December 1, 2010

eCCL/Conference Call - Meeting Minutes

 

 

Judge Julie Spector, Chair

Ms. Linda Bell

Ms. Roni Booth

Ms. Susan Carlson

Ms. Ruth Gordon

Judge Linda Krese

Ms. Tina Marusich

Ms. Yvonne Pettus

Mr. David Ponzoha

Judge Christine Quinn-Brintnall

Judge Jean Rietschel

Judge Gerald Roach

Ms. Holli Spanski

 

Ms. Julia Appel

Ms. Jenni Christopher

Ms. Colleen Clark

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Judge Quinn-Brintnall called the meeting to order. Judge Spector joined the meeting following the approval of the minutes.

 

Judge Quinn-Brintnall asked if there were any changes to the August 17, 2010 minutes. There were none.

 

 

Ms. Appel provided a brief overview of the Clearance Rate and Time to Resolution Measure; the measure tests conducted at Cowlitz, Jefferson, and Thurston County Superior Courts; and the staff assessment of the measure. (These materials had been provided to the Committee for review and feedback prior to the meeting.) The Committee discussed the Clearance Rate and decided to keep the standard at 99%. The Committee discussed the importance of providing detailed explanations of any anomalies in a court’s caseload statistics that might adversely affect their ability to meet the measure’s standards.

 

 

Judge Spector reminded the Committee that as there is limited AOC staff availability during the legislative session, there will no meetings until after the session concludes at the end of April. Staff will work with Mr. Ponzoha to discuss the availability and appropriateness of caseload statistics that would make the Clearance Rate and Time to Resolution Measure applicable to the Court of Appeals.

 

Note: This meeting was conducted using the online conference call tool (eCCL). Some connectivity issues remain to be ironed out, but in general committee members participated successfully. Due to a limited budget, it is likely that the Best Practices Committee will conduct future meetings online using this tool.