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MINUTES
The Florida Bar
Environmental and Land Use Law Section
Executive Council Meeting
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
Amelia Island Plantation
Prepared by George F. Gramling, III
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Members in Attendance
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Staff and Others in Attendance
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Sid Ansbacher
Kirk Burns
Jack Chisolm
Marti Collins
Michelle Diffenderfer
Bob Fingar
John Fumero
George Gramling
Richard Hamann
Gary Hunter
David Jordan
Robert Manning
Jim Porter
Joe Richards
Robert Riggio
Suzi Ruhl
Terry Zinn
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Enola Brown
Erin Deady
Carol Forthman
Mary Hansen
Jackie Werndli
Andrea Zelman
Members Not in Attendance
Paul Chipok
Jane Gordon
Maribel Nicholson-Choice
Susan Trevarthen
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order on August 21, 2002 by Sidney F. Ansbacher.
II. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
The June Minutes were approved subject to a change proposed by Joe
Richards. The change is to indicate that Mr. Richards submitted a
written report instead of no report at all. The proposed change to
the Minutes was voted on and approved.
III. OLD BUSINESS
The discussion of Old Business was tabled by Mr. Ansbacher.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
1) NOMINATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. George Gramling
nominated Enola T. Brown and Andrea Zelman to fill the two
vacancies existing on the Executive Council. Other nominations
included Anthony Cotter and Erin Deady. A vote among the Executive
Council Quorum resulted in the election of Andrea Zelman and Enola
T. Brown to fill the two vacancies. Sid Ansbacher encouraged Erin
Deady and Mr. Cotter and any other interested persons to continue
to stay involved with the Section and seek a position on the
Council at the next opportunity.
V. COMMITTEE REPORTS.
1) ACCESS TO JUSTICE. Suzi Ruhl submitted a written report
attached.
2) AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP. Philip Elson indicated that the Affiliate
Workshop scheduled for Thursday, August 22, was proceeding well
and the attendance was expected to be good.
3) CLE. Michelle Diffenderfer submitted a written report.
4) CLE TREATISE. No report.
5) FLORIDA BAR JOURNAL. Robert Manning said that he has slots
available in the Journals for articles and requested interested
persons to submit ideas to him.
6) INTERNET. Joe Richards indicated that the effort to create a
“chat room” on the web page was unsuccessful, but that he was
continuing to refine this initiative.
7) LAW SCHOOLS. Robert Riggio reported that the University of
Florida (Gators) won all three Maloney writing contest awards.
8) MEMBERSHIP – Jane M. Gordon. No report.
9) PUBLIC INTEREST REPRESENTATION. Marty Collins stated that the
Public Interest Law Conference planned for February 28 was
expected to be well attended and encouraged everyone to attend.
10) SECTION REPORTER – Joe Richards. Joe reported that the Section
Reporter Committee had published a record five additions of the
Section Reporter.
11) AD HOC MDP COMMITTEE. Terry Zinn commented that in light of
the Arthur Anderson accounting scandals recently highlighted in
the media, he did not expect any multi-disciplinary practice
initiative to continue to evolve.
VI. LIAISON REPORTS.
There were no reports provided except by George Gramling regarding
the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section Initiative. George
stated that he had spoken with Alan Fields, the RPPTL liaison, and
Alan had three specific requests reforming a Title Liaison with
the Section. First, he would like a list of all CLE dates and
seminar topics so that RPPTL Section could publish those on its
web page. Next, he would like to attend an upcoming Executive
Council Meeting.
The meeting was then adjourned.
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