FYI--potential TRB sesson/discussion.
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Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
Attached is our meeting agenda for the January meeting. For those
making presentations we will have power point capabilities available.
Let me suggest that you bring your presentations on either a "USB
flashable drive" or CD rom. Should you want to send your presentation
early, please get it to me no latter than January 6th.
As you will see on the agenda, I have left a substantial amount of time
for our traditional "members round robin". For our new members this is
where we go around the room and hear from those who have items of
interest to the committee. Some say this is the best part part of the
meeting! Since time is short, folks are asked to take a few minutes and
handouts are welcome. How many handouts to bring is always anyone's
guess, but between 40 and 50 is usually a good estimate.
Have a safe and good holiday.
See you in January.
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Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
The attached PDF contains the sessions and workshops that our committee
is sponsoring. Regarding committee meeting, we (ABJ30) will meet
Monday, January 10, 2005, 1:30pm- 5:30pm, in the Hilton Caucus Room.
The agenda will come out shortly.
The Census Data for Transportation Planning Subcommittee (ABJ30(1)) will
meet Monday, January 10, 2005, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM in the Hilton.
(NOTE--THIS IS A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS)
Our Subcommittee on Metadata (ABJ30(2)) will meet at its usual time
Monday, January 10, 2005, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Hilton. As Marcus Wigan
mentioned in an earlier email, the subcommittee may move under the
Freight Data (ABJ90) as Marcus rotates off ABJ30 but becomes Emeritus on
ABJ90. I also agree that metadata is larger than any one committee and
continues to grow as a crosscutting issue.
One session that I want to give a special mention is Session 271, the
First Annual Travel Data Users Forum., Monday, January 10, 2005, 10:15
AM - 12:00 PM, in the Hilton. Although the program shows it as
sponsored solely by the National Transportation Data Requirements and
Programs Committee (ABJ10) when you look at the content you will see our
footprints all over it. (here is the link to it but I am not sure f it
will work since i copied it out of the online session planner.
http://trb.org/am/ip/assembly_detail.asp?id=2985)
Finally, one other subcommittee I want to mention is the Archived Data
User Service (ADUS) Subcommittee (AFD30(1)), Monday, January 10, 2005,
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, Marriott.
To help keep all of this straight I trust that you have already been
adding things to your own interactive meeting planner personal program
http://www.trb.org/am/ip/
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Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
First let me apologize for being so slow in getting information out
relative to the Annual Meeting. As many know, I was busy dealing with
TRB process issues--specifically membership rotations. As it turns out,
we evolved into a committee of old timers--at least by TRB rules.
According to TRB, members can serve for up to 3 consecutive terms with a
term consisting of 3 years. Membership terms are aggregates of three
3-year clusters and tracked accordingly. For example, if you joined the
committee in 2002, 2003 or 2004 your first term expires in April 2005.
If added in 1999, 2000 or 2001 you are ending your second term and the
rest are ending their third. However, there is one anomaly. It
concerns Bob Sicko and Jerry Everett. Both were added in 1998 and ever
since I have assumed chairmanship I have always counted them along with
the 1999 cluster and TRB has never challenged this. I have reported it
this way at our annual meeting each year and in our last triennial
review. What I think has happened is that I have been using 1995 as the
membership beginning date since those of us who are charter members
began our terms in 1995, but somewhere along the line, TRB started
counting from 1996. Regardless, I think the issue will work itself out
in due time.
Attached is the "rotational" paperwork I turned into TRB. As can be
seen we have 11 members, 44% not counting our Emeritus, due to rotate
off with one exception. I have been appointed chair for another term
and get to extend for 3 more years. The attachment also shows six new
members I am recommending to TRB for membership as well as my verbiage
addressing the TRB committee evaluative criteria.
Technically, none of the actions happen until April 14, 2005 which means
January is a good overlapping and planning time.
For all those members rotating off or being recommended for membership
this should not come as a surprised. Part of the reason it took me so
long to get this far, besides the fact that TRB balked at my first
proposal where I tried to reduce the number of rotations, was that I
have been communicating over the phone and in person with affected
members. While talking with you all was enjoyable the overall process
has not been fun.
Thats about it on this subject for now and expect your mailboxes to
begin to full as we move to more real committee business over the next
few weeks.
If there are any questions feel free to send them along. I think you
have to do a "reply all" to make sure you copy the whole committee.
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Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
