It is good news, but just a starting point.  For committee meetings TRB
does not provide speaker phones that I know of. I do know that in past
years they have done some experimenting. That said, if someone wants to
use a cell phone to conference out that could be an option. I will say
that given how crowded the room typically is would be a challenge for
any conferencing system.

On 12/30/2019 3:27 PM, Leslie Meehan wrote:
> This is fantastic news!  Thanks Ed for all of your hard work.
> For those of us not attending TRB, if anyone is willing to dial in from our meeting on speaker phone I can provide a conference line.  Would love to stay plugged into the conversation.
>
> Happy New Year to all,
>
> Leslie
>
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> Happy New Year! In today's TRB e-newsletter there was some exciting
>
> news. TRB announced its new realignment and Health has a seat at the
>
> table as the committee on Transportation and Public Health (AME70). It
>
> is located under the new Transportation and Society (AME00) section
>
> which is under the new Sustainability and Resilience Group (AM000). As
>
> to any of the specifics I am assuming that we will hear more at the
>
> Annual Meeting in two weeks. Our meeting will be Monday afternoon,
>
> January 13 at 3:45. The meeting is open to public and the agenda is
>
> attached.
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> TRB announces a major strategic realignment of its volunteer structure
>
> In an effort to ensure that the talent of TRB’s thousands of volunteers
>
> can best focus on 21st century critical and emerging transportation
>
> issues, the Technical Activities Council and Technical Activities
>
> Division of TRB are announcing a new volunteer structure. TRB is
>
> positioning itself to be the premier source of ideas, knowledge, and
>
> innovations. A key part of this effort is a review and strategic
>
> alignment of the organization's standing technical committees. More
>
> information about the new structure and other resources, included an
>
> introductory letter and Frequently Asked Questions, can be found here.
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/TADStrategicAlignment.aspx__;!!PRtDf9A!7xhHq0Y0Ku4i18TQ5x7gq6dWQ-zwefjjcWp3vOsJDmHL59JXm6TnD6Y2-YMKlpDZwQ$
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