Task Force Report

Coordination and Collaboration Task Force

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)

Members

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

Members

Members – Conduct of Research Committee Jason Bittner Nancy Chinlund/Reg 4 Anne Ellis/Reg 4 Sam Elrahman Kim Fisher/TRB Hau Hagedorn Barbara Harder Matthew Klein David McKuehn/FHWA

Laurie McGinnis/CTS-MN Shannon McDonald Dick McReynolds Mark Norman/TRB Leni Oman/Reg 4 Ned Parrish/Reg 4 Marty Pietrucha/Penn St. Linda Preisen/CTS-MN Jennifer Rosales/TRB Sue Sillick/Reg 4

Friends 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

Jim McDonnell John Moulden Mary Moulton Larry Orcutt Daris Ormesher Ned Parrish/Reg 4 RAC Martin Pietrucha Phil Roke Clayton Schumaker/Reg 4 Larry Sutter/MTU Michael Trentacoste James Watkins Amanda Wilson/NTL Pete Zaniewski

Associate Members Steve Albert/WTIChris Hedges/TRB Laurie McGinnis/CTS MNMark Norman/TRBLori Putnam/RITALou Sanders/APTA

Non-Voting MembersRick Collins/Vice-Chair RACSandra Larson/Chair RAC

Associate and Non-Voting Members

New, active members always welcome!Lots of volunteer opportunities

Membership Needs

RPPMConversion 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)

Accomplishments

Developing Content, Talking Points, and Marketing for all Tools:RPPMUnfunded Research Needs (Google Metasearch)Funding GuidebookNeed volunteers for all activities!

Webinar on RPPM and other toolsPlan and present later in 2012

Goals and Activities

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?? :)

Additional Presentation Notes

Meetings

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 (ssillick@mt.gov, 406-444-7693 ) Anne Ellis (aellis@azdot.gov, 602-712-6910)