MINUTES

June 1, 2006

The meeting was called to order by President Warren Goodrich at 10:00 am.

The invocation was then given by Edward Johnson.

With no opening remarks from President Goodrich Roll Call of Officers was taken with Don Bradley, Alan Nadon, and Bud Swathwood being absent.

A motion to accept the minutes of the previous meeting as written was made by Al Lengacher. The motion was seconded by John Weesner and passed with a unanimous vote.

Treasurer Rick Spitaels then presented the Treasurers report. Rick reported that there weren’t many transactions to report since February. The one item he did point out was the fact that he had transferred $13,000 from the checking account to the Indexed Money Market account because it was an interest bearing account and the checking account wasn’t. With very little discussion a motion to accept the Treasurers report was made by William Shaffer. The motion was seconded by Dave Schofield and passed with a unanimous vote.

Western Section Representative Bud Wheeler then began his report. Bud began with the reason for the Western Section President Ted Stutheit’s resignation. Bud stated that Mr. Stutheit and his wife were facing charges of sexually assaulting a 14 year old girl and read to the board some of the newspaper articles pertaining to the case from a Nebraska newspaper. Bud went on to say that Mr. Stutheit had resigned from all Chapter, Division and IO participation in the IAEI and that he has relinquished all materials and property of the IAEI to the proper association official. Bud went on to say that the Western Section was going to be in Traverse City Michigan and that hoped that it would be a good meeting. It was then brought up that the Chapter should help monetarily with expenses the Western Section Representative. Bud went on to say that the jurisdictions are paying less and less for this kind of thing and that it should be addressed. Bud said that he was going to go if his jurisdiction or our chapter pays or not but felt it might become a factor when he steps down and someone else is the representative. It was brought up by the body that with $40,000 in the bank there was no reason for the representative to pay to go. Bud went on to say that compensation should be for registration, lodging, meals, and transportation anything above and beyond that should be the responsibility of the individual. Bud went further to say that the representative should try to use his jurisdiction first and see what they, are willing to pay, if any, and have the Chapter make up the difference that way if the jurisdiction is willing to pay for it the chapter won’t have to subsidize those individuals. Bud stated that the amount should not exceed $750.00. President Goodrich then asked if we were going to require an itemized list of the individuals expenditures or just give the individual the $750.00 and let him do as he pleases as far as how he spends it, it was decided to require a list of expenditures. The discussion then moved to if it is to be a prepayment or reimbursement after the meeting and it was decided it should be reimbursement. It was then decided that the reimbursement should be for the individual and their spouse if they attend. After much discussion Ed Johnson made a motion to reimburse, after the jurisdictions amount of payment if any, the Western Section Representative and the Secretary, if he should decide to attend, expenses for the Western Section Meeting not to exceed $750.00 after the chapter receives an itemized list of expenditures and that this should be entered in the policies and procedures. The motion was seconded by Jeremy Blake and passed with a unanimous vote. Dave Stalf then made a motion to amend the prior motion by stating that the amount for the Western Section meeting to be brought up as an item on the agenda of the February meeting to establish the amount of reimbursement for the Western Section meeting each year. The motion was seconded by David Soderquist and passed with a unanimous vote.

The meeting then moved on to the report on the February 2006 meeting. Secretary Spitaels stated that the total amount taken in for the Annual meeting was $19,853.50. The expenses from the Ladies program, hotel, rooms for the Western Section President, Mike Johnston, Chapter Secretary, and Chapter President, books, entertainment and door prizes was $13,496.05. So the Chapter had an excess over expenses of $6,357.45. He went on to state that the chapter had a total attendance of 107, this includes women and 1 and 3 day attendees up from 103 last year. He further stated that we had gotten 4 new members down from 7 last year.

The meeting then turned to the survey from the attendees. Secretary Spitaels stated that he had received 36 completed surveys. We had 19 Inspectors, 13 Associates and 4 others turn in surveys. We had 21 three day and 15 one day attendees fill out the survey. We had 35 attendees state that the program topics interested them and 1 who did not. We had 33 attendees feel that the cost of the meeting was about right and 3 that felt it was too high. We had 23 attendees state that the overall content of the meeting was excellent and 13 stated that it was good. We had 30 attendees say that they would like the IAEI to put on additional seminars throughout the year and 6 that said no. We had 31 attendees that said that they would like the IAEI to put a seminar on in their area for electricians and 5 that did not. The top seminars that the attendees would like to see are Soares grounding, swimming pools and hot tubs, 1 & 2 family electrical, Services and feeders, and Electrical Inspector certification training. John Weesner then asked if we had any idea what jurisdictions wanted additional seminars. Secretary Spitaels stated that he had no way of knowing. It was decided to make this one of the questions in the survey. After much discussion it was decided to have the Education Committee draft an e-mail to be sent out to the jurisdictions to gauge interest in a seminar.

Hotel Committee Chairman Jack Douthit said that he would have room rates at the October meeting and had nothing else to report.

The meeting moved onto the Entertainment Committee report by Chairman Jack Douthit. He asked what we wanted for entertainment. After very little discussion it was decide to have Purdue University entertain again at the same $500.00 rate with the Association providing dinner for the students.

The meeting moved to the discussion of the code panel. Bud Wheeler asked if we wanted to try and have the same representatives on the code panel. After little discussion it was decided to extend an invitation to the same people on the panel as last year and see who responded.

The meeting moved on to discussing the Guest Speaker for the Thursday luncheon for the February 2007 meeting. After some discussion Bill Shaffer made a motion to have Jack Douthit extend an invitation to the Lafayette Fire Chief. The motion was seconded by Ed Johnson and passed with a unanimous vote.

The meeting continued with the discussion of the topics for the 2007 meeting. Bud Wheeler stated that what ever we decide for topics we should make sure that there are books available because they seem to be a big draw. After much discussion it was decided to have pools and hot tubs as first choice, services and feeders as second choice, and transformers as third choice. Bud stated that he would include these in the invitation letter and discuss it with the prospective code panelists at the Section Meeting in September and have a report for the Board at the October meeting.

With Membership Chairman Don Bradley absent there was no Membership Committee report.

The meeting moved on to the Education Committee report from Chairman Charley Weber. Charley stated that his committee would have some kind of program ready for the fall as far as education throughout the state.

The meeting turned to Chairman Fred Davis of the Code Clearing Committee. Fred stated that he had nothing to report other than that he needed code questions for the February meeting.

The meeting then turned to Chairman Bud Wheeler of the By Laws Committee. Bud stated that he had nothing to report.

With Fire and Safety Committee Chairman Alan Nadon absent there was no report.

With Don Bradley absent there was no report from the State.

Warren Goodrich then stated that the website was going to be updated within the next few days as some board members had pointed out some errors in Board Member information. Bud Wheeler asked if the website could be corrected so that only the preferred contact information would be available to the public. Warren said that he didn’t think that that would be a problem. Warren then asked if the Board wanted to change or delete some of the pictures that had then Western Section President Ted Stutheit. It was decided to have any pictures with Ted in them be removed or have him removed from the pictures.

The meeting then moved on to other business. John Weesner stated that he had been approached by an organization to get the arc-fault protection back in the Indiana Electrical Code. John when on to say that he told that organization he would bring it to our attention at this meeting. Warren went on to state that he had written a letter to a person who had asked him why the State of Indiana had deleted the arc-fault requirement. Warren went on to say that Secretary Spitaels had told him to send it in to the State as the Indiana Chapter,s official stand on the subject after he presented it to the other Board members for approval. It was decided to send the letter again to all the Board members to read and suggest any changes and then send the finished product on to the Commission. President Warren Goodrich then brought the issue of reimbursing the Secretary for the Association for the use of his home for electricity, archive storage, travel etc. Being that officers of the association cannot be monetarily compensated Bud Wheeler made a motion to appoint the Board of Directors as a committee to determine what the adequate expense allowance should be and the things that it should cover and report at the October meeting for a final decision. The motion was seconded by David Soderquist and passed with a unanimous vote.

A motion for adjournment was then made by Bill Shaffer and seconded by Jack Douthit and passed with a unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 1:51 pm.