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Executive Committee:

President & Chair: Mike Partica, CN
1st Vice President: Garry Neumann, Minnesota, Dakota & Western
2nd Vice President: Armando Torres, TFM
Secretary: Gary Snyder, Greenbrier Management Services
Treasurer: Lee Hirsch, CN
Past President: J.D. Pavek, The Greenbrier Companies
Constitution and By-Laws Committee Chair: Jim Jamieson, Jamieson Consulting
Finance Committee Chair: Mike Lombard, XTRA
Agenda Committee Chair: Fran Outersky, Transportation Management Logistics
Site Selection Committee Chair: Sherry Williams, Relam, XinSight
Web Committee Chair: Ged Seiflow, TTX


Preliminary Agenda
Association of Car Accounting & Car Service Officers

Sheraton Station Square
Pittsburgh, PA
May 19-21, 2004

Wednesday, May 19, 2004


8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Sponsored By Kasgro Rail Car Corporation
   
Workshop  
9:00 pm - 11:00 am Overview of Tariffs
 
  Kinds - Who Files - With Whom - Purpose
Albin Pfiefer, Manager, Pricing Services, NS
How Do They Effect Car Hire Rules - How Do They Effect Car Service Rules - Legal Background?
Jim Pinson, Manager Car Accounting, NS

  What Happens to Tariffs After Filing - Who Decides What Tariffs Go On The Internet - What Is The Difference Between ASLG 6007 and RIC 6007L
 
  Grant Ozburn, Executive Director, Traffic & E-Commerce, ASLRRA
  Demurrage Tariffs
 
  Shortline Demurrage Tariff
Julie Devlin, Manager Car Accounting, MRL
Class 1 Demurrage Tariff
Dan Sanders, Senior Manager Car Accounting, BNSF
Demurrage & How It Effects Car Hire & Car Service Rules
Stan Broome, VP Equipment Management Services, RMI

Executive Commitee  
11:30 pm Executive Commitee Meeting
   
Meeting  
12:00 pm Registration
   
1:00 pm Call to Order - Opening Remarks
 
  Mike Partica, Senior Manager Car Accounting, CN

1:15 pm Welcome to Pittsburgh
 
  Melissa Krista, Assistant Director, Station Square Marketing

1:30 pm Secretary's Report
 
  Gary Snyder, Director-Equipment Accounting Services, GMS
  Treasurer's Report
 
  Lee Hirsch, Manager Equipment Accounting, CN
  Site Committee
 
  Sherry Williams, Director, Relam XinSight
  By-Laws
 
  Jim Jamieson, Jamieson Consulting

1:45 pm Data Quality Reporting - Error Messages - What is Railinc Doing to Improve
 
  Greg Hutt, AVP Business Services, Railinc

2:30 pm Market Rates and How They Effect Car Hire - What Are Market Rates? - How Market Rates are Calculated. - Codes & Meanings
 
  Kirk Knauff, EMS Customer Relationship Manager, RMI

   
3:00 pm Refreshment Break - Sponsored By Genesee & Wyoming
   
3:15 pm Everything You Wanted To Know About Heavy Duty Flat Cars - How To Calculate Charges - Different Use Charges
 
  Harry Ketterman, President, Kasgro Rail Car Management

3:35 pm Car Service Rule 7 - Interchange - Error Movements
 
  Lynn Brown, Team Leader - Industry Projects, UP

3:55 pm Industry Reference Files
 
  Greg Hutt, AVP Business Services, Railinc

4:15 pm Open Forum - Questions & Answers
   
6:30 pm Depart for Dinner Boat Cruise on the Three Rivers of Pittsburgh - Sponsored by Great Lakes Transportation
   


Thursday, May 20, 2004
8:00 am Continental Breakfast - Sponsored By Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
   
9:00 am Opening Remarks
 
  Mike Partica, Senior Manager Car Accounting, CN

9:15 am OT-28 - Haulage and Suppressed Interchanges - What It Is - What Is Accomplished - How Do We Make It Happen - Why Do We Have It
 
  Eric Smith, Manager - Car Hire, RailAmerica

9:45 am Equipment Asset Management Working Committee (EAMWC) Update - Past Actions and Current Issues; RAMP ED Update
 
  JD Pavek, Director Fleet Management; Greenbrier Leasing

10:10 am Vote on Proposed Changes to By-Laws; Recommended Changes
 
  Jim Jamieson, Jamieson Consulting

   
10:20 am Blue Sky's Update and Railinc Tests Results
 
  George Jones, Director - Car Accounting, CSXT

   
10:50 am Refreshment Break - Sponsored By - Greenbrier Management Services
   
11:00 am The Forgotten Genius - A Tribute to George Westinghouse - History of Air Brakes
 
  First Person Presentation by the George Westinghouse Museum

12:00 pm Lunch - Sponsored By Transtar
   
1:30 pm Publications
 
  Kathy Keeney, Publisher, Commonwealth Business Media

2:00 pm ASLRRA Update - Next 18 Month Agenda
 
  Grant Ozburn, Executive Director, Traffic & E-Commerce, ASLRRA

2:30 pm Mileage Equalization - How it Works - Why It Exists
 
  Lee Schoenfeld, Director Car Hire, Railinc

3:00 pm Refreshment Break - Sponsored By Ohio Central Rail System
   
3:15 pm Chassis Business Management
 
  Dionne Linton, Senior Manager of Distribution System & Analyst, TTX

3:35 pm Tools of the Trade - What's Free on the Internet - How Can I Benefit
 
  Ged Seiflow, Director Fleet Systems, I.T., TTX

4:15 pm Open Forum - Questions & Answers


Friday, May 21, 2004
8:00 am Continental Breakfast - Sponsored By Wheeling & Lake Erie Railwayt
   
9:00 am Opening Remarks
 
  Mike Partica, Senior Manager Car Accounting, CN

9:15 am Everything You Need To Know About Detector Systems - Readers and Their Uses - How You Get Bad Readings - Types of Hot Boxes - How is a Hot Box Different From and AEI Reader - How Do They Work
 
  Dale Cassels, Manager Car Accounting, CSXT

9:45 am Historical Rate Increases on Private Equipment and Formula Used - Why Only Loaded Miles
 
  John Kieras, Director RR Relations and Revenue Accounting, UTCX

10:15 am Reclaims and Counter Reclaims
 
  Laura Lord-Smith, Supervisor Car Accounting, Transtar

10:35 am Layman's Car Hire/Car Service Rules TAG Update
 
  Mike Partica, Senior Manager Car Accounting, CN

11:05 am Site Selection
 
  Sherry Williams, Director, Relam XinSight

9:15 am Closing Remarks
 
  Mike Partica, Senior Manager Car Accounting, CN

 

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