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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pswegle@gmail.com">Paul S</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Date:</B></I> 9/22/2018 4:27:01 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:undisclosed-recipients:,">undisclosed-recipients:,</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Subject:</B></I> WSBA reforms halted by WA Supreme Court!</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Please see the attached letter from Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Fairhurst. Among other things, all WSBA governance reforms have been halted pending a "comprehensive review of the structure of the Bar." </DIV>
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<DIV>This letter comes on the heels of an action by the court reversing the Board of Governor's recent decision to increase LLLT and LPO dues.</DIV>
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<DIV><I>In my personal view as an elected Governor</I>, this and other recent trends and developments confirm what many of us have feared: <BR></DIV>
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<LI>the authority of the Board of Governors is a fiction,
<LI>the WSBA Bylaws are a fiction,
<LI>the Washington State Bar Act is a fiction, and
<LI>Board oversight over the Executive Director is a fiction. <BR></LI></UL></DIV>
<DIV>The Board of Governors meets next Thursday and Friday. The agenda has been wiped clean of any governance reforms, including proposed Bylaw amendments rolling back the three new appointed BOG seats and eight other proposals that were previously scheduled for first read.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small; FLOAT: none; DISPLAY: inline; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial">Members should consider showing up to <I>cautiously </I>express their views about these historic developments. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Feel free to share this email with fellow WSBA Members. Because of recent retaliations against reform-oriented Governors, it is highly unlikely that any other reform-oriented Governors will share this information or their personal views about it. </DIV>
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<DIV>If you received this email indirectly and wish to be on my email list, please let me know. </DIV>
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<DIV>Paul Swegle, Governor, Dist 7N</DIV>
<DIV>Washington State Bar Association</DIV>
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