WINTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT

The Winter Board of Directors Meeting was held on January 14th, 2023 in a virtual format. Below is a summary of the Motions approved and some discussion topics. Please refer to the 2023 Winter BOD draft minutes on the website for more detail.

THEFOLLOWINGMOTIONSWEREPRESENTEDANDAPPROVED:

Amended the APTA New York Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Procedure Manual to create a DEI Student award and a Student Future Leader in DEI award.

Amended the APTA New York Judicial/Reference Committee Procedure Manual. The Judicial/Reference Committee, with the assistance of the Executive Director, have identified multiple sections of the committee’s Procedure manual that needed to be amended to reflect current policies and procedures/practice.

Registration Fees for Continuing Education Programs/Chapter Conference for students were changed to read: Student registration fees shall not exceed 50% of the APTA active member fee.

The Board approved an overage of $4,000 for the “Lobbyist” line item in the 2023 Budget to increase payment for services of APTA New York Lobbyist Firm, Whiteman Osterman and Hanna LLP. The fees have not changed since 2004.

·The Executive Committee was charged to create a task force to investigate various options related to management of the current APTA New York property, including but not limited to selling of the current building, purchase or lease of a new property, or leasing some or all of the current building space.