The meeting was called to order by President Schofield at 10:00 AM.

  The Invocation was then given by 1st Vice President Bill Shaffer

   President Schofield then thanked everyone for voting him in to the Presidency and for attending the Meeting.

   Roll call Of Officers was then taken with Bud Swathwood, Phil Craft, John Weesner, Charley Weber, and James Ochs being absent.

   Susan Crow Jones of the Electric League of Indiana took a few minutes to let the Board know about the Electric Expo in Indianapolis in November. Susan also stated that there would be many classes with safety and lighting and other topics. Susan stated that she hoped board members would attend if possible.

   Don Bradley then motioned to accept the Minutes of the previous Meeting with minor corrections. Seconded by Charley Weber. The motion passed with a unanimous yes vote.

   After everyone had heard the Treasurers Report by Sec. Spitaels a motion by Don Bradley to accept the report with no changes was made and seconded by Bill Shaffer. The motion passed with a unanimous yes vote.

   Dave Stalf then took the floor to state that he had started work on Walt Braun’s obituary for IAEI magazine. Dave stated that he needed help from the chapter to find out details of Walt’s membership information etc. Bud Wheeler said that he would go through some of the old records and see what he could find. Dave stated that the 2nd Division had already made a plaque. Bill Shaffer stated that maybe the Board should think about dedicating the February 2004 meeting to Walt. Ed Johnson and Dave Soderquist stated that they would contact the Braun family and see how they felt about the suggestions that were made. Dave Stalf then stated that the NW.Division would take the lead on this but said that if anyone had any pictures or info about Walt please bring it to October meeting. With that the discussion closed with no vote taken at this time on any of the suggestions.

   Bud Wheeler then started the western Section Report. Bud stated that he had made his reservations for the Jubilee being held in Orlando in September. Bud stated that he was being joined by Al Lengacher, Bud Swathwood, and Charley Weber. Bud stated that he was not expecting to go to any classes but hoped to attend all business meetings.

    Bud Wheeler then gave his report on the 2003 meeting. For the most part things were pretty good but Bud stated that we got took on the refreshment breaks and that he heard a lot of complaints about the luncheon food. Other Board members stated that they had gotten complaints about code panel and their joking around. After some discussion Dave Stalf made a motion to accept the report which was seconded by Ed Johnson. The motion passed with a unanimous yes vote.

    Bud Wheeler then gave the report on the survey results. Most of the feedback was positive from the attendees. After very little discussion Don Bradley made a motion to accept the report. Dave Stalf seconded the motion. The motion was passed with a unanimous yes vote.

     Jack Douthit then opened discussion on entertainment for the February 2004 meeting.     
Dave Stalf asked Jack if he had any ideas on entertainment. Jack stated that all we had to do is tell him how much we wanted to spend and he would get the entertainment. Dave Stalf then asked what we had spent last year with the answer being $600.00 for the magician plus another $125.00 to set up the stage. Dave Stalf said that at a section meeting they had a steel drum band and that it was very impressive. Warren Goodrich stated that since we were in Lafayette that maybe we could get some kind of entertainment from Purdue. The Board decided that Jack should try and get some entertainment with a $750.00 maximum ceiling. Dave Stalf made a motion to accept. The motion was seconded by Don Bradley. The motion was accepted by a unanimous yes vote.

    The discussion then turned to whom we should mail invitations to for February 2004 meeting. Bud Wheeler stated he sent out 500 mailings. Bud stated that the mailings to separate jurisdiction netted no one. Bud stated that the biggest turn out was from Al Nadon’s area. Al stated that all he did was refer to the meeting in his yearly letter that he sends out to all his contractors. The discussion ended with no real answer.

     Talk then turned to the Power point, Copy Machine, and similar studies. Ed Johnson stated that a power point projector would cost $3,000.00. Discussion started with the question on how much use we would get out of it. It was stated that when the new code came out we would be unable to get the transparencies like we did last time and that we would only be able to get it on CD. No real answer came from the discussion. Talk then turned to a laptop computer. Ed stated that a laptop with a CD burner would cost $700.00 and that if we got the power point we would need the laptop. After some discussion Rick Spitaels moved the talk to a 4in1 machine. Rick stated that we need to get a good machine because he was losing access to a copying machine and was going to need something to make copies with and in the not to distant future. After some discussion the board decided to allow Sec. Spitaels and 1st Vice president Shaffer to buy a 4in1 machine and a laptop with a maximum outlay of $3,500.00. Warren Goodrich made a motion to this affect. The motion was seconded by Bill Shaffer. The motion passed with a unanimous yes vote.

     Don Bradley then made the Membership Committee report. Don stated that he was still having trouble trying to get anything from IO on membership. Rick Spitaels stated that he was having the same problem. Don said that he would get back to Anita at the IO and see if he can work the bugs out. Don said he would get us an update at next meeting.

    Education Committee had nothing to report.
    Bylaws committee had nothing to report.

    Ed Johnson then made the Code Clearing Committee report. Ed stated that he had been meeting with a group in Indianapolis about the Experior Testing Company. Ed said that Experior came to the meeting with a bad attitude and that the Company that really impressed him was ICC. Ed stated that the next meeting would be August 5, 2003 at 1:30PM in the conference room of the Governmental Building In Indianapolis. Ed said that there has been much discussion about Experior’s shortfalls.

    Talk then turned to the Website. Warren Goodrich gave some examples and said that the hits are minimal. Dave Stalf stated that going smaller might save some money. Bud Wheeler asked about how much info we would be required to put on Website. Warren stated that the advantage to belonging to the IAEI Website would be less work on our part. After much discussion Bud Wheeler made a motion authorizing Warren to contact IO to get on their Website. Ed Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed with a unanimous yes vote.

   At 2:09PM with no further business a motion to adjourn was made by Don Bradley. The motion was seconded by Bill Shaffer. The motion passed by a unanimous yes vote. The Board adjourned until October 2, 2003.