MINUTES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

June 7, 2007

      The meeting was called to order by President David Stalf at 10:05 am.

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

      The roll call of officers was taken with Jim Dewig, Edward Johnson, Allen Lengacher, Robert Lenz, Alan Nadon, David Schofield 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 Bud Wheeler. The motion was seconded by David Soderquist and passed with a unanimous vote.

      The Treasurers report was then presented by Treasurer Rick Spitaels. Treasurer Spitaels pointed out that since the February  meeting the Chapter had sent $100.00 for the advertisement in the Western Section pamphlet. He further stated that the website fee of $120.00 was sent to the IO and that the fee was now $110.00 less than previous years. With no further questions or discussion Bill Shaffer made a motion to accept the Treasurers Report as presented. The motion was seconded by Fred Davis and passed with a unanimous vote.

       The Western Section Report was then made by Representative Bud Wheeler. Bud stated that the Western Section Meeting would be held in September in St. Louis, Missouri. Bud went on to state that there was going to be a special meeting for Membership Committee Chairmen at the Western Section and that Indiana Membership Chairman Fred Davis was planning on attending the Western Section and the special meeting. Bud went on to state that he plans on retiring in 2009 and that we need to appoint someone to replace him as Western Section Rep ASAP. Bud went on to say that he plans on sending the invitations to the code panelists in July.

       The meeting then turned to the stipend amount for our Western Section Rep. After much discussion Bill Shaffer made a motion to reimburse our Rep. up to $1,000.00 for the 2007 Western Section meeting. The motion was seconded by Jeremy Blake and passed with a unanimous vote.

        Secretary Spitaels then gave the 2007 Annual Meeting Report. He stated that the total receipts for the meeting were $15,904.25, the total expenses were $11,950.33 with a profit of $3,953.92. He went on to say that we had 8 code panelists. We also had 6 Exhibitors. We had a total of 81 attendees down from 107 last year. We received 1 new member at the meeting. And we had in attendance 39 Inspector Members, 21 Associate Members, 12 Visiting Attendees and 8 women.

       Secretary Spitaels then gave the results of the survey that was in the packets. He stated that we received 36 completed surveys. We received replies from 21 Inspector Members, 11 Associate Members and 4 Other Attendees. We received replies from 19 three-day attendees and 17 one-day attendees. We had 33 attendees say that the Program topics interested them, 3 that said they did not. We had 24 attendees say that the fact that they received CEU’s was important for them, and 12 that said it did not. We had 33 attendees say the cost of the meeting was about right and 3 that thought it was too high. We had 17 attendees rate the overall content of the meeting as excellent and 19 that said it was good. We had 33 attendees say that they would like to see the IAEI put on more seminars throughout the year and 3 attendees that did not. We had 24 attendees that said they would be interested in putting on a seminar in their area and 8 that said they would not. We had 13 attendees say that the fact  they received books at the meeting was a major factor in their attendance and 23 that said it did not. The top 5 topics that attendees wanted to see at future meetings were Transformers, Services, Grounding, 1 & 2 Family and Swimming pools and hot tubs. Top three areas where people would like to see additional seminars throughout the year were Ft. Wayne, South Bend, and Merrillville. With no questions the meeting moved forward.

         Hotel Chairman Jack Douthit said that he didn’t have anything to report.

         Entertainment Chairman Jack Douthit then asked what we wanted for entertainment in February. After very little discussion it was decided that we use the Purdue University Chorus again.

         President Stalf stated that he might have someone in mind for the guest speaker at the February meeting. President Stalf said he would try and get the name and get back to us.

         The meeting then turned to meeting dates. It has been increasingly harder to secure code panelists because Kentucky Chapter has its Annual Meeting at the same time as the Indiana Chapter. So after much discussion a motion was made by Bill Shaffer to move the Indiana Chapter Meeting to the third Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in February. The motion was seconded by John Weesner and passed with a majority vote of 13 to 1.

         Discussion turned to the adoption of the 2008 NEC. John Weesner stated that the Commission needs to be approached to accept the 2008  NEC as soon as possible. Bud Wheeler made a motion for John Weesner, being our liason on the Commission, to draft a request for enactment of the 2008 NEC. After John Weesner drafts the request he will e-mail it to us for our approval. Bill Shaffer seconded the motion which passed with a unanimous vote.

        Discussion then turned to the topics for the 2008 Meeting. After some discussion it was decided to keep the format the same with half the meeting being 2008 Code Changes and half Code Answers by the Code Panelists.

        The meeting then turned to 75^th Anniversary Festivities, if anything was wanted or not. After some discussion it was decided to have Secretary Spitaels see about the cost of some kind of memento to give out at the February meeting.

        Membership Committee Chairman Fred Davis had nothing further to report.

        Education Committee Chairman Charley Weber had nothing to report at this time.

        Code Clearing Committee Chairman Warren Goodrich reported that he had the questions assembled, but didn’t know where to send them. Bud Wheeler said that he usually has them sent to him and then sends them on to the Moderator to dole out to the code panel members. Bud went on to say that when Mike Forister was the moderator he liked to have the questions before Thanksgiving. Bud said that as long as we have them by the October Meeting we should be alright.

       By Law Committee Chairman Bud Wheeler had nothing to report.

       Fire and Safety Committee Chairman Robert Grubbe had nothing to report.

       Don Bradley then discussed State News. Don said that the second hearing that used to be required before the State could adopt the incoming NEC had been deleted so anyone wanting to have a say about proposed amendments needs to be there at the first meeting. The meeting will be decided after someone or some organization makes a request to do so. The letter that John Weesner is to draft is for that reason. John Weesner stated that he would keep the Board posted on when that hearing is scheduled. John Weesner stated that he knew of 2 organizations, one being the Firefighters, that intended to be at that meeting to fight for the reinstatement of arc-fault protection in the Indiana Electrical Code.

        Our Representative on the State Education Commission, John Weesner, then gave his report. John stated that the Commission was changing its stance on not accepting ICC or IAEI testing for certification and they would now accept any national testing organizations testing and would then have voluntary testing on the Indiana Amendments for state certification. John then addressed the survey that Brenda Kendrick had e-mailed out to Indiana Building Departments and Fire Inspectors. John asked that everyone complete those and send them back to Brenda as the Commission was going to use that information to start scheduling classes in the different areas of the State.

        The meeting then moved to the Website Report from Warren Goodrich. Warren stated that the website locked up earlier in the year and had to be rebuilt. Warren stated that as far as he knows it is running properly now.

        In other business. President Stalf pointed out that when you get your new IAEI membership card on the back is a 6 month free membership for any one you would like to send it to. He thought that that might be a good way to boost membership in the Chapter.

        With no further business a motion to adjourn was made by Jeremy Blake. The motion was seconded by David Soderquist and passed with a unanimous vote. Time of adjournment 2:37pm.