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March 30, 2014 - April 2, 2014: 2014 SDITE Annual Meeting
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Martin Bretherton
Kirsten Tynch
Secretary / Treasurer
Bill Seymour
International Director
Rick Day
Past-President
Becky White
Disrict Administrator
Craig Hanchey
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Greetings!
Hello all!
You may be asking yourself why you are receiving a second SDITE "The Connector" in only 2 months instead of the usual 3 months. Well, there's a simple explanation for that:
The Connector is now MONTHLY!
That's right -- monthly.
Now that you've picked yourself off the floor after falling out of your chair, rest assured that reading this every month will be worth your while. Be patient as we get the new plan in place. Any questions and/or comments can be sent to: Scott Walker, New Editor
Finally, thank you to Radha Swayampakala for his hard work on the newsletter up to this point. He will still be involved behind-the-scenes to keep us in line. |
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Officer Update
Vice-President Kirsten Tynch
 Greetings!
In order to address membership concerns, the 2013 Membership Committee of the Southern District ITE was formed and includes the following members:
Kirsten Tynch - Chair
Scott Boyle - Deep South
Lori Elliott - South Carolina
Carla Holmes - Georgia
Kevin Cole - Tennessee
Chris Sellers - Alabama
Ashley Lickliter - Virginia
Scott Walker - Kentucky
Russell Dalton - North Carolina
The group set the following goals:
- Increase membership by 5% in 2013.
- Increase agency membership & involvement
- Regain old members
- Improve communications
- Improve technical knowledge transfer to our membership
Our group has met monthly to brainstorm strategies to reach our identified goals. We recently developed a multi-tiered plan of action items. We will be unveiling the plan at the Winter Board Meeting in Biloxi for approval and hope to be implementing the plan in 2014. Look for exciting new changes in 2014 that will increase the value of your SDITE membership! |
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SDITE Annual Meeting 2014
By: SDITE 2014 LAC
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!!!
The Georgia Section of ITE is currently accepting abstracts for the 2014 Southern District ITE Annual Meeting to be held March 30 - April 2, 2014 at Reynolds Plantation in Lake Oconee, GA. Presenting at the 2014 SDITE Annual Meeting is a great opportunity to share your ideas, knowledge, expertise, and innovations with your peers.
We are working to develop an interesting and diverse technical program and will consider presentations addressing topics of interest to our members. Some suggested topics are listed below:
- Congestion Pricing
- Managed Lanes - HOV/HOT Lanes
- Transportation and Land Use Policies
- Safety
- Pedestrian/Bicycle Planning and Design
- Transit Planning, Design, and Operations
- Parking Operations and Management
- Managing Transportation in Challenging Economic Times
- Traffic Signals, Traffic Operations and Management
- Travel Models and Microsimulation
- Training and Mentoring the Next Generation
Student Paper Presentations are highly encouraged.
Abstracts should contain the following information:
- Title of presentation
- Brief abstract/summary explaining the presentation (250 words or less)
- Preferred presentation format (e.g., presentation, poster, workshop, etc.)
- Name and contact information of presenter
Please submit your abstract in PDF format via email by January 15, 2014 to SDITE2014@gmail.com.
Should you have any questions, you may reach Bayne E. Smith, P.E., Technical Committee Chair at bsmith@dot.ga.gov or (770) 532-5526.
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Update to the SDITE 2012 Strategic Goals
By: Cindy Pionke, Strategic Plan Chair
As many of you may not be aware, the SDITE Strategic Teams have been working to update our team roles and goals for the next several years. We are hoping to present the updated roles and goals at the December Board Meeting and officially adopt them at the Board Meeting during the 2014 Annual Meeting.
In the meantime, I would like to share the roles of each of our Strategic Teams.
Team 1: Information, Communication and Outreach (IC&O)
To provide valued information to and facilitate communications between SDITE members and publicize our purpose to the general public
Team 2: Leadership
To equip members to become highly effective leaders
Team 3: Technical Knowledge
To keep members abreast of technical activities, emerging issues and technologies as well as best practices within the District
Team 4: Work Force Development (WFD)
To provide support for recruiting, equipping, retaining, and mentoring transportation professionals
Team 5: Annual Meeting (aka SPAM)
To help the LAC provide quality, well attended, and financially responsible Annual Meetings
Each of these teams has goals which you will have the opportunity to read about in future e-connectors. Stay tuned.
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International ITE Update
This Section will be used each month to highlight items related to International ITE. This will include updates from International Director Rick Day as well as other things we run across during the month.
This month, we take a brief look at the ITE Journal. International ITE has put a great deal of time and effort into re-inventing this monthly publication. As noted on the ITE website:
"The new visual format continues with the October issue. The graphic redesign complements the content changes to include interviews with industry leaders and innovators, case studies, member profiles, and success stories from the field. The goal of this new content is to provide a valuable resource for addressing everyday work challenges."
Take a look if you haven't already. We think you'll like it. |
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Congrats to LeadershipITE Class
We are very excited to announce that five of our very own SDITE members were selected for the inaugural class of LeadershipITE.
This includes:
- Sean Coleman (Georgia)
- Jonathan Kiser (Deep South - Deep South)
- Becky Malenke (Alabama)
- Radha Krishna Swayampakala (North Carolina)
- Scott Walker (Kentucky)
For more information on LeadershipITE, please click here.
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From the Sections...
In this feature each month, we will highlight two Sections each edition. If you have anything to share, please coordinate with your Section President and/or Representative.
Alabama
 ALSITE has committed to a large service project for the Alabama Department of Transportation, extending a previous project offered in 2011 to 14 young ALDOT managers. The current project will conduct Leadership Development sessions for four groups of emerging young ALDOT managers. The workshop will use the International ITE Leadership Development materials prepared by Southern District ITE volunteers (including ALSITE senior leaders).
Each of the four groups will participate in two 2-day sessions covering 14 modules. The course content deals with commitment to a leadership path, character, and lifelong acquisition of leadership skills. ALSITE senior leaders who are organizing and facilitating the workshops include Richard Caudle, Darrell Skipper, Becky White, Jim Meads, and Dan Turner. In addition, ALSITE President Becky Malenke and ALSITE members Christy Cahalan and Chris Sellers will serve as facilitators. ALDOT is providing two senior managers as facilitators (Don Arkle and Vince Calametti) and three of the young mangers who completed the 2011 leadership workshop (Kaye Davis, Wade Henry, and Josh Kervin) as mentors and facilitators.
This cooperative effort between ALSITE and ALDOT will increase the total to 70 young ALDOT managers to complete the International ITE Leadership Development program through the assistance of ALSITE members. It is a true service project that contributes to ALDOT, our profession and our state.
Upcoming dates:
- Fall Meeting - October 17th in Huntsville, AL (Joint meeting with the Tennessee Section)
- Spring Meeting - March 6th at the University of Alabama
Finally, Alabama celebrated 40 years of state chartered ITE membership at our Annual Meeting in June. Click here for additional details.
Georgia
 In the last few months GA ITE has had a focus on innovation and that "can do" attitude that is the cornerstone of our profession. GA ITE has organized several events that have highlighted projects and programs that are cutting edge in transportation engineering. Our monthly meetings continue to provide opportunities for professional development and networking, with recent topics on the new Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal, Traffic Incident Management and how information technology and the transportation industry are pushing the envelope on data collection, data mining and analysis. The Annual Summer Seminar held in July drew a record 160 registrants. Numerous presentation were given on subjects such as incident detection using computer vision, flashing yellow arrows, bus rapid transit with traffic signal system priority, reversible lanes, and innovations in transportation funding, just to name a few. GAITE also held a Technical Exchange recently on Wireless Communication: Why it Matters to Transportation Engineers.
And we're not finished! There's more in store for the remainder of the year. The GA ITE Leadership Training is scheduled for October 25 - 26 at The Lodge at Simpsonwood in Norcross, Georgia. This is an excellent program that has been very well received. The program will equip leaders and aspiring leaders with the tools they need to succeed in their professional careers, personal lives and in their roles within ITE. Please join us for our GA ITE Annual Meeting which will be held at the Buckhead Club in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, December 10. We are looking forward to another great year-end event where we have a great time networking and socializing, while we look back over the year and celebrate the accomplishments of GA ITE and our members.
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Leadership Tips
Submitted by: Martin Bretherton
 Leadership is a very important topic within the Southern District. Many of you have already participated in the District's Leadership Program. In addition, the District has pledged money to support the new LeadershipITE program from International ITE. Forbes recent released an article which outlined 15 things that Leaders do automatically. Check it out and see how you match up to these 15 items. |
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Officer/Member Profile
Each month, we will feature an officer or member of SDITE. For this first profle, we'll meet Hollis Loveday, Secretary/Treasurer-elect of SDITE.
- Name - W. Hollis Loveday
- City / State - Knoxville, TN
- Place of Work / How Long - CDM Smith for 29 years
- Title - Senior Transportation Engineer
- Degrees / Year - BS in Civil Engineering (1981) and MS in Civil Engineering (1983) -- University of Tennessee
- Place of Birth - Knoxville, TN
- Family - Married with 2 grown girls - one married and one a senior in college
- A Little More About Hollis:
- What are your technical interests? Traffic Engineering; Parking; Transportation Planning
- What are your hobbies? Tennis and running
- Favorite Color? Navy Blue
- Favorite Movie? GoldenEye
- Favorite Music? Blues / Jazz / Rock
- In what capacity how you served SDITE in the past?
- 2007 SDITE Annual Meeting Co-Chair
- Stategic Planning Annual Meeting Committee Chair
- Section Representative to SDITE (from TN)
- Desired Superpower: Iron Man's Powered Suit of Armor (which could be used to fly back and forth to China!)
- Five Quick Questions:
- Coke or Pepsi? Mt Dew
- Dogs or Cats? Dogs
- Telephone or Email? Both
- Pen or Pencil? Pen
- Vols or Commodores? Vols, I don't even know how to spell Komodores
- Three Interesting Facts About You:
- I work outside the US a lot
- Good with chopsticks
- Love airplanes / used to fly
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Silly Signs
You will learn that not all of our content is serious and this recurring block is one that we hope you enjoy.
And if you see a silly sign in your community, send it to us. |
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We hope you enjoyed this updated version of the newsletter. Stay tuned for another edition in mid-November.
Sincerely,
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Scott Walker, Editor
Southern District ITE |
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