is going to get back to us about the 16th—he was very inquisitive as to whether Michael Murphy would be there

v. We are going to try to do it on the 16th, but if we can’t field a panel then we may have to go back to the 9th

vi. If we can get our panel finalized in the next week or so, we will send out another “save the date” fax to everyone, and specifically note the judges who will be participating

c. Christina also noted that she had talked to Charles Gruber with the State Bar Office of Professional Discipline who fields most of the ethics questions for the Bar, and asked him if he would be interested in being on the panel, and if he could give us some hypotheticals that are representative of the most frequently asked ethics questions; it was agreed that Charles Gruber would be on the panel bringing the total to five; Christina will confirm with him

d. Christina noted that Kozinski offered to fly coach, and then use his own frequent flyer miles to upgrade, and was happy to stay at The Canyons; in contrast to Larry Fox who insists on being flown first class and insists on staying at Deer Valley—we are not trying to pick on Larry Fox, we love him dearly and he has done a fabulous job for us these past few years, but from a dollars and sense (no sic) standpoint Kozinski is very attractive (and I understand he is not a bad looking man either)

e. Christina also noted that Kozinski was planning on bringing his son with him, so perhaps the PC Bar could pay for his son’s flight since it would be a coach ticket, and everyone agreed; Christina also noted that we currently aren’t able to put Kozinski up in TV&M’s condo at the Grand Summit Lodge (although that may change by March), but we can put him up in a room at the Sun Dial Lodge for about $50 a night; Christina also explained that all officers would be invited to go to dinner with Kozinski while he was in town

f. Registration will begin at 8:30 (half hour later than previous years); CLE will be from 9:00 to 11:30 (no breaks, we can get 3.0 hours CLE for 2.5 hours of attendance—only in America!); people can then eat lunch at their leisure, but they would have a full hour from 11:30 to 12:30 before they could hit the slopes with their half-day ski pass (beginning at 12:30)

g. Reception will be 4:00 to 6:00; probably do it in upstairs bar with beautiful views rather than in dark, albeit somewhat private, room downstairs; because we will have an open bar, we will need to be able to distinguish Bar members from the general public (apparently the “Hello, My Name Is” tags aren’t a workable solution; however, Barbara does have a somewhat appropriate stamp we can use to stamp people’s hands that depicts a skiing hot dog)

h. In the past Keybank has sponsored the reception with a $2,500 donation; Keybank has gone through some restructuring in the past year, and this next week they are having a committee review whether to sponsor us again this year; Christina has contacted Frontier Bank and some other local banks as back ups; Dwayne will also contact David Matthews who might be interested in sponsoring through one of his business ventures; sponsor gets almost a full page in our program, a large sign at the reception, as well as various stand-up cards advertising the sponsor scattered around the room at the reception

i. Joe will sponsor the breakfast again with a $500 donation (although he may not realize it yet)

j. Christina has talked to Gordon Strachan about sponsoring the lunch again with a $500 donation, but he hasn’t committed yet; Mark said he will step up to the plate and sponsor the lunch

k. We may have valet parking included as part of the price—Christina will let us know more next meeting

l. Price will be same as previous years, $150 for members, $175 for non-members; Christina says she thinks that will cover everything because the ski passes are a little cheaper; people can get extra half-day passes for $39 each, and extra gondola tickets for $10 each, by contacting Tassie when they register

m. Rather than handwritten invitations to all judges (which will take a lot of time and work, and we don’t want them to get the impression we are comping every judge we invite), we are going to create a form letter that will be addressed to each individual judge inviting them to attend and referring them to the enclosed standard mailer with the prices, etc.; similar invitations will go to all bar commissioners, as well as deans of the local law schools and professors who teach ethics (if Kozinski comes, Dwayne needs to remember to send invitation to Jim Gordon at BYU)

7. Discussion of Winter Social

a. We will try to have it in late January

b. Suggestions for something other than the traditional go get a drink at a bar were solicited; perhaps we could do something at Park City Mountain Resort that would include sleigh rides, etc., and have a family friendly event that attorneys could bring their families to; Christina will look into it

8. Discussion of website tabled until next meeting (nevertheless, a discussion, albeit brief, was then held regarding the website)

a. Christina is putting the finishing touches on an introductory letter for the homepage, and the website should be up and running within the next week or so

b. Dwayne has always wanted to have his picture on the web, and suggested that pictures of all officers be included on the website; Christina instructed all officers (even those who were absent) to submit a picture to Lade for the website

c. Hopefully Lade can give us a full report at the next meeting (got that Lade?)

9. Christina talked to Shauna Kerr about attending one of our meetings; she wasn’t able to attend this time, but hopefully she can make it in January; we can then discuss with her the possibility of having Summit County Ordinances available on-line, and see if anything can be done about the lights at the 2001 Space Odyssey Winter Sports Park

10. Mark then gave his Treasurer’s report, and noted a few insubstantial changes in the finances, none of which met the threshold for materiality which has been arbitrarily established by Dwayne that would require disclosure in the minutes

11. Christina then smugly looked at Dwayne and asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting; Barbara jumped at the opportunity to sponsor such a motion (we will bill her later for the requisite fee for such a sponsorship), Mark quickly chimed in with a second, and everyone voted in favor of it (of course Christina is still oblivious to the fact that she zoned out on last month’s minutes)

The meeting was thereafter adjourned

Dwayne Vance, Secretary