Area 7
Teleconference Minutes
May 16, 2007

Designated Federal Official
John Tam

Attendance
Charles Davidson, Vice Chair
Greg Gursey
Dave Jones
Tom Karwin
Iris Sosa
Howard Stahl
Wayne Tanna
Wayne Whitehead, Chair
Doug Wilhelm

Staff
Janice Spinks, TAP Analyst

Absent
Margaret Ferguson
Merijane Lee
Judi Nicholas, TAP Program Manager
Marla Ofilias, TAP Secretary

Opening/Welcome
John opened the meeting. Roll was taken and a quorum was met. John also reported that Commissioner Everson’s interim replacement will be Kevin Brown.

Sub-Committee Report – Greg Gursey and Dave Jones

• Sub-committee A – Issue #3959 Referral

Greg reported that the referral has been forwarded to the Joint Committee for review.  Tom Karwin will lead the discussion on this issue at the Joint Committee’s face-to-face meeting.

• Sub-committee B – Issue #4091 Referral

Charles reported that the referral has been completed and forwarded to the Joint Committee for review.  Wayne W. will lead the discussion on this issue at the Joint Committee’s face-to-face meeting.

FTF Follow up/Timeline for new projects - No new projects were brought forth.

Future of the Issue Sub- Committee – Dave Jones 
Dave indicated the sub-committee has served its purpose and has cleaned out the back log of issues.  He suggested we use sub-committees A & B for new issues to determine how to proceed.  If we get backlogged, we could then create a third or recurring sub-committee.
DECISION: We will put this topic on the agenda for June to discuss further.

April Outreach Statistics – Charles Davidson
Charles reported there were eight outreach events for April, which were completed by four members.  There were no success stories reported.

Gil made the observation that outreach efforts have been decreasing since January.   He feels January has higher numbers because of new members coming on board and the abundance of publicity surrounding that.

John encouraged all members to ensure to capture one-on-one discussions.

Joint Committee Report – Wayne Whitehead
Wayne reported that the directors’ report is available.

Anaheim 4th of July Parade
Iris indicated she will be able to participate and will contact Margaret to see if she is available as well.   A car will be provided by the parade committee. Iris asked for items to give away during the parade.
ACTION: Janice will follow up on this.

Member Comments/Other Business
Howard indicated he would not be present at the June meeting. He also suggested that members send information regarding upcoming vacations that will conflict with future meetings.

Closing
John thanked everyone for being present and thanked those who worked on the referrals that were submitted to the Joint Committee.

Next Meeting Date: June 20, 2007