The meeting was called to order by President Warren Goodrich at 11:07 am.

With no opening remarks 1st Vice President David Soderquist gave the invocation.

The roll call of officers was taken with Brian Thompson, Jeremy Blake, Edward Johnson, and Bud Swathwood being absent.

The minutes of the previous meeting were then presented by Secretary Rick Spitaels. After no discussion a motion to accept the minutes as written was made by Don Bradley. The motion was seconded by John Weesner and passed with a unanimous vote.

The Treasurers report was then presented by Treasurer Rick Spitaels. Secretary Spitaels pointed out that since the October meeting nothing major had happened other than ink, paper and the usual things required for printing the meeting packets. He went on to say that we did receive our dues disbursement check from the IO in December on time. After very little discussion a motion by David Soderquist to accept the Treasurers report as presented was made. The motion was seconded by Bud Wheeler and passed with a unanimous vote.

President Goodrich then presented the Auditing Committee. The Auditing Committee would consist of Don Bradley as Chair with Fred Davis and Dave Stalf.

President Goodrich then presented the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee would consist of Don Bradley as Chair with Warren Goodrich, Edward Johnson, David Soderquist and Rick Spitaels. Secretary Spitaels reminded the Nominating Committee that we need a President, 1st Vice President and a 2nd Vice President because of resignations and such.

The meeting then turned to any business that anyone would like to bring up before the Annual Meeting. Bud Wheeler pointed out that changes had to be made in the agenda since our October meeting because Phil Simmons had made a presentation at another sight and was unable to get a plane in until late Wednesday afternoon, so his presentations had been moved to Thursday. Bud went on to state that the time allotted for the NFPA Report on the agenda would be taken by Mike Forister to give a synopsis of the code hearing meetings that took place in January. Bud went on to say that Mike Forister would be answering the code questions assigned to Bud Swathwood , who would be unable to attend because of serious health issues. Secretary Spitaels added that Mr. Shaffer’s mother had died suddenly the week before and that he had took the liberty of sending flowers from the Board. The discussion then turned to door prizes. After some discussion Don Bradley made a motion to spend around $200.00 on door prizes. The motion was seconded by Fred Davis and passed with a unanimous vote. Alan Nadon then brought up the fact that the Kentucky Chapter was holding their annual meeting this week again and that we might want to consider moving our meeting because it didn’t look like they were ever going to change. Alan went on to say that with only so many code panelists to go around maybe it is something to look into. After some discussion it was decided to table this issue until after the meeting on Friday.

Western Section President Jerry Blair, who had been invited to sit in on the Board meeting, stated that they allowed Associate members to hold the President, 1st Vice President and 2nd Vice President positions and that it seemed to help as far as getting new members. Don Bradley then stated that he would go to Ex-Officio to open up a slot on the Executive Board, since he cannot hold office because of his position with the State. It was also brought up to ask Ed Johnson to become Ex-Officio since he was now retired to open up another slot.

With no further business the meeting recessed until after the annual meeting on Friday.

The meeting was summoned out of recess by new President Dave Stalf with Jeremy Blake, Ed Johnson and William Shaffer now in attendance.

After much discussion William Shaffer made a motion to have the meeting at the Best Western Hotel in Lafayette. The motion was seconded by Bud Wheeler and passed with a unanimous vote. William Shaffer then made a motion for the meeting to be held on the first Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in February 2008. The motion was seconded by Jeremy Blake and passed with a unanimous vote.

President Stalf then moved the discussion to the format of the meeting. He said that it had been discussed before to break the people down to smaller groups with 1 or 2 of the code panelists in these groups and maybe there would be more discussion amongst the body. President Stalf asked that everyone think about this and we would discuss it further in June.
The meeting then turned to Committee appointments. President Stalf began with the Bylaws Committee with Bud Wheeler as Chair with Charley Weber and Jeremy Blake joining him. The Fire and Safety Committee will be Chaired by Robert Grubbe with Warren Goodrich and Alan Nadon joining him. Membership Committee will be Chaired by Fred Davis with Al Lengacher, Jim Dewig, William Shaffer, and John Weesner joining him. Education Committee will be Chaired by Charley Weber with Jim Dewig, John Weesner, Robert Lenz, and David Schofield joining him. Code Clearing Committee will be Chaired by Warren Goodrich with Ed Johnson joining him. Hotel Committee will be Chaired again by Jack Douthit with Rick Spitaels, Bud Wheeler and David Soderquist joining him. With Jack Douthit Chairing the Entertainment Committee being joined by Al Lengacher and William Shaffer joining him.

Bud Wheeler offered to print up Policy and Procedure books for the new members.

The meeting moved on to electing a representative for the State Education Commission. Present Representative John Weesner state that the State was looking into a program for Inspectors to voluntarily get certified. John stated that the only things that this program might accomplish is stop the turnover of inspectors when there is a change in the mayor’s offices and state licensing. After much discussion a motion was made by David Soderquist to have John Weesner continue as our representative on the State Education Commission. The motion was seconded by Warren Goodrich and passed with a unanimous vote.

Secretary Spitaels then brought up other business. He stated that he had received a mailing from the Western Section regarding an ad in their booklet. After very little discussion a motion was made by David Schofield to take out a $100.00 ad in the Western Section booklet. The motion was seconded by William Shaffer and passed with a unanimous vote. Secretary Spitaels went on to say that he had received a service contract renewal for the lap top computer. After some discussion it was decided not to buy the service contract, as lap top computer prices continue to decrease and it would be just as economical to buy a new laptop when this one quits working. Warren Goodrich made a motion to that effect. The motion was seconded by Fred Davis and passed with a unanimous vote.

A motion was made by Robert Lenz for adjournment. The motion was seconded by Jeremy Blake and passed with a unanimous vote.