ITS Georgia President's Message from Georgia Engineer Magazine February 2013

ITS Georgia
President Scott Mohler

Your ITS Board of Directors recently held a meeting to review our progress in 2012 and plan for what we believe will be an exciting 2013 for our members. It will be hard to top 2012, our 15^th year of operation and the year we received our second ITS America Outstanding State Chapter of the Year Award.

We held eight chapter meetings in 2012 with an average registered attendance of almost 55 per meeting. We also held our first legislative reception, and we had an informal after work social event. Our annual meeting was a great success with a 97 percent rating of meeting or exceeding expectations.

  

Other highlights from 2012 annual meeting include:

·         125 registered attendees

·         24 exhibitors and 17 sponsors

·         5 technical sessions and 22 speakers

·         7.5 professional development hours for Professional Engineers

Following closely with our Mission Statement, we plan to build on 2012 with more opportunities to network, learn about new solutions, educate decision makers about the benefits of ITS and further our members’ professional growth.

In 2013, we plan on having more monthly meetings, a half-day technical training session, a meet and greet with state lawmakers (co-branded with Georgia ITE) and a return to Callaway Gardens for our 2013 annual meeting September 14-17.

Our monthly meeting dates for the remainder of 2013 are:

February 28

March 28

April 25

May 23

June 27

July 25

August 29

September 14-17 Annual Meeting

October 31

Please join us at these meetings and bring a friend. We’ll keep you posted on times and locations on our web site and by email. If you are not on our email list, then visit www.itsga.org, or scan the QR code and enter your information via smartphone.

I also want to welcome new members to our board whose two-year term begins in 2013. Winter Horbal, Temple, Inc.; Michael Roberson, Georgia Department of Transportation; David Smith, DeKalb County Department of Transportation; and Prasoon Sinha, ACRADIS, join the board and officers.