September 2020 Minutes

As Offered for Adoption March 12, 2021

Annual Meeting of the Membership

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society Friday, September 11, 2020

Carson City, Nevada 

Held virtually via ZOOM

Members in attendance:  Justice Mark Gibbons, Peter Smith, Jim Smith, Jason Sowards, Patricia Cafferata, Hon. William Maddox, Terry Rankin, Justice Elissa Cadish, Susan Southwick, Jeff Kintop, Hon. Thomas Perkins, Karen Garaventa Baggett

Call to order at 12:05 p.m. – Peter J. Smith,  Chairman; a quorum of the membership was present

Approval of Minutes of Annual Meeting of September 6, 2019, as emailed

Motion to approve by Gibbons; seconded by Maddox; all in favor

Treasurer’s Report – Peter Smith on behalf of former Treasurer Janette Bloom

Motion to approve by Kintop; seconded by Cafferata; all in favor

Presentation of Annual Report for 2020 – Peter J. Smith, Chairman

Distributed for review, other than changing of officers. No business occurred in March because meeting was canceled due to COVID.

Project Progress Reports

Oral histories: printing/binding/reformatting of those on-line 

Sowards will check the minutes (likely within the last three years, motion likely made by Perkins) to identify who is to receive the printed oral histories.

Ten Cases exhibit – Jeff Kintop

There has not much movement on this project because of changes in administration, retirements of contacts, and limited access to the Capitol because of the COVID pandemic. Rankin noted that, despite so many major events having been canceled, some smaller events are still occurring, and the Ten Cases exhibit might be an option. It was also suggested Kintop write a brief article for the Nevada Appeal promoting the existence of the exhibit, even though no one can currently visit it in person.

Rankin mentioned how timely some of the early cases are now in light of recent world events. 

Sowards recommended a virtual exhibit to be hosted on the Nevada Supreme Court Library’s LibGuides platform to better promote the Ten Cases; could result in promotion by the Nevada Supreme Court’s public relations firm for broad distribution. Sowards will follow up with Kintop to acquire the Ten Cases content for transition to an online environment. 

Nomination of further interview subjects

Peter Smith reminded that there was already a lengthy list of proposed interview subjects circulated for past meetings. 

Discussion of hiring professional facilitators

Kintop has communicated with Alicia Barber who was willing to train people to do these interviews. Still need other assistance with transcriptions and editing.

Baggett expressed an interest in being trained to conduct oral history interviews.

Election of Trustees

Sowards distributed ballots via email in advance of the meeting for Trustee terms that were ending September 2020.

Most Trustees whose terms were set to expire in September 2020 agreed to run for a second three-year term. Southwick’s term expired and Peter Smith volunteered to take that vacant position. Justice Cadish was elected to fill Justice Gibbon’s position as the Supreme Court representative. Another vacant position remained and Cafferata nominated Judge Gloria Sturman of the Eighth Judicial District in Las Vegas for that position. She has both an interest and Nevada legal history as well as some geographical diversity to the Board. After brief discussion about Judge Sturman, Cafferata formally moved to add her to the ballot; Gibbons seconded. All in favor.

Based on completed ballots submitted in advance of the meeting, and the oral vote taken at the meeting for those who could not submit their ballot, all Trustees were elected for a term ending September 2023 without objection.

It was noted that the Society would offer Justice Gibbons and emeritus membership status. 

New Business

Cafferata recommended for inclusion on the March 2021 agenda that we invite all sitting judges to become members of the Society. If we choose to pursue this initiative, Justice Gibbons recommends using lists of judges already kept by the Administrative Office of the Courts. Recommendation that any contact occur after the forthcoming election.

Adjournment of Board of Trustees’ meeting

Motion to adjourn by Cafferata; seconded by Gibbons; all in favor

Adjourned 12:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jason R. Sowards

Secretary, Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society Friday, September 11, 2020 

Carson City, Nevada

Held virtually via ZOOM

Members in attendance:  Justice Mark Gibbons, Peter Smith, Jim Smith, Jason Sowards, Patricia Cafferata, Hon. William Maddox, Terry Rankin, Justice Elissa Cadish, Susan Southwick, Jeff Kintop, Hon. Thomas Perkins, Karen Garaventa Baggett

Call to order at 12:40 p.m. – Peter J. Smith, Chairman; a quorum of Trustees was present

Minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of March 20, 2020

While there was not a Trustees meeting on March 20, 2020, as it was canceled due to the COVID pandemic, as a point of order Justice Cadish recommended that the minutes of the previous Board meeting (September 2019) be approved by the Board.

Cafferata moved to approve those minutes; Gibbons seconded; all in favor

March and September 2021 meeting dates

March Board of Trustees Meeting – March 12, 2021

September Board of Trustees and Membership Meeting – September 10, 2021

Sowards will send invites to participate virtually in case in-person meetings are still not an option

Nomination and Election of Officers

Sowards distributed ballots electronically prior to the meeting, listing Kintop as candidate for Chair/President, Rankin as Vice Chair/Vice President, and Jason R. Sowards to continue as Secretary. The position of Treasurer became vacant with the Janette Bloom’s resignation.

A motion was made by the Hon. Thomas Perkins to nominate Karen Garaventa Baggett to serve as Treasurer, and Cafferata seconded the motion. All were in favor and Baggett was added to the ballot.

Based on completed ballots submitted in advance of the meeting and the oral vote taken at the meeting for those who could not submit their ballot, all officers were elected for a term ending September 2023 without any objections.

At this point, Peter Smith virtually passed the gavel to Jeff Kintop as the Society’s next Chair/President.

New Business

Peter Smith also recommended further discussion on handling our current inventory of silver medallions, recommending Project Real as a nonprofit with which to partner. Rankin also recommended “We the People” program (currently operated by the Nevada Center for Civic Engagement), with which Justice Cadish is actively involved. Peter Smith asks that board members think of other worthy organizations for the March 2021 meeting. 

Cafferata mentioned the Russ McDonald Papers with the Historical Society as a project we should consider further. 

It was further recommended that we look at the early Supreme Court records currently held at the Nevada State Library & Archives as the foundation of future projects. 

Adjournment

Thanks were made by Justice Gibbons and Jeff Kintop to Peter Smith for his service as Chair/President over the past several years. 

Peter Smith moved to adjourn; Cafferata seconded; all in favor

Meeting adjourned at 1:02 p.m.

Jason R. Sowards

Secretary, Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Agendas September 6, 2019

AGENDAS

Annual Meeting of the Membership

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Friday, September 6, 2019

Red’s Old 395 Grill

1055 S. Carson St.

Carson City, Nevada

Lunch from menu.   Please R.S.V.P. to Jason Sowards  775 684 1640

I. Call to order –Peter J. Smith,  Chairman

II. Approval of Minutes of Annual Meeting of September 21, 2018, as mailed

III. Treasurer’s Report – Janette Bloom, Treasurer

IV. Presentation of Annual Report for 2019 – Peter J. Smith, Chairman (hand-out only)

V. Project Progress Reports:

a. Oral histories: printing/binding/reformatting of those on-line 

Final version for John  Mendoza – Victoria Mendoza

Assignment to duties to expedite publication

b. Ten Cases exhibit – Jeff Kintop

c.  Nomination of further interview subjects

           d.  Discussion of hiring professional facilitators

e.  Status report re 9th Circuit Communications

VI. Election of trustees vacancy of Dennis Meyers, deceased, and any other vacancy

V. New Business

VI. Adjournment to Board of Trustees meeting

Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Friday, September 6, 2019

Carson City, Nevada

I. Call to order – Peter J. Smith, Chairman

II. Approval of the Minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of March 22, 2019, as mailed

III. Set date for March Board meeting, 2020 and September Membership meeting

IV. Nomination and election of  Officers for any vacancies

V. New Business

VI. Adjournment

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September 2019 Annual Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Membership

of

The Nevada Judicial Historical Society

September 21, 2018

Red’s 395 Grill

Carson City, Nevada

I. Call to Order – Jeffrey Kintop, Vice Chairman
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Jeff Kintop at 12:46 pm.  Present were paid members Jeff Kintop, Jason Sowards, Susan Southwick, Janette Bloom, Terry Rankin, Dennis Myers, Clinton Case, Patricia Cafferata, Don Klasic, Karen Baggett, Justice Mark Gibbons, and Bill Maddox. A quorum was met. Also in attendance were Susan Southwick’s husband, and Jeff Kintop’s wife.

II. Approval of Minutes of September 15, 2017, as mailed
Justice Mark Gibbons moved to approve the minutes of the September 15, 2017 annual membership meeting, Susan Southwick seconded. All in favor.

III. Treasurer’s Report- Janette Bloom, Treasurer
Copies of the Treasurer’s report were available at the meeting, with finances current through December 31, 2017.
Money was spent with Judge Fondi’s plaque as well as the printing of a few oral histories. Two medallions were sold. Someone asked how many medallions the Society still has, but no definitive count was provided.
The question of dues notices came up, but they had not yet been distributed. The Secretary did not realize it was his responsibility to send those out, but stated he would do so. Some members chose to pay at the meeting.
Dennis Myers moved to accept; Karen Baggett seconded. All in favor to approve the Treasurer’s report.

IV. Presentation of Annual Report for 2018 – Vice Chairman Jeffrey Kintop for Chairman Peter Smith
Jeff Kintop read Peter Smith’s report, copies of which were available at the meeting. The one blank existing on the report were the number of paid memberships to date as confirmed by the Treasurer’s report, and that number was stated to be twelve (12) paid memberships.
The projects discussed were:
Joint Oral History Project
10 Cases Exhibit
Website and Blog
The annual report noted that a trustee seat need would need to be filled as the seat vacated by Christine Timko that was later filled by Teresa Rankin by appointment, would become vacant in September 2018. The annual report noted that this term would run through 2020, but Susan Southwick recalled that the Society’s bylaws state that trustee terms are for three years and are supposed to be staggered. As such, this would make the term for this trustee seat to run through 2021, not 2020.
A motion was made by Dennis Myers to accept the annual report (with typographical errors and other changes to be made later); Patricia Cafferata seconded. All in favor.

V. Project Progress Reports
A. Oral Histories
Peter has a concern, expressed by Terry Rankin, that we have missed a generation of judges and that we do not have a list to start another round of histories. He thought some of the Justices of the Peace might also be worthy of consideration for a history. The thought is that we do not have anyone “current” to pursue for future histories.
The person at UNR who took care of the oral histories, Alicia Barber, is no longer with the University. Her expertise would be beneficial in training others to complete oral histories as they are very complicated to do. Jeff Kintop mentioned he knew how to contact Barber and he would reach out to her.
It was suggested that we work with Brad Williams, Director of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Historical Society. He has done oral histories as well, and we may be able to make use of some his contacts and resources.
Discussion of whether a history had been completed for Judge Bybee.
It was agreed that we need a new list of judges to pursue and names should be suggested to Peter. The goal was for each member to submit three names of possible interviews to Peter by November 1, 2018. 
Motion to submit up to five names for future oral histories to Peter Smith by November 1, 2018 was made by Karen Baggett; Clinton Case seconded. All in favor.
Janette Bloom stated Victoria Mendoza says she has made progress on Judge Mendoza’s history.
B. Ten Cases Exhibit
Jeff stated that late October or early November for an event at which the Governor would attend. He would look into the Governor’s availability.
C. Nomination of Further Interview Subjects
This was addressed as part of the oral history discussion.
D. Discussion of Hiring Professional Facilitators
Jeff plans to talk to Brad Williams and Alicia Barber about this.

VI. Election of Trustees
Susan Southwick nominated Teresa Rankin to serve as Trustee through 2021; Janette Bloom seconded. All in favor.
VII. New Business
The only new business that was announced was the selection a date for the March 2019 Board of Directors meeting. The date and time will be March 22, 2019 (a Friday).
VIII. Adjournment
The meeting of the membership adjourned at 1:17 pm.

Respectfully submitted,


Jason R. Sowards
Secretary.

March 2019 Minutes

Minutes of the 2019 Semi Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of

The Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Friday, March 22, 2019

Red’s 395 Grill

Carson City, Nevada

I. Call to Order – Peter J. Smith, Chairman

• The meeting was called to order by Chairman Smith shortly after noon. Present were paid members Jeff Kintop, Chief Justice Mark Gibbons, Peter Smith, Jason Sowards, Jim Smith, Dennis Myers, Terri Rankin, Karen Baggett, Jannette Bloom, Susan Southwick, and Patricia Caffaretta. Also in attendance to report on an oral history was Victoria Mendoza.

II. Approval of Minutes of Annual Meeting of Board (September 21, 2018)

• No comments or corrections for the minutes. Chief Justice Mark Gibbons moved to approve the minutes; Susan Southwick seconded. All in favor. 

III. Treasurer’s Report – Jannette Bloom

• Treasurers report current through December 31, 2018. Membership dues did not come in until 2019, when they would ordinarily come in in 2018. But overall, the Society still has more money than before with no expenses.
• Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report was made by Dennis Myers; Terri Rankin seconded. All in favor.

IV. Medallions

• Susan Southwick brought up the issue of the medallions, specifically regarding the inventory. Clint Case bought two complete sets last year, reflected income. And someone from Illinois bought two separate medallions. This issue was also brought up during the membership meeting in the fall. 
• Peter suggested we lower the sales price for the medallions until the price of silver increases. Chief Justice Gibbons purchased one of the 2003 medallions for $25 (down from the current price of $35). Peter calculated the inventory to be 349 medallions plus the complete set remaining (354 total).
• Peter asked if anyone wanted to make a motion to lower the price of the medallions because they aren’t selling at all at the current price of $35. Susan said that it cost approximately $25 to make the medallions so we should not sell them below that cost; Peter agreed. Susan Southwick moved to change the sales price to $25 each for the medallions; Chief Justice Gibbons seconded; all in favor.
• Peter then asked if anyone wanted to take on marketing the sale of the remaining medallions. The Legislature gift shot was suggested, but apparently this venue had been pursued before with a high commission and was generally a hassle to deal with. There was a suggestion to market to the new district court judges. Chief Justice Gibbons said he would look into giving the medallions as retirement gifts (where the funding would come from to do so). 

V. Reports on Pending Matters

1. John Mendoza’s Oral History

• Victoria Menodoza told stories about her father. There was discussion about adding an introduction/foreword/addendum incorporating the stories/background she offered about her father that are not included in the oral history.
• Victoria completed the editing of the oral history. The next step is to get those editorial changes into the transcript, then index, and then an introduction. 
• Discussion was made about getting data off a 3.5” floppy drive to a flash drive. Jannette Bloom agreed to incorporate the changes and create the index. Peter agreed to get the content from the floppy drive transferred to a usable format.
• The transcripts came from UNLV. As such, they are joint owners on this oral history, so when the title page and introduction are completed, they will need to be given some form of attribution. 
• There was also discussion about Judge Mendoza memorabilia and where might be the best place to donate it. 

1. Final Edits and Indexing of Oral Histories; Printers’ Services

• Jannette Bloom reported on page count for all outstanding oral histories; Claiborne’s history is the only one that hasn’t been indexed because it’s in excess of 600 pages. 
• Peter Smith inquired about the “edition” information for the oral histories. Our books are known as the second edition; the transcripts are considered the first edition. Our versions are different because of reformatting, pagination, and indexing.
• Jannette recommends reprinting the histories one more time as the page counts are as final as they are going to be (excluding Claiborne history). Karen Baggett moved to approve a second printing; Jeff Kintop seconded; all in favor. 
• Susan Southwick also recommended that for future oral histories, we pursue on-demand publishing so that we do not have an inventory of books.
• Peter asked if this could be completed by September. Claiborne seems to be the only possible history that cannot be completed. The consensus is that September is a reasonable date to have the other histories completed.

1. 10 Cases Exhibit

• An ongoing project. Peter inquired whether there remains a need to have a celebration for the exhibit. We still have CDs and brochures for the 10 Cases; Jeff Kintop recommended we get rid of our stock of these items as part of any celebration that is ultimately planned. The thought is that something would happen during the legislative session, probably May. 
• Jeff Kintop asked that it be placed in the minutes that he would actively work toward setting up an event for the 10 Cases exhibit. He said he would work with Peter Barton for more information. Peter Smith mentioned we have money to assist with any event. 

1. Oral History Prospects and Methodologies

• Jeff Kintop asked that it be placed in the minutes that he would complete the edits of Judge Fondi’s oral history. 
• There was discussion as to whether the Fondi history would work better as an article or something else as it’s not consistent with the other oral histories. 
• Jeff Kintop inquired how much money we still have with the Ninth Circuit Judicial Historical Society. Whatever money we have has not been spent. Allegedly, Brad with the 9^th Circuit stated that transcriptionists would be available to help with histories. 
• Also discussed the priority for the next round of histories. One suggestion was Justice of the Peace John Tatro because a JP has never been the basis of a history and his history with a drug diversion program. Also suggested was Judge Bybee as author of “the torture memo.” 

VI. New Business

• The next Board and Membership meeting was set for Friday, September 6, 2019.

VII. Adjournment

• The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 p.m.

Agendas, Membership and Board Meeting September 2018

AGENDAS

Annual Meeting of the Membership

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Friday, September 21, 2018

Red’s Old 395 Grill

1055 S. Carson St.

Carson City, Nevada

Lunch from menu.   Please R.S.V.P. to Jason Sowards  775 684 1640

I. Call to order –Jeffrey Kintop, Vice Chairman
II. Approval of Minutes of Annual Meeting of September 15, 2017, as mailed
III. Treasurer’s Report – Janette Bloom, Treasurer
IV. Presentation of Annual Report for 2018 – Jeffrey Kintop, Vice Chairman (hand-out only)
V. Project Progress Reports:
a. Oral histories: printing/binding/reformatting of those on-line - Janette Bloom;
John  Mendoza – Victoria Mendoza
Atkins and Reed - Robert Johnston
     Assignment to duties to expedite publication
b. Ten Cases exhibit – Jeff Kintop
c.  Nomination of further interview subjects
           d.  Discussion of hiring professional facilitators

VI. Election of trustees, Teresa Rankin is finishing Timko’s term, this position needs to be                filled for 2018-2020
V. New Business
VI. Adjournment to Board of Trustees meeting

Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Friday, September 21, 2018

Carson City, Nevada

I. Call to order – Jeffrey Kintop, Vice Chairman
II. Approval of the Minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of March 9, 2018, as mailed
III. Set date for March Board meeting, 2019
IV. Nomination and election of Secretary for 2018-2020.  J. Soward filled the last year of            S. Southwick’s former term
V. New Business
VI. Adjournment


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March 2018 Board Minutes

Minutes of the March 9, 2018 Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the 

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Chairman Peter Smith called the meeting to order at 12:15 P.M.  The meeting was held at Red’s 395 in Carson City, Nevada.  Present were the Treasurer, Janette Bloom; trustees Justice Gibbons, Dennis Myers, Terry Rankin, Judge Tom Perkins, Patty Cafferata, Karen Baggett and Jeff Kintop and member Susan Southwick.  There was a quorum to conduct business.

Both Minutes from the September 15, 2017 meeting and annual meeting were approved with no objections by motion made by Justice Gibbons and seconded by Karen Baggett.

Treasurer Janette Bloom stated she had completed and filed the Federal Tax Return by e-postcard for the non-profit Society.  She submitted a copy of the current funds ($6,900.95) available to the Society (attached).  She stated the bank account signature cards have been updated with signatures by herself, Peter Smith and Jason Sowards. Changes in the Nevada Revised Statutes free the Society from obtaining a business license and when medallions are sold, sales tax does not need to be charged.  Janette Bloom, Peter J. Smith and Susan Southwick counted the medallions and subsequently amended the report given to the membership. (See: Addendum to Minutes). Ms. Bloom’s treasurer report was approved at the meeting by motion made by Dennis Myers and seconded by Justice Gibbons.

Pending matters were discussed, including the editing of oral histories.  Janette Bloom and Jason Sowards are confirmed for this task.  For Judge Mendoza’s history, it is about 75 percent edited and Peter Smith has the copy.  Susan Southwick agreed to act as a typist to complete the corrections made by Vicki Mendoza.  The history is about 80 pages long and also needs to be indexed.  Susan Southwick also agreed to complete that index. 

Jeff Kintop reported that five histories are ready to go to the binder at the Nevada State Prison.  Janette Bloom agreed to submit the copies to Jeff for binding.  Binding costs of $1,100 have previously been estimated and agreed to by Jeff Kintop, Peter Smith, Janette Bloom and Karen Baggett. The costs are within the Society’s budget and Patty Cafferata moved to approve them which was seconded by Karen Baggett. Judge Johnson notified Peter Smith that he has edited a couple of histories which are also ready to go to binding.

There was no new business.  Peter Smith asked about a contact person to update the website for the Society on the Supreme Court’s page.  Justice Gibbons volunteered Jason Sowards, the Supreme Court’s Law Librarian, to make those corrections.

After lunch, at 1:25 P.M. Justice Gibbons moved to adjourn the meeting and Dennis Myers seconded that motion.       

Minutes submitted by Terry Rankin

ADDENDUM TO MINUTES: APRIL 2018

Subsequent to the Meeting in March 2018, Ms. Bloom and Ms. Southwick were able to retrieve several sets of medallions held at the Court for sale, compare past sales and update the number of medallions. 

The final Count includes the following:

For 2000, zero
For 2003, 80
For 2004, 128
For 2005, 143

For a total of 351 medallions plus 2 sets of 5 each (in display cases).  For those 2 sets, one is on display in the Nevada Supreme Court Law Library and one is with Ms. Southwick.

Updated by Terry Rankin, April 2018

Update by Peter J. Smith:  One set of 5 and three loose coins in the possession of Peter J. Smith, 366 total medallions

September 2017 Annual Membership Meeting

Minutes of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Membership

of

The Nevada Judicial Historical Society

September 15, 2017

Carson City, Nevada

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Peter Smith at 12:10 p.m.  Present were paid members Susan Southwick, Karen Baggett, Terry Rankin, The Honorable Thomas Perkins, Donald Klasic, Dennis Myers, as well as Peter Smith, constituting a quorum.  Also present were The Honorable Mark Gibbons, Jason Sowards, Janette Bloom, The Honorable Robert Johnston and Don Southwick, guest.

The Chairman then made a brief introduction of new member Jason Sowards.  Justice Gibbons further introduced Mr. Sowards as the recently appointed Supreme Court Law Librarian, noting that he had a law degree from Brandeis University and that he had come to the court from Vanderbilt University.

The minutes of the 2016 annual meeting were approved as mailed.  Myers/Gibbons.

Treasurer Janette Bloom noted that the balance as of August 31 was reduced from the 2016 balance of $7,623.39 to $6,390.95.  Total receipts came from dues and one donation, while large expenditures were made for Judge Fondi’s commemorative plaque, expenses relating to reformatting several oral histories from digital to print (including printing and binding costs), and significant postage and supplies expenses required to distribute the King’s Court book to Justice and Municipal courts.  She also put forth a budget projection for 2018 for receipts and expenditures anticipated, as well as an approximation of the value of other assets.  Susan Southwick said she thought there were more medallions than reported.  She and Ms. Bloom agreed to do a count.
Myers moved to approve, Klasic seconded; report approved.

Chairman Smith then handed out the 2017 Annual Report, saying the major points would be covered under the projects reports portion of the agenda.
He noted that the reformatting of the oral histories in digital form on UNR’s Special collections library to octavo print form was largely completed, with most of the histories also indexed for reprinting and binding.  Some large ones, like Claiborne are still in progress, but most are close to having an accurate page count to calculate publishing costs.
Robert Johnston asked about the “confidential pages” that had been withheld from the original publication of Justice Young’s history. Susan Southwick said that she had maintained them in her position as Law Librarian, but couldn’t remember exactly where they had been filed; she said she would assist Jason Sowards in locating them, but that their publication was contingent on the deaths of individuals who were still living.
Judge Johnston said he was working on completing histories of federal magistrate Phyllis Halsey Atkins and federal district judge Ed Reed and that he had obtained releases from the families of both.  He wondered how to get them published and Peter Smith said that with minimal editing and introductions, they could go on-line at the UNR Special Collections site.  Judge Johnston said he also has the original tape recordings and it was suggested that those could be offered to the Special Collections Library to back up the digital versions.

As Jeff Kintop was not present to report on the 10 Cases exhibit, Peter Smith said he would like the Society to sponsor a reception in the Old Supreme Court Chambers in the Capitol to celebrate its re-opening.  Earlier exploration had revealed that no food or drink was allowed there, so he would explore alternatives.

Janette Bloom reported that there was a good turn-out on April 7 for the dedication of Judge Fondi’s plaque at the Carson City Courthouse.  Many of the judge’s family were present, as were members of the local bar and members of the Judicial Historical Society.

Susan Southwick reported that a majority of the membership returned ballots re-electing the incumbents to additional 3-year terms.

Under New Business, Janette Bloom noted that bank account signatures need to be updated.
There being no further business, Gibbons moved for adjournment, Baggett seconding.  The meeting was adjourned at 12:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:
Susan Southwick, SecretaryAnnual


Susan Southwick, Acting Secretary

September 2017 Board Minutes

Minutes of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

September 15, 2017

Carson City, Nevada

Chairman Peter Smith called the meeting to order at 12:55 p.m.  Present were Treasurer, Janette Bloom, Acting Secretary, Susan Southwick, Trustees Terry Rankin, Dennis Myers, The Honorable Mark Gibbons, The Honorable Robert Johnston, The Honorable Thomas Perkins, Karen Baggett and Patricia Cafferata, constituting a quorum.  Also present were members Jason Sowards, Don Klasic, and guest Don Southwick.

Peter Smith offered an amendment to the minutes of the March 3d Board meeting . Justice Gibbons moved to approve the March minutes with the inclusion of the amendment, seconded by Patricia Cafferata.  Approved.

The date of March 9, 2018 was set for the next Board meeting, and September 21 was adopted for the 2018 annual meeting.  Both dates are Fridays.

Susan Southwick tendered her resignation from the Board of Trustees, effective at the conclusion of the meeting.  Her term lasts until September, 2018, as does the term of the office of Secretary.
Justice Gibbons then moved to nominate Jason Sowards to fill the trustee vacancy for the remainder of the term and further to appoint Mr. Sowards to the office of secretary until September, 2018.  Patricia Cafferata seconded.  Motion approved.

All incumbents of open offices had agreed to serve an additional term.  Justice Gibbons moved that Peter Smith be retained as Chairman, Jeff Kintop as Vice-Chairman and Janette Bloom as Treasurer.  Motion seconded by Patricia Cafferata.  Janette Bloom noted that she might not be able to complete the entire 3-year term, and that should be kept in mind.  The motion was approved.

It was proposed that Chairman, Peter Smith, Treasurer Janette Bloom and Secretary Jason Sowards should be on the signature card at the Heritage Bank.  As they were no longer trustees, current signatories Michael Fondi, Lola Christine Timko and Susan Southwick would be dropped.  Justice Gibbons made the motion and it was seconded by Patricia Cafferata.  Approved.

Patricia Cafferata then moved to adjourn the annual meeting of the Board, seconded by Karen Baggett.  Approved and the meeting was adjourned at 1:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
Susan Southwick, Secretary


Susan Southwick, Acting Secretary

Judge Michael E. Fondi Commemoration

Friday April 7th at 4:00 p.m. the Society will be presenting this commemorative plaque at the Carson City Courthouse.  Judge Fondi was Chairman of the Society and played a large role in getting the courthouse built while he was on the bench.

Medallions with setting

Single Medallion as sold in a protective shield and card

Commemorative Medallions for sale

The reverse of each coin shows the State Seal

Individual Medallions are $35 each

One ounce of 99.9% pure silver

All struck on the Carson City Mint

2000 is in short supply and only available in a full set of 5 coins in a nice presentation case @ $300

These are the four known locations where the Nevada Supreme Court has sat to hear cases, from the Warm Springs Hotel to the current quarters shown on the 2000 Medallion.  Prices will rise when silver goes over $35/oz again.

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Agenda March 3, 2017

                                           Agenda
                                    Board of Trustees
                          Nevada Judicial Historical Society
                                                           Friday, March 3, 2017
                                                              Noon – 2:00 p.m.


RED’s 395
1055 South Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada
Lunch from menu.

I. Call to order –Peter J. Smith, Chairman

II. Appointment or Nomination and Election of new Secretary

III. Approval of Minutes of Annual Meeting of Board, September 16, 2016 as mailed

IV. Nomination or Appointment of new Trustee

V. Treasurer’s Report – Janette, Bloom, Treasurer

VI. Reports on pending matters
                     a. Justice Court book distribution
                     b. Final Edits and Indexing of oral histories, printers’ services
                     c. John Mendoza Editing progress
                     d. Presentation of Fondi Plaque at Carson City Courthouse

VII. Polling Board Members for September nominations

VIII. New Business

IX. Adjournment

2-16-17

Minutes 2016 Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting of the Nevada Judicial Historical Society
                                September 16, 2016
               Held at Red’s Old 395 Grill in Carson City.



Chairman Peter J. Smith called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm.

Paid members present were:  Christine Timko, Secretary, trustees Jeff Kintop, Susan Southwick Patricia Cafferata, Karen Baggett, , The Honorable William Maddox and The Honorable Thomas Perkins for a quorum of six.  Also present were trustees Clint Case, The Honorable Mark Gibbons, Dennis Myers, James Smith and Janette Bloom, Treasurer.  Victoria Mendoza and Don Southwick were present as guests.

Approval of Minutes:
Susan Southwick moved for approval of the minutes of September 18, 2015 and it was seconded by Dennis Myers to approve the minutes with the edits as discussed.
There being no discussion or dissension the minutes were approved with the edits as discussed.

Treasurer’s Report
Jeanette Bloom passed out the Treasurer’s Report for August 31, 2016. The Treasurer’s report stated that $675 had been received in membership fees. There were expenditures of $955.33. The ending balance in the account as of August 31, 2016 was $7,623.39.
The sale of three sets of coins covered the cost of refinishing the Ten Cases Display case.
Dennis Myers moved for approval of the Treasurer’s report. Tom Perkins seconded the motion. There being no discussion or dissention, the Treasurer’s Report was approved.

Discussion of the plaque in honor of Judge Fondi
Peter Smith contacted the BronzePlaque.com and did a preliminary design for the plaque in honor of Judge Fondi. Peter sent the link to the proposed design to the members for approval via email in early September.
The plaque would cost $741 to produce.
Changes to the wording of the plaque were discussed.  It was decided that Peter would edit the wording of the inscription and circulate the new inscription to the members for approval.

There was a motion to add a line to the inscription which would indicate gratitude. Janette Bloom so moved and Dennis Myers seconded the motion. Motion carried with one member against.
Pat Cafferata made the motion that there are two plaques created, one to be displayed in Carson City and one to be displayed in Virginia City. Janette Bloom seconded. The motion was defeated there being a majority of members against the motion in a 5 nay to 4 yea vote.

There was discussion of where the plaque would be displayed. It was decided by the membership to give the finished plaque to Maxine Cortez who is the First Judicial District Court Administrator. The First Judicial Court will then decide where to display the plaque.

Project Progress Reports
The committee to edit the oral histories in preparation for printing hard copies did not meet. The committee consisting of Peter Smith, Karen Baggett, Janette Bloom, and Susan Southwick will correspond by email and work on this project in November.

Victoria Mendoza will edit and add clarifying information to the John Mendoza manuscript of his oral history. Victoria has some photographs will could possibly be added. Victoria will work on an introduction. Peter Smith thanked Victoria on behalf of the membership for her willingness to take on this project.

The Ten Cases exhibit is almost ready for display. Governor Sandoval has been actively interested in getting this exhibit functioning and on display. The buttons which start the recordings work, the sound quality is excellent, the case has been refinished, and the new working components are in one box which differs from previous version where the working components consisted of several separate pieces. The photographs still need to be printed and put on the display on a removable panel which needs to be sized exactly to fit the display case. Jeff Kintop shared a poster of the picture panel with the group and it looked very good. Jeff will try to do the work in-house but if not Janette Bloom suggested some people who may be able to help. Jeff estimated that the Ten Cases display will be ready to go on display again in about two weeks assuming he can do the work in-house.
Susan Southwick made the suggestion that the Governor be asked to attend a reception for this exhibit.

Filing of Annual Membership List.
Janette has all the paperwork and the check ready to be filed with the Secretary of State. Once the paperwork has been filed the copy will be sent to Christine Timko at the Nevada Supreme Court Law Library* (*Copy of the annual filing arrived at the Nevada Supreme Court Law Library on September 21, 2016).

Moment of Silence
Peter Smith asked the group to have a moment of silence for the passing of Judge Fondi, Judge Young, Judge Griffin, and Judge Ray.

After the moment of silence in memory of those who have passed, Susan Southwick moved to adjourn the meeting of the membership. Karen Baggett seconded. The annual meeting of the membership adjourned at 1:00 pm.

                                  Unsigned draft pending adoption September 2017

                                            Board Meeting, September 16, 2016

Chairman Peter Smith called the meeting of the Board of Trustees to order at 1:01 pm.
The dates for the next Board of Trustees’ meeting were set for March 10th, 2017, and the annual meeting was set for September 15th, 2017. The locations will be decided at a later date.
There was no new business.
Janette Bloom moved to adjourn the September 16, 2016 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Jeff Kintop seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 1:03 pm.

                                   Unsigned draft pending adoption March 3, 2017
           
ver. 2-23-17

Russ McDonald's Judicial Biographies

The Judicial Biographies that were prepared by Russ McDonald in a 420 page collection and which have not been published are as follows.  These are under discussion by the Society.  There is a copy of the manuscript at the Nevada Supreme Court Library.
Russ McDonald was Nevada Legislative Counsel and was also responsible for codifying the Nevada Revised Statutes.


                                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

Subject:                                                                  Page #


Brent T. Adams....................................................... 1
Debora Ann Agosti.................................................... 1
George Phillip Annand................................................ 3
Mark Richards Averill................................................ 3
Howard W. Babcock.................................................... 4
Milton Benjamin Badt................................................. 4
S.L.Baker............................................................ 5
Alexander White "Sandy" Baldwin.................................... 5&6
George A. Ballard.................................................... 7
John William Barrett................................................. 8
George Arthur Bartlett............................................... 8
Cameron M. Batjer.................................................... 9
Henry Oscar Beatty................................................ 9-11
William Henry Beatty............................................. 12-21
William P. Beko..................................................... 21
John S. Belford..................................................... 22
Charles Henry Belknap............................................... 23
Lester H. Berkson................................................... 24
George G. Berry.................................................. 24-25
Rensselaer R. Bigelow............................................... 26
Archie E. Blake..................................................... 27
John Henry Boalt.................................................... 27
William Madison Boardman......................................... 28-31
Joseph Bonaventure.................................................. 32
McKaskia Steams Bonnifield.......................................... 32
Samuel James Bonnefield..............................................33
William Sutherland Bonnefield.................................... 34-36
Grant L. Bowen...................................................... 37
Peter Breen...................................................... 37-42
Peter Breen#2....................................................... 43
Peter I. Breen...................................................... 44
James A. Brennan.................................................... 44
Cornelius M. Brosnan..............................................44-65
George Sampson Brown................................................ 66
Merwyn Harold Brown................................................. 67
Melvin T. Brunetti.................................................. 68
Caleb Burbank.................................................... 68-71
James A. Callahan................................................... 72
Edward Peter Carville............................................ 72-73
Samuel H. Chase.................................................. 74-76
Azro Eugene Cheney.................................................. 77
Carl J. Christensen................................................. 77
Harry Eugene Claiborne.......................................... 78-101
Frederick Wadsworth Cole....................................... 102-110
Benjamin Wilson Coleman........................................ 110-114
Jon R. Collins................................................. 114-116
William P. Compton................................................. 117
John Cradlebaugh............................................... 118-138
Thomas Owen Craven................................................. 138
Benjamin Curler................................................ 139-146
Benjamin Franklin Curler....................................... 146-153
William Wormer Drummond........................................ 153-173
Edward Augustus Ducker.......................................... 173-18
Frank T. Dunn...................................................... 182
Edmund Francis Dunne........................................... 182-198
James Dysart...................................................... 198
Warner Earll.................................................. 199-202
Theodore D. Edwards........................................... 203-210
Edward Silsby Farrington...................................... 211-216
Adolphus Leigh Fitzgerald..................................... 216-223
James H. Flack................................................ 223-230
Robert Patterson Flenniken.................................... 230-237
Charles North Harris.......................................... 239-245
William Haydon................................................ 246-262
Edgar Winters Hillyer......................................... 263-274
John Neely Johnson............................................ 275-279
Thomas Van Camp Julien........................................ 280-294
George D. Keeney.............................................. 294-307
James Giles McClinton......................................... 308-316
Gordon Newell Mott............................................ 317-320
Frank Herbert Norcross........................................ 321-325
John Wesley North............................................. 325-335
Richard Rising................................................ 335A-357
George Myron Sabin............................................ 359-367
George Enoch Turner........................................... 368A-424A
Daniel Webster Virgin......................................... 369-379
J. Emmett Walsh............................................... 380-383
Thomas H. Wells............................................... 385-419

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

March 13, 2015

Carson City, Nevada

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 by Chairman Michael Fondi. Present and constituting a quorum were Susan Southwick, Secretary, Janette Bloom, Treasurer, Jeff Kintop, Vice-Chairman and trustees Clinton Case, Robert Johnston, Dennis Myers, The Honorable Thomas Perkins, The Honorable Mark Gibbons, Jim Smith, Peter Smith, and Karen Baggett, as well as members Christine Timko and Terry Rankin.  Also present was guest Don Southwick.

The minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board, September 19, 2014 were approved as mailed. (Meyers/Johnston)

Treasurer Janette Bloom reported a 2014 ending balance of $6,931.60.  With $75.00 in new memberships and $27.88 in expenditures, the current balance is $6,978.72.  Gibbons moved to approve, seconded by Smith; approved.

There were several reports on different aspects of the Joint Oral History Project.  Jeff Kintop reported that Silver State Industries (the Prison print shop) had given an estimate of $1,099 to print and bind 7 copies each of the 12 oral histories already completed.  Although it was possible to save some costs by combining several of the shorter narratives into one volume, the consensus was that the price was reasonable as presented.  A technical glitch is that the narratives are currently formatted as double-columns on 8 ½” x 11”, while the desired bound format is to be octavo with no columns.  Janette Bloom took a CD copy of the on-line version and said she would work on the formatting.  Judge Perkins then moved to accept the price of approximately $12/apiece to print and bind with a 20% margin.  Second by Jim Smith and approved.

Peter Smith reported that he had a transcript (in both print and digital formats) of an oral history of Judge John Mendoza which had been done but not published by the UNLV Oral History Program.  He wants to use the publication of this narrative by NJHS perhaps to open up cooperation with the UNLV program, since UNR no longer is actively pursuing oral histories.  Judge Mendoza’s transcript lacks a release, so before he proceeds with any details, he hopes to have obtained a release from the family in April.

Susan Southwick reported that she had got the rough transcription of Judge Fondi’s 1994 partial history edited by Patricia Cooper-Smith.  Judge Fondi has reviewed it made corrections and signed a release.  Both she and Judge Fondi felt that more was needed to make a full oral history and that both his life through law school and his activities after 1994 should be added.  Peter Smith asked Judge Fondi who he would like to have interview him for the additional segments, and he said he thought someone with experience as a professional interviewer would be best.  Mrs. Southwick will work with Brad Williams on how to proceed.

Susan Southwick reported that she had written a letter to the acting director of the Nevada Historical Society for permission to publish Russell MacDonald’s Biographical Sketches of Nevada Judges.  The Historical Society is the repository of MacDonald’s papers, but the family donated a computer with several files to the Judicial Historical Society and wrote several letters expressing their desire that NJHS edit and publish the Sketches.  There was no response from the Nevada Historical Society and Jeff Kintop said he had started addressing the issue with Peter Barton, the Museum director.  Mr. Kintop related his familiarity with the files and said they needed a great deal of editing, including providing attribution to the many sources Mr. MacDonald relied upon.  He said that in addition to the manuscript, there are hundreds of biographical files in boxes at the Nevada Historical Society and he has at least compiled a listing of them.  The upshot is that an attempt at publishing the Sketches will require some serious scoping as to how to limit the project.  He suggested that interested members review some of the Sketches to get an idea of what needs to be done.  He said he had converted the file to Word and had got as far as Cradlebaugh in preliminary editing.

Mrs. Southwick polled the Board as to who wished to continue on the ballot in September.  She said Don Klasic had declined to run again, leaving an opening on the Board for at least one new trustee.  Michael Bowers, Michael Fondi, Jeff Kintop, Karen Baggett and Peter Smith said they would like to remain on the Board, as did Mrs. Southwick, although declining to run for another term as secretary.
Jim Smith reported that the State Bar did consider the proposed check-off donation from membership dues to the NJHS, but that there was concern that it would open a floodgate of similar requests, costing the Bar too much.  Peter Smith suggested the NJHS provide more submissions to the Nevada Lawyer so that the Society would get more notice.

Susan Southwick submitted several suggested revisions to the By-laws, requesting the Board’s input and approval before putting them to the membership for a vote.  Robert Johnston moved that the language “shall be mailed or e-mailed” be used where “sent” is used for notice.  Second?  Approved.
Jeff Kintop then reported that he can now obtain a digital reader for the audio portion of the 10 Cases exhibit which will include all ten of the audio recordings.  It will have numbered buttons wired to existing speakers.  A new panel for the exhibit cabinet will cost about $800, with the reader at about $2,000.  He requested  $3,000 to get the exhibit up and running again and said funding could perhaps be obtained from the 150th Anniversary Commission remaining monies.  Jim Smith moved, Peter Smith seconding, that Mr. Kintop draft a letter to the Chairman of the Commission requesting funding and that it go out under the name of NJHS Chairman Michael Fondi.  Approved. {note: the Board approved $2,000 for this project in March 2013.}

Jim Smith then added that Judge David Hardy of the Second Judicial District is very interested in Nevada Territorial and Washoe County judges.  Susan Southwick noted that Judge Hardy had joined NJHS for 2015, and Supreme Court Justice Hardesty was also interested in becoming a member.
Peter Smith moved to adjourn, there being no further business, seconded by Susan Southwick.

Adjourned at 1:50.
Respectfully submitted:

         - - - Draft - - -
Susan Southwick, Secretary

Agenda March 13, 2015

Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Friday, March 13, 2015
Noon – 2:00 p. m.
Grandma Hattie’s Restaurant
2811 S. Carson St.
Carson City, Nevada


I. Call to order – Chairman Michael Fondi
II. Approve Minutes of Annual Meeting of Board, September 19, 2014, as mailed
III. Treasurer’s Report – Janette Bloom, Treasurer
IV. Projects: Reports and Possible Action
a. Oral histories. Binding: Jeff Kintop. Judge Mendoza transcript: Peter Smith. Judge Fondi
    transcript: Susan Southwick
b. Russell MacDonald’s Biographical Sketches – Susan Southwick
V. Trustees up for election/re-election for September 2015 to September 2018 – Susan Southwick
VI. By-laws up-date, request to submit on-line to membership for approval – Susan Southwick
VII. New Business
VIII. Adjournment

Annual Meeting September 19, 2014

Annual Meeting of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Friday, September 19, 2014

Noon – 2:00 p.m.

Grandma Hattie’s Restaurant

2811 S. Carson St.

Carson City, NV

I.  Call to Order – Vice-Chairman, Jeff Kintop.
II. Approval of the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of September 20, 2013
III. Treasurer’s Report – Janette Bloom , Treasurer
IV. Presentation of 2014 Annual Report – Vice-Chairman, Jeff Kintop
V. Election Results, Board of Trustees – Susan Southwick, Nominating Committee
VI. Project Reports:
a. Joint Oral History Project:  Susan Southwick for Ad Hoc Committee
b. Additions to web site of Justices’ Investitures and Memorials – Paula Doty, Nevada
   Supreme Court Library
c. Donations check-off for NJHS on Bar Invoice – Jim Smith
d. Possible By-Laws Amendments – Susan Southwick
VII. New Business
VIII. Adjourn Annual Meeting of the Membership

Reconvene as Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees

I. Call to Order – Vice-Chairman, Jeff Kintop
II. Approval of the Minutes of the Board Meeting of March 14, 2014
III. Elect Chairman, Vice Chairman and Treasurer to 3 year terms
IV. Set date for 2015 Annual Meeting
V. New Business
VI. Adjourn Meeting of Board of Trustees.

Annual Meeting, Board of Trustees, is set for noon, Friday September 19, 2014, in Carson City
Details and Agenda will be posted

Board Meeting March, 2014

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees

of the

Nevada Judicial Historical Society

March 14, 2014

Carson City, Nevada

    The meeting was called to order by Chairman Michael Fondi at 12:15. Present were Vice-Chairman Jeff Kintop, Susan Southwick, Secretary and trustees Tom Perkins, Karen Baggett, Don Klasic, Dennis Myers, Jim Smith, Clint Case and Peter Smith.  Also present were member Christine Timko and guest Don Southwick.

    The minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board, September 20, 2013, were approved as mailed. (Myers/P. Smith)

     Susan Southwick delivered the Treasurer’s report. Janette Bloom had prepared an end-of-fiscal-year report, giving a balance of $6,190.50.  With two large membership renewals in 2014, the current balance is $6,390.50.

     Peter Smith reported on the plaque presentation ceremony which accompanied the Supreme Court’s Northern Panel oral arguments on November 14, 2013.  The plaque honored Horatio McClean Jones, who served as Lyon County’s first district court judge. Trustee Patricia Cafferata also delivered a brief history of the old Lyon County Courthouse. The arguments and presentations were well-attended by local high school classes and government dignitaries.  Mr. Smith noted that there were currently no plaques contemplated for the near future.

     Mr. Smith then reported on the status of the Joint Oral History Project, stating that 12 histories were completed and that a decision should be made on the expenditure of the balance of the Jon Ben Snow Foundation grant, which is about $17,000.  Susan Southwick said she had identified public, special and higher education libraries which might use the histories and that printing and binding about 61 copies of each history would be the largest expenditure.  She said that could be pared down by printing several copies for just a few large libraries to distribute by interlibrary loan. Each copy would cost about $12.         Christine Timko pointed out that interlibrary loan was a standard service among all Nevada libraries.  There was discussion about the on-line availability of all the histories, which might meet the requirement for widespread distribution; these can be downloaded at no charge from the UNR Special Collections Library’s web-site.  

     Mr. Smith then asked the group for suggestions for new interviews, and Ms. Timko emphasized the importance of using the funding to capture members of the bench and bar while they were still able to contribute.  Chief Justice Gibbons offered Miriam Shearing and Robert Rose.  Susan Southwick suggested Michael Fondi.  Others mentioned were Al Pagni, Robert List, Tom Russell, Robert Miller, Harry Reid, Richard Bryan and Andy McKenzie.

     Discussion then turned to the difficulties of getting transcriptions of the interviews, a task which had originally been the Oral History Project’s contribution.  Transcription software was mentioned, as was contacting the UNLV Oral History program to see who they used.  Videotaping the interviews was also discussed.

     Eventually, a motion was made by Tom Perkins, seconded by Gibbons, to print and bind 7 copies each of the 12 completed histories, to be distributed as follows: University of Nevada System, 2 copies, State Library and Archives, 2, Washoe and Clark County Library Systems, 1 each, and 1 to the Supreme Court Library.  The motion passed unopposed.

     Peter Smith provided a draft of a letter to serve as a status report to the Jon Ben Snow Foundation, which was approved by the Chairman.

    Jeff Kintop reported that he hasn’t had much input from the State Museum director and so has moved on his own to update the “Ten Cases” exhibit.  The company proposed to create the new CDs has an 8 program limit, while we have 10 narratives, but they have agreed to see if they can adapt the format.  Doug Southerland will be approached to create a new photo montage for the display.  The sound system might also be adapted to accommodate two controllers, rather than the one now in use.

Jim Smith said he hadn’t been able to find out who could approve adding the Society to the State Bar’s “check-off” donations.  Chief Justice Gibbons asked Jim to prepare the request and that he would see it got delivered.

     Under new business, Christine Timko reported that a list of investitures and memorials of Nevada judges and justices had been added to the Society’s web-site.  She hopes to have the texts scanned in soon, as well.

    Ms. Southwick said she was going to review N.R.S. Chapter 82 to determine whether the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws remain fully in compliance.  She will report at the Annual Meeting.

    Chairman Fondi noted that the annual meeting will be held September 19, 2014.

    The meeting was adjourned at 1:15.

Respectfully submitted:

____________________unsigned draft______________

Susan Southwick, Secretary