Welcome to new Silver Sponsor Petrocon Corporation! They are a national trade organization operating in North America. They represent consumers in the commercial and industrial manufacturing sectors. Located near Washington D.C., they work closely with affiliate trade associations within specific manufacturing and transportation sectors.
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Welcome to new member Destination Gettysburg! Destination Gettysburg is the official destination marketing organization for Gettysburg and Adams County, Pennsylvania.
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Welcome to new member Visit Prince William! Prince William County, Virginia, located in DC's Countryside, is home to Civil War history & battlefields, Quantico, scenic parks & farms, affordable hotels & amazing things to do.
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GNJMA Scholarship Fundraising Auction Held 7/22-26
Thank you to those that donated items to the auction to benefit our Scholarship Program: BusBOOKS, Mass Bay Lines, MCI, Resorts Casino, Villa Roma Resort, Wyndham Garden-York. Your generosity is so very much appreciated!
We raised $1,038 for the Scholarship! The top five (5) winning bids were from John Henry, Tracy Stroyny, Wayne Klein, John Raia and Tom JeBran.
Congratulations and THANK YOU!
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Klein Resumes 7 Day Service to New York City |
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Klein Transportation's service to NYC returned to a 7 day a week schedule on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. "We are happy to be able to offer daily service again to better meet the needs of the community," said Alison Klein Sherman. Read the press release.
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Trans-Bridge Lines Has Expanded Its Service Once Again! |
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Trans-Bridge Lines has been conducting surveys of its passengers, analyzing data on ridership, and proposing different schedule scenarios in order to best serve their customer’s needs, and offer vital transportation for the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. As of Monday, July 19, 2021, they included two new routes on its Allentown/Clinton/New York Schedule. Read the press release.
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Membership Renewal Invoices |
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Allied and Operator Members received their renewal invoices this week for the upcoming September 1st renewal. As previously communicated, your paid dues will be good until 12/31/22.
That's 16 months of membership for the annual price. Add this to the free membership year for the current term, that equates to a huge value.
We would like to thank those who have renewed early!
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GNJMA Writes NJ Senators Plus
Joint Letter to Majority Leader Schumer
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GNJMA sent letters to Senator Menendez and Senator Booker on July 15th and a joint letter with BANY and Broadway.com to Majority Leader Charles Schumer on July 21 to get their support as we seek additional funding for the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act grant program. We are still working to get relief for our members!
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GNJMA Committees Spotlight |
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Did you know GNJMA also has six active committees? Each committee is made up of member volunteers, not only Board members. Let us know if you are interested in joining a committee!
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Finance
Jon DeCamp, Chair
- Joe Fernandez
- Tom JeBran
- Heath Ochroch
- Michelle Petelicki
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Legislative
Michelle Petelicki, Chair
- Jon DeCamp
- Trisha Fridrich
- Sean Hughes
- Tom JeBran
- Jimmie Lytle
- Heath Ochroch
- Jason Sharenow
- Joe Simonetta
- Tom Taylor
- Courtney Villani
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Meetings & Marketing
Tom Taylor, Chair
- David Benedict
- Heather Colache
- Tom Dugan
- John Happersett
- John Henry
- Meg Lewis
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Membership & Bylaws
Meg Lewis, Chair
- John Henry
- Alison Sherman
- George Rodriguez
- Frank Smith
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Safety & Risk
Scott Clark, Chair
- Amantuallah Allen
- Bob Crescenzo
- Mike McDonal
- Steven O’Shea
- Erwin Pantel
- Scott Price
- Newell Scoon
- Shawn Stout
- Tom Taylor
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Scholarship
- Rich Eckelson
- Roy Furo
- Meg Lewis
- Tony Mongiovi
- Jonathan Robbins
- Michael Trageser
- Steve Weiss
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Ransomware & FMCSA PSP Program Webinars Held |
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On July 28, we hosted an online overview of the FMCSA Pre-Employment Screening (PSP) Program. View the presentation.
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Motorcoach Professional Awards - Deadline August 31 |
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This is a great way to honor those who are stand-outs at your company. Award recipients receive gifts, giveaways and recognition in front of their peers and friends.
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Group Leader Marketplace - Deadline 9/1 |
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GNJMA is hosting the return of its annual Marketplace and Group Leader Appreciation Day on October 7 at Resorts AC in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Marketplace, one of the largest such events in the East, is returning after the annual event had to be canceled last year due to pandemic restrictions. We have a dozen of buses coming down with group leaders.
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Register for Upcoming GNJMA Events |
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Joint Town Hall to Meet the New FMCSA Deputy Administrator Meerna Joshi - Postponed! |
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Atlantic City Coalition Build - Online Briefing August 26 |
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Join GNJMA and Busing on the Lookout on August 26, 2021, for a virtual 90-minute briefing on commercial sexual exploitation and find out how the casino, transit, and bus industries can partner with law enforcement to help end human trafficking in Atlantic City.
The goal is to get as many casino and bus reps to attend this very important meeting.
The following GNJMA members are already registered: Caesars Casino Hotel, Harrah's, Resorts Casino Hotel, Tropicana Casino. Get details and register today!
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Northeast State & Regional Association Joint Meeting
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GNJMA members have been invited to join several northeastern motorcoach associations at a joint meeting in Massachusetts on September 9th.
The associations involved are Connecticut Bus Association (CBA), New England Bus Association (NEBA), Pennsylvania Bus Association (PBA), Bus Association of New York (BANY), Mass Bus, and us.
Registration for our operator member is $25.00. Hope to see you there!
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Register for GNJMA Annual Fall Events! Deadline is 9/1!
We hope you can join us October 6-7, 2021 at Resorts in Atlantic City! Ready to Register? Click on the links below...
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Reminder of General Industry Events |
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Brake Safety Week Set for August 22-28 |
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During Brake Safety Week, commercial motor vehicle inspectors emphasize the importance of brake systems by conducting inspections and removing commercial motor vehicles found to have brake-related out-of-service violations from our roadways. At the same time, many motor carriers work to educate their drivers and maintenance service providers on the importance of brake system safety. Get more information.
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Upcoming EIDL Webinar Series:
Small Business Relief & Recovery
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The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Capital Access will host a small business webinar series with Public Private Strategies Institute on the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The program was designed to help hard-hit small businesses and nonprofits recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic by providing advances and low-interest disaster loans.
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New Jersey Historic Bus Festival September 18 |
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Get featured and get some FREE Marketing! Share with us your story, any special news, such as company anniversaries, etc. Each Monday, we send an email to our entire membership and post to our website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) using the hashtag #MemberMondays, along with your company's social medial handles.
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Member Alerts are sent out to our Members as needed. Here is a sampling of what has been sent recently:
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Stay Up-to-Date on the Benefits of Membership
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Login to the GNJMA Member Portal and review all the benefits through your GNJMA Membership! You can also make changes to your member records there, too. Contact us for help with logging in or navigating the site.
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Stay Connected!
GNJMA maintains active Social Media platforms. In addition to the emailed communications we send to you, we share information to our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts. We encourage you to LIKE US, FOLLOW US, and ENGAGE with us! #gnjma
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