Multilingual Initiative (MLI) Committee Meeting Minutes

August 9, 2005

Program Owner

• Sharese Stevens, MLI Senior Policy Analyst

Designated Federal Official

• Nancy L. Ferree, TAP Program Manager, Plantation, FL

Committee Members Present (These attendees count for quorum)

• Jerald Fireman, Edmonds, WA
• Paul McElroy, Winston-Salem, NC
• Clifford McKenzie, Del City, OK
• Lovella Richardson, Knoxville, TN
• Bruce Twomley, Juneau, AK, Chair

Committee Members Absent

• José Irizarry, San Juan, PR
• Delford Jones, Griffith, IN
• Steve Kreisler, Potomac, MD
• Mary Ann Lawler, Dearborn, MI
• Joseph Meissner, Cleveland, OH
• Theodore Perros, Washington, DC
• Iris Sosa, Fontana, CA
• Robert Stokes, Kemp, TX
• Dorothy Havey, Lincolnville, ME
• Helen Curol, Lake Charles, LA

TAP Staff

• Inez E. De Jesus, TAP Program Analyst
• Jenny Reyes, Secretary, Note Taker

Guests

• Lourdes Montes
• Robin McKinney – East Harbor CDC, Baltimore, MD
• Oksana Stowbonenko – Tax Specialist, WI Customer Accts.
• Karen Summers Murray – GC Services

Welcome
Chair Bruce Twomley opened the meeting by welcoming everyone.

Roll Call
Quorum was not met. Chair Twomley mentioned there has been no quorum for two meetings in a row. He suggested an email meeting reminder be sent to all panel members. Chair requested Analyst De Jesus prepare an email about quorum attendance and send to all panel members.

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
The minutes of June 24-25 and July 12, 2005 were not approved. They will be moved to next month agenda for approval.

Brief Review of Pending Action Items – DFO Ferree
None

Program Owner’s Reports
Sharese Stevens gave an update of program owner activities for the last month. She indicated the final target date for Team projects is September 30, 2005.

Project Team Reports:
#1 – Needs assessment Team
Lovella Richardson reported on Team 1 activities.

#2 – Education Team
No report Team Leader not available.

#3 – LITC Product/Communication Team
Jerald Fireman and Paul McElroy reported on Team 3 activities.

Public Input
Each guest gave a brief description of their organization and how it relates to the MLI Committee Activities.

Office Report
DFO Ferree reminded panel members to request advance approval of travel funds if needed for the Teams Activities.

Panel members’ discussion - TAPSpeak
Chair Twomley asked for panel members preferences regarding TAPSpeak notifications as opposed to email notification. All members present indicated they prefer email rather than TAPSpeak for primary notification.

Closing Remarks
The Meeting was adjourned at 3:15pm EDT

The next MLI committee meeting will be September 13, 2005 at 2:30pm EDT by teleconference.

*These minutes were approved by consensus on September 13, 2005 by the MLI Issue Committee.