1. Report Region 2

2.  Michelle Owens, Alabama  Elisha Wright-Kehner, Arkansas  Mark Greeley, Florida  Vicki Morrison, Florida  Michael Brown, Virginia  Jose Gomez, Virginia  Catherine McGhee, Virginia New Members

3.  New regional leaders appointed ◦ David Jared, GDOT, Chair ◦ Elisha Wright-Kehner, AHTD, Vice-Chair ◦ Cindy Smith, MSDOT, Secretary (pending RAC appt.)  Region 2 By-laws revised ◦ Ensured consistency with RAC By-laws ◦ Final editing pending within two months

4.  Southeast Transportation Consortium ◦ Four synthesis studies underway or pending  Best Practices for Determining Value of Research Results (Ga. Tech)  Asphalt Surface Treatments for Pavement Preservation (Fla. Internat’l Univ.)  Water Quality Management at Construction Sites (Thompson Engineering)  Regional Implementation of Warm Mix Asphalt (Univ. of Kentucky, pending)  Implementation Rating Criteria (NCDOT) ◦ Scale of 1 (didn’t work) to 10 (hits the ground)

5.  Planning for 2012 RAC Summer Meeting ◦ Program Committee formed  David Jared, Chair; Darryll Dockstader, Co-Chair  Committee: Michelle Owens, Elisha Wright-Kehner, Joe Crabtree, Mark Morvant, James Watkins ◦ Monthly conference calls planned ◦ Program to be finalized by week of March 4, 2013 (next STC meeting)  General TPF study seeking commitments ◦ Field Analysis Procedures for Asphalt Mixtures Containing High-RAP Contents and/or RAS

6.  Survey task force participation and document benefits ◦ Goal is three Region 2 members on each task force to ensure coverage  Region 2 conference call presentations ◦ Rotation of brief updates to add to value of conference calls  Regional UTC at University of Florida ◦ Seeking input from SE states at-large on interests