Minutes Board Meeting
Feb. 4 & 6, 2004


Board meeting was called to order by President Dave Schofield at 11:15 on Wed. February 4, 2004.
1st Vice President William Shaffer then gave the invocation.

President Schofield then began his opening remarks. He thanked all the officers for there hard work this past year with special thanks given to Warren Goodrich on his efforts in making our website which is first class all the way. President Schofield stated that he had received nothing but praise from people that had visited our website.

Secretary Rick Spitaels then gave the roll call of officers with Warren Goodrich, Phil Kraft, and Bud Swathwood not present.

A motion to except the previous meetings minutes was made by John Weesner and seconded by Bud Wheeler and passed with a unanimous vote.

Secretary Spitaels then began the Treasurers Report. He stated that the big purchase of the year was the new 4 in 1 machine. He further stated that every document for this meeting was done in house with nothing having to be sent to a printer. Sec. Spitaels further stated that Ed Johnson had just delivered the new lap top computer. Sec. Spitaels then stated that the chapter was getting very close to the threshold that he believed the chapter might start having tax problems with too much money on hand. He recommended that we purchase the power point projector this year since the money was on hand. Bud Wheeler then made a motion that a committee be appointed to study and buy the power point projector. The motion was seconded by William Shaffer and passed with a unanimous vote. The committee was then appointed with Ed Johnson, Rick Spitaels and Dave Schofield getting the nod. Bud Wheeler then made a motion to accept the Treasurers report. The motion was then seconded by John Weesner and passed with a unanimous vote.

Bud Wheeler then stated that Phil Kraft was no longer in the electrical field and by virtue of not attending any meetings and not being in the electrical field was officially unable to be on the Board. Sec. Spitaels stated that he had been unable to contact him in any way be it by phone, email or mail. Bud Wheeler further stated that Al Manche and Mike Forister were testifying in court in Michigan that day and would not be getting to the meeting until sometime Wednesday night. Bud further stated that Al Manche was supposed to give a seminar that afternoon but it would be changed with Mike Johnston who would give his seminar that afternoon and Al would do his seminar on Friday instead. Bud also stated that Bud Swathwood had injured his knee and would not be able to attend the meeting but that Alan Nadon would read Swathwood's answers. Bud stated in case the news had not made it around that Walter Koessel would not be attending because of the death of his wife. Dave Stalf then brought up the fact that when he had attended Glen Zeissness' funeral that his daughters told him that Glenn had a lot of 'stuff" pertaining to the electric field and was hoping the organization could put it to good use. Dave said he will keep us posted. Ed Johnson then stated that he had not purchased a carrying case for the new lap top and that Best Buy recommended that we get the extended warranty. Ed then made a motion to allow Sec. Spitaels to get the carrying case and the extended warranty. The motion was seconded by Fred Davis and was passed with a unanimous vote.

President Schofield then appointed the Nominating Committee with William Shaffer being the Chair with Bud Wheeler and Fred Davis also being appointed. President Schofield then appointed Dave Stalf Chair of the Auditing Committee with Jim Hall and Bud Wheeler also being appointed. William Shaffer then asked if any one was not planning to be on the Board next year with no show of hands.
A motion to adjourn until after the Annual meeting was made by Jack Douthit and seconded by John Weesner. The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 on Wednesday to reconvene right after the annual meeting on Friday.

The meeting reconvened on Friday Feb. 6, 2004 with newly appointed President William Shaffer presiding at 12:00pm.

First item on the agenda was the location of next years meeting. President Shaffer asked if there was any problems that would prohibit the return of the meeting to the same location next year. All Board members agreed that the facility had done a good job and that we should entertain a motion to stay at this facility for the Board meetings in the coming year and the Annual meeting in Feb. 2005. Motion to return to the Radisson Inn for the next year was made by Jim Ochs. The Motion was seconded by Dave Schofield and passed with a unanimous vote.

President Shaffer then appointed the Committee members. New Board member Jerimi Meyers was appointed to the Bylaws Committee to take President Shaffer's place. With no one stating that they wanted to move all other committees stayed the same. President Shaffer then stated that everyone needs to get any changes in there information in the officers list corrected. President Shaffer then stated that he did not have an email address but that he sat right behind Sec. Spitaels at work and all emails could be sent to Sec. Spitaels and they would get to him.

President Shaffer then stated that the next Board meeting would be on June 3, 2004 at the Radisson Inn in Lafayette at 10:00am.

President Shaffer then gave the floor to IO Representative Mike Johnston to talk about a joint seminar with the IO and the Indiana Chapter. Mike stated that the chapter should really think about having at least one seminar during the year in addition to our annual meeting. Mike Stated that continuing education is becoming essential to get relicensed and recertified in more and more places in the country. Mike stated that the advantage to this program is that you get a nationally recognized speaker to come in and give the seminar and you can also train instructors to take the material and start doing seminars around your region. Mike stated further that another advantage is that the IO can help with promoting the seminars if they know enough in advance. Bud Wheeler asked what the price for the power point program was going to be and Mike stated that as of right now the chapter price is $300.00 but could be coming down. Fred Davis then asked about the new Master and Residential Certifications. Fred asked that if you already had IAEI certificates if you had to retest for the new certifications. Mike stated that there was a transfer possible if you had the other IAEI or ICC certificates but to contact the IO for more information. Mike stated that everyone that holds a certification from the IAEI will be getting a statement of the requirements to keep those certifications current. Mike went on to state that the IAEI bylaws state that the requirement for continuing education says that the education has to be given by a recognized IAEI Instructor. This will be where the train the trainer portion of these seminars will become very important. You will be able to get certified to give these seminars yourself by using the train the trainer program.
Al Nadon then brought up that maybe we should think about giving the group that entertained us a little something extra for their great show. Sec. Spitaels stated that we did feed them at the banquet. Bud Wheeler then stated that when you give extra money it goes toward the school not the individual students. It was then agreed upon that the meal we provided was their tip and no further compensation was required.

Then President Shaffer stated that he wanted to thank Jack Douthit for the great job he did lining up the entertainment and acting as liason between us and the hotel.

With no further business a motion for adjournment was made by Dave Schofield and seconded by Fred Davis and passed by unanimous vote.

The Meeting adjourned at 12:30.