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Joseph A. MartinezSpecial thanks to John Convery (San Antonio) and Henry Bemporad (San Antonio), ourcourse directors for the Federal Law seminar held in New Orleans in March. Thanks totheir efforts we had an outstanding lineup of speakers.The TCDLA Board met in New Orleans on March 10. The following motions passedat the board meeting:4 MOTION: TCLDA Membership DirectoryKeep the format and process the same as current year for the 2012–2013 TCDLA MembershipDirectory4 MOTION: Change 401(k) retirement plan for TCDLA staff by Lowering Age Coverageto 18 Years4 MOTION: Approve Hall of Fame 2012 Recipients Charles McDonald and Roland Dahlin II4 By Acclimation, Troy McKinney as Lawyer of the Year for 20124 MOTION: Approve John Raley as a TCDLA Honorary MemberThe Board wants to inform members about the SBOT Texas Lawyers Assistance Program(TLAP). The Board recognizes we need to help each other. We need to be supportiveof our sisters and brothers who may need our help. TLAP is a confidential 24 hour-a-dayservice. Please go to the SBOT or TCDLA websites for more information.Through six months of the 2012 fiscal year, here are several performance items:ExecutiveDirector’sPerspectiveNumber of Seminars held:TCDLA Membership:TCDLA 6 Current members 3,201CDLP 18 New members 167Number of Lawyers Trained: Dropped members 266TCDLA 574 TCDLA website hits 1,340,000CDLP 1,939 Voice Online hits 400,000Very special thanks to Lydia Clay-Jackson (Conroe), Dean of Students, and Tim Evans(Fort Worth), Dean of Faculty, for the 36th Annual Texas Criminal Trial College held inHuntsville. We also thank the 37 faculty for participating in this year’s college. We had 79students from all across Texas. We have a list of the faculty and graduates from this year’scollege on page 21. Please join us in congratulating these lawyers.Special thanks to the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) and their Dean, Mr.