Table of Contents Meeting Agenda & Related Materials – TAB 1 Board Meeting Schedule of Events Board Meeting Agenda Guest Speaker Biographies ABA By-Laws 1357Anti-Trust Guide 20 2018 ABA Spring Board Meeting Minutes Executive Committee Meeting Agenda President’s Report – TAB 2 23 30 ABA Organizational Chart Goals 31 32 Committee Reports – TAB 3 43 46 47 72 73 Finance & Budget Staff Report ABA Reserve Fund Asset Allocation ABA Unaudited Financial Statements & Draft 2019 Budget ABA Foundation Asset Allocation ABA Foundation Unaudited Financial Statements & 2019 Budget Governance 76 78 79 2019-2021 Board Rotation Schedule 2018 Executive Committee Rotation Schedule All Committee Assignments Time & Place Report 95 Additional Staff Reports – TAB 4 Executive Summaries 97 Government Affairs & Policy Report Communications Staff Report Meetings, Education & Member Services Staff Report 108 117 127 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 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">8 – 9 a.m. </li><li style="flex:1">Board of Directors Breakfast </li></ul>Sonoma Valley Room Patio <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">9 – 11 a.m. </li><li style="flex:1">Scheduled Service and Charter Council Meeting </li></ul>Pavilion <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">9 – 11 a.m. </li><li style="flex:1">Tour Council and Travel Council Meeting </li></ul>Harvest Suite 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. 1:30 – 4 p.m. 6 – 9:30 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion Board of Directors Lunch Sonoma Valley Room Patio Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion Board of Directors Reception and Dinner Benziger Winery TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 8 – 9 a.m. 8 – 9 a.m. Board of Directors Breakfast Sonoma Valley Room Patio Governance Committee Breakfast and Meeting Harvest Suite 19 a.m. – Noon Noon – 1 p.m. 1 – 3 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion Board of Directors Lunch Sonoma Valley Room Patio Board of Directors Meeting Pavilion Executive Committee Meeting Harvest Suite 3 –43 p.m. Executive Committee <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Don DeVivo </li><li style="flex:1">Steve Haddad </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Jim Jalbert </li><li style="flex:1">Gene Berardi </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">John Meier </li><li style="flex:1">Ron Moore </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">John Miller </li><li style="flex:1">Chris Shepler </li></ul>Steve Woelfel Buddy Young Karen Sanders Terry Fischer Executive Committee Invited Guests Bill Blankenship Linda Burtwistle Francis Tedesco <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">7 - 10 p.m. </li><li style="flex:1">Board of Directors Reception and Dinner </li></ul>Breezeway Lawn 22018 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 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Opening Remarks </li><li style="flex:1">D. DeVivo </li></ul>D. DeVivo D. DeVivo P. Pantuso Guest Recognition & Introduction Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes President’s Report ABA Operations and Highlights since May 2018 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Counsel’s Report </li><li style="flex:1">R. Schweitzer </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">S. Rohde </li><li style="flex:1">Government Affairs Update </li></ul>Committee Reports Audit E. Berardi J. Miller BusMARC BusPAC Finance & Budget P. Picknelly E. Berardi E. Braendel J. Meier Governance Time-Place E.Berardi Louisville Presentation 2019 Marketplace Outlook Guest Speaker N. Twigg K.Gryzwacz RonBrownstein Atlantic Media Co. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ABA Foundation Report & Foundation Research Initiatives </li><li style="flex:1">T. JeBran </li></ul>ABA Foundation Financials Fundraising Activities Research Projects Motorcoach Census 3<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Busworld </li><li style="flex:1">D. DeVivo </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">P. Pantuso </li><li style="flex:1">Amtrak </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Guest Speaker </li><li style="flex:1">Brendon Harrington </li></ul>Google Strategic Planning Staff Reports D. DeVivo 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 Communications and Publications Report Radar Issues P. Pantuso M. Hinton 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 4Brendon 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 5RON 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 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.leadingauthorities.com/" target="_blank">Leading Authorities speakers bureau</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.leadingauthorities.com/" target="_blank">, </a>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 6BY - 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. d) To promote closer relations and cooperation among all Association members and membership segments. e) To promote friendly relations with, and to secure the cooperation and good will, of the public. f) To improve the transportation service rendered by its members, including adequate connecting and through services. g) To promote the construction, maintenance, repair and improvement of all roads used for bus transportation. h) To promote the construction and maintenance of bus terminals and related facilities. i) To promote the safety, convenience, and betterment of bus operations and serve the interest and welfare of the members of the American Bus Association and the public at large. j) To work with government to create a climate for growth of the private sector motor vehicle passenger transportation industry. k) To provide forums where various segments of the tour and travel community can establish relationships and business opportunities. l) To enable members the opportunity to participate in the privatization of motor vehicle passenger transportation. m) To provide educational opportunities to all members. 7ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Membership in the Association shall be divided into six classes: a) Bus Operators. b) Associations of Bus Operators. c) State, Regional and Provincial Associations. d) Associates. e) Travel Industry. f) Tour Operators. Section 2. As used in Section 1 of this Article: a) "Bus Operators" include any individual, partnership, company, corporation or group of such companies engaged in the business of transporting persons for hire in vehicles over the public highways as a common or contract carrier, either directly or as a managing agent except that "Bus Operator" does not include any entity which is owned or operated by a State, municipality, public agency, public corporation, or any local public body or any other entity which is not operated for profit. b) "Associations of Bus Operators" means any association of motor bus operators, other than a State association, with members whose qualifications for membership are the same as those set forth in paragraph (a) of this section for bus operator members of the Association. c) "State, Regional and Provincial Association" means any State, Regional or Provincial association of motor vehicle operators in which bus operators are individually eligible for membership. d) "Associates" means any organization which supplies equipment, material and services to the industry such as buses, engines, tires, accessories, petroleum products, publications, advertising and public relations firms, and the like, any entity which is not eligible for membership as a "Bus Operator" under paragraph (a) of this section because of its public ownership or operation, and other organizations which have business dealings of a general nature with bus operator members but does not include any persons eligible for membership solely as a travel industry member. e) “Travel Industry" members include hotels, motels, attractions, conventions and visitor bureaus, official State and provincial tourism offices, regional promotion agencies, Federal travel promotion agencies, retail travel agencies, tour brokers, food service organizations, and other firms or suppliers providing travel goods and services to bus operator members but does not include any entity which provides accommodations or goods and which is not operated for profit. f) "Tour Operators" includes any person or organization, other than a bus operator or an employee or agent of a bus operator, who, for compensation, assists or arranges for the transportation of passengers by bus in sightseeing or pleasure tours or other special operations, who have been in the business of arranging for bus tours for at least two years, and commission agents but does not include any governmental or other entity which is not operated for profit. Section 3. a) Any eligible person or organization may become a member by furnishing such information as may be required by the President/CEO demonstrating its willingness and ability to comply with the Association's Code of Ethics, payment of dues, and upon approval by the Board of Directors or by the President/CEO acting on behalf of the Board. In addition, an applicant for membership as a bus operator must demonstrate its compliance with the membership requirements of the Association as set forth in Section 4 of Article III. 8b) No tour operator affiliated with a bus operator shall be eligible for membership unless the affiliated carrier is a bus operator member of the Association. c) A bus operator who owns or controls one or more bus operators or one or more tour operators may file a joint application for membership on behalf of all such operators or each bus operator or tour operator may file a separate application. d) An association of bus operators may become a member upon approval by the Board of Directors and upon the payment of such dues as may be prescribed by the Board. e) A bus operator may not hold any other class of membership in the Association unless dues applicable to membership as a bus operator are paid. Section 4. a) No person or organization may become or remain a bus operator member -- 1) Unless it is in compliance with the applicable U.S., Canadian, state and/or provincial laws and regulations respecting the registration and operation of a bus operator business, or in the absence of such a verifiable compliance standard, then the appropriate national/state/provincial requirements for establishing and operating a bus operator business. b) No person or organization may become or remain a tour operator member -- 1) Unless it is in compliance with the applicable U.S., Canadian, state and/or provincial laws and regulations respecting the registration and operation of a tour operator business, or in the absence of such a verifiable compliance standard, then the appropriate national/state/provincial requirements for establishing and operating a tour operator business. Section 5. a) All applications for membership as a bus operator or as a tour operator shall be published and members given an opportunity to submit specific comments to the President/CEO respecting the applicant's eligibility for membership, including, in the light of specific evidence, its willingness and ability to comply with the Association's Code of Ethics. b) 1) The Board, or the President/CEO acting for the Board, shall review all comments or objections filed pursuant to paragraph (a) respecting an applicant's eligibility for membership in the Association to determine whether such comments or objections are legitimate and substantiated. 2) If the comments or objections filed pursuant to paragraph (a) are found to be legitimate or to be substantiated, the applicant shall be treated as a probationary member until such time as its eligibility for membership is determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of this section. c) Objections to an application which raise a serious question with respect to an applicant's eligibility for membership or to the probability of its compliance with the Association's Code of Ethics and appeals by members from finding of ineligibility for membership shall be handled as complaints and determined in accordance with the procedure provided in Section 3 of Article XIV of the Bylaws.

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