Executive Committee Meetings
Minutes 2001
December 13, 2001
NACE and National LTAP Executive Board Meeting
Those in attendance included: Tony Giancola NACE Executive Director; Bonnie West NACE Administrative Assistant; John Bell Forest Service; Janet Oakley Director of Policy AASHTO; Bill Evans FHWA; Roger Dean FHWA; Kyung Kyu Lim FHWA; Janeane AATSA; Marcy Kennedy Turner Fairbanks; LTAP Representatives -Dave Grouchy - Chair LTAP Region 6, Walt Slocomb LTAP Region 1, Mike Blankenship LTAP Region 3, Rick Smith LTAP Region 4, Terry McNinch LTAP Region 5, Duane Smith LTAP Region 7, Lisa Harris LTAP Region 7, Doyt Bolling LTAP Region 8, Bruce Drewes LTAP Region 10, Lisa Pogue LTAP Clearing House
- Legislative Positions and TEA-21 Reauthorization - NACE: Tony briefed the meeting via a handout. The highlights are: A summary of TEA 21, Levels of funding, Funding FACT Sheet, TEA 21 bullet items that define the LTAP program, NACE Legislative/Regulatory Priorities (8/24/01), NaCO-TE A21 Reauthorization Proposal - DRAFT, ARTBA (American Road & Transportation Builders Association) o This paper doesn't show a funding level but they have stated a position of $20m in other position papers.
- Legislative Positions and TEA-21 Reauthorization - AASHTO: Janet Oakley presented handout materials and discussed them. She explained AASHTO'sapproach to reauthorization, what is in process and what their approach will be. She suggested that we communicate directly with the staff at AASHTO and e-mail is an effective way to have a dialogue. She stated that we might be fighting over a "diminished" program rather than an expanding program. There is an opportunity for input and to make our views known to AASHTO. The board
of directors will meet in April and will approve the policy on reauthorization. We could do two things:- Ask for the current status of the research proposal (or workforce development and retention effort)
- On behalf of LTAP make the LTAP position known to SCOR which is Dwight Bower from Idaho
- Have our own state DOT act as an advocate for LTAP. The workforce development and retention is a CEO level interest. LTAP may need to be packaged as training and workforce development and not in the area of research. Then we can share that with AASHTO. Then we need to look for some champions within the state DOTs.
We should package and market LTAP the same with all of our partners. If we agree to package and market ourselves with the position of workforce development, we should be consistent with all of our partners. There will be a new cast of staff in the next reauthorization. Bud Wright and Mary Peters are key people to keep in touch with. The Congress, Key Committees, and Helpful Internet Resources Tony presented the current committees that came off the web. Personal staff is an effective way to get the message across. Tony's advice is to use your partners to spread the message. If you don't mention specific money you are OK.
NOTE: We need to have a common position on what we would do with more funding. The position could be four to six positions that come from state LTAP centers. John said to make sure to let them know that you are a resource for them to come back to, leave a business card as a minimum.
Tony had a handout on the NACE Alert Team that is an electronic update program. NOTE: We need to look at developing a smaller version of the annual report similar to what AASHTO has done with the 2001 Action Agenda.
Key DOT/FHWA Players- Advocacy:
- Follow On Actions:
- Closing Thoughts:
December 12, 2001
Those in attendance included: Dave Grouchy - Chair Region 6; Walt Slocomb Region 1; Mike Blankenship Region 3; Rick Smith Region 4; Terry McNinch Region 5; Duane Smith Region 7; Lisa Harris Region 7; Doyt Bolling Region 8; Bruce Drewes Region 10
- Vendors for 2002: Mike discussed vendors for the 2002 conference. There is room for 12 vendors and the board has been asked to identify whom to invite. The board decided to charge a fee for the vendors. This seems to be a standard in the industry.
- Points of contacts for the CBU at FHWA in DC:
- Safety - Duane Smith and Mike Blankenship
- Operations - Lisa Harris
- Infrastructure - Doyt and Terry
- Federal Lands - Ron Hall
- Policy - Maria and Terry
- Resource Centers - Doyt and Mike
- Partnership Contacts:
- AASHTO - Doyt Bolling
- NACE - Duane and Bruce
- APWA - Rick and Lisa
- Salt Institute - Mike Blankenship
- Delivery Systems:
This is for delivery systems of the products that the CBUs are developing. Doyt will start this process by getting some initial thoughts together for the board to critique. - TRB Agenda:
- Roll Call and Introductions 15 minutes
- Secretary Treasurer Report 15 minutes
- Joe Toole 30 minutes
- Rural ITS 15 minutes
- Forest service products 15 minutes
- Communication Plan 30 minutes
- Break 30 minutes
- Clearing House Report 15 minutes
- NACE Report 15 minutes
- Advocacy Report 15 minutes
- AASHTO 15 minutes
- Salt Institute Report 15 minutes
- 2002 Annual Meeting 15 minutes
- Other requests 30 minutes
Dave will send this agenda to the T2 all list.
- Ray Griffith Award: The responsibility of shepherding of the recipient will be a responsibility of the past chair. The board will discuss covering all of the expenses to attend the meeting. Dave will send out a request for candidates to consider.
- Next Annual Report: The board wants to have a second annual report to be similar to the one produced in 2001. Dave will follow up on funding and will discuss with FHWA.
- Web Site: Terry provided a handout for the National LTAP Association web site. The basis of the site is the 2001 annual report. This is a good effort and was well supported by the
committee.