Governing Board Semi-Annual Meeting - May 14, 2024

Date

May 14, 2024 at 08:00 AM - May 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM

Location

Embassy Suites Omaha Old Market

Contact

Bobbie Stellner

bobbie.stellner@sstgb.org

Details

The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board (SSTGB), the State and Local Advisory Council (SLAC), Executive Committee and Business Advisory Council (BAC) will meet on May 14 - 16, 2024 at the Embassy Suites Old Market in Omaha, NE.  You may want to come early or stay late to make sure you have plenty of time to visit the world-famous Omaha Zoo, the Old Market Dining and Entertainment District where our hotel is located and/or Charles Schwab Field which is home to the College World Series!

Member state and non-member state officials, legislators and the business community are invited to attend, provide input and share ideas on how to make the administration of sales and use taxes throughout the country simpler and more uniform.  The Governing Board strongly encourages the attendance of each member state’s appointed Governing Board Delegates (legislative and administrative) to represent their individual states and vote on various changes being considered.  

AGENDA

SLAC Agenda

Governing Board Agenda

PUBLICATION

The final documents for the meetings must be emailed to Craig Johnson no later than April 29, 2024.  All meeting documents will be posted to the SST Governing Board’s website and linked to the applicable meeting agenda 10 days prior to the meeting.  A paper publication will not be distributed, so please print out copies of any of the documents you want a hard copy of prior to the meeting.

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS

Central Time Zone

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

• State and Local Advisory Council (SLAC) – All day

Breakfast included with your hotel reservation at the Embassy Suites

Lunch and Breaks Provided

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

• Business Advisory Council (BAC) - Morning
• Executive Committee - Morning

• Governing Board Meeting - Afternoon
• Reception/Dinner – 5:30 to 8:30 PM

Breakfast included with your hotel reservation at the Embassy Suites

Lunch, Dinner and Breaks Provided

Thursday, May 16, 2024

• Governing Board Meeting - Morning

Breakfast included with your hotel reservation at the Embassy Suites

Morning Break Provided

WEBINAR/TELECONFERENCE

The open segments of the meetings will be available by teleconference/webinar.  The invitations will be emailed to the ListServs at a later date and posted to the SSTGB website.  Please remember to mute your phone/computer until speaking to obtain the best audio quality.  Please do not place the call on hold due to the possible disruption of hold music.  Business Advisory Council (BAC) members will receive the teleconference call-in number and pass code from the Business Advisory Council (BAC) prior to their meeting.

EVENING RECEPTION

Governing Board meeting attendees are invited to enjoy the evening reception from 5:30 - 8:30pm on Wednesday, May 15^th at 4^th at the hotel.  This will be a great networking opportunity along with plenty of food and beverages.

LOCATION

Embassy Suites Old Market

555 S. 10^th Street

Omaha, NE 68102

ROOM RESERVATIONS

You may reserve guest rooms with the online Reservations Link at:  SSTGB Semi-Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE.  Once you open the link, click “book a room”, then there will be a bar across the top of the screen to edit the dates you would like to book.  Click “edit” then click on the dates to choose new dates, then click “update”.  You will then choose the type of room you would like to book.  Reservations must be cancelled 48 hours prior to arrival in order to avoid a fee equal to one night’s room rate plus tax.

Breakfast is included in the rate so we will not provide this meal as part of our meeting.  Room Rate - $159.00 + tax.  Rate valid for stay 5/13, 5/14, 5/15 and 5/16.  There is a limited number of rooms for 5/16.

Room block release deadline, is April 13, 2024.  It is important to reserve a guest room before the block release deadline.  Rooms reserved after that date will not be credited to the contractual room block and may be subject to a higher rate.  Please consider reserving the guest room before travel approval is obtained.

Reservations must be made on an individual basis.  Your credit card must be provided to guarantee the reservation.  In order to meet the SST room block requirements, please do not make reservations on Expedia.com, Orbitz.com, Hotel.com, other websites or through a travel agent. 

AIRPORT

Eppley Airfield  (OMA)

HOTEL AIRPORT SHUTTLE

The Hotel does not have a shuttle.  In addition to Uber and Lyft, there are several transportation options which can be found HERE.

DINING

There are several restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.

EMAIL LISTSERV

Please forward this announcement to others within your organization. They may subscribe in this link to the “General Public” ListServ to receive meeting notifications and information going forward: http://www.streamlinedsalestax.org/index.php?page=JoinOurEmailList. 

They may also subscribe to the SLAC list serv if they participate in the SLAC meetings.  The Governing Board list serv is intended for appointed delegates only.

QUESTIONS