Colin Franco –ri dot (Reg 1)

Colin Franco –RI DOT (Reg 1)

• Colin Franco –RI DOT (Reg 1)

• Allison Hardt – MD SHA (Reg 1)

• Jeff Brown – AL DOT (Reg 2)

• Georgene Geary – GA DOT (Reg 2)

• Note-taker par excellence

• Sandra Hoff – TN DOT (Reg 2)

• Linda Taylor – MN DOT (Reg 3)

Michael Townley – MI DOT (Reg 3)

• Michael Townley – MI DOT (Reg 3)

• Nancy Chinlund – Caltrans (Reg 4)

• Anne Ellis – AZ DOT (Reg 4)

• Co-Chair

• Cameron Kergaye – UT DOT (Reg 4)

• Leni Oman – WS DOT (Reg 4)

• Sue Sillick – MT DOT (Reg 4)

• Co-Chair

Jason Bittner

• Jason Bittner

• Nancy Chinlund/Reg 4

• Anne Ellis/Reg 4

• Sam Elrahman

• Kim Fisher/TRB

• Hau Hagedorn

• Barbara Harder

• Matthew Klein

• David McKuehn/FHWA

Michael Bonini/Reg 1

• Michael Bonini/Reg 1

• Alasdair Cain

• Nancy Chinlund/Reg 4 RAC

• Ron Curb/Region 4 RAC

• Gary Frederick/Reg 1 RAC

• Crawford Jencks/TRB

• Cory Johnson/MNDOT

• Robin Kline

• David Kuehn

• Kendra Levine

• Kim Linsenmayer

• Natassja Linzau

• Richard Long

• Lisa Loyo

• Wes Lum

Associate Members

• Associate Members

• Steve Albert/WTI
• Chris Hedges/TRB
• Laurie McGinnis/CTS MN
• Mark Norman/TRB
• Lori Putnam/RITA
• Lou Sanders/APTA

• Non-Voting Members

• Rick Collins/Vice-Chair RAC
• Sandra Larson/Chair RAC

New, active members always welcome!

• New, active members always welcome!

• Lots of volunteer opportunities

RPPM

• RPPM

• Conversion to Sharepoint 10 completed (Feb)
• Article in FHWA Public Roads (May/June)

• Back to Basics

• Workshop on RNS at TRB Annual Meeting, with 100 CRCs and others in attendance (Jan)
• Developed “From Research Idea to Research Results” info sheet with text and diagram (Apr)
• Webinar to present tools to facilitate research cycle (June)

Developing Content, Talking Points, and Marketing for all Tools:

• Developing Content, Talking Points, and Marketing for all Tools:

• RPPM
• Unfunded Research Needs (Google Metasearch)
• Funding Guidebook
• Need volunteers for all activities!

• Webinar on RPPM and other tools

• Plan and present later in 2012

Keep info on the slides to a minimum.

• Keep info on the slides to a minimum.

• Provided detailed descriptions in the slide notes if needed for future reference.

• Do not decrease the font size to less than 20.

• Avoid animation and the use of colors that are hard to see such as yellow.

• If you don’t delete this slide we will give you a hard time. 

• Rick, can you see this?? :)

Bi-monthly conference calls

• Bi-monthly conference calls

• Fourth Wednesday of every other month
• Two hours:  10:00 to 12:00 Pacific Time
• GoTo Meeting and VoIP/conference line

• You’re encouraged to:

• Listen in
• Participate
• Send your ideas on needs or opportunities

• Contact

• Sue Sillick ([e-mail], 406-444-7693 )
• Anne Ellis ([e-mail], 602-712-6910)