Transcript TRB State Reps Business Meeting

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TRB State Representatives
Business Meeting
In conjunction with
AASHTO RAC Meeting
Kansas City, MO
July, 2010
RESEARCH BOARD
WELCOME!
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• Looking out 20-30 years
• Those that affect, or will be
affected by, transportation
• Implications for state DOTs.
TRB. Other transportation
organizations.
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Long Term Visioning Trends
and Issues
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• TRB “Critical Issues
in Transportation”
• TRB Strategic Plan
• Activities of TRB
Standing Committees
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Laying the Foundation
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Provide any last minute
submissions to Tom
Palmerlee
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Last Call!
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• Staff collate by major topic
• Group discussion/debate
– Gaps
– Common themes
– Priorities
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Wednesday Session
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State DOT Attendees
1400
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200
0
2006
2007
2008
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2009
2010
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State DOTs & the TRB
Annual Meeting
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Current Challenge:
Provide state DOTs with satisfactory
return on their investment in the TRB
Annual Meeting in an era of travel
restrictions without increasing the
costs to them.
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State DOTs & TRB Annual
Meeting
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• Authorizing state DOTs to post Compendium on
DOT intranet
• Providing access to presenter slide presentations
and posters
• Providing access to enhanced e-sessions
• Posting new Practice
Ready Papers database on
TRB website
July 28, 2010
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TRB Annual Meeting:
Recent Actions
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• Covering costs for communications
packages on a sustainable basis
• Pilot testing for conference calls
and/or internet access for standing
committee meetings
• Replacing Compendium DVD
w/posting on TRB website
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TRB Annual Meeting:
2011 Initiatives
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Longer Term Challenge:
Provide TRB state representatives with
information that can be used to help
justify state DOT employee
attendance.
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State DOTs & TRB Annual
Meeting
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• State DOT Return-on-Investment
(general white paper)
• “Reaping the Benefits of Attending
TRB Annual Meeting” (TRNews)
• Justifying Your State’s Investment in
TRB (under development)
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Resources for Keeping Your
CEO Informed
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• Developed under guidance from
STRAP
• Will allow TRB State Rep to
customize for his/her state/CEO
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Justifying Your State’s
Investment in TRB
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Overall state investments
Core program
NCHRP
Tangible Benefits
Intangible Benefits
Leveraged Benefits
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Justifying Your State’s
Investment in TRB
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• TRB staff visits to your state DOT
• TRB State Reps/CEO Luncheon at
TRB Annual Meeting
• AASHTO Annual Meeting – TRB
Luncheon for CEOs
• CEOs serving on TRB Executive
Committee
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Other Opportunities for
Keeping Your CEO Informed
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Other Opportunities or Tips
for Keeping Your CEO
Informed?
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• Enhanced to incorporate suggestions for
2009 Orlando meeting
• Shopping list for potential meetings &
activities
• Checklist for planning the visit
• Assuring that the visit yields mutual
benefits
• Option for short written summary
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TRB State DOT Partnership
Visits: Guidelines
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• Pilots during 2010
– Massachusetts (general w/CRP)
– California (safety w/NCHRP)
– Illinois (highway renewal w/SHRP2)
• Evaluate for 2011
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Including Staff from Other TRB
Divisions in Visits
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Other Experiences or Tips
for TRB State DOT
Partnership Visits?
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Current Challenge:
Enhance TRB services to state DOTs within
the TRB budget and without increasing
the costs to state DOTs
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TRB Budget and Implications
for State DOTs
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• TRB Annual Meeting communications
package (discussed earlier)
• TRR Online
• TRB Webinars
• Practice – ready papers database
• Research Needs Statements database
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Enhanced TRB Services That
Meet this Criteria
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60
50
40
State DOTs
FHWA
Other Sponsors
Fees & Sales
30
20
10
0
2004-2006
2007-2009
2010-2012
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TRB Core Income Sources by
Triennium (%)
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Suggestions for New or
Enhanced Revenue Streams
for TRB?
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• Most TRB publications accessible on
TRB website at no charge
• TRR Online available by subscription
– No charge to state DOT employees
– Rely on state DOT IP address
– Contact Andi Kisiner
([email protected])
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TRB Publications Online
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• General: “Recently Released TRB
Publications”
• Subscription/notification by topic
area
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Notification of Publications
through TRB e-Newsletter
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• Initial task: Transition our publication
selection system - categories (modes &
functions) of publications - to a web-based
solution whereby sponsors and other
customers can manage their own
accounts – i.e. who gets what, where it
should be sent, and how.
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Getting Printed Publications to
the Right People
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• The increasing number
of ways in which the
“how” part of delivery
is complicating things –
specifically, the
expanding possibilities
for delivering electronic
content to our sponsors
and other customers.
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eReaders
SONY
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Getting Printed Publications to
the Right People (cont.)
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• TRB is developing a survey that will be
sent to our state and federal sponsors to
determine dissemination preferences.
Percent of all books purchased (worldwide)
2008
2009
2010
Online
23%
39%
50%
Hardcopy
77%
61%
50%
Bowker, B&T, et al. 2009-2010
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Getting Printed Publications to
the Right People (cont.)
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• The Challenge:
How quickly (or
slowly) should
TRB move toward
electronic
delivery of our
products?
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Getting Printed Publications to
the Right People (cont.)
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Example 1: Smithsonian goes electronic…
Excerpts from the Smithsonian 2010-2015 Digitization Strategic Plan:
 “Mission: To digitize the resources of the Institution for the widest
possible use by current and future generations.”
“Empower staff and audiences to use the Smithsonian’s digital resources
by developing user-friendly methods and tools.”
 “Raise awareness and increase use of Smithsonian digital resources,
both within and outside the Institution. Use multiple web and new media
venues to increase awareness of the value of the Smithsonian’s digital
resources. Increase the Smithsonian community’s awareness of the
availability of Institutional digital resources, through the use of multiple
internal communication venues.”
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Getting Printed Publications to
the Right People (cont.)
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Example 2:
Stanford
Engineering
Library goes
all digital.
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Getting Printed Publications to
the Right People (cont.)
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Summary:
Developing a web-based system for our sponsors to
manage what hard copy publications they get from TRB
is complicated by the growing desire for various eversions.
TRB is developing a survey for sponsors to provide
input into the future delivery of TRB products.
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Getting Printed Publications to
the Right People (cont.)
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• Self certifying PDHs offered for
Annual Meeting and conferences
• AICP CM units offered for Annual
Meeting and planning conferences
• CLEs offered for Legal Resources
Workshop
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Earning Continuing Education
Credits for TRB Activities
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• Distance Learning (webinars)
• Growing number of state licensing
boards for PEs
– New York
– Florida
– Others
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More Record Keeping Criteria
for Education Providers
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• General policies: International
Association for Continuing
Education and Training (IACET):
– Individual attendance (by session)
– Learning objectives
– Evaluation/assessment that learning
objectives met
– Instructor bios/approvals
– Individual transcripts
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More Record Keeping Criteria
for Education Providers
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• Use outside service(s) (fee)
– IACET
– National Council of Examiners for
Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES)
Registered Continuing Education
Program (RCEP)
– Other?
• Build TRB recordkeeping system
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TRB Investigating Options to
Expand Education Credits
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1. Webinars
2. Conferences
3. Annual Meeting
– PDH self certification still valid for
most states
– AICP CM credits introduced in 2010
– Satisfy higher criteria for PDHs (future)
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TRB Priorities for Expanding
Education Credits