AGENDA (REVISED)

 

(MAY 6–8, 2003)

MAILERS’ TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MTAC) MEETING

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE HEADQUARTERS

475 L'ENFANT PLAZA SW WASHINGTON DC 20260

 

                                            

TUESDAY, MAY 6                                                                          Presenters:

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm              Steering Committee Meeting

Room 4841

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7

11:30 am – 12:30 pm          Luncheon

Room 11228

 

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm          Welcome/Introduce                                      John Wargo, Chair, Postal

Ben Franklin Room             New Members & Visitors                              Bob O’Brien, Chair, Industry

                                                                                                                 Ken Cowell, Vice Chair, Postal

                                           

12:45 pm – 1:25 pm            USPS Financial Review                               Richard J. Strasser, Jr.

                                                                                                                 Chief Financial Officer &

                                                                                                                 Executive Vice President

 

1:25 pm – 1:40 pm              Intelligent Mail Strategy                                Jeff Freeman, Manager

                                           Study                                                            Mail Technology Strategy

 

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm              Legislative Update                                        Ralph Moden, SVP

                                                                                                                 Government Relations

 

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm              Weapons of Mass Disruption Lee Heath, Chief Postal Inspector

                                           Lessons Learned                                          U.S. Postal Inspection Service

                                                                                                                 

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm              Intelligent Mail & Address Quality                 Gary Reblin and Jan Caldwell

                                           IMAQ – First Offering

 

2:50 pm – 3:10 pm              Mid-Afternoon Break

Room 11228

 

                                           New Address Management Programs:         

 

3:10 pm – 3:55 pm               * NCOALINK                                            Jan Caldwell/Rick Arvonio

 

Other Programs:

 

4: 05 pm – 4:15 pm              * Magazine Subscriptions Online           Rick Arvonio

 

 

 WORK GROUP UPDATES:

 (Progress since Feb. 2003)

 

 

4:15 pm – 4:35 pm              Std. Implementation Guidelines                   Dale Miller/Mary Bronson &

                                           for Periodical Co-Palletization                   Joel Walker

                                           (WG # 79)

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 (CONTINUED)

 

4:35 pm - 5:00 pm              Summary & Adjourn                                     Bob O’Brien

 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm              MTAC BUSINESS MEETING                       MTAC MEMBERS ONLY

Room IP410

 

6:15 pm – 8:15 pm              RECEPTION

Ben Franklin Room

 

 

THURSDAY, MAY 8

 

7:15 am – 8:00 am              Continental Breakfast

Room 11228

 

8:00 am – 8:05 am              Welcome/Messages                                     Ken Cowell, Vice Chair, Postal

Ben Franklin Room                                                                                  Bob O’Brien, Chair, Industry

 

8:05 am – 8:25 am              In-Home Delivery Instructions for                 Wanda Senne/Mike Spates

                                           Standard Mail – Work Group Update

                                           (WG # 78)

 

8:25 am – 8:45 am              Flats Container Development   Joe Schick/John Brown

                                           (WG # 71)

 

8:45 am – 9:05 am              Service Assessment for                                Chris Finley/Mike Spates

                                           DDU Drop Shipment (WG # 61) 

 

9:05 am – 9:25 am               Design Guidelines for Flat-Size Mail           Joyce McGarvy/George Hurst

                                           (WG # 77)

 

9:25 am – 9:45 am              Mail.dat & PostalOne!    Dan Minnick/Jim Cunningham

                                           Network Operations (WG # 74)

 

9:45 am – 10:05 am            Parcel Processing Field Study                   Brad Briskey/Tom Allshouse

                                           (WG # 73)

 

10:05 am – 10:25 am          Mid-morning break

Room 11228

 

10:25 am – 10:45 am          Delivery Standards and                                Ken Metroff/Janet Tonner

                                           Business Mail Measurement 

                                           (WG # 60)

 

 10:45 am – 11:15 am          Mail Irregularity Feed Back                           Joyce McGarvy/Pat Killeen

                                           (WG # 55)

 

11:15 am – 11:35 am          Presort Optimization                                     Joe Lubenow/Marc McCrery                                           (WG # 11)

 

11:35 am – 11:55 am          Enhancing Confirm                                       Martin Bernstein/Paul Bakshi

                                           (WG # 80)                                                     

                                                                                                                   

11:55 am – 12:00 Noon      Summary & Adjourn                                     Bob O’Brien