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TEAM HISTORY
The group that became TEAM
first met in 1958 when
several area transportation engineers met informally
during lunch to discuss local transportation issues.
"After much consideration" the then "Metropolitan St.
Louis Traffic Engineers" chose the name "TEAM" and
voted to accept their first formal
organizational charter at their
December 15, 1960 meeting.
Dan Hanson from St. Louis County was elected as the new
organization's first president serving through 1961. The
transition is described in a
memorandum written on December 21, 1960.
Although not a part of ITE, this new organization played an
active role with ITE in bringing the
37th Annual ITE meeting to
St. Louis in September of 1967. The group also co-hosted
several joint meetings with MOVITE, including: Spring 1960,
Fall 1974 Spring 1982, and Spring 2001.
In the years between 1960 and 2002, TEAM grew into a strong organization of over 100 members.
This group continued to gather regularly at lunch to further traffic and transportation knowledge and stimulate professional improvement of it’s members; foster closer association between persons with mutual interest in the traffic and transportation field; and develop cooperation for the betterment of traffic and transportation in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Because the mission and purpose of TEAM closely reflected the mission and purpose of ITE, the TEAM membership voted on April 16, 2002 to petition
MOVITE to become an ITE Chapter. After reviewing their proposed charter and bylaws, and after having received the
petition from the TEAM membership, the MOVITE Board of Directors, at its April 24, 2002 Board Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, voted unanimously to accept TEAM as a chapter.
TEAM celebrated its new affiliation with ITE at its September 17, 2002 meeting as Mike Gorman, MOVITE's president, presented Dave Christensen, TEAM’s president, with TEAM’s approved ITE Chapter Charter. The original TEAM petition currently hangs at MoDOT’s Transportation Information Center, in Town and Country, Missouri.
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Dave Christensen, Cutting TEAM Cake at the
September 17, 2002 TEAM Meeting |
ITE, MOVITE, and TEAM
Executive Board Members at the
September 17, 2002 TEAM Meeting
Sitting - Left to Right
Jay Wynn - MOVITE Vice-President,
Earl Newman - ITE District 4 Director,
Steve Hofener - ITE Vice President Elect, and
Mike Gorman - MOVITE President
Standing - L to R
(Team Executive Board)
Lee Cannon–Secretary,
Shawn Leight-Director,
Dave Christensen–President,
Tom Ryan–Vice President,
Tracey Lober-Director,
Gus Heck-Director, and
Ken Kohl–Treasurer
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