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AREMA NEWS President’s Column t the AREMA Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, a number of leadership changes occurred on the Board of Governors, Board of Directors and the Standing and Technical Committees. I thank all the governors, directors and committee chairs who completed their terms in September, for their dedicated service to AREMA and for the services they have provided to the industry while serving on the boards and committees. These individuals were recognized for their service at the Annual Conference. A number of new leaders are joining the boards and committees to replace those who are leaving and AREMA very much appreciates their willingness to become active and contribute to our industry’s engineering and operating mission. A Leadership moving forward On the Board of Governors, Bill Van Trump, Union Pacific, is the new senior vice president, Tim Drake, Norfolk Southern is a new governor and our 2007–2008 president, Larry Etherton, will serve a year as past president. The Board of Directors has several new members. They are Joseph Smak, Amtrak, Gary Kujala, CSXT, Bruce Pohlot, Parsons Brinkerhoff, Arthur Misiaszek, Amtrak, Mike Mischke, BNSF, and Todd Dragland, CPR. The four new Functional Group vice presidents are Randy Bowman, NS, vice president track; Michael Choat, Railroad Controls, Ltd., vice president c&s; Raymond Zenisek, CSXT, vice president maintenance; and Robert Verhelle, Amtrak, vice president passenger & transit. The Board of Directors oversees the work of the 28 Technical Committees that function within AREMA. The Technical Committees are responsible for reviewing, revising or adding all the manuals that provide standards and recommended practice to the industry. They also organize the agenda and presentations for the Annual Conference, conduct educational seminars and recruit new members to AREMA and the industry. At the Standing Committee level, Melvin Burda from BNSF has taken over the leadership of the Membership Committee. Membership in 2008 was more than 5,100 and we look forward to Mel’s leadership to exceed that total in 2009. The past president assumes the chairmanship of the Finance and Nominating Committees. New Technical Committee chairmen are John Carrato, Alfred Benesch & Company – Committee 15, Jose Mediavilla, AirBoss Railway Products, Inc. – Committee 30, Bruce Armistead, Parsons Brinkerhoff – Committee 11, Herbert Zwilling, PB America – Committee 33, Don Girard, BNSF –Committee 13, Tim Wells, LTK Engineering Services – Committee 16 and Gene Davis, R. L. Banks & Associates, Inc. – Committee 18. One of my goals this year is to increase participation in the Technical Committee process. If you would like to join a Technical Committee, please apply online. 2009 C&S Manual: AREMA is pleased to announce the availability of the 2009 Communications & Signals Manual. There are 115 new, revised, reaffirmed and extended parts in the 2009 edition. We have also added an entirely new section - Section 23 - CommunicationBased Signaling. The Manual is available each October and can be ordered on the Web. Stay tuned for more information on the major industry event being planned for 2011 – Railway Interchange – 2011. This will be a combined event in Minneapolis featuring technical conferences of AREMA and the Coordinated Mechanical Associations (CMA) and a combined trade show involving REMSA, RSI and RSSI. I look forward to working with you during my term as president. If you have any suggestions for improving AREMA’s support for you or the industry please feel free to contact me. - Robert J. Boileau 2011 Robert J. Boileau AREMA® President 2008-2009 10 Railway Track & Structures October 2008 www.rtands.com http://www.arema.org http://www.rtands.com

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