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| 1) Identify, develop, and publicize in the ATA Newsletter and on the ATA website opportunities for faculty internships with the AICPA, IRS, accounting firms, and other organizations. |
| 2) Explore opportunities for ATA members to work with IRS, Treasury, AICPA, ABA, public accounting firms and other groups in (1) developing joint research topics, and (2) serving on committees, task forces and other working groups. |
| 3) Work with the Tax Policy Oversight Committee in identifying and recommending ATA members to serve on AICPA Technical Resource panels, committees and task forces. |
| 4) Explore ways that tax professionals can become more involved with the ATA, especially to invite additional attendance at mid-year and annual meetings by CPAs in the meeting location. (e.g. New York August 2009, Denver February 2010). |
| 5) Identify and invite local government staff to attend annual (e.g. City of New York Commissioner in August 2009) and mid-year (e.g. State of Colorado staff in spring 2010) |
| 6) Ensure that membership information is available for display and distribution at the AAA Annual Meeting and Regional Meetings. Coordinate this activity with the AAA Annual Program Committee and the Regional Programs Committee. The Regional Programs Committee will distribute brochures at the Regional Meetings. |
| 7) Identify through the AAA, ATA members whose memberships have lapsed and invite them to rejoin the ATA. |
| 8) Contact last year’s membership chair for a document of the procedures that the Membership Committee performs annually. Recommend modifications to the President, so that it may be updated and passed on to successive Membership Committees. |
| 9) Work with the New Faculty Concerns Committee to target prospective members of the ATA. |
| 10) Use the Ph.D. Directors database that is on the ATA or AAA website and contact the directors for the names of tax doctoral students. Coordinate with Doctoral consortium committee to obtain names of doctoral students that you might not have received from the Ph.D. directors. |
