MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER WORK PLAN FOR 2008

The chapter officers for 2008 are: Rob Henry, President (GVF Transportation), Tammy Ford, Vice President (DART’s RideShare Delaware), Amy Mathieson, Secretary (ACTA), and Julie Theyerl, Treasurer (DART).

The chapter will hold elections for 2009-2010 in August 2008 and will announce the winners at the ACT National conference.

In order to prepare for chapter activities in 2008, the officers conducted several teleconferences. We have agreed to hold one conference in 2008. The conference will be held in New York City, November 24-25 and will be two full day sessions. We once again will be updating our by-laws and will send them out to the rest of the chapter for a vote. Once the voting is completed we will send our updated by-laws to ACT National for approval.

The chapter will meet periodically throughout the year and they are as follows:
• ACT Conference in Atlanta, GA
• Chapter Conference New York, NY
• Chapter Conference Calls

The chapter has set three main goals for 2008:
• Host a successful two day conference while generating enough revenue to fund the event.
• Continue to move forward with the installation of the national 511 phone number in our chapter area and the integration of TDM in each system.
• Continue to increase our presence as a chapter in the public policy forum.

The chapter has discussed its willingness to work with GRI and ACT National to facilitate a policy trip to Washington D.C.

The chapter will also be offering scholarships to the ACT National conference.

The chapter will be offering scholarships to the ACT Legislative conference.

The chapter has just redesigned www.midatlanticchapter.com

The chapter will continue to host a blog with chapter news and RSS feeds.

The chapter has appointed Judy Eckerd, Cornell University as its 2008 membership coordinator.

The chapter will continue its newsletter. Amy Mathieson of ACTA is the newsletter coordinator.

The chapter also has the following representatives on ACT’s various committees:
• 511
o John Galgano
o Rob Henry
o Lisa Kay Schweyer
o Tammy Ford

• Public Policy
o Larry Filler
o Maureen Frumen
o John Galgano
o Lynn Manion
o Krishna Murthy
o Richard Oram

• Telework
o Tony Pascal Offurum

• TMA
o Rob Henry

• University Council
o Judy Eckard
o Helen Steh
o William Wendt

• Vanpool
o Marianne Carillo
o Meg Kessler
o Lisa Kay Schweyer

• Employer
o Tom Davis, Chair

• Commuter Choice
o Tammy Ford
o John Ciaffone
o Alexander Charles
o Meg Kessler
o Lisa Kay Schweyer