Spring Golf Outing - Indy Traffic Club

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April 2012
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INDIANAPOLIS TRAFFIC CLUB NEWSLETTER
Spring Golf Outing
Thursday, April 26th
To promote closer
relationships through
networking, building mutual
understanding among
members and stimulating
education in transportation,
warehousing, logistics, and
supply chain management.
Register for Spring Golf Outing!
Thursday, April 26th - Heartland Crossing
Please complete this form and return via mail, fax,
or email. Please include your payment.
Name: ___________________________________
Company:________________________________
Address:__________________________________
__________________________________________
Heartland Crossing
Golf Links
Phone:___________________________________
Email:____________________________________
6701 S. Heartland Blvd.
Camby, IN 46113
• Time: 1pm shotgun start
• Golf format: Scramble
Early Bird: $70 before April 12th
After April 12th:
$80 for members
$90 for non-members
Last
Chance,
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Now!
Early Bird (before April 12th): $70 for members
After April 12th - $80/members, $90/non-members
Number of reserved spots:_________
Total Dollar Amount Enclosed: $_______________
Please list the names and companies of all registered.
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Price includes golf, cart, driving range, beverages, awards,
prizes & dinner afterwards.
Company:________________________________
Hole Sponsors Needed…$50/hole
Company:________________________________
Donations needed and accepted for prizes.
Name: ___________________________________
Reservations: www.indytrafficclub.org
and pay by PayPal online or mail in the registration form.
Company:________________________________
For hole sponsors, prize donations or questions, please
contact Mark Carlson 317-987-5143 or Mike Trotter
317-418-3934 for additional information.
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Name: ___________________________________
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Mail: Indianapolis Traffic Club,
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Email: info@indytrafficclub.org
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2012 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
2012 ITC PRESIDENT,
Jeremy Reymer
Driving Ambition, Inc.
Jeremy Reymer, President
317-352-0306
Driving Ambition
jeremy@drivingambitioninc.com
Mark Carlson, VP
indymarkc@att.net
317-987-5143
Jan Peel
Secretary/Treasurer
jpeel83719@aol.com
317-357-5760
Nancy Jarial, Editor
TKO Graphix
njarial@tkographix.com 317-730-1636
DIRECTORS
Tracy Baker
J&J Transportation
tbaker@jjtran.com
317-821-2150
John Bauer
317-898-2973
Eastern Express A&H Truckline
Dave Colby
Averitt
dcolby@averittexpress.com
317-828-2351
Linda Hodges
RC Foster Truck Sales
linda@fosterstruck.com
317-691-5869
Donn Koonce
BNB Battery
dkoonce@bnb-battery.com
317-250-9525
Barbara Randall
Driving Ambition
brandall@da-drivers.com
317-509-9232
Mike Trotter
317-352-0306
Driving Ambition
mike@drivingambitioninc.com
Danielle Vidaurre
Truckers B2B
dvidaurre@truckersb2b.com
317-972-7004
Ryan Walter, Ex-Officio
317-247-8421
Palmer Leasing Group
rwalter@palmertrucks.com Norman R. Garvin
317-637-1777
Attorney
Scopelitis, Garvin, Light & Hanson
ngarvin@scopelitis.com
ITC News is the official publication of the
Indianapolis Traffic Club. Please submit
questions, comments and articles for
consideration to the editor:
Nancy Jarial,TKO Graphix
2751 Stafford Rd., Plainfield, IN 46168
phone: 317-730-1636
njarial@tkographix.com
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend!
It’s encouraging to see the level of growth the ITC
has experienced recently. With a rich history that
dates back over 100 years, it’s great to see that the
ITC is still very relevant when it comes to networking and educational
events for industry professionals in Indianapolis.
What would nice weather be without the opportunity for a round of
golf? Join us on Thursday, April 26 for one of the ITC’s most popular
events: The Spring Golf Outing at Heartland Crossing. For more
details, and to sign up, visit the Events Page on the ITC website (www.
indytrafficclub.org), or simply fill out the form in this month’s newsletter.
In addition to finding upcoming ITC events on the Events Page, you
can also keep abreast with social media. The ITC’s Facebook Page
and LinkedIn Group are always updated with reminders of upcoming
events. Feel free to use these forums to meet new people and share
information, as well.
Special thanks to all of our great sponsors whose support allows us to
hold great events each year. We always encourage ITC members to
do business with other members, especially those who are sponsors.
For information on how you can be a sponsor, please visit the ITC
Sponsorship Page.
I look forward to seeing you soon!
Jeremy
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
In Remembrance...
Gayle O. Kamp passed away on March 21, 2012. He was a
member of the Indianapolis Traffic Club, founding member of the
American Society of Traffic and Logistics and served the Indiana
Chapter in several capacities including President. He was a
Past President of the Indianapolis Motor Transportation Club and
Chairman of the Customer Relations Council of the Indiana Truck
Association.
He retired in 1981, after more than 20 years with Spector Freight
System as Director of Sales and Director of Electronic Data
Interchange. He was instrumental in developing tracing computer
programs for Spector that eventually were used by many other
carriers. He was recipient of Spector’s Distinguished Salesman
Award of the National Marketing Executive Club of Chicago.
He was a member and Past Trustee of Irvington Presbyterian
Church, Scottish rite, Murat Shrine, Indianapolis Hosta Society.
Gayle is survived by his wife of 72 years, Thelma. Other
survivors are is daughter Cassandra and son Gregory as well as
grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Our sympathies go out to
all of the family members.
ITC MAJOR SPONSORS
Harold E. Sullivan: Beloved husband, devoted father, and
loving grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away
peacefully on Friday, March 30 surrounded by his family at
the age of 85. His great charm, optimism, work ethic and
enthusiasm for life will be deeply missed. He was born in
Indianapolis to the late Alma C, and Timothy E. Sullivan.
Upon graduating from Cathedral High School, Harold proudly
served in the Navy during WWII and went on to receive his
bachelor’s degree from The University of Notre Dame. Harold
began his career in the transportation industry as a trucking
executive for various firms and was a member of the Indiana
Motor Trucking Association since 1954. Harold “retired” in 2009
but continued to work part time as a consultant and was the
emcee for the annual IMTA truck rodeo. Some of his fondest
moments included a trip to Ireland for his 80th birthday with
family, as well as the annual family vacation in Minocqua, WI.
Harold is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Carolyn, eight
children: Tom (Sharon), Tim (Jeannie), Marianne Cappel (Paul),
Pam Wickham (Paul) Mike (Ann), Colleen Nelson (Bill), John
and Suzanne Richards (Gary) and 18 grandchildren, 9 greatgrandchildren. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Norma
Sallee and brother-in-law, Dutch Roembke as well as many
nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his sister,
Rosemary Roembke.
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Analysts Agree Trucking On The Upswing
Reprinted from www.fleetowner.com, Jim Mele - March 28, 2012 11:07am
NEW YORK. Trucking and the
companies that supply its tractors
and trailer are “on the happy side
of the cycle,” according to Kenny
Veith, president of ACT Research.
“Truckers are making money and
have freight to haul” and North
America manufacturers will produce
300,000 Class 8 trucks this year,
he said at the 2012 Truck Summit
sponsored by the financial services
provider Jefferies and Co.
Opening the summit with a look
at freight volumes, Bob Costello,
chief economist for the American
Trucking Assns. (ATA) told the
financial analysts gathered at
Jefferies New York headquarters
that demand and supply in the
truckload (TL) sector appears to be
balanced, with tightening capacity
in a few sectors such as flatbed.
With TL freight rates increasing
more than 5% in 2011, indications
are carriers will maintain 3 to
5% rate growth this year as well,
according to the ATA economist.
On the less-than-truckload (LTL)
side, tonnage growth outpaced the
TL sector in 2011 and continues
that faster growth pattern, he
said. However, LTL rates dropped
2.4% in January compared to the
same month in 2011, but Costello
said it was too early to draw any
conclusions from that drop.
Overall, the forecast is that truck
capacity will not grow due to
constraining factors that
include a continuing shortage
of drivers, an aging fleet,
higher new equipment costs
and government regulations
raising barriers to entry,
Costello pointed out.
Echoing Costello’s analysis,
Veith said the freight supply
and demand equilibrium
was beginning to tilt in the
trucking industry’s favor as
the economy enters a sustained
period of 2 to 2.5% growth in gross
domestic product (GDP). He put
the shortfall in truck capacity for
available freight at 3%, forecasting
that it could hit 4 to 5.5% by the
end of the year and “continue to get
worse until 2015.”
With an aging fleet and better
access to credit as profitability
returns to trucking, Costello
said he expects North American
manufacturers to build 300,000
Class 8 trucks this year and
307,000 in 2013. Given projected
GDP growth and barriers to carrier
expansion, he said this upward
buying pattern “will be longer than
traditional cycles with no spike
caused by capacity buying,” and
predicted no dip in Class 8 sales
until 2016.
The positive outlook for freight and
fleet profitability will also boost
the trailer market, according to
Bruce Ewald, sr. VP of sales and
marketing for Wabash National
(NYSE:WNC). Drawing on ATA’s
freight numbers and ACT’s analysis
of fleet purchasing, Ewald told the
analysts that trailer orders were
improving “to the point that I feel we
have a good long run ahead of us.”
In particular, flatbed orders are
particularly strong right now and
the growing average age of fleet
dry vans means replacement
buying should be sustained for
some time, Ewald said. Not only
are maintenance costs high for
older trailers, but recent increases
in tractor weights has put pressure
on fleets to reduce trailer weights
with new materials and construction
techniques, he said.
Common Sense Must Govern CSA Crash
Accountability Decisions
Reprinted from ATA’s www.truckline.com - March 20, 2012 10:00 AM
Sean McNally 703-838-1995, Arlington, Va.
American Trucking Associations’
leaders expressed serious concern over the recent decision by
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, after pressure from
anti-truck groups, to continue to
hold the trucking industry responsible in its CSA program for every
truck-involved crash, including
those which the truck driver could
not have prevented.
“With FMCSA moving ahead with
its CSA carrier oversight system,
it is more important than ever
that the agency uses not only
the best data, but also common
sense to ensure it is targeting the
right carriers and drivers for oversight,” ATA President and CEO Bill
Graves said. “By backtracking on
their commitment to implement a
crash accountability determination process in early 2012 to hold
carriers accountable for crashes
clearly caused by the actions or
inactions of a truck driver, FMCSA
has bowed to anti-industry interest groups and unfairly called into
question the integrity of police accident reports prepared by America’s law enforcement community.”
ATA, and other industry groups,
had respectfully requested – and
FMCSA had agreed to develop
a process where police accident
reports would be reviewed to
determine crash accountability and
remove non-preventable crashes
from a carrier’s CSA profile. After
pressure from some special interest groups who have questioned
the reliability of police accident
reports, FMCSA now has shelved
these plans. Legitimate highway
safety stakeholders know that
much of this country’s traffic safety
research is based on police accident reports.
FMCSA’s research and data find
that when driver actions are cited
as a main reason for a car-truck
collision, the driver of the smaller,
non-commercial vehicle is cited in
a majority of cases.
Under FMCSA’s “blame truck
drivers first” policy, carriers have
had their CSA scores elevated for
these crashes, and many, many
others like them:
·
A December 2011 crash
where the driver of a stolen SUV
being pursued by police crashed
into the back of a tank truck.
·
A January 2012 crash involving a Utah State student who
was texting and Facebook messaging when she rear-ended a
tank truck.
·
A February 2012 crash in
Pennsylvania where an SUV traveling the wrong way on Interstate
70 collided with a tractor-trailer
traveling in the proper direction.
·
A February 2012 crash in
Tennessee where an SUV crossed
the median of Interstate 40 and
struck a tractor-trailer traveling in
the opposite direction.
“Every fleet dreads word that one
of their trucks and drivers has
been involved in a crash,” said ATA
Chairman Dan England, chairman of C.R. England, Salt Lake
City. “Every day, companies and
drivers are working hard to make
sure our roads are as safe as they
can be, which is why ATA has
supported FMCSA in its effort to
improve carrier oversight through
CSA. However, we all know that
not every crash involving one of
our trucks can be prevented by the
truck driver, so we’ve been making the common sense, reasonable request for several years that
FMCSA hold us accountable for
what we can prevent and not hold
us accountable in the CSA program for crashes we simply cannot
prevent. Unfortunately, it seems
that FMCSA wants to side with
special interests rather than with
law enforcement and thousands
of safety conscious carriers in this
country.”
American Trucking Associations is the
largest national trade association for the
trucking industry. Through a federation of
50 affiliated state trucking associations
and industry-related conferences and
councils, ATA is the voice of the industry
America depends on most to move our nation’s freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on
Facebook. Good stuff. Trucks Bring It!
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members and to stimulate education in transportation, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain management.
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2012 ITC UPCOMING EVENTS
REGISTER NOW
Spring Golf Outing
Thursday, April 26th
Heartland Crossing Golf Links
6701 S. Heartland Blvd. Camby, IN 46113
• Time: 1pm shotgun start
• Golf format: Scramble
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Early Bird: $70 before April 12th
After April 12th:
$80 for members
$90 for non-members
Price includes golf, cart, driving range, beverages,
awards, prizes & dinner afterwards.
Hole Sponsors Needed…$50/hole
Donations needed and accepted for prizes.
Reservations: www.indytrafficclub.org
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For hole sponsors, prize donations or questions, please
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Welcome New ITC Members
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ITC SOCIAL HOUR
Come network with other ITC members at
First Thurday’s Social Hour at 6:00pm!
Dates:
May 3rd
Note: Social hour
for June will be
moved to Rick’s
Boat Yard
Where:
Tavern on South
423 W. South Street
Indianapolis, IN 46225
Easy parking in lot
Invited:
Members
Non-members
Customers
Vendors
Co-workers
This is a casual gathering and a chance hang out and relax
with other industry professionals.