LSC Board of Directors and Committee Meetings

The Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors and five of the Board's Committees will meet on October 31-November 1, 2008. Members of the public that wish to listen to the open portions of the meetings live may do so by following the telephone call-in directions. Friday, October 31, 2008: 1. Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services Committee (Provisions Committee). 2. Audit Committee 3. Operations & Regulations Committee Saturday, November 1, 2008: 4. Governance & Performance Review Committee (Open Session followed by a Closed Session). 5. Board of Directors (Executive Session) 6. Finance Committee 7. Board of Directors (Open Session) Matters To Be Considered: Friday, October 31, 2008 Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services Committee 1. Approval of agenda. 2. Approval of the Committee's meeting minutes of August 1, 2008. 3. Staff Update on LSC Technology Criteria for Legal Aid Offices. 4. Staff Update on activities implementing the LSC Private Attorney Involvement Action Plan--Help Close the Justice Gap: Unleash the Power of Pro Bono. 5. Staff Update on Pilot Loan Repayment Assistance Program. 6. Update on Native American Delivery and Funding by LSC staff and NAILS representatives. 7. Public comment. 8. Consider and act on other business. 9. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting. Audit Committee 1. Approval of agenda. 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's meetings of August 1-2, 2008. 3. Report of the Inspector General on schedule for LSC's annual audit for FY 2008. 4. Discussion of alternatives for LSC fundraising. 5. Consider and act on the establishment of procedures for the receipt, retention, processing and resolution of complaints or expressions of concern regarding accounting, internal controls and auditing issues. 6. Public comment. 7. Consider and act on other business. 8. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting. Operations & Regulations Committee 1. Approval of agenda. 2. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's August 1, 2008 meeting. 3. Consider and act on ``alternative sanctions'' rulemaking. 4. Consider and act on Draft Final Rule implementing OPEN Government Act changes to the federal Freedom of Information Act. 5. Staff Report on LSC's relationship with other entities providing disaster assistance. 6. Consider and act on rulemaking petition regarding financial eligibility requirements in disaster areas. 7. Discussion of the responsibilities of Independent Public Accountants. 8. Consider and act on other business. 9. Other public comment. 10. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting. Saturday, November 1, 2008 Governance and Performance Review Committee 1. Approval of agenda. 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's meeting of August 2, 2008. 3. Consider and act on whether to recommend to the Board: a. the draft Board Member Self-Assessment document; b. the draft Committee Member Self-Assessment document; and c. the draft Board evaluation schedule. 4. Board succession planning. 5. Consider and act on the designation of the Ethics Officer. 6. Consider and act on recommendation regarding the criteria and critical elements to be used to evaluate the performance of the Corporation's Inspector General. 7. Consider and act on other business. 8. Public comment. 9. Consider and act on recommendation regarding the performance review of President Helaine M. Barnett for calendar year 2008. 10. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting. Board of Directors 1. Approval of minutes of the Board's Executive Session of August 2, 2008. 2. Consider and act on recommendation of the Governance & Performance Review Committee regarding the performance review of President Helaine M. Barnett for calendar year 2008. 3. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and pending litigation involving LSC. 4. Inspector General report on Subpoena Enforcement Action. 5. Consider and act on motion to recess 6. Approval of agenda. 7. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of August 2, 2008. 8. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session telephonic meeting of August 18, 2008. 9. Chairman's Report. 10. Members' Reports. 11. President's Report. 12. Inspector General's Report. 13. Consider and act on the report of the Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services Committee. 14. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee. 15. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations Committee. 16. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee. 17. Consider and act on the report of the Governance & Performance Review Committee regarding: Board succession planning. Board Member self-assessment document, Committee Member self-assessment document, and Board evaluation schedule. 18. Consider and act on recommendation of the Governance & Performance Review Committee regarding the criteria and critical elements to be used to evaluate the performance of the Corporation's Inspector General. 19. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Ad Hoc Committee. 20. Consider and act on the recommendations of Directors McKay, Phillips-Jackson and Singleton concerning adoption of a Protocol for Processing Board members' document requests. 21. Consider and act on review of LSC's draft Risk Management Program. 22. Public comment. 23. Consider and act on other business. 24. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting. Finance Committee 1. Approval of agenda. 2. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's meetings of August 1, 2008. 3. Presentation on LSC's Financial Reports for the Year Ending September 30, 2008. 4. Staff report on status of FY 2009 appropriations process. 5. Consider and act on Resolution Number 2008-016, Temporary Operating Budget for FY 2009. 6. Discussion regarding best practices concerning what information management should be providing to the Board and how/when it should be provided. 7. Public comment. 8. Consider and act on other business. 9. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting.