Telecommunications Access Advisory Committee
December 16-18, 1996

Members present:

     Brenda Battat, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
     Jo-Anne Basile, Cellular Telecommunications Industry   
          Association
     Betsy Bayha, World Institute on Disability
     Stephen Berger, Siemens Rolm Communications
     David Bolnick, Microsoft
     Roberta Breden, Telecommunications Industry Association
     Judy Brewer, Massachusetts Assistive Technology   
          Partnership Center
     Julie Carroll, American Council of the Blind
     Tim Cranmer, National Federation of the Blind
     Michael Delcasino, AT&T
     Alexandra Enders, RESNA
     James Fruchterman, Arkenstone
     Mark Golden, Personal Communications Industry 
          Association
     Judith Harkins, Gallaudet
     Steven Jacobs, NCR Corporation
     Lars-Goran Larsson, Ericsson
     June Isaacson Kailes, Access Board liaison
     Holly Kaplan, American Speech-Language & Hearing 
          Association
     Alfred Lucas, Motorola
     Glenn Manishin, Netscape
     Willis Mann, National Association for State Relay  
          Administration
     Mary McDermott, United States Telephone Association
     H. Boyd Morrison*, Consumer Electronics Manufacturers 
          Association
     Gerald Nelson*, Lucent Technologies
     Paul Schroeder, American Foundation for the Blind
     Jenifer Simpson, United Cerebral Palsy Association
     Al Sonnenstrahl, Consumer Action Network, A.G. Bell 
          Association
     Marcia Straehley, Pacific Bell
     Karen Peltz Strauss, Council of Organizational 
          Representatives
     Leigh Thorpe, Northern Telecom
     Jim Tobias, Inclusive Technologies
     Gregg Vanderheiden, Trace R & D Center
     Ann Whelehan*, NYNEX

     *alternate  (listed only when substituting for a member)
 Members absent:

     Shelley Bergum, Deaf & Disabled Telecommunications 
          Program
     Jack OÕKeeffe, Pennsylvania Citizens Consumer Council
     Robert Segalman, US Society for Augmentative & 
          Alternative Communication (proxy to Karen Peltz 
          Strauss)


Monday, December 16

     The fifth meeting of the Telecommunications Access Advisory 
Committee (TAAC) was convened at 9:30 am, Monday, December 16, 1996, at 
the Steptoe and Johnson conference center in Washington, DC.

	After a welcome by Roberta Breden Chair, Dennis Cannon asked that 
any changes or additions to the minutes of the November meeting be 
submitted for the record.  Also, Cannon outlined the results of the 
Board's  preliminary meeting with the Office of Management 
and Budget regarding the need for a regulatory assessment.

	Elizabeth Lyle and Stan Wiggins from the FCC briefed the 
Committee on the status of reply comments to the Notice of Inquiry.  
Print copies of reply comments received to date were provided to the 
Committee; comments received in electronic media have been posted to the 
FCC Web site.

	The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a section-by-section 
review of the draft document and identification of issues for further 
discussion.

	There were no comments from the public during the public comment period.


Tuesday, December 17 and Wednesday, December 18

	The Committee reached general agreement on edits to sections 1 
through 5.  Language will track the statute as much as possible.  Some 
items were moved to other sections.  The re-edited draft will be posted 
to the Trace Web site.    

	Issues remaining included Declaration of Conformity format and 
content, Disability Access Statement, market monitoring, and "safe 
harbor."  A Steering Committee was appointed to continue discussion of 
these issues by conference call prior to the next meeting.  Members of 
the Steering Committee are Judy Brewer, Gerald Nelson, Karen Peltz 
Strauss/Jenifer Simpson and Leigh Thorpe.  The Steering Committee will 
attempt to reach agreement by January 3 and post a new version of the 
working document to the Trace Web site by January 7.

	There was no public comment during the allotted time.

	The next meeting is scheduled for January 13-14, 1997, at a site 
to be determined in Washington, DC.  The Committee will present its 
report to the Board January 15, 1997, 1:30-3:30, with a reception to 
follow at the National Press Club.