THE RAC REGION I TELECONFERENCE WAS HELD ON THURSDAY

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The RAC Region I teleconference was held on Thursday November 6, 2008

The RAC Region I teleconference was held on Thursday 11/05/20.


The following individuals participated.


Andrew Mroczkowski Connecticut DOT

Steve Sisson Delaware DOT

Stephanie Dock District of Columbia DOT

Dale Peabody Maine DOT

Allison Hardt Maryland DOT

Drew Pflaumer Mass DOT

Lily Oliver Mass DOT

Mike Flanary Mass DOT

Ann Scholz NH DOT

Deidre Nash NHDOT

Amanda Gendek NJDOT

Pragna Shah NJ DOT

Giri Venkiteela NJ DOT

Priscilla Ukpah NJ DOT

Ryan Lund NYS DOT

Emily Parkany (Chair) VTRans

Tanya Miller VTRans

Chris Jolly (Secretary) FHWA- Vermont


Minutes from the 10/01/20 call were adopted.


Old Business/Announcements:


Leadership Update: James Bryant from TRB presented during the Region 4 meeting about providing information on the TRB meeting. James will be our guest speaker during our December Region 1 call. Dale sent out a centennial video for everyone to watch.



Annual TRB meeting: The meeting will be virtual so invite everyone in your DOT to participate. Registration is open. A Demo is available on how the virtual meeting will work. Hoping by mid November information will get out on how the logistics will work for this extended virtual meeting. Also anticipating a webinar to be available on how to get the most out of this TRB meeting.




RAC Task Forces/Announcements: Note that Task Forces are looking for new members.





Administration: Last month’s RAC Chat was on peer exchanges and was well received. RAC 101 has been updated. Working on agenda for the Winter meeting. Looking for a Secretary. Please let us know if you are interested.


Coordination and Collaboration: Stephanie is the Chair and working hard to get things moving. E-mail went out recently to start working on a schedule for meetings. Also looking for a Secretary and volunteers for the Task force. Plan on meeting on 1/5/21 during TRB. Will hopefully schedule a meeting prior to TRB.


Program Management and Quality: Performance Measures and Implementation groups have been active.


Value of Research: Waiting to hear how the poster sessions will work at TRB.


Other Discussion: Stephanie is pulling together a list of participants for her peer exchange scheduled the week of December 14. Looking for small states. Let her know if you are interested.


New Business: Allison gave an excellent presentation on Maryland’s Research Program. Provided an overview of all aspects including MDOT organizational structure, Research Division, budget, project selection process, research needs form, project oversight, relationships with PI’s, project Report Guidelines, best practices for reports, marketing and implementation efforts. Also discussed contracting with Universities and other research activities including participation in NCHRP, pooled funded propjets and AASHTO’s TSP’s.


The presentation was followed by a general discussion amongst the states on common issues within each research program.


Next Call December 3.




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