The MTRA core examination committee has successfully finalized the core pages that can be utilized for joint examinations and presented them and other examination documents at the business meeting of member states held during the MTRA 2004 Annual Conference in Denver last September. The committee members have been working diligently for about a year, working closely with different states and federal agencies to accomplish its mission. The members of the committee are:   Humberto Gonzalez, Texas, Chairman; Julio Prada, California, Vice Chairman; Marsha Massey, Colorado; Regina Stone, New York; John Bishop, Ohio; Christine Birkenmaier, Pennsylvania; Jose Saade, Puerto Rico; Greg Gonzales, Tennessee; Kwadwo Boateng, Washington.

Humberto Gonzalez (Texas) informed the member states that he has the electronic version of the core pages and notification documents available to any member states that wishes to utilize them. Three committee members, including Chairman Gonzalez (Texas), Vice Chairman Julio Prada (California), and John Bishop (Ohio), participated in a panel discussion at the conference in Denver focusing on the committee’s work relating to joint examinations. Conference attendees were briefed on the progress the committee has made regarding the core examination pages and future plans and goals for 2005. The committee will now focus on encouraging the member states that currently perform examinations to communicate with each other so that joint examinations can be scheduled beginning in the first quarter of 2005. A list of entities that operate in multi-states will be circulated amongst those member states that are interested in participating in joint examinations so that the states can consider which companies are suitable candidates for a joint examination. The list will be circulated to the member states by November.