Message-ID: <9147761.1075842915499.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 07:05:00 -0800 (PST) From: corpgen@mail.abanet.org To: corpgen@mail.abanet.org Subject: Corporate General Counsel web site developments Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Committee of Corporate General Counsel of the Business Law Section X-To: CORPGEN@MAIL.ABANET.ORG X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \James_Derrick_Dec2000_June2001_1\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: DERRICK-J X-FileName: jderric.nsf Committee members, The Fall Meeting of the Corporate General Counsel is past, and from all appearances it was a success. It was good to meet many of you that attended. I wanted to take this opportunity to give you an update on some initiatives Mr. Morgan is looking to implement and how we're going about implementing them. The Committee's web site (see http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/corpgen/home.html), as Mr. Morgan announced, will be going through some modifications to enhance its usage. The first item to report is that the web site will be secured, in that it can only be accessed by its members. You will be asked to login with your ABA id number, and also provide a password which is your last name. Access to the site will only be for current ABA members, who belong to both the Section and the Corporate General Counsel Committee. The second item to report is the posting of past and upcoming meeting agendas. You'll be able to see what was discussed at previous meetings, as well as what is upcoming by clicking on the links. Also to be included on the site will be the materials that were distributed at your meetings. Some of the materials from the Fall Meeting have been posted and can be viewed at the following link by clicking here: http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/corpgen/fallmeeting2000.html The third development to report is the implementation of a member profile page and a foreign outside counsel searchable database, which I discuss in length below. COMMITTEE MEMBER PROFILES The page will have all committee members listed, and will require the submission of a photograph and a resume as follows: * Photographs - A black and white or color photo should be submitted. Photos should be no larger than 3 x 5 or 4 x 6. Anything larger will not scan properly for the web site. You may also send a photo via e-mail (if you have the capability), with the attachment consisting of your name, and saved with an extension of .gif or .jpeg format (e.g. Charles Morgan photo.gif or .jpeg). * Resumes - The easiest way to send these is via e-mail in either a Word or WordPerfect format. You can send these items to me at the following: Burt Blanchard Committee Manager ABA Section of Business Law Email: bblanchard@staff.abanet.org Phone: 312/988-6710 Fax: 312/988-5578 Mailing address (if sending any hard copies of photos) ABA Section of Business Law 750 North Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60611 FOREIGN OUTSIDE COUNSEL SEARCHABLE DATABASE Mr. Morgan solicited comments from members at the Fall Meeting regarding the implementation of an on-line searchable database, consisting of foreign counsel that committee members have used. The purpose would be to take the guess work out of contacting foreign counsel should the need arise. The database would be on the committee's web site with a link, and would have searchable criteria like country, firm, expertise, clients represented etc. The idea was received well with members present who attended the Fall Meeting. The only caveat to this is that the project needs to be approved by the ABA Board of Governors. In discussions with the Policy Office of the ABA, there is a concern that this might imply an "endorsement" of sorts, and I was advised to have Mr. Morgan submit this idea for approval by the Board. We will be taking the necessary steps to get the approval, with the hope that we can move forward to implement. You will be updated about the status of the approval. Please let me know if I can answer any questions for you. Best regards, Burt Blanchard Committee Manager American Bar Association - Section of Business Law bblanchard@staff.abanet.org http://www.abanet.org/buslaw (P) 312/988-6710 (F) 312/988-5578