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Dateline West Michigan
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Archived Dateline West Michigan (fka The Transcript) – June 2001 June 14, 2001
June Membership Meeting
Guest Speaker
Frederick D. Dilley, Esq., President Grand Rapids Bar Association
Topic: What our two associations can do in terms of helping each other.
Location: Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge, Plaza Level
Time: 12:00 Noon
Cost: $10.00*
Members and Non-Members
Reservation Deadline: June 8, 2001
*Each boxed lunch will contain a selection from the following: Choice of sandwich: Carved turkey, Turkey salad or Vegetarian Choice of bread: White or wheat Choice of two (2) sides: Fresh fruit cup, pasta salad, fudge nut brownie Choice of 1 beverage: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite or Iced tea Send your reservation & menu choice, along with your check made payable to NALS of West Michigan to: Lisa
M. Green Coming soon….July 19
You can look forward
to a Power Point presentation by two premier labor lawyers - Phil A. Wood
and Greg Palmer. Topic:
sexual harassment Watch here for further
information! From your President-Elect: The NALS of West Michigan Executive Board is starting to plan the Fall Seminar Series and is looking for suggestions from the membership. If you have any topics you would like to see covered in upcoming legal ed or membership meetings, please forward those ideas to me or any member of the board. Thanks!
President's Report June 2001
Cynthia J. Root, PLS Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge 250 Monroe Ave. NW, Ste. 200 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 458-5438
Can you believe it’s June?! Where has the time gone? I
hope each of you had an opportunity to attend the NALS of Michigan 40th
Annual Meeting and Educational Conference held at the Amway Grand Plaza.
The speakers on Friday were excellent and business on Saturday went
without a hitch. State officers
elected for the 2001-2002 year are as follows: President
Beverly L. Points, PLS President-elect: Marion R. Stone, PLS 1st
Vice President: Sherri J. Bowden,
PLS 2nd
Vice President: Robert A. Rineman Secretary:
Nancy M. Comfort Treasurer:
Kathy Ann Blunck Parliamentarian:
Karen N. Shively, PLS, CLA Immediate
Past President: Carole M.
Schneider, PLS You
should recognize two very familiar names on this list--please take the time to
congratulate Sherri and Karen the next time you see them! The
only mailing I have received from NALS to date is the April edition of Leading
the Way. A copy will be
available at the June meeting for you to look at along with a sign-up sheet for
copies. Law
Day was wonderful! Many many thanks
to Ruth Dillon and Patsy Hooker, PLS, for
sharing this committee this year. Judge
Benson was great, even if he did tell the Blue Room story. Mark
your calendars for July 19. NALS of
West Michigan will be offering a seminar regarding sexual harassment.
One or two little details are being worked out yet, but all of the
information should be available at our June 14 meeting.
Please plan to come. This
seminar will be for both members and non-members—invite someone to come with
you! Complete details will be sent
to your firm reps. If you have not received it by June 15, please let me know. The
Region 3 meeting is coming up fast. It
will be held on July 27-29, 2001. Registration
is $65 and the room rates are $39. In
addition to a tour of the Cook facility on Friday and the seminars offered on
Saturday, the PLS exam will be offered on Sunday.
Those of you who are missing some of the sections or plan to take the
exam in September, you may want to reconsider and sign up for this session.
It will be the last time the PLS exam will be given using Irwin as a
reference. Beginning in September,
Gregg will be the standard. If you
have not yet received a registration form, please contact your firm rep. As
many of you know, Pat VanHemert is recovering from back surgery.
Please remember to put in a good word for her.
She will be out until the end of June.
Her phone number and address are available for those of you who would
like to call, stop by or send a card. If
you call or stop by, give her extra time to respond.
Remember, she’s movin’ slow. Sadly
I have to tell you that Marguerite Milanowski passed away.
She was a member of our chapter years ago, and received the honor of
Legal Secretary of the Year. I
realize that many of our current members did not know Marguerite.
I have to admit that I didn’t know her but I knew who she was. Many of you will remember her as the older lady in a
wheelchair who has consistently attended our Awards Night with her son.
Flowers and a card have been sent on behalf of our chapter and a little
something will be missing from this year’s Awards Night.
Many thanks to Gena Rinckey, PLS, for ordering flowers and to Linda
McCullough, ALS, for sending a card. If
you would like to contribute money towards the flowers, it would be greatly
appreciated. You may do so at the June meeting or by contacting Gena
Rinckey or me. I’m
certain you’ve noticed my frequent instruction to contact your firm rep.
Your firm rep is your liaison between you and the board.
That doesn’t mean you can’t communicate with board members, it just
means that it is your firm rep’s job to make sure all information you have is
current and up to date. Yet another
item you will be receiving from your firm rep is the monthly finance report.
You should have that well ahead of any monthly meeting.
And to all of you who serve as firm reps, if you’re not getting the
information you need, speak up. That’s
definitely something your board needs to know!
Cynthia J. Root, PLS; President croot@shrr.com
President-Elect's Report May 2001
Lynn D. Philp, PLS Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 111 Lyon St. NW, Ste. 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503
I just wanted to let you all know that I'm still working on my report from the Professional Development Conference in Tulsa this past March. I've been a bit busy preparing for the 2001 Annual Meeting and Educational Conference slated for May 3-6, 2001, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. It's not too late to register! If you have any questions or concerns regarding anything about the chapter, please do not hesitate to contact me. And I promise my next report will be a lot longer!!!
Lynn D. Philp, PLS; President-Elect schultld@wnj.com
Vice-President's Report June 2001
Secretary's Report June 2001
Lisa M. Green BDO Seidman
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
NALS of Michigan 40th
Annual Meeting and Educational Conference I had the pleasure to attend and participate in the NALS of Michigan 40th Annual Meeting and Educational Conference May 3 – 6, 2001. It was my first time attending this amazing weekend event, and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it! I received a First Timer’s welcome Friday morning at a continental breakfast with Carole Schneider. I assisted with hosting the Exhibitor’s Luncheon Friday afternoon, and I attended an excellent NEI seminar all day Friday hosted by Julie Settimo and Charlyn Brown. On Saturday I sat through the business meeting as an alternate delegate, and learned a good deal about the business of NALS of Michigan. I attended the Saturday banquet and installation of NALS of Michigan offers for 2001/02, and the Sunday brunch. It was an inspiring and motivating weekend, and I met many members from other Michigan chapters. Their enthusiasm and dedication to NALS is contagious. I would urge any of you who have yet to attend an Annual Meeting to consider the 41st Annual Meeting to be held next year in Kalamzoo. You will love it! A special ‘thank you’ to everyone in our chapter who helped make this weekend so rewarding for me. It was nice to spend time with many of our own members who I hadn’t really gotten to know before the meeting. I believe that the best way to get the most out of something is to get involved! I’m glad I did! Law Day – May 10, 2001The NALS of West Michigan First Annual Law Day Breakfast was held on Thursday, May 10, 2001 in the Continental Room at the Amway Grand Plaza. Please refer to the report submitted by Ruth Dillon for more information on this wonderful meeting. At the close of Law Day I read various correspondence from other Michigan chapters thanking NALS of West Michigan for the great job they did hosting the NALS of Michigan 40th Annual Meeting.
Lisa M. Green; Recording Secretary lgreen@bdo.com
Treasurer's Report June 2001
Kristi Gaskin Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 111 Lyon St. NW, Ste. 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503
[I would like to apologize to Kristi for not getting this report published in the May 2001 edition of Dateline West Michigan, as she did submit it on time for that publication.] I want to tell you how excited I am
to be Treasurer of NALS of West Michigan As soon as I was elected Treasurer, I
began calling local financial While I am extremely excited to serve
as Treasurer of NALS of West Michigan, Let me thank you, once again, for
allowing me the opportunity to serve as Kristi Gaskin; Treasurer kgaskin@shrr.com
Governor's Report June 2001
Linda J. McCullough, ALS Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey P.O. box 306 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306
The NALS Region 3 Annual Meeting and Educational Conference
will be July Saturday activities: 9-10 am Keynote Speaker Major Pat
Blassie "The Key to Sunday activities: 8 am to 5 pm: PLS/ALS exams; 8:30-10:30 am:
Leadership Hotel information: Baymont Inn & Suites, 2601 W.
Marquette Woods, This sounds like a great weekend - call me and I'll fax or
mail you the
Linda J. McCullough, ALS; Governor mcculloughl@mjsc.com
Parliamentarian's Report June 2001
Patsy A. Hooker, PLS Dickinson Wright, PLLC 200 Ottawa Ave. NW. Ste. 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503
PARLIAMENTARIAN'S
REPORT
Patsy A. Hooker, PLS; Parliamentarian phooker@dickinson-wright.com
Committee Reports
Certification Report
ANNUAL REPORT for 2000 - 2001 (submitted May 20)
We had a tremendous year for our PLS Study Group this year. We had 13 participants, with 7 sitting for the exam in March. This year's instructors were myself for Section I, attorney Jay Rosloniec for Section III, and Cindy Root for Sections II and IV. From all the feedback I received from our study group participants this year, it seems that our study group was a great success. I received calls from Grand Valley and Ferris Colleges regarding our study group and gave them information regarding how our study group was run, our schedule breakdown, and the books that we had our participants study from. They were very appreciative. I have been searching for ways that we can improve our study group for the upcoming year, focusing on ways to better prepare for Section IV, Legal Knowledge and Skills, as this seems to be the section that several of our participants felt they had the most problems with. I wish to thank the Association for allowing me to chair this important committee and I look forward to tweaking it to even higher standards in the year to come. I wish to thank Cindy Root and Jay Rosloniec for their assistance this year and look forward to working with them next year as well.
Ellen M. Naimo-Potter, PLS PLS Certification Chairperson Employment Report
ANNUAL REPORT for 2000 - 2001 (submitted May 20)
I have thoroughly enjoyed being the Employment Committee Chairperson for the past few years. This year I focused on contacting individual law firms and advising them of our services. I put notices in the Transcript for all positions available, as well as announcing those openings at our monthly meetings. I put reminders in the Transcript about our services and reminded members to forward their resumes to me or let me know if they want me to be on the look out for that "special position". I have made this reminder announcement at our monthly meetings as well. My suggestions for the upcoming year would be to continue to reach out to the various law firms to keep our association in mind if they are looking to fill a particular position. We also need to continue to stress to our members that this is a free and useful tool to take advantage of in their search for new employment. Gail Naylor has volunteered to chair this committee for the 2001-2002 year. Thank you Gail for your assistance. Good luck and feel free to contact me with any questions.
Ellen M. Naimo-Potter, PLS Employment Committee Chairperson FINAL FINANCE REPORT FOR 2000-2001 (submitted MAY 2001) Here
is a breakdown of the profits since May 1, 2000: Hand-painted
tiles
$ 63.75 50/50
raffle
$ 33.00 Christmas
ornaments
$ 66.00 Entertainment
books
$ 513.00 Koeze
Products
$1,241.71 Total
Profit
$1,917.46 Calendars--cost
of printing, etc.
$1,812.05 $
105.41 Calendars
Sold - 93
$ 966.00 Longaberger
Basket Raffle
$ 432.00 Longaberger
Commission
$
12.50 Total
profit for 2000-2001
$1,515.91 We’ve
sold 93 Legal-Question-of-the-Day Calendars.
Our inventory stands at 157.
I’m sure we’ll be selling these at all state and
national meetings during the coming year (or two).
Thank you to all of you who supported our finance
projects this year. A
special thank you to Jan Olexa, PLS, CPS, for her assistance
throughout this past year.
AND--Jan was the lucky person to win that Longaberger
picnic basket filled to overflowing with great things!
Congratulations, Jan!
If I couldn’t win, I’m glad you did.
Also a big thank you to Sue Acklin, PLS, and her
daughter, Beth, and Gena Rinckey, PLS, for their help at the
state annual meeting. Luanne Kantor, PLS, CLA (752-2279) Finance Chair 2000-2001
Law Day Report
LAW DAY 2001 (submitted May 20) The First Annual Law Day Breakfast was held on May 10, 2001 at 7:15 a.m. We had a beautiful buffet in the Amway Grand's Continental Room with a great menu and lots of coffee. Our speaker was The Honorable Robert A. Benson, who spoke about his experiences, in the office and the court room, on "Mistakes Lawyers Make That They Blame on Secretaries or Who's Really in Charge?" Judge Benson suggested we look up the word "secretary" which reads in part, according to The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition:
A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do
clerical work for an individual or company. .. My Thesaurus also had
added words like "scribe, typist, aide, clerk, receptionist."
The picture painted a secretary to be much more than just one
person! Perhaps in today's
world, the word "assistant" should, as Judge Benson
suggested, replace the word "secretary." We had a great
turn-out, with many guests in attendance -including some attorneys and
Judges Kolenda and Logan. Thank
you to those who made our First Annual Law Day a memorable event!
Ruth Dillon
Certification Report
ANNUAL REPORT for 2000 - 2001 (submitted May 20)
We had a tremendous year for our PLS Study Group this year. We had 13 participants, with 7 sitting for the exam in March. This year's instructors were myself for Section I, attorney Jay Rosloniec for Section III, and Cindy Root for Sections II and IV. From all the feedback I received from our study group participants this year, it seems that our study group was a great success. I received calls from Grand Valley and Ferris Colleges regarding our study group and gave them information regarding how our study group was run, our schedule breakdown, and the books that we had our participants study from. They were very appreciative. I have been searching for ways that we can improve our study group for the upcoming year, focusing on ways to better prepare for Section IV, Legal Knowledge and Skills, as this seems to be the section that several of our participants felt they had the most problems with. I wish to thank the Association for allowing me to chair this important committee and I look forward to tweaking it to even higher standards in the year to come. I wish to thank Cindy Root and Jay Rosloniec for their assistance this year and look forward to working with them next year as well.
Ellen M. Naimo-Potter, PLS
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Dateline West Michigan Editor: Patricia A. Emerson, PLS
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