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Issue 1, 2016

BART SHERMAN

OTA Chair

Happy New Year! It seems like the holiday season flew by,

and now it is time to turn our focus to 2016.

Our final board meeting of 2015 was held in

December at the Pacific NW Truck Museum

in Brooks, followed by OTA’s holiday event

for members. Both were well attended and

everyone had a fun time viewing all the old

trucks and listening to people talk about both

the fleets and individuals that contributed

to the history of the trucking industry in

Oregon. There are many trucking pioneers

in our past whose dedication helped build

the industry into what it is today. Their

commitment and active involvement is

something that we can admire and emulate

as the industry and OTA continue to move

forward.

Speaking of those actively involved, we

have several new board members and

a new committee to announce for 2016.

David Brailler

, who chairs the Government

Affairs Committee, now has a seat on the

board, as does

Steve Bates

, who is the chair

of the Highway Policy Committee. Those

committees had board positions but were

removed several years ago. In the reverse of

that,

Mandy Graham

sits on the board as an

allied member, but did not have a committee

to chair until now. Several allied members

met before our December board meeting—at

Jana’s request—to give OTA some feedback

on how allied members can help promote

our goals. The feedback was so helpful and

constructive that we decided to start an allied

committee. Allied committee members will

be appointed later this year.

Charlie Every

was also appointed to represent the Central

Oregon region and Mike Vallery was

appointed to represent TMC.

Please welcome our new board and

committee members and thank them (and

all of our board/committee members) for

their time and efforts on our behalf. OTA’s

momentum comes from those who volunteer

their time and expertise to help guide the

industry and organization through the

changes and challenges that our industry is

constantly facing.

Of course, not everyone can serve on a

committee or be a board member. Luckily,

there are several other ways for OTA

members to get involved. It can be as simple

as attending an event or sending employees to

a training class. You can make a donation to

the Oregon Truck PAC fund to help support

OTA’s ongoing fight to bring trucking’s

interests directly to key decision makers.

Check out OTA’s website for more ideas on

how to get involved.

As we get ready to launch into a fresh new

year, I would like to thank all the OTA staff

for their hard work during 2015. With the

legislature in full session and with some staff

changes, as we say at Sherman Bros., the OTA

staff all “pulled together.” A special thank

you goes out to John Sallak and Bob Russell

for their continued long term support of our

association. Thanks guys!

I am writing this letter to you as I head down

to the Southern Oregon OTA Mixer, now in

its third year. I’d like to thank

Andy Owens,

with A & M Transport, who is also our ATA

board member, for organizing such a great

event. As you can see Andy’s organization

and ATA are highlighted in the current

Dispatch

. I’m sad to say that I did not win at

the Seven Feathers craps tables, but I truly

enjoyed my time meeting with all of this

year’s attendees!

CHAIR’S MESSAGE

Please welcome our new board and

committee members and thank them (and

all of our board committee members) for

their time and efforts on our behalf.

OTA’s momentum comes from those who

volunteer their time and expertise to

help guide the industry and organization

through the changes and challenges that

our industry is constantly facing.