VITA Issue Committee Meeting Minutes
May 13, 2008
Teleconference

Program Owner

• Gavaghan, Peggy

Designated Federal Official

• Morizio, Louis

Committee Members Present

• Colvin, A. Elizabeth
• Coonradt, Richard
• Criel, Laura
• Davidson, Charles
• Rousseau, Richard
• Welch, Peter
• Yandow, Robert

Committee Members Absent

• Bland, Sandra
• Bryant, Patricia
• Buschmann, Raymond
• Florence, Jaspconia
• Hutchinson, Carolyn
• Jackson, Robert
• Ling, Julia
• Mosler, Henry
• Taylor, Rita

TAP Staff

• Jenkins, Audrey
• Morizio, Louis
• Odom, Meredith

Other Attendees

• Burton, Roger
• Thomas, Beverly

Welcome

Roll Call
Quorum not met

Review Agenda

Subcommittee Report-Out

• Training VITA Volunteers

Criel informed members that the VITA training is about to begin in Atlanta in reference to revisions and rewrites.  There will be a TAP representative working on three of the four groups.
Team 1 – Testing
Team 2 – 4491W (formally the 678W workbook)
Team 3 – Publication 3189 and 4012
Team 4 – Site Coordinator Handbook (Publication 1084)
Team 5 – Student and Instructor Material

If you have any information to contribute to these groups, please forward to Criel this week.

• Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint(TAB) – Collaboration Strategy

Davidson informed the members that the committee has been having problems with the responses they are getting from the groups they contacted.  The committee drafted out a series of questions that would have specific responses from stakeholders.  The committee has been using these questions to approach the organizations. The committee hopes to accomplish at the face to face is to have some responses back from the stakeholders to put together a recommendation.  Davidson will forward the committee the list of questions that will be asked.

• Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint(TAB) – Broader Offering of Services

Criel informed the members that the committee sent out a list of questions that the committee is proposing to the full committee to forward to the entire TAP.  The TAP committee may have ideas on broadening the services.  The committee is looking to broadening the services at the VITA sites with the idea that the services will enhance the taxpayers’ ability to comply with their tax obligation.  The committee is looking for ideas and suggestions on broadening the services.  This will be discussed further at the face to face.

Louis informed the members that the issue must be forwarded to the JC and with their approval, and then it may be forwarded to the full committee.  Jenkins suggested sending out an email to the entire TAP for suggestions.  Morizio will send out the email on Knispel’s behalf.

Face to Face Meeting
The committee will meet in Atlanta, GA June 13 -14, 2008.  All members received a copy of the Agenda for the meeting.

Morizio, Knispel, and Odom will have a pre-meeting 2 weeks prior to the face to face meeting.

Public Participation
None