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/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 Associate and Non-Voting Members

New, active members always welcome!  Lots of volunteer opportunities Membership Needs

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) Accomplishments

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 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  Anne Ellis