What has prepared you for the position? With law firms cutting expenses, how will you demonstrate that membership in the NCBA is essential? How will you get members who are not active to take advantage of their membership? What efforts will you make to increase membership, particularly among diverse lawyers, lawyers with unpopular political views and those employed by midsize and smaller firms? Meredith v. Fair What is your plan for attracting lawyers in specialized fields to the association? What will be your priorities as NCBA President? Name ways in which you want to take the NCBA in new directions. In order to make room for the new priorities, it's often necessary to decide what an organization no longer wants to do. What committees, task forces or events should the NCBA disband? At the end of your term, how will you judge if it has been a success?