Vision: To inspire and influence the evolution of Integrated Urban Mobility
BUSINESS MEMBER COMMITTEE – AGENDA
Date:
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Time:
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Westin Montréal, Montréal, QC,
St. Antoine Room
Chair:
Dennis Fletcher, Steer Davies Gleave
This meeting is open to all CUTA Business Members and as such your participation and input at this meeting is
encouraged. This meeting provides an opportunity for each and every business member to be involved in CUTA
activities.
1. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS
2. APPROVAL OF TODAY’S AGENDA
3. DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MAY 31, 2015 MEETING IN WINNIPEG, MB (see attachment)
5. CANADIAN URBAN TRANSIT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CONSORTIUM (CUTRIC) UPDATE – Josipa
Petrunic, CUTRIC Executive Director & CEO
6. BUSINESS MEMBER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ACTIVITIES - Alex Maheu
7. BUSINESS MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – SELECTION OF CHAIR & VICE CHAIR – Dennis Fletcher
All nominations for Board of Director positions go through the nominating committee. The Business
members committee is responsible to select Its Chair and Vice Chair, as their representative on the
Executive committee and forward these names to the Nomination committee for the 2016 nomination
report.
To follow normal progression, it is recommended that Amy Miller as Vice Chair, be acclaimed as Chair and
Roy Rice, current Secretary, be acclaimed as Vice Chair. These changes would take effect right after the
Annual General Meeting in June 2016.
The next secretary will be chosen, by vote, at the June 2016 meeting. Nominations for secretary will be
drawn from the new Board of Directors slate as chosen by the Nominating Committee.
8. BUSINESS MEMBERS ASSESSMENT FUND – Balance and Status (see attachment) - Becky Benaissa
9. BUSINESS MEMBER TASK FORCE UPDATES
a) Rail Task Force – Wendy Reuter
(including an update on RailConnect)
b) Business Member Events Task Force - Ray Little/Roy Rice
(including an update on Charity Event for Annual Conference)
10. BUSINESS MEMBER PARTICIPATION ON CUTA COMMITTEES
One representative from each committee to provide a 2 minute report of that committee’s activity.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Communications and public Affairs – Amy Miller
Human Resources - Chris Prentice
Technical Services - Bob Pinet/Dennis Fletcher
Conference Planning - Amy Miller
11. FALL CONFERENCE AND TRANS-EXPO 2015, MONTREAL, PQ – Paulina Cadena
a.) Business Members’ Evening
b.) Trans-Expo 2015
12. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016, HALIFAX, NS
a) Business Members' Evening (BME) - budget approval required – Paulina Cadena
13. CUTA UPDATE - Becky Benaissa/Patrick Leclerc
14. OTHER BUSINESS
15. ACTION ITEMS AGREED UPON
16. ADJOURNMENT AND NEXT MEETING
Next meeting will be held In Halifax, NS during the 2016 spring CUTA Conference.