State Associations At Halfway Point In Affiliation Plans
One year into American Trucking Associations’ sweeping restructuring, a status check illuminates some of the progress — and difficulty — in redefining the relationship between one national and 50 state organizations in a federated system.
John Atwood, president of the Rhode Island Trucking Association, said that any plan as ambitious as the one ATA has embarked on takes time and that the true test will be how things stand at this time next year.
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Under the plan devised by the Wren Committee, each state association retains its independence but is required to sign articles of affiliation by 2001. The plan also calls for ATA and the states to work together on interlocking membership and a joint marketing effort.
Most state associations feel the restructuring is proceeding at a pace proper to the size of the undertaking, but a few still think the effort is doomed. The remainder appear to be taking a wait-and-see attitude.
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