I thought I would pass this along. I am not sure who knows and who
doesn't know that Nandu will be leaving his contractor job at FHWA and
going to NCHRP. Right now we are thinking that he may have to rotate
off or move into some sort of liaison position. Certainly I hope Nandu
stays a friend of the committee. Please join me in wishing Nandu good
luck in his new job. Personally I will miss working him on an almost
day-to-day basis.
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Subject: RE: [ABJ30] Committee Member Rotation
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:12:56 -0400
From: <Nanda.Srinivasan(a)dot.gov>
To: <edc(a)berwyned.com>
References: <4724E5D3.6B46DAF8(a)berwyned.com>
<4726141D.6500818B(a)berwyned.com>
Ed:
As you are aware, I am going to work for TRB (NCHRP) from November 12,
2007. I might have to rotated off the committee, depending on TRB
rules.
Thank you
Nanda Srinivasan
April 14, 2008 is our committee's official rotation date. According to
the TRB rules a third of the committee must rotate every third year and
no one (except emeritus) can serve for more than 9 years without special
dispensation from the TRB Executive Director. This is why TRB makes its
committee appointments for a period of three years. The way TRB
operationalizes this is to look at the committee members as serving
terms. Everyone's term on the Urban Data committee is up in April of
2008 but some are eligible to serve additional years as they are only in
their first or second term. There are others, like myself, who are in
our third terms and must rotate off. I am asking the Executive Director
for two exceptions, Catherine Lawson and Shawn Turner, whom I will
explain shortly.
In the attached PDF is a summary of our committee by member including
their start date, term, affiliation, gender and state. There is also a
table I developed for myself when trying figure out who was in what
term. I found it very helpful in trying to figure out the terms.
Personally, I would like to see TRB develop a mechanism where 1/9th of
the committee rotates every year which would still give TRB its
one-third every 3 years and provide for a continuous churning of
members. Maybe the new chair can take on the issue. But I digress
Hopefully you have looked at the PDF and found yourself. If you are in
your first or second term both myself and the incoming chair want to
know if you would like to continue your membership with the committee.
TRB suggests that we give you three choices, "I want in", "I want out",
I want in but I am willing to go". But I would hope that you would all
want to stay.
In summarizing the rotation, there are 10 of us who have to rotate off
the committee. Of those 10 I will be seeking a special continuance for
two, Catherine Lawson and Shawn Turner.
Catherine has been recommended and approved by TRB to succeed me as
chair. Her term will officially start on the rotation date for the
whole committee, April 15, 2009. The other member's term I am seeking
to extend is Shawn Turner. Shawn has just assumed the chairmanship of
the Joint ADUS Subcommittee. The subcommittee is joint between us and
the Traffic Monitoring Committee and Shawn is our critical link to it
the subcommittee.
I think that is about it for now. If you have any questions please do
not hesitate to ask. And remember, if you are in your first or second
term I need to know your interest in staying on for another term. If
you are rotating off I am truly sorry but we have all been around long
enough to know the rules. I just hope that we still all stay together
as a community.
--
Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
FYI.
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Subject: Data Section Newsletter
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:25:06 -0400
From: "Palmerlee, Thomas" <TPalmerlee(a)nas.edu>
Please distribute to your committees.
Tom
Thomas M. Palmerlee
Transportation Research Board
202-334-2907, tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu
