Association for Public Transportation, Inc.

The meeting was abbreviated because of a Federal MPO Certification hearing to be held at 6:30.

1. Annual Meeting Planning.

Fred Moore: Herb Pence is to be our speaker, discussing his proposal for the North-South Streetcar. As a location, right now, "Cheers Bar" is a possibility. The latter part of May is available. According to Barry Andelman, the Harvard Club is also available. A tentative date is our regular Board meeting date, 12 May.

Fred will make arrangements with Herb Pence.

The agenda will differ from the usual practice. We shall have the meeting and elections first, before the speaker. We willl have each officer make an annual report of what happened under their purview. The Annual Report, dues request and Annual Meeting notice will be included in one mailing.

Is ‘security’ a problem at the meeting place?

The mailing is to take place before the April Board meeting: By April, the nominations should be tied down, with solicitations for self-nominations from the floor of the meeting, and the agenda structured.

We should attempt to have the officers' draft reports in time for presentation to the March Board meeting. We'll then compare them, and e-mail them to the others.

A dues card has to be prepared, a handbill, and public announcements to the media. We also have to delegate assignments to the members and officers. We must also have a nominating committee.

2. APT Liaison to the MBTA: Barry D. Andelman.

Even though T General Manager Michael Mulhern had asked Barry Andelman to meet with him, when the time came, Mulhern was unavailable, and Joe Pesaturo and Barbara Burke—neither of whom know him—were assigned to confer with him.

One topic was the new Ridership Oversight Committee. There are to be eight representatives of organizations, eight T people and eight members of the general public. We are the ninth organization. These meetings will be open to the public. Barry doubts that the T people are going to be willing to be candid. The committee might not become very effective.

3. The meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m. to attend the Federal MPO Certification Hearing nearby.