Minor changes and clarifications have been made to the Governance document which was approved July 2011. Recommended changes include replacing the JTC member of the steering committee with a COSCA member; Rationale being that NACM has two positions on the steering committee. JTC is comprised of both NACM and COSCA representatives. After lengthy discussion, there was consensus that the language should remain as stated in the original document.

Further recommended changes include but are not limited to: Article IV, Steering Committee, Section 3, Steering Committee Meetings, Clarification on the names of the three yearly meetings; Article V, Leaders, the Vice Chair will be responsible for overseeing the election process; an election resulting in a tie will be determined by a majority vote of the steering committee; and Article VI, Subcommittees, add Communications Committee language.

Motion made by Michele Oken to accept all proposed changes other than those pertaining to the JTC steering committee member being replaced with a COSCA member; second by Martin Gruen. Motion was unanimously carried.

Budget – 2013

Marlene reviewed the budget and highlighted the following line items: website development might not require $3,000; travel may have to be revisited if additional FACT members become involved in subcommittees of other associations/groups; contributions: NCSC, FACT sponsor wifi for NACM conference; Chelle asked if NCSC contribution included booth space at conferences. Michele indicated that the booth at eCourts was comp’d for NACM/FACT.

Dale Kasparek indicated that he was representing David Slayton, NACM President-Elect, responsible for organizing educational programs, at today’s meeting. Stephen Covey’s presentation at NACM’s annual conference in Orlando was a huge success, thanks to FACT and CourtView. Dale requested that FACT consider a sponsorship or co-sponsorship of David Pogue, IT guru, as a 2013 Annual Conference plenary speaker. The daily theme for the conference, Court Administration 2.0, will focus on change and effective use of technology. Mr. Pogue spoke at CTC in Long Beach last year. Mr. Pogue’s cost, if booked by December 31, is $17,500. Mr. Pogue will be releasing a new book after best online casinos australia the first of the year.

Marlene entertained a motion for FACT to contribute half of Mr. Pogue’s fee, $8,750; second by SueLynn Morgan. As a caveat to the motion, Marlene will confirm unanswered questions related to the proposed 2013 budget and inform members. Michele Oken abstained; Motion passed.

Strategic plan

The FACT Spring meeting is tentatively scheduled in conjunction with the NACM Midyear Conference in Los Angeles, February 11, 2013, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Michele indicated that NACM will hold its first fundraising event that evening, which could conflict with the FACT meeting. Marlene will **Marlene’s intention is to focus on the strategic plan at that meeting and develop an action plan. After lengthy discussion, it was decided that the plan would be sent out to the FACT membership for comments; that the steering committee will be the ultimate decision makers on the plan.

Association reports

NACM – Michele Oken, Vice President

The NACM Midyear conference will be held February 10-12, 2013 in Los Angeles at the Bonaventure Hotel. The conference theme is Making Tough Choices in Difficult Budget Times. Exhibit space is still available. The Annual Conference will be held July 14-18, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas; the theme is Court Management 2.0. Details for both conferences can be found on the NACM website, www.nacmnet.org.

NACM is in the midst of a core competencies revision project which is being managed by the Justice Management Institute and American University, Elaine Borakove and Caroline Cooper. Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) will soon be selected. The Strategic Plan was revised and accepted by the Board at the Annual Conference Board Meeting in Orlando (available on the NACM Website). Finally, a membership incentive program entitled eLimited membership is available for new members only, for a cost of only $25. Link to the form: http://www.nacmnet.org/sites/default/files/pdf/eLimitedMemberForm.pdf

CITOC – Winnie Webber, Secretariat

CITOC’s annual meeting will commence on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. and conclude on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Emerging technologies and projects will be discussed; they are still open for research that FACT may have for CITOC. First research will encompass a survey for CITOC members on mobile platforms. At the Annual FACT meeting, Craig Burlingame mentioned a link to CITOC regarding webinars. Winnie will raise this at the business meeting. The CITOC public site can access webinars. There is a link to it as well on the FACT website.

Other Business

Jim Cudahy, NCRA Executive Director indicated that NCRA created a new group entitled Tech Con which will meet in Scottsdale, Arizona in April. A cross audience is desired. Marlene will include this information in the next FACT newsletter.

Martin Gruen discussed the possibility of a joint partnership between NCSC and FACT at CTC on the Courtroom 21 presentation. This would give FACT exposure and broaden the scope of the demonstration and integrated justice in a full operating high tech courtroom. Winnie recommended the addition of video streaming; remote communications are rapidly growing. Gary stressed that the educational sessions should promote products not companies. Further discussion will be held to prevent unfair selection of companies for the demonstration.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,