New offer makes TMC benefits more affordable to new members

In these uncertain times, truck professionals more than ever turn to ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) to help them solve the difficult challenges their companies face. And, there has never been a better time to join TMC as a new member and save big.

TMC helps trucking professionals develop the industry’s best practices that address the critical technology and maintenance issues that have the greatest impact on truck fleets. For more than 60 years, TMC’s member-driven Recommended Practices (RPs) have been setting the standards that help trucking companies specify and maintain their fleets more effectively.

Benefits of the membership include:

• TMC’s 2020-2021 Recommended Practices Manual (over 500 individual RPs with illustrations) – maintenance and specification best practices developed jointly by the industry’s top maintenance and engineering professionals
• Special North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI) Certification Pricing – Discounts for NATMI’s Certified Director/Supervisor of Maintenance courses
• Fleet Adviser newsletter – monthly council newsletter
• Fleet Maintenance & Technology Magazine – TMC’s technical magazine offering coverage of council news and featuring in-depth articles on topics important to trucking professionals
• The Trailblazer technical journal – TMC’s technical journal reporting all proceedings from each meeting
• Substantial discounts – up to 25 percent discounts on TMC products and publications such as TMC’s best-seller Radial Tire Conditions Analysis Guide
• TMC/FleetNet America Vertical Benchmarking Program – a roadside breakdown benchmarking service enables companies to compare their fleets’ unscheduled repairs with those of similar fleets
• ATA’s Fleet CyWatch Program – assists motor carriers in their operations by identifying emerging cyber threats and helps guard against malicious actions of cybercriminals
• TMC Membership Directory – available on-line and hard copy mailed to every TMC member each spring
• Transport Topics subscription – a weekly newspaper that focuses on current issues relevant to the trucking industry

TMC is an organization of more than 2,300 members with representatives from virtually every sector of the industry including fleets, owner/operators, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, educators, press, association representatives, and technicians. Join us today and start receiving your TMC member benefits and take advantage of six additional months free.

"TMC offers the opportunity to network and share ideas among your peers in the industry, gain and research knowledge through study groups and task forces, set industry standards, and actually make a difference,” said Anthony Marshall, director, maintenance and engineering – Transportation Fleet, UPS. “Most people strive and want to make a difference, make an impact in their industry and in their careers, and you can do all that right here at TMC."

To join, visit jointmc.trucking.org or call 703-838-1763. For questions, contact Curry Blanton, TMC Membership Manager at [email protected]

Curry Blanton is TMC’s new Membership Manager. Blanton holds a bachelor's degree from Mary Baldwin College, with eight years of experience in membership management of individual-based associations. In her past roles, she coordinated new member marketing efforts through various mediums such as publications, trade shows, and online interactive software. Although she took a break from full-time employment when her oldest child was born, she kept busy volunteering, running various school fund-raisers, and substitute teaching. She says she has missed being a part of an association. Her previous work experience has mostly been in associations, helping design databases, running all aspects of membership recruitment and retention efforts, running new member orientations at conferences, and creating marketing pieces.