CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY 1 1 INTRODUCTION 8 Objective, 5 Purpose, 5 Terms, Abbreviations, Acronym, 5 Report Organization, 5 Report Development, 6 2 CONSORTIUMS STUDIED 7 Background, 7 Motivations for Consortium Formation, 7 3 SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES 9 4 GOVERNANCE 11 Adopted Structure and State of Formation, 11 Member Agreements, 11 Consortiums Without Member Agreements, 12 Boards of Directors, 12 Officers, 12 Committees, 12 Fiscal Year, 13 Indemnifications and Insurance Requirements, 13 5 MEMBERSHIP 14 Membership Requirements, 14 Membership Fees, 14 Membership Withdrawal, 14 Membership Data by Consortium, 14 Consortium Termination, 15 6 CONTRACTING METHODS 16 Procurement Requirements, 16 Procurement Policies, 16 Procurement Procedures, 16 7 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT 17 8 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 20 9 CAPITALIZATION 22 10 OPERATING BUDGETS 24 11 COST ALLOCATION 27 Methodologies, 27 Invoicing and Collections, 27 Nonmember Surcharges, 27 12 PROS AND CONS 29 Standardized Response Survey Questions, 29 Free-form Response Survey Questions, 30 LESSONS LEARNED 32 CONCLUSIONS34 GLOSSARY OF TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS37 BIBLIOGRAPHY 38 APPENDIX A Survey for Airline Staff Who Are Involved with or Responsible for Consortiums39 APPENDIX B Survey for Airline Staff Who Work or Interface with Consortiums60 APPENDIX C Survey for Consortium Operators70 APPENDIX D Consortium Member Agreements (web-only) 93 APPENDIX E Airport-Consortium Agreements (web-only) 236 APPENDIX F Consortium Annual Reports (web-only) 411 APPENDIXES D-F are web-only and can be found at www.trb.org, search on ACRP Synthesis 31