Area 2 Committee Meeting Minutes

Date: September 27, 2005
Via: Teleconference

This meeting was originally scheduled for September 20, 2005 but was rescheduled to September 27, 2005 due to Tropical storm, Rita.

Present:

• Terry Mapp, Designated Federal Official

Present Members:

• Bill Bly
• Paul Brubaker, Co V-Chair
• David Cain
• C. Morgan Edwards
• Sonny Kasturi
• Patrick McCombie
• Theodore Perros
• Martin Romeril
• Steve Rue
• Lynwood Sinnamon
• Agnes Tillerson
• Faith Vinikoor
• Elizabeth Warnecki

Staff:

• Inez E. De Jesus, Analyst
• Nancy L. Ferree, Program Manager

Guests:

• Lee Congdon
• Emilio Cecchi
• Blanche Davis
• Gregory Dunn
• Robert Haines
• James Tarpey

Welcome
The chair opened the meeting by welcoming everyone.

Roll Call
Quorum was met with 13 members present.

Review Agenda
Committee approved the agenda.

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
The August 2005 minutes were approved by consensus.

Joint Committee Report
Brubaker shared a report of the Joint committee meeting from August and September 2005.

Status of Issues
The following issues were elevated to the Joint Committee.
#3295
#3475
#3546

The following issue was dropped:
#3611 (formerly 3234)

The following issue is active:
#3634

The following issue is in Parking Lot Status:
#3636

Further information will be forthcoming on these issues.

Outreach
Members who participated in outreach events during the past month shared their activities.

Office Report
Ferree shared information on office activities.

A thank you was extended to the following departing members who have completed their terms:

David Cain, Theodore Perros, Anthony DiMartino, Agnes Tillerson, C. Morgan Edwards, Faith Vinikoor, Patrick McCombie.

All departing members were asked to please complete the exit survey and return directly to TAP Director, Bernie Coston. The survey can be found on TAPSPEAK.

Closing Assessment
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00pm eastern time.

*These minutes were approved by consensus on December 13, 2005.