AGENDA (2/16/07)
February 20 – February 22, 2007
MAILERS’ TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MTAC) MEETING
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
475 L'ENFANT PLAZA, SW, WASHINGTON, DC 20260
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Leadership Committee Meeting
Room 4841
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
11:15 am – 12:00 Noon Luncheon
Room 11228
12:00 Noon – 12:45 pm Welcome, Comments on Susan Plonkey, Chair, Postal
Ben Franklin Room the New Postal Law Joyce McGarvy, Chair, Industry
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm USPS Financial Update Glen Walker
Chief Financial Officer & EVP
1:15 pm – 1:25 pm National Postal Forum (NPF) Alixe Johnson, Mgr. Customer &
Washington DC Industry Marketing
Service Measurement & Improvement:
1:25 pm – 1:40 pm Service Standards and Linda Kingsley, SVP
Measurements for Market-Dominant Strategy & Transition
Products (New MTAC WG # 114)
1:40 pm – 2:10 pm Update on Coding Address Support Charlie Bravo, SVP, Intelligent Mail
System with Delivery Point Validation and Address Quality
(CASS w. DPV)
2:10 pm – 2:30 pm Flats Sequencing System (FSS) Update Rosa Fulton, USPS Executive
Director, Flats Sequencing
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm Association Presentation Clarence Banks
US Chamber of Commerce
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm Mid-Afternoon Break (Room 11228)
Flats Sequencing System:
3:10 pm – 3:25 pm Address Location for Flats Sequencing James West/Marc McCrery
System (FSS – WG # 101)
Address Accuracy:
3:25 pm – 3:40 pm Address/Barcode Requirements John Stark/Tim Gribben
For FSS (New WG # 113)
3:40 pm – 3:55 pm Preparing for CASS Cycle L-DPV Barry Elliott & Mike Dubberke/
And LACSLINK (New WG # 112) Charles Hunt & Lisa West
Seamless Acceptance and Induction:
3:55 pm – 4:10 pm Identify Gaps & Define Solutions for Steve Colella & Cher Rupp-Ruggeri
Adoption of PostalOne! by
Lettershops & Mail Service Providers (WG # 111)
4:10 pm – 4:25 pm Advance Notification Streamlined John Sexton/Cindy Mallonee &
Verification (WG # 102) Pritha Mehra
4:25 pm – 4:40 pm Seamless Acceptance for MLOCR Jay Gillotte/Pritha Mehra
Environment (WG # 100)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (CONTINUED)
Seamless Acceptance and Induction (Continued):
4:40 pm – 4:55 pm Optimizing Parcel Preparation & Entry for Chris Finley/Wendy Smith &
Seamless Acceptance (WG # 109) Jim Cochrane
4:55 pm - 5:00 pm Summary & Adjourn Joyce McGarvy
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm MTAC BUSINESS MEETING MTAC INDUSTRY
Room IP410 MEMBERS ONLY
6:00 pm – 8:15 pm RECEPTION
Ben Franklin Room
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22
7:15 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Room 11228
8:00 am – 8:05 am Welcome/Messages Don Harle , Vice Chair, Industry
Ben Franklin Room Alixe Johnson, Vice Chair, Postal
8:05 am – 8:50 am PostalOne! and Intelligent Mail Strategy Pritha Mehra, Mgr., Marketing
- Overall Update Technology & Channel Mgt. & Gary
Reblin, Mgr., Intelligent Mail –
Planning and Standards
8:50 am – 9:20 am Rate Case Update Mike Plunkett, A/Vice President
Pricing and Classification
Address Accuracy (Continued):
9:20 am – 9:35 am Efficient Dissemination of Address Steve Lopez & Jeff Stangle/
Related Information in Emergencies/ Darron Holland & Ed Wanta
Disasters (WG # 105)
9:35 am – 9:50 am List Certification Chris Lien/Charles Hunt &
(WG # 104) Jim Wilson
9:50 am – 10:10 am Mid-morning break
Room 11228 (USPS HQ Badge ID Office 1P331)
10:10 am – 10:30 am Association Presentation Rita Cohen, SVP
Legislative & Regulatory Affairs,
Magazine Publishers of America
Optimization of Preparation and Entry:
10:30 am – 10:45 am MTE Forecasting and Tracking Kevin McPhillips/Jo Ann Miller
(WG # 108)
10:45 am – 11:00 am FAST/Surface Visibility for Parcels Carol Kliewer/Pranab Shah
(WG # 107)
11:00 am – 11:15 am Improve & Integrate Data Sources that Brian Euclide/Bob Galaher
Facilitate Optimal Mail Preparation and
Induction (WG # 106)
11:15 am –11:30 am FAST for Periodicals (WG # 95) Ted Freedman/Cindy Mallonee
11:30 am – 11:45 am Improving the Drop Shipment Process Anita Pursley/Cindy Mallonee
(WG # 87)
11:45 am – 11:50 am Summary & Adjourn Don Harle