MINUTES
PARK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION
April 19, 2001

Members in attendance: Christina “Short-Timer” Miller, Barbara “Always On-Time” Sharp, Frank “For a Good Time Call” Normile, Lade “Just Putting in Time” Heaton, and Dwayne “Alzheimer” Vance

1. Minutes from March meeting unanimously approved (assuming the gruff mumbling and
blank stares count as affirmative votes) (actually this occurred later in the meeting, but since items are presented in willy nilly fashion during the meeting, there’s no real reason to be bound by any real order in the minutes)

2. Christina reports that there is nothing further to report regarding the Olympic Court other than what was discussed at the last meeting (and then a discussion on this issue ensued nevertheless)

a. Judge Hilder has made it clear that nobody is going to tell him how to hold court and what fines to charge

b. Brief discussion of the general plan of rounding up all of the miscreants, witnesses and other innocent bystanders caught up in the melee, immediately transporting them all in the same van to the justice center, and administering justice on the spot (perhaps Milosovich could be brought in as an expert consultant); defense counsel would be available Johnny-on-the-spot (Frank has already got dibs on all public urination cases)

3. Tuesday Night Bar report by Babs

a. Same old turnout with “gloms of people” stacked up and waiting at the door

b. Translator didn’t show up again (pretty flaky), but luckily a kind gentleman who showed up with an immigration question that no one could answer ended up translating, and Mark has already sent him a check in appreciation of his efforts

c. Shelly Weiss commented to Barbara that she had sent us a lot of people with immigration questions, and Barbara patiently explained that we can’t answer immigration questions on a regular basis at the TNB, which is why we had a special immigration program last month

d. Barbara has talked to Vicki Bushnell about the way the Salt Lake City TNB has appointments set up through the State Bar, and Barbara recommended a similar format for our shindig

i. Dwayne will have his secretary Shannon (who is learning of this assignment for the first time as she reads these minutes) check into the cost of a Park City phone number that rings at the State Bar down in SLC

ii. Either Dwayne or Shannon (guess which one it will actually be—you might be surprised) will follow-up with Vicki and the State Bar about having the State Bar perform a similar service for our worthy program

iii. Target date for the changeover will be June, likely won’t really get going until July (which is when the mantle will pass to the next sucker, I mean honored volunteer, who takes over the TNB from Barbara); in any event, will take a while to properly train the attendees to actually make appointments instead of just showing up

e. In additions to the regulars, kudos to Sam Adams (fondly referred to as “the beer guy”) has become a regular, and his partner Doug Johnson has been coming often as well

4. CLE report

a. Natalie was absent (she better have a note from her mother), so there wasn’t a whole lot to discuss

b. Dwayne’ long-anticipated brown bagger on “Choice of Entity: LLC vs. S Corp.” has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 2, 2001, at Noon at the Bellmarc

c. Apparently Doug Johnson still wants to do one on water law, so we’ll try to get that lined up soon, and see what else we can plug in

5. Christina then brought up the issue of elections and the new Board (something she has been aching to address ever since the last elections took place)

a. Frank naively asked if there was really a serious campaign between candidates for the various positions, and after the laughter died down we explained to him that we were using the term “elections” in the loosest sense possible, and in spite of our best efforts in the past to drum up such a contest we had been lucky to draft one person for each position (although we still dream of the day when multiple candidates will by vying for the same position, with all of the mud-slinging and obscene campaign spending that accompany such events)

b. Elections will take place in conjunction with our next social, scheduled for Thursday, June 14, 2001 (which happens to be Flag Day, a holiday we should somehow be able to incorporate into our festivities); Christina and Lade will check into Dynamite Dom’s and the Snow Park Lodge as potential locations

c. Save the date faxes regarding the social and elections will go out right away, and include a plea for anyone interested in participating as an officer next year to please contact us and we will find something for them to do

d. In light of our past history of volunteers, potential candidates for the various offices were discussed, and following are tentative candidates for each office

President—Dwayne Vance (most reluctantly, and not a firm commitment yet, conditioned upon some restructuring and assistance from Christina regarding the CLE & Ski combined with a firm commitment from Frank as Veep and President-Elect)

Vice-President/President-Elect—Frank Normile (who made a solemn vow to assume such office if elected, and to commit to be our illustrious President the following year)

Secretary—Barbara Sharp (anything to get out of Tuesday Night Bar)

Treasurer—Mark Kozak (who wasn’t here to object, and probably wouldn’t dare to even if he was)

CLE Director—Someone from the Park City attorney’s office (we don’t know who yet, but are confident we can convince Mark Harrington to offer the services of a fine candidate)

CLE & Ski Director—Christina Miller (who thoroughly enjoyed her experiences this year in dealing with The Canyons, and could not be persuaded to give up a similar opportunity next year)

Tuesday Night Bar—Sam Adams (he may not realize it yet, but he would be perfect, at least that’s what we’ll tell him)

Web Master—Lade Heaton (probably the coolest sounding title of them all, for one of the coolest cats in the organization)

e. Discussion of involving more Wasatch County attorneys

i. In the past there has been some interest from Derek Pullan, the Wasatch County Attorney, but the fact that their court is tied to the Fourth District in Provo has been an issue

ii. However, if a new judicial district for Summit County and Wasatch County ultimately gets approved as we have lobbied, this will no longer be an issue; in any event, dealing with the district courts is only a part of what we do, we can coordinate with the Fourth District regarding Heber, and the socials and brown bag CLE’s would be a great opportunity to get the attorneys in Summit and Wasatch Counties together

iii. Christina is going to discuss this again with Derek Pullan, as well as some other attorneys like Randy Birch (seriously, how can the Wasatch County attorneys not want to associate with us as much as they possibly can?)

6. Discussion of another Summer CLE event similar to the Capitol Reef Retreat last year

a. Fabulous program last year, with CLE presentations on water law, environmental law, and a view from the bench by Judge Hilder

b. Contrary to popular belief, the weather was great and it was not too hot to be there in late August

c. Pretty cheap, and light on CLE and heavy on free time to play

d. Brief discussion of other possible venues, such as on a houseboat at Lake Powell (which idea didn’t float very far before it sunk)

e. Consensus to set up similar program down at Capitol Reef in late August this year, try to get Judge Hilder back, possibly do another environmental presentation by Herb from SUWA, etc.

7. Report on CLE & Ski

a. Great turnout, approximately 75, which is about what we have done the past few years at Deer Valley when we weren’t competing with the mid-year convention

b. Sponsors all came through—$2,000 from Frontier Bank, $500 from the Kozak firm (Park City’s most exciting up and coming firm), and $500 from the Tesch juggernaut

c. Christina just received all of the final expenses from The Canyons (which aren’t reflected in the Treasurer’s Report later on), but a good rough estimate is that we ended up banking about $7,000 in profit from this gala event

d. Christina regaled us with stories of her many adventures in dealing with The Canyons, and the behind-the-scenes problems that were handled so smoothly that few of the rest of us realized had even handled, and then we all chipped in regarding some major issues that were apparent to anyone, such as a real problem with the lack of eating facilities at the base of the mountain, and the seemingly endless wait that had to be endured for the privilege of actually sitting at a table in the Red Pine Lodge to eat glorified cafeteria fare

e. Next year we are going to try to hold this blessed event at Park City Mountain Resort (which has plenty of eating facilities at the base and on the mountain), and Christina has already made some initial inquiries that have been received very well (including sectioning off a portion of the restaurant for our group)

f. Frank suggested that we apply for a tourism sales tax revenue grant in conjunction with the CLE & Ski next year, which applications are due soon; Christina will look into this and apply for a grant

g. Everyone present signed thank you notes to be sent out to the judges and Charles Gruber, and some token of appreciation (such as a fine bottle of wine, or maybe just a ton of chocolate) will be sent along with the thank you notes

8. Discussion of And Justice For All campaign

a. Mark Harrington has inquired into participation by the PC Bar again this year

b. Last year we had a party at a house in Deer Valley; this year there will be a reception for attorneys at the Miner’s Hospital from about 6:30 to 7:30 or 8:00, and then we will all trundle over to the Jim Santy auditorium for a screening of a law-related film to which the public is invited, preceded by an 8 minute DVD presentation on the And Justice For All program

c. Last year we gave either $500 or $1,000, we’ll at least match that this year and possibly goose the amount a little bit; we’ll also help with refreshments at the reception

d. Date is May 15; a save the date fax will go out tomorrow, and then Christina and Mark Harrington will hand address invitations provided by AJFA to all Park City attorneys, with another reminder fax going out the day before

9. Discussion of PC Bar underwriting a film for the Park City Film Series

a. Third weekend in May

b. Film is “Before Night’s Fall” (I think), which is about civil/human rights and freedom of expression in Cuba (again, I think)

c. We get a non-profit discount, so cost to us is only $250; in return we get 10 free tickets to the Film Series, as well as three pictures on the advertising carousel, a poster suitable for framing, and the Film Series will even take digital photographs of the Board members for the carousel (which we can then use on our website)

d. We are going to meet to shoot the pictures (pay attention Mark and Natalie since you weren’t here today) next Monday, April 23, 2001, at approximately 5:30 p.m.; meet at Renee’s on Main Street, where we will shoot pictures at their “bar”, and then travel to other local bars for similar shots, and possibly the old jail for a shot behind bars

10. Alex Natt contacted Christina about the PC Bar possibly donating some money to the citywide Cinco de Mayo (May 5 for all you gringos) celebration; after discussion, the consensus was we could spend the money better in other ways

11. Discussion of PC Bar possibly having a concession booth in Park City during the Olympics

a. Frank is one of the few people around who has had the foresight to realize that hungry hordes are going to descend upon our fair city, which is a problem and an opportunity at the same time

b. Frank involved in making arrangements for food concession tents throughout town, the tents will be provided, the food will all be lined up by local vendors (12 reasonably priced menu items that will sell like hot-cakes, in fact one menu item might even be hot-cakes), tent locations will be determined by lot, the idea is to get all of the local non-profits involved in the concessions, all we need to do is provide manpower to man the tent and make a pile of dough (and maybe even some cold hard cash) in the process

c. Frank will follow-up and we will plan on participating and cashing in on some of that Olympic payola

12. Treasurer’s Report in absentia by Mark Kozak via e-mail in advance of the meeting

a. Actual financial reports were passed out at meeting, and attached to hard copy of this minutes (anyone desiring a copy should contact Dwayne’s secretary, Shannon, the secret password is “show me the money”)

b. CLE & Ski revenue is $11,395.00, not counting the $500 from Tesch, Vance & Miller, and we don’t think it includes the $2,000 from Frontier Bank

c. Expenses to date are $1,954.62, not counting bill for approximately five grand Christina just received from The Canyons

d. As of April 10, 2001, we had $14,587.38 in our checking account, and we think we have about $5k more in a cd somewhere

e. Discussion of increasing our donations to local community programs; consensus was we wanted to give more to Park City education this year, Lade will follow-up and identify needs for programs other than scholarship

13. Discussion of website (which Christina was hoping to avoid because she is holding up the whole wagon train on this expedition)

a. Christina still needs to provide a picture of her and an introduction for the home page (if Christina doesn’t come through with a picture soon, we are just going to ask her fiancée, Trevor, to provide us with one—which will likely be more entertaining and increase the hits on our website anyway)

b. Tassie also needs to re-send Lade a list of all of the members so he can post everyone’s name, business address, and business phone number; as the site is developed further attorneys can pay to market their practice through the website

c. Website will also include a CLE calendar

d. As soon as we actually have a website with a .org or other address, Lade will let us know

The meeting was thereafter adjourned (at least that’s what Christina and I told everyone else, so the two of us would be left alone to conduct some real business in the name of the PC Bar)

Dwayne Vance, Secretary