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UCC ARTICLE 2B
DRAFTING PROJECT
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
I. SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
American Law Institute (ALI)
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)
UCC Permanent Editorial Board
II. DRAFTING COMMITTEE
Ray Nimmer (TX) - Reporter (ALI)
Carlyle C. Ring, Jr. (VA) - Chair (NCCUSL & ALI)
David Bartlett (CO) - Member (ALI)
Amelia Boss (PA) - Member (ALI)
John Chanin (HA) - Member (NCCUSL)
Steve Chow (MA) - Member (NCCUSL & ALI)
Pat Fry (ND) - Member (NCCUSL & ALI)
Tom Grindshaw (CO) - Member (NCCUSL)
Tom McCracken (IL) - Member (NCCUSL)
Jim McKay (DC) - Member (NCCUSL & ALI)
Bruce Munson (WI) - Member (NCCUSL)
David Rice (RI) - Member (ALI)
Lewis Stone (NY) - Member (NCCUSL)
Barry Evenchick (NJ) - Division Chair (NCCUSL)
Gene Lebrun (SD) - President, NCCUSL
John McClaugherty (WV) - Chair, Executive Committee, NCCUSL
Fred Miller (OK) - Executive Director, NCCUSL
N.B. All meetings are open and those attending are permitted to participate in the discussions of the Drafting Committee.
III. PARTICIPATING GROUPS *
A. BAR GROUPS
1. American Bar Association
Business Law Section - Don Cohn
- Mary Jo Dively
Science and Technology Section - George Graf
Law Practice Management Section - Dan Coolidge
Intellectual Property Section - Lynn Hendrix
- Robert Bauer
2. California Bar Association - Peter Carson
- Hill Blackett III
- Roy Epstein
- Matthew Kavanaugh
*By participating, no group expressly or impliedly takes a position on the draft one way or another.
3. Chicago Bar Association - Anne Keays
4. Texas Computer Law Association - Jeff Dodd
5. American Intellectual Property Law Association - O. Gordon Pence
- Lynn Hendrix
6. Commercial Law League of America - Jerry Myers
7. New York State Bar (Entertainment Section) - Michael Rose
B. SOFTWARE INDUSTRY (LICENSORS)
1. Business Software Alliance (SBA) - Bob Gomulkiewicz
(Large and small) - J.D. Marple
- Rob Mitchell
- Tom Smedinghoff
- Holly Towle
2. Information Industry Association (IIA) - Bill Ashworth
- Bob Feldman
- Joel Wolfson
3. American Electronics Association
Information Technology Council
Information Technology Association of America - Bob Feldman
4. Software Publishers Association - Mark Nebergall
(Large and small)
5. U.S. Council for International Business - Ted Barassi
6. Licensor Companies
Oracle - Mike Kurtz, George Grosser, Valarie Lussenhop
Microsoft - Bob Gomulkiewicz, Anne Skinner
Novell - Greg Jones
West Publishing - Audrey Estebo
Autodesk - Marcia Sterling; Eleanor Lacey
Silicon Graphics - Chris Blumenthal
Adobe Systems - Vince Bryan
Certco - Ted Barassi
Verisign - Michael S. Baum
Bentley Systems - Tom Kurke
Intel - John Woodard
C. SMALL LICENSORS
1. Silicon Valley Software Industry Coalition - Kaye Caldwell
2. Winpro, Inc. - Micalyn Harris
D. CONSUMERS and SMALL LICENSEES
1. Consumer Project on Technology - Todd J. Paglia
2. Consumers Union - Gail Hillebrand
3. Cem Kaner
4. Independent Computer Consultants Ass'n. -Sharon Marsh Roberts
5. Info World - Ed Foster
E. MAJOR COMPANY LICENSEES
1. Dupont - Tom McCarthy
- Barney Kantor
- Don Cohn
2. G.E. - Charlie Keeton
- Don Vish
3. Siemens - June Takafuji
4. Georgia Pacific Corp. - Bob Currie
- Andy Hepburn
5. Chrysler Corp. - Celeste Callahan
6. American Airlines - Barbara Geyer
7. Society for Information Management - Susan Nycum
8. LM Enterprise Information Systems - Robert Hulse
9. Chevron - Adrian Colley
10.Hoechst Marion Romissel, Inc. - Carla D. Teague,
- Tim Racer
11.IBM - Stewart Byrne, - Valerie Lussenhop, - George Grosser
12. Hewlett Packard - Suzanne Miller
- Mary Mastrobattista
F. RECORDING INDUSTRY (Licensors and Licensees)
1. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) - Barry Robinson
2. National Music Publishers Association - Suk Kim
G. TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
(Licensees and Licensors)
1. Interactive Services Associations - Sara Fitzgerald
2. American Committee for Interoperable - Jonathan Band
Systems (ACIS)
3. Interactive Digital Software Association - Kathlene Karg
4. Silicon Valley Software Industry Coalition - Kaye Caldwell
5. Digital Future Coalition - Adam Eisgrau
H. ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
(Licensors and Licensees)
1. Motions Picture Association of America - Simon Barsky
- Dan Robbins
- Karin Krueger
- Steven Metalitz
- Vans Stevenson
2. American Film Marketing Association
Independent Producers Association - Lorin Brennan
3. Recording Industry Associations of America - Paul Russinoff
4. Individual Companies
- The Walt Disney Company - Michelle Kane
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Patty Mayer
- Aline Grumbald
- Marjorie DeHey
- Blake Flynn
- Warner Bros. Distributing Co. - Connie Minnett
- Jeremy Williams
- Beth Baier
- 20th Century Fox - Lyman Groneomeyer
- Universal - Lucy Guldznhersh
- Columbia - Jaren Jussin
- Paramount - Anat Levy
- David Friedman
- Alan Seifert
I. PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
(Licensors and Licensees)
1. Association of American Publishers - Allen Adler
- Mark Stein
- Heather Florence
- Paul Sleven
- Lois Wasoff
2. Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers
- Kathleen A. Bursley
3. Individual Companies
- Dun & Bradstreet - Jim Maxeimer
- St. Marten's Press - Paul Sleven
- Houghton Mifflin Co. - Lois Wasoff
- Simon & Schuster - Heather Florence
- Random House - Heather Florence
- Bantam Books - Heather Florence
- Doubleday - Heather Florence
- Sabre Group - Ray Roming
- Dell - Heather Florence
- Maple Lawn Farm - Heather Florence
J. MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPERS
(Licensors and Licensees)
1. Magazine Publishers of America - Christopher Meyer
- Jim Cregan
2. Newspaper Association of America - Rene Milan
- John Sturm
K. BROADCAST AND CABLE TELEVISION
(Licensors and Licensees)
1. National Association of Broadcasters - Henry Baumann
2. National Cable Television Association - Neal Goldberg
- George Cooke
L. LIBRARIES
(Mainly Licensees)
1. American Association of Research Libraries - Prue Adler
2. American Association of Law Libraries - Robert Oakley
3. American Library Association - Adam Eisgrau
4. Digital Future Coalition - Peter Jaszi
M. FINANCING GROUPS
1. CIT Group - Jim Kane
2. Oracle - Lienanne Crittenden
- Ahila Vora
- Raja Kaul
3. Pacesetter Capital Corporation - Max Lecounte
4. Principal Financial Group - Randy Roth
N. BANKING INDUSTRY
(Licensors and Licensees)
1. Citibank N.A. - P. Michael Nugent
- Michael Kinney
2. American Bankers Association - Tom S. Greco
3. Federal Reserve Bank (NY) - Stephanie Heller
- Joe Sommer
4. Consumer Bankers Association - James Febeo, Jr.
- Marcia Sullivan
5. Bank of America - James Brundy
- John Kennedy
- Roland Brandel
6. NYCH - Norman Nelson
- Joseph Alexander
7. Chase Manhattan Bank - Katrin Colamarino
O. SECURITIES INDUSTRIES
1. NASDAQ - Joel Wolfson
2. SIAC (Stock Exchange) - Linda Settles
3. NYSE - Abrams
P. McMANIS RESOLUTION
1. Professor Charles McManis - - Washington University School of Law
2. Professor Dennis Karjala - - University of Minnesota
Q. OTHER GROUPS
1. U.S. Department of Commerce - Jennifer Conovitz
2. U.S. Department of State - Hal Burman
3. Northern Virginia Technology Council - Jonathan Cain
4. Thirty additional regular participants
- Law Professors
- Practicing attorneys in the field
4. 250 on the mailing list; others on the Internet; comments by E-mail and correspondence.
5. Meetings by Reporter and some Drafting Committee members with over 90 groups over the past two years.
IV. MEETINGS OF DRAFTING COMMITTEE
Type of Meeting Dates Place Attendance
1. Committee January 7, 1996 J.W. Marriott 51
Meeting Friday 9-5 Washington, DC
Saturday 8:30 -5:30
Sunday 8 - 11
2. Committee March 1-3, 1996 Adam's Mark Hotel 49
Meeting Friday 9-5 Denver, CO
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-11
3. Committee April 26, 1996 Four Seasons Hotel 62
Meeting Friday 9-5 Philadelphia, PA
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-11
4. NCCUSL July 16, 1996 Hyatt Hill Country Resort 300+
Annual Meeting Tuesday all day San Antonio, TX
5. Committee September 25-27, 1996 Holiday Inn 50
Meeting Friday 9-5 Minneapolis, MN
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-11
6. Committee November 22-24, 1996 Hyatt City Center Hotel 52
Meeting Friday 9-5 Tampa, FL
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-12
7. ALI Council December 11-12, 1996 Plaza Hotel 40+
Meeting Wednesday 2:30-5 New York, NY
Thursday 9-4
8. Committee January 10-12, 1997 Hotel Sofitel 70
Meeting Friday 9-5 Redwood City, CA
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-11
9. Committee February 21-23, 1997 Renaissance Hotel 65
Meeting Friday 9-5 Atlanta, GA
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-11
10. Committee April 11-13, 1997 Holiday Inn 84
Meeting Friday 9-5 Santa Monica, CA
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-11
11. ALI Annual May 19-20, 1997 Mayflower Hotel 200+
Meeting Monday (2 and 2B) Washington, DC
11-5
Tuesday (2B)
9-10:45
12. Committee May 30-June 1, 1997 Cincinnati Regal Hotel 66
Meeting Friday 9-5 Cincinnati, OH
Saturday 8:30-5:30
Sunday 8-11
13. NCCUSL July 25-Aug.1, 1997 Hyatt Regency Hotel 300+
Annual Meeting Sacramento, CA
14. Committee September 26-28, 1997 Sofitel Hotel 93
Meeting Minneapolis, MN
15. ALI Council October 22, 1997 Philadelphia, PA 40+
16. Committee Mtg. November 22-24, 1997 Peabody Hotel 80
Memphis, TN
17. ALI Council December 12, 1997 Plaza Hotel 20+
New York, NY
18. Committee Mtg. February 20-22, 1998 Marriott Quorum 97
Dallas, TX
19. Committee Mtg. March 27-29, 1998 Westin Horton Plaza 98
San Diego, CA
20. Committee Mtg. May 1-3, 1998 Sheraton Westport Inn 84
St. Louis, MO
21. ALI Annual Mtg. May 14, 1998 Mayflower Hotel 150+
Washington, DC
22. NCCUSL Mtg. July 1998 Cleveland, OH