2016 – 2017 COMMITTEE
CHAIR QUESTIONNAIRE
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
This questionnaire is intended to help the Tax Section work with you in ensuring that your
committee provides meaningful services to its membership and to the legal community. We
appreciate your time in responding to this questionnaire. Some questions may be answered with a
simple “yes”, “no”, or “not applicable” response. Other questions may ask for more information.
Please mark your responses inside the grey boxes.
Please email the completed questionnaire to [email protected] by September 16, 2016,
and copy your committee leadership and Council Director on your e-mail.
Only one questionnaire is needed per committee.
Please direct any questions regarding the Questionnaire to Jesse Tsai at
[email protected].
Committee Name:
Chair Name:
Committee Chair Term Ends:
Committee Chair Term Length:
Committee Council Director:
COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP
Please list the names of all individuals in your committee leadership, including vice chairs, and
any other leadership position and the date each individual’s term ends. Please note which
positions are viewed as in line for chair succession. For the subcommittees, please list the name
of each subcommittee and the name of each individual holding a leadership position within the
subcommittee, providing the title of the leadership position. Please indicate whether each
subcommittee is an active subcommittee or whether the subcommittee chair acts as the individual
responsible for that subject area.
Vice Chair(s):
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Other committee-wide leadership:
Subcommittees and the leadership within each subcommittee:
Please list your committee’s liaisons to the following Section committees (the same individual may
serve in multiple positions) and the date the term ends for each:
Diversity:
Young Lawyers:
Publications:
Membership and Marketing Committee:
Sponsorship Committee:
Continuing Legal Education Committee:
Please describe your committee’s system or plan for identifying future committee leaders.
COMMITTEE GOALS
Incoming Chairs: Please identify the top goals for your committee during your tenure.
Mid-term Chairs: Please let us know your progress on your goals (or whether your goals have
changed and, if so, why), and identify your goals for next year (this may include staying the
course).
MEMBERSHIP
How does your committee encourage new membership and involvement in committee activities?
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How does your committee encourage membership and involvement from diverse groups?
Please confirm you have reviewed the Section’s Diversity and Inclusion Plan. Yes
No
Please let us know whether and how you use your committee’s listserv.
If you would like to schedule a training session with Section staff for an orientation to the listserv
or the Section’s website, please check this box:
COMMENT PROJECTS
Does your committee leadership include one or more individuals with specific responsibility to
identify, develop and oversee comment projects? Yes
No
If yes, please identify each individual and the scope of his or her responsibility.
If no, please describe the process your committee uses to identify, develop and oversee comment
projects.
Does your committee submit comments to the IRS or Treasury whenever either entity requests
comments? Yes
No
If no, does your committee leadership consider submitting comments to the IRS or Treasury
whenever either entity request comments or does your committee leave this decision to the
relevant subcommittee?
Is your committee currently working on any comment projects? If yes, for each project, please
provide (i) a short description of the subject matter, (ii) the government deadline, if any, and (iii)
the expected completion date.
In addition to any comment projects identified above, in what areas do you see the committee
submitting comments in the upcoming year?
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If your committee has not had a comment project in the past 12 months, please let us know why
not.
Please confirm that you either have had COGS training (video available online here) or will attend
the COGS training webinar next time it is available.
Completed COGS training:
Will complete COGS training:
Please confirm that each other member of your committee with responsibility for preparing or
reviewing comments projects either (i) has had COGS training or (ii) will attend COGS training
next time it is made available (expand the list as needed).
[insert name]
Completed COGS training:
Will complete COGS training:
[insert name]
Completed COGS training:
Will complete COGS training:
Did your committee submit items for the IRS-Treasury Guidance Priority List?
If not, please let us know how your committee identifies such issues and why there were no
submissions in the past year.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Please describe any on-going relationships that your committee has with government
representatives (e.g., courtesy calls, participation in CLE programs, etc.)
Please let us know whether we can provide any assistance with these relationships.
CLE PROGRAMS
Please briefly describe the type of CLE programs that your committee provides. (For example,
you may simply state that you have panel programs at Section meetings, that you sponsored a
CLE teleconference within the last year, etc.)
Will your committee provide CLE teleconference programs in the next year? (As you plan CLE
programs for Committee meetings please keep in mind that such programs can often be
expanded into teleconferences.)
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Please be reminded and confirm that your committee is aware of the need to have written
materials and speaker releases submitted by the pre-meeting deadlines. Please let us know
whether email reminders concerning these deadlines should be sent to anyone in addition to the
committee chair and vice-chair(s).
OTHER COMMITTEE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Does your committee work together with any other committee(s) on CLE programs, comments
projects, or other activities?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe briefly.
Does your committee check to see if any other committee has primary or secondary responsibility
for any Code section with respect to which your committee will be preparing comments or making
a panel presentation at a committee meeting? Yes
No
If no, please let us know whether you think that there is opportunity to do so in the future and
whether the Section can be of assistance.
If your committee is involved in any projects or activities not otherwise discussed, please take this
opportunity to let us know. (This may include, for example, lunch or dinner events, special
projects, etc.)
Please let us know of any sponsorship involvement in your committee, or any ideas that you have
for obtaining sponsorships either for your committee or the Section.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
Please let us know of any special issues or challenges facing your committee.
Please provide any suggestions that you have for how the Section may be able to provide better
support for your committee.
Please provide any other thoughts that you may have as to how the Section could be improved.
Please confirm that the responses to this questionnaire have been reviewed by the
Committee Vice-Chair(s), and Council Director:
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