Area 3 Committee Meeting Minutes

November 21, 2006

Members in Attendance

J T Wright
Bill Matheny
Henry Mosler
Max Scott

Members Absent

Daryll Cordeiro
Patrice Marker
Joyce Natter

DFO present

Carolyn Lewis

Staff in Attendance

Sallie Chavez, TAP Program Analyst
Bernie Coston, TAP Director

Welcome

Committee Chair J. T. Wright opened the meeting by welcoming everyone.  He wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.  Committee Member Chris Dreska has resigned.

Roll Call

Quorum of four (4) was met. 

Introductions of Guests

TAP Director Bernie Coston advised that Committee Member Chris Dreska has resigned.  He advised the request for volunteers for TAP Chair and Vice Chair is still open.  The new panel members have been approved and are being advised of their selection at this time.  He wanted to thank the retiring members for their service to TAP.  He addressed the chair training that will take place in early January.  He has polled the chairs for those who want to stay on as chairs.  He discussed the hot issues for the IRS in 2007, which include update on Telephone Excise Tax, split refunds, financial literacy, private debt collection and the TACs.

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes

The meeting minutes were approved as written

Review of Joint Committee Call

Committee Chair J. T. Wright stated some of the issues from the Joint Committee Call have already been covered.  The volunteers for the Annual Meeting Workshops have been notified.  The workshops are Outreach and How to Write a Referral Report. 

There was a discussion about success stories including Area 7 being invited to the AARP meeting and Area 4 making a presentation to NATP.

TAP Director Bernie Coston advised that there would be a revision to the FACA Database in the near future.

Committee Chair J. T. Wright requested assistance with the self-assessments. 

Subcommittee Report

The subcommittee of Hank Mosler and Joyce Natter had no report.

Committee Chair J. T. Wright gave the report for his subcommittee.  Issue 3671 was returned to the committee for additional work.  It needs additional information and is being reworked.

Committee Member Bill Matheny discussed the conference call his subcommittee had which included members from Area 2 and 5.  There are eight members on the subcommittee.  They discussed the issues in general.  There was some discussion about the survey that the TAC Issue Committee is doing with the help of the total membership of TAP.  The subcommittee would like to get input from all the TAP members about their experiences with the TACs.  Committee Member Matheny asked Committee Chair J. T. Wright to discuss this at the next Joint Committee Meeting.

Committee Chair J. T. Wright reported that Issue 3934 was going to be resent to the Joint Committee as Area 4 has withdrawn their issue from this recommendation.  It will be going out for a final revision.

Election of Chair

Committee Chair J. T. Wright advised that members would be asked to declare their intent to run for Chair or Vice Chair by the AM of the first day of the Annual Meeting.  The announcement of the Chair and Vice Chair will be after the break on the second day.  He has volunteered to run for TAP Chair.

Meeting Schedule

The Master Calendar is posted on TAPSpeak.  It will be proposed to keep the conference call at the same time for next year, which is the third Tuesday of the month.  It is proposed to have the Face-to-Face meeting February 22 – 24 in either Atlanta or New Orleans.  DFO Carolyn Lewis is not available however; she can get someone to take her place.  Committee Member Bill Matheny said he would be able to attend if the meeting is in New Orleans.  Committee Member Hank Mosler requested the meeting to be earlier in the week.  This will be finalized during the Annual Meeting.

Outreach

Committee Chair J. T. Wright said there would be major emphasis on outreach for next year.  It was suggested to try to put something together for newspaper after each meeting.

Citizen Input

No citizens present.

Election of Officers

Committee Chair J. T. Wright requested members to think about who you want to be Chair of Area 3.  He said if he isn’t elected as TAP Chair he would be willing to continue as Area 3 Chair.  Committee Member Bill Matheny stated he is NOT interested in being Chair.

Meeting Close

Next meeting is the Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, December 11 – 14, 2006.