Proposed Operating Proposed Operating GuidelinesGuidelinesAASHTO Subcommittee on AASHTO Subcommittee on DesignDesign

Boston, MABoston, MA

June 13, 2003June 13, 2003

Task Force Name Task Force Name ChangeChange Leave as “Task Force”Leave as “Task Force”

OROR Change to “Technical Committee”Change to “Technical Committee”

Task Force Meeting Task Force Meeting FrequencyFrequency

Change “shall” to “should not Change “shall” to “should not meet more than 6 days per year”meet more than 6 days per year”

OROR ““Shall not meet more than 6 days Shall not meet more than 6 days

per year EXCEPT with approval of per year EXCEPT with approval of SCOD Chair”SCOD Chair”

Task Force Work PlansTask Force Work Plans

Continue as is: Brief Continue as is: Brief presentations/reports to SCOD at presentations/reports to SCOD at yearly meeting and written reports to yearly meeting and written reports to SCOHSCOH

Require Task Forces to submit work Require Task Forces to submit work plans to Executive Council prior to plans to Executive Council prior to annual meeting for review. Council annual meeting for review. Council will identify “issues” to bring forward will identify “issues” to bring forward to SCOD for info or action?? Work to SCOD for info or action?? Work plans will be distributed to SCOD at plans will be distributed to SCOD at meeting for information.meeting for information.

Work Plans…continuedWork Plans…continued

Work Plans will be submitted to SCOD Work Plans will be submitted to SCOD prior to meeting. SCOD will have an prior to meeting. SCOD will have an item on the agenda to “discuss and item on the agenda to “discuss and approve.”approve.”

OROR CombinationCombination

Should Work Plans include the Should Work Plans include the development of a Strategic Plan for the development of a Strategic Plan for the task force? task force?

Research Proposed by Research Proposed by Task ForcesTask Forces Proposed research listed as part Proposed research listed as part

of the yearly work plansof the yearly work plans

OROR Proposed research submitted to Proposed research submitted to

Executive Council for approval or Executive Council for approval or reviewreview

Task Force ChairsTask Force Chairs

Should task force chairs be members of Should task force chairs be members of SCOD?SCOD?

OR OR Should we simply add the task force chair to Should we simply add the task force chair to

the SCOD “mailing” list and make the the SCOD “mailing” list and make the current SCOD member from that state current SCOD member from that state responsible for coordination with the chair?responsible for coordination with the chair?

Should task force chairs be elected from Should task force chairs be elected from within the task force membership OR be within the task force membership OR be appointed by the SCOD Chair (based on appointed by the SCOD Chair (based on recommendations)?recommendations)?

Task Force Task Force MembershipMembership Should one or more task force members Should one or more task force members

be from SCOD?be from SCOD?

Should this member be from the same Should this member be from the same State as the Chair?State as the Chair?

OROR Should the member be appointed from Should the member be appointed from

those interested with no restriction on those interested with no restriction on state?state?

Require task force member Require task force member representative from their state.representative from their state.