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The following 12-point plan summarizes the key actions I will work to provide during my tenure as President. During the initial months of this coming year, I will be talking to many of you looking for input on this plan and seeking your assistance on several initiatives. The action plan was organized around the general themes of the ITE Strategic Plan - areas such as membership, communication, technical knowledge, professional and workforce development and member services align with the overall goals of ITE. Please join me in this exciting year ahead in "Expanding Our Profession".

MEMBER SERVICES/TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Develop Data Collection Program combining the revitalizing value of student/retired mentor projects to student chapters and member service of providing needed information to our profession - similar to historic documents produced by Caltrans in the 1960's through 1980's on Trip Ends research.
2. Establish a section level transportation tips section to WesternITE to summarize projects, findings, research, tips, education/training opportunities and community involvement that are relevant to our sections - sharing the transportation knowledge of District 6.
3. Establish a credit card system for payment of advertising and potentially for meeting registration for convenience of members and improved District accounting. Consider possible on-site sale of new publications (such as the Parking Generation Informational Report) as I travel to District 6 section/chapter meetings in 2004.
4. Support enhancements to the District 6 web site as a tool for membership and ITE leadership to rapidly obtain relevant current and historic information.
5. Support the 2004 Sacramento Annual Meeting Local Arrangements Committee in establishing the first FOUR concurrent track District 6 technical program on June 20 through 23.
   
   PROFESSIONAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
   
   
6. Work to further gains in student/professional relations by continuing programs and seeking energetic leadership at universities. This will include site visits to campuses, reviewing status of advisors, seeking support from university department heads and issuing letters of support to department heads of participating ITE student chapters.
7. Establish a new activity to raise funds for student travel expenses at the Sacramento Annual Meeting involving vendors and members racing remote controlled cars.
8. Work with Student Initiatives Committee to expand the role of professional liaisons/mentors at student chapters - focusing on young professionals and school alumni.
9. Make ITE International resources available to sections/chapters and members in reaching out to train membership as well as informing the public to the valuable role our profession provides.
   
   COMMUNICATIONS/MEMBERSHIP
   
   
10. Put PowerPoint presentation templates on the web for membership to download and utilize in presentations to students to market the transportation engineer/planning profession.
11. Recruit ITE members to act as liaisons to other complementary transportation professional groups and activities - particularly seeking joint transportation forums at all district/section/chapter levels with WTS, ASCE, APWA, SWE, ITS America, FHWA, FTA, IMSA, AASHTO, TRB, RTEA, ACEC, APTA, ULI, APA and ITE Technical Councils. This may include having groups sponsor sessions at our meetings.
12. Work with the District 6 Board to complete a Strategic Plan for District 6 by June 2004.