Table of Contents Meeting Agenda & Related Materials – TAB 1 Board Meeting Schedule of Events 1 Board Meeting Agenda 3 Guest Speaker Biographies 5 ABA By-Laws 7 Anti-Trust Guide 20 2018 ABA Spring Board Meeting Minutes 23 Executive Committee Meeting Agenda 30 President’s Report – TAB 2 ABA Organizational Chart 31 Goals 32 Committee Reports – TAB 3 Finance & Budget Staff Report 43 ABA Reserve Fund Asset Allocation 46 ABA Unaudited Financial Statements & Draft 2019 Budget 47 ABA Foundation Asset Allocation 72 ABA Foundation Unaudited Financial Statements & 2019 Budget 73 Governance 2019-2021 Board Rotation Schedule 76 2018 Executive Committee Rotation 78 Schedule All Committee Assignments 79 Time & Place Report 95 Additional Staff Reports – TAB 4 Executive Summaries 97 Government Affairs & Policy Report 108 Communications Staff Report 117 Meetings, Education & Member Services Staff Report 127 ABA Strategic Plan Update – TAB 5 2018 FALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER 23 – 25, 2018 FAIRMONT SONOMA MISSION INN & SPA SONOMA, CA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 Enjoy the day and evening on your own MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 8 – 9 a.m. Board of Directors Breakfast Sonoma Valley Room Patio 9 – 11 a.m. Scheduled Service and Charter Council Meeting Pavilion 9 – 11 a.m. Tour Council and Travel Council Meeting Harvest Suite 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Board of Directors Lunch Sonoma Valley Room Patio 1:30 – 4 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion 6 – 9:30 p.m. Board of Directors Reception and Dinner Benziger Winery TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 8 – 9 a.m. Board of Directors Breakfast Sonoma Valley Room Patio 8 – 9 a.m. Governance Committee Breakfast and Meeting Harvest Suite 1 9 a.m. – Noon Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion Noon – 1 p.m. Board of Directors Lunch Sonoma Valley Room Patio 1 – 3 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion 3 –43 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting Harvest Suite Executive Committee Don DeVivo Steve Haddad Gene Berardi Jim Jalbert John Meier Ron Moore John Miller Chris Shepler Karen Sanders Steve Woelfel Terry Fischer Buddy Young Executive Committee Invited Guests Bill Blankenship Francis Tedesco Linda Burtwistle 7 - 10 p.m. Board of Directors Reception and Dinner Breezeway Lawn 2 2018 FALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA SEPTEMBER 23 – 25, 2018 FAIRMONT SONOMA MISSION INN & SPA SONOMA, CA (707) 938-9000 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Opening Remarks D.DeVivo Guest Recognition & Introduction D.DeVivo Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes D.DeVivo President’s Report P. Pantuso ABA Operations and Highlights since May 2018 Counsel’s Report R.Schweitzer Government Affairs Update S. Rohde Committee Reports Audit E. Berardi BusMARC J. Miller BusPAC P. Picknelly Finance & Budget E. Berardi E.Braendel Governance J. Meier Time-Place E.Berardi Louisville Presentation N. Twigg 2019 Marketplace Outlook K.Gryzwacz GuestSpeake r RonBrownstein Atlantic Media Co. ABA Foundation Report & Foundation Research Initiatives T. JeBran ABA Foundation Financials Fundraising Activities Research Projects Motorcoach Census 3 Busworld D.DeVivo Amtrak P.Pantuso Guest Speaker Brendon Harrington Google Strategic Planning D. DeVivo Staff Reports All staff reports were provided in advance to all Board members. Feel free to raise any questions you may have about any of the staff reports during the Board meeting, directly with appropriate staff or with Peter. Formal staff presentations will be given during the Board meeting. Meetings, Education, and Membership P. Pantuso Communications and Publications Report M.Hinton Radar Issues Executive Session Adjourn GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE Alex Berardi, Adirondack Trailways Ron Brownstein, Atlantic Media Company Roman Cornell, ABC Companies Nicole Fritz, Burlington Trailways Brendon Harrington, Google Charles Nolen, Big Bus Tours USA 4 Brendon Harrington Director, Transportation Google Brendon has 20 years of diverse transportation program management and operations experience, having worked in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Denver and now the San Francisco Bay Area for both non-profit and private sector organizations in various capacities including operations, planning, business management, program management, and advocacy. Joining Google in 2009, he has overseen extraordinary growth of the nation's largest private corporate shuttle fleet, as well as other transportation programs that reduce single occupancy vehicle demand, resulting in a mode split of less than fifty percent driving alone to Google's Bay Area Headquarters. A native of Natick, Massachusetts, Brendon earned a BS in Urban and Regional Studies at Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art & Planning, as well as an MBA from the University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business. Fun Facts: -I've been to all 50 United States -I was an on-air DJ for a classic rock FM radio station -I'm a former amateur bicycle racer -I've been playing competitive ultimate frisbee for the last 25 years and recently competed in the Ultimate National Masters Championships 5 RON BROWNSTEIN Editorial Director of Strategic Partnerships, Atlantic Media Company Editorial Director and Columnist, National Journal Senior Political and Election Analyst for CNN Part journalist, part historian, and all shrewd political observer, Ron Brownstein explains the complexities of American politics with lucid precision. As Editorial Director of Strategic Partnerships of Atlantic Media Company, the editorial director of National Journal, and a senior political and election analyst for CNN, he produces sharp analysis on politics, policy, the electorate, media, healthcare, and the range of issues informed by his strong sense of American political and national history. Twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Brownstein was cited for “the clarity, consistency, and quality of his political reporting.” He appears regularly in the Atlantic and pens a bi-weekly column in National Journal and the Los Angeles Times. A prolific and penetrating columnist, Brownstein is, as the Economist said, “one of America’s best political journalists,” and the Washington Post called him “one of the gold-plated names of political journalism who can still shape big-pictures conventional wisdom.” Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, his speeches reflect the depth of his knowledge, making him one of the most trustworthy predictors of America’s future. Getting It Right, Time After Time. Before taking over the political coverage for Atlantic Media Company, Brownstein served as the national political correspondent and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. In his years at the Times, he earned two finalist nods from the Pulitzer Prize Board for his coverage of the 1996 and 2004 presidential elections. His track record led former President Bill Clinton to cite Brownstein as the “one journalist who generally gets it right, explaining what the issues are and what’s going on in the country.” In addition, Brownstein served as chief political correspondent and columnist for U.S. News and World Report for seven months in 1998. He also appeared frequently on Meet the Press, This Week with George Stephanopolous, Face the Nation, the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and Washington Week in Review. He has been a repeat guest on Charlie Rose (where he also served as a substitute host), Nightline, network morning programs, MSNBC, CNBC, and C-Span. He has also served as an election analyst for ABC. On the American Beat. Brownstein is the author or editor of six books, including The Power and The Glitter: The Hollywood-Washington Connection and Storming the Gates: Protest Politics and the Republican Revival. His previous book, Reagan’s Ruling Class: Portraits of the President’s Top 100 Officials, was a Washington Post best-seller for five weeks. He was editor and co-author of Selecting a President and Who’s Poisoning America, and his sixth book, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America, was named one of the “10 books to curl up with” for 2007 by the New York Times. His articles on politics, public policy, books and culture have also appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Vanity Fair, the New Republic, the Financial Times, the Washington Monthly, the Wall Street Journal, the Times of London, the Times Literary Supplement, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun-Times, Newsday, and the Miami Herald. Updated WMS 11/14 6 BY - LAWS OF THE AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION Amended as of January 13, 2017 ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The place of business of the Association and the office of its statutory agent shall be the City of Washington, DC. The Association may change the location of its place of business or its statutory agent, or both. ARTICLE II MISSION, OBJECTS AND PURPOSES Section 1. The American Bus Association represents the business concerns of both U.S. and Canadian privately owned motorcoach and tour operators. ABA represents the U.S. bus industry in Washington, DC, and supports the government affairs activities of its Canadian members and counterpart associations. ABA facilitates relationships between the North American motorcoach industry and all related segments of the travel and supplier industry. In addition, ABA creates awareness of the motorcoach industry among consumers in North America (USA, Canada and Mexico), and communicates publicly on important issues like motorcoach and highway safety. Section 2. The objects and purposes of the Association are: a) To promote and develop the services provided by tour-charter bus service, fixed route bus service, and the tour and travel segments of the industry. b) To advocate the enactment of uniform, just and proper laws and cooperate with public officials in securing the enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the bus transportation industry. c) To promote the highest possible ethical standards by companies engaged in providing bus transportation to the public and by those providing equipment, accommodations and other services to such companies and their passengers by promoting compliance with the American Bus Association's Code of Ethics and other actions.