Membership CommitteeGreetings and welcome to the webpage for the Membership Committee of the Senior Lawyers Section. We are enjoying the challenge of attracting and retaining members for our new section. We are off to a good start, with over 1200 members joining in our first eleven months. Our members vary in all demographics other than minimum age, although we do have at least one member under the age of 55. The Association’s membership rolls show that more than 18,000 members are 55 and over, so here is our pool of prospective new Section members, a pool that grows every year. Under the leadership of our dynamic chair, Justin Vigdor, our very engaged Section Executive Committee, and with very able assistance and staff support from Richard Martin, the Section has many initiatives for its members. Many of you will have received the inaugural issue of our magazine, The Senior Lawyer, which we commend to all and hope that you found it interesting and useful. On October 29-31 the Section held its first Fall Meeting at The Sagamore Resort in Bolton’s Landing, NY, on Lake George in the Adirondacks. The meeting was held jointly with the Elder Law Section with a full program of professional CLE sessions and many social opportunities to network, chat and greet. The feedback we have received has been that the weekend was very much enjoyed by the attendees. We look forward to continuing to promote Section membership initiatives, making Section membership both increasingly valuable and enjoyable. We are scheduling a Committee meeting during the Association’s Annual Meeting in NYC in the last week in January, 2010, to meet one another and discuss Committee initiatives. Once the date, time and place have been finalized, we will post here. Cordially, Charles Goldberger and John Marwell, Committee co-chairs |