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TABLE TALK DETAIL

Tuesday - June 2, 1998*

Table 1: Clean Cities Success

Table 8: Market Sector - USPS

Table 24: Training - EV Technician

Table 16: Training - Media Relations

Story: D.C. Gas and Utility Fleet

Training

Discussion Leader: Ron Robbins,

Discussion Leader: Scott Rayburn,

Discussion Leader: Ron Flowers,

Environmental Compliance

Discussion Leader: Sandra Stephens,

Principal, Synthesis Business

Fleet Manager, District of Columbia

Coordinator, National Programs,

Business & Industry Director, Mid-Del

Communication Services

Discussion of methods found suc-

United States Postal Service

Lewis Eubanks AVTS

The tools, techniques, and strategies

cessful in funding alternative fuel

A survey of the overall philosophy

that enable Clean Cities advocates to

mandates for the District of Columbia

Table 9: Electric Charger Project

and core curriculum for training tech-

work with the news media to achieve

government.

for the Pentagon

nicians in electric vehicles.

communication and publicity goals.

Discussion Leader: Ted Reed,

Table 2: AFVs to Help Mitigate Air

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Action

Table 17: Educating in Schools

Table 25: Market Sector-Transit Bus

Pollution and Congestion

Officer, U.S. Air Force

Discussion Leader: Jill Kruse,

Discussion Leader: Dave Goldstein,

Discussion Leader: Tracy Daly,

Research Coordinator, Surface

AFV Program Manager, Booz-Allen

Deputy General Manager, SunLine

Table 10: Training - Obtaining

Transportation Policy Project

and Hamilton

Transit Agency

Nonprofit Status

The partnership between AFVs and

Compressed natural gasÉis it really

Discussion Leader: Peter C. Wolk,

Table 18: Educating in Schools

the Intermodal Surface Transportation

cost effective compared to diesel?

Efficiency Act (ISTEA), what funding

Esquire, Center for Nonprofit Law

Discussion Leader: Jim Lester,

The answer is yes, and there are

exists for AFVs and what programs

How to become a nonprofit organi-

Ph.D., Director, Environmental

some public relation benefits too.

in ISTEA mitigate air pollution.

zation, obtain charitable funding, and

Institute of Houston

make coalitions attractive to potential

Table 26: Training - PORTS

Table 3: Market Sector - School Bus

Table 19: Educating in Schools

donors.

Discussion Leader: John Lear, Ruby

Discussion Leader: Joe Kiefer,

Discussion Leader: Jerry Katz,

Southern Indiana Gas & Electric

Mountain Inc.

Table 11: Training - Fundraising

President, National Energy

Evansville-Vanderbergh School's

Discussion Leader: Carlon R. Bennett,

Education Development Project

Table 27: Ford Motor Company/How

conversion to natural gas buses, why

Clean Cities Coordinator, Paso Del

to Look Four Color on a Black &

it doesn't work in every location, the

Table 20: Training - Grass Roots

Norte Clean Cities Coalition

White Budget

financing, and how to keep on the

Coalition Building

program.

Discussion Leader: Rachel

Table 12: AFVs and Sustainability

Discussion Leader: Tommy Foltz,

Dickerson, AFV, Marketing Group

Discussion Leader: George L.

President, Clean Fuels Strategies

Leader, Ford Motor Company

Table 4: Market Sector - School Bus

Nichols, Metropolitan Washington

Come learn about the power of

Discussion Leader: Doug Lowell,

Maximize your marketing dollar

Clean Cities Coordinator

grass roots activism. Clean Cities

Technical Director, EA Engineering,

through printing strategies and other

Science, and Technology

Exploring the linkage between sus-

can learn how to make a favorable

clever cost-cutting methods.

tainable community development

impact on policy at the state and

An overview of alternative fuel school

and AFVs and ways to capitalize on

Table 28: Heavy-Duty Engines

local levels.

bus activities around the U.S. Issues

addressed include technology status,

both emerging issues.

Discussion Leader: Jim Branner,

Table 21: Training - "Let's Talk AFVs"

commercial availability, choice of

Technical Specialist - Alternative

fuels, funding support, air quality

Table 13: Training - Ways to Partner

Discussion Leader: David Byerman,

Fuels Projects, Cummins Engine Co.

impact, and more.

with your State Energy Office

Executive Director, Greater

Dedicated heavy-duty gaseous fuel

Discussion Leader: Ruth Horton,

Philadelphia Clean Cities, Inc.

engines, overview of Cummins nat-

Table 5: Market Sector - Airport

Program Manager, NY State Energy

An introduction to the general con-

ural and propane gas spark ignition

Research & Development Authority

Discussion Leader: Steve Howards,

cepts behind successful speechwrit-

offerings with U.S. EPA, ultra-low-

President, Environmental Strategies

A discussion of the role a state energy

ing and delivery, applied to the specif-

emission vehicle (ULEV) and/or low-

CPP Inc.

office can play in facilitating the suc-

ic challenge of speaking about AFVs

emission-vehicle (LEV) certification

Examining the role airports play in

cess of Clean Cities programs, using

for urban truck and bus applications.

expanding AFV use, reducing air pol-

Table 22: Barwood Cab Focus Fleet

the example of NYSERDA's work with

lution, and expanding regional fuel-

New York State Clean Cities.

Table 29: Training-Alternative

Discussion Leader: Peg Whalen,

ing infrastructure.

Fuels Technicians

Senior Engineer, NREL

Table 14: Training - Joining Clean

Discussion Leader: William H. (Bill)

The real-world experience of CNG

Cities

Table 6: Market Sector - Airport

McGlinchey, Facility Manager,

vehicles in the Barwood Cab fleet,

Discussion Leader: Christy Ficker,

Discussion Leader: Doug Wheaton,

National Alternative Fuels Training

including a review of project results

Project Manager, Transportation,

National Clean Cities Program, U.S DOE

Program, West Virginia University

through the midway point of the study.

Massachusetts Port Authority

How to join Clean Cities, the process

The NAFTP Consortium offers tech-

of program plan development, and the

nician-level courses, workshops, and

Table 23: Training - Alternative

Table 7: EPAct - Federal Fleet

designation and approval process.

seminars of particular interest to

Fuel Technicians

Status

Clean Cities stakeholders at over

Table 15: Training - Grant Writing

Discussion Leader: Don Dew,

Discussion Leader: Lee Slezak,

20 community and junior colleges

for Private Foundation Funds

ASE/NATEF

Program Manager, U.S. DOE

across the country.

Discussion Leader: Warren B.

How federal agencies' AFV require-

The availability of training to prepare

ments and compliance with EPAct

Clayton, Development Counsel

technicians to work on AFVs, the

and Executive Order 13031 are

national certification of AFV training,

The techniques of donor research,

determined. In addition, a summary

and scholarships to pay for such

effectively involving program person-

of AFV acquisitions by the federal

training.

nel in proposal development, drafting

fleet and projections of future federal

the basic elements of the proposal,

AFV acquisitions will be provided.

and appropriate follow-up with the

*Please Note: Some Table Talks

donor.

were not held.