1. `RAC 101 Workshop State Reps Responsibilities
Monday July 26, 2010
Moy Biswas
RAC Admin Task Force

2. Disclaimer
Opinions expressed in this presentation are solely & entirely those of Moy Biswas,
and do not belong to RAC Admin Task Force, RAC, AASHTO, TRB, NCHRP, FHWA, NCDOT, or any other individual or entities.

3. Ask not what you can do for TRB
Ask what TRB can do for you

4. What TRB Can Do For You Free trip to Kansas City
Free registration at the Annual TRB meeting (all state DOT employees)
Free lunch on Tuesday
Free lunch on Wednesday
Free food & hospitality suites
Free TRB (& NCHRP) publications
Free on line access to full text TRR publications

5. No Free Lunch! (What you can do for TRB)
Pay your annual TRB dues
Pay by check
Pay by way of FHWA administered Pooled Fund
Pay your annual NCHRP dues by way of FHWA administered Pooled Fund
Host periodic TRB Staff visits

6. TRB State Rep Responsibilities
Keep up w/ the annual activities calendar for TRB reps (?)
Serve as the SHRP II coordinator
Disseminate information from the TRB electronic newsletter, or encourage State DOT research geeks to subscribe
Disseminate TRB publications information
Distribute extra copies to research geeks

7. (more) TRB State Rep Responsibilities
For newly minted research projects, enter data on-line to Research in Progress (RiP)
For recently completed research projects, send (electronically) final report to TRB library – for inclusion in TRIS
Update RiP data
Submit items for TR News

8. (more) TRB State Rep Responsibilities
Recommend/Assist members for TRB committees and panels
Update listings from State DOT and from your State
Update TRB publications distribution lists
Coordinate response to TRB questionnaires
Encourage submitting papers for TRB meetings and publications
Maintain an awareness of TRB / inform others in your department

9. (more) TRB State Rep Responsibilities
TRB Rep is like a housewife
Work is never done!
Do not miss attending task force conference calls or RAC region conference calls, etc.,
you are going get assigned to make presentations and other work