Guidebook for Directors of Close Corporations Task Force . This task force is at work on a project to develop a guidebook for directors of close corporations. The Committee held an enhanced set of activities at the Spring Meeting in March 2000 in Columbus, Ohio to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the Model Bisiness Corporation Act. In addition to the Committee's usual task force meetings and Committee meetings, we held a special dinner for Committee members, past Committee members and current and past Section officers with a talk on the history of the Model Act, presented a program on major corporation law and Model Act developments and issues, and jointly sponsored a program on Entity Rationalization and Business Codes. The 1999 Supplement was published in early 2000, as was A new soft bound edition of the Model Act with official comment.
Plans are underway for publication an entire new edition.
See Item 5 of this report for information on publications in The Business Lawyer of adopted and proposed amendments to the Model Act. Today The Committee plans an article to be submitted to Business Law Today to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the Model Business Corporation Act. James J. Hanks, Jr. acts as Liaison to the BLT Editorial Board. The Committee has initiated an ambitious goal for Brown Bag Programs, focusing on new Model Act provisions as they are adopted with a view to presenting them in as many Model Act states as possible. The Committee has no pro bono or outreach activities, and does not believe its mission lends itself to participation in these important objectives of the Section.