Kansas City Chapter

Next Chapter Meeting

Date:	Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Time:	11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Luncheon & Program
Location:	Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, MO 64106 (Parking is available in the Town Pavilion garage, which is accessible from Walnut, Grand or 12th Streets)
Topic:	Best Practices for Corporate Governance
Cost:	$20 for Society members / $25 for non-members (cash or checks made payable to "Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals - KC Chapter")
RSVP:	Please RSVP by Friday, February 29, 2008 to: Virginia Daily virginia.l.daily@sprint.com 913-794-1547
CLE:	1.2 hours Missouri & 1.0 hours Kansas (pending)

11:30:	Lunch
11:50:	John Granda: Evolving legal standards for corporate governance practices
12:10:	Larry Joye: Attorney client privilege issues in corporate governance practices
12:20:	Claudia Toussaint, Christopher Reitz, Bret Wilson: Panel Discussion on Practical Corporate Governance Advice Developing agendas; managing the review process Managing meeting schedules; strategy meeting; 2-year schedule Developing and distributing materials Best practices for drafting and distributing meeting minutes Evaluations
12:50:	Questions & Answers
1:00:	Adjourn

John Granda, Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP
Larry Joye, Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP
Claudia Toussaint, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Embarq Corporation
Christopher Reitz, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Aquila, Inc.
Bret Wilson, Vice President and Corporate Secretary, H&R Block, Inc.

Please RSVP by Friday, February 29, 2008 to:
Virginia Daily
virginia.l.daily@sprint.com
913-794-1547

President Claudia Toussaint Embarq Corporation 913-323-4450 claudia.toussaint@embarq.com	Vice President Bret G. Wilson H&R Block 816-854-4504 bwilson@hrblock.com
Secretary and Treasurer Scott W. Andreasen Sprint Nextel Corporation 913-794-1488 scott.andreasen@sprint.com
Membership Chairman Christopher Reitz Aquila, Inc. 816-467-3611 christopher.reitz@aquila.com	Program Chairman Bret G. Wilson H&R Block 816-854-4504 bwilson@hrblock.com

Advisory Committee:

All Officers plus

Deborah S. Dahm American Century Companies, Inc. 816-340-3274 d8d@americancentury.com	*Robert J. Payne* Shughart Thomas & Kilroy P.C. 816-395-0680 rpayne@stklaw.com
*Mark G. English* Great Plains Energy Incorporated 816-556-2608 mark.english@kcpl.com	Victoria R. Westerhaus Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP 816-691-2427 vwesterhaus@stinsonmoheck.com

National Office Chapter Representative: Suzanne Walker

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