How to Join

The T-FLEx leadership, Joe Costello, Chief Financial Officer of Regional Transportation Authority (TFLEx Chair), Terry Matsumoto of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (First Vice-Chair), and Sharon Leary of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Secretary/Treasurer), thank you for your interest in the Transit Finance Learning Exchange (T-FLEx).

The mission of T-FLEx is to create and sustain a strategic alliance of transit agencies to continuously improve transit finance leadership, development, and training practices; and to evolve the finance function into a value-added business partner. In addition T-FLEx will enable transit agencies to easily share and exchange best business practices, training materials, instructors, and uniform purchasing specifications.

Many agencies have already joined and we hope you will consider joining or attending a TFLEx conference. As of May 2008, twenty-four agencies are participating in the consortium. This large number of agencies provides us with sufficient size to leverage our collective purchasing power and talents to change the way that transit operates.

Members are expected to be committed as members of the exchange for at least three years. Although this three-year commitment is not contractually binding, it is expected given the dynamics of the consortium and the prescribed number of organizational memberships. The cost for annual membership is as follows:

• Authorities with an operating budget less than $50 million : $2,500
• All others: $5,000

This fee includes full exchange membership and invitation to all exchange programs, workshops, and conferences. Payment of annual dues is expected within 30 days of annual membership renewal date. This fee structure may be adjusted in future years, based on the recommendation of the T-FLEx Steering Committee. New members will be permitted to join only by majority consent of the Steering Committee.

There are three options for contacting the start up committee about joining T-FLEx. You may write to us care of:

A member of the start up committee will contact you to talk with you about membership and answer your questions.

Sincerely,

The Transit Finance Learning Exchange Leadership Committee