International Association Of Electrical Inspectors

Southwest Division
Ohio Chapter
Western Section

Meeting Minutes
Secretary's Report Ohio Chapter Report
Treasurer's Report Membership Report
OCIEB Report UL Report
Media Report Librarian's Report
Utility Report Code Discussion
Letter From The President Code Instruction
Educational Opportunities Items Of Interest
Education Report

 

March 2008

 

GREETINGS,

I apologize to the membership for my absence at the March meeting but I guarantee that you will be glad I didn’t come and share the cold that I was fighting! My thanks go out to Gaylord for running the meeting in my absence.

 

There is “Strength in Numbers” and right now we need the strength represented by our division in a concentrated effort to sway the Governor into NOT signing an emergency order that will temporarily block the use of the 2008 NEC for 1, 2, and 3 family dwelling installations. All indications that I have seen so far lead me to believe that this will be on his desk for a signature all too soon. I want to implore each of you as members of the Southwest Division to take a moment to contact the Honorable Ted Strickland at the link provided below to let him know that the issues with the Ohio Home Builders is not one that has the safety of Ohio residents in mind. If he hears from enough of us backing the obvious safety benefits that are provided by the continued use of the 2008 NEC it might be enough to help him see that this would not be the right move for the residents of our state.

Here’s the link: http://apps.das.ohio.gov/govpublic/contact.aspx

Simply enter this link in your address bar, fill out the form and at the bottom is a space for you to enter the wording that you feel will make an impact. It’s time for us to “shine” we need to let everyone know that when it comes to electrical safety we are at the top of our game!!

See you in April!

Pete

Pete Baldauf
President, Southwest Division, IAEI

 

 

 

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Items of interest from the February 13th, 2007 meeting

An executive committee meeting was held prior to our regular March 12th meeting. The following items were discussed:

  • The Division will give up to 11 Tool Bag Awards
  • The Division will give 7 - $1000.00 scholarships

 

Secretary's Report

Lorenzo Adam was available for questions and comments at today’s meeting. Lorenzo reported that as of today’s meeting the 2008 NEC was still in effect and we received renewal as an OCILB training agency.

Ohio Chapter Report  

Dewayne Jenkins was available for today’s meeting. He reminded everyone that the 82nd annual Ohio Chapter Meeting was fast approaching and then he reviewed a couple of code change proposals for articles 210, 334 and 406.

Education Report

Gaylord Poe available for today’s meeting. Gaylord reported on the success of the Joint Venture classes held in February and on the expected return from those classes.

Treasurer's Report

Ken Dunning was available for questions at today’s meeting. He reported that we had a current balance of $11,228.60 with all bills paid. This balance does not include the monies that the Division will receive from the Joint Venture.

Membership Report

Dewayne welcomed Joe Creech form Circleville, Caty Robinson with Kastle Electric and Robert Martin with Montgomery County Building Regulations.

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OCILB Report

Roy Adams was not available for questions and comments at today’s meeting. Dewayne did report that Roy was nominated to receive the “President’s Award” this year at the Ohio Chapter Meeting.

UL Report

Jim Zalipski was not available for questions and comments at today’s meeting. Check the UL website for product information and recalls at www.ul.com

Media Report

Dave Hensley was available for today’s meeting. He had nothing new to report. Make sure and visit our website at www.swohio-iaei.org

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Librarian's Report

John Humphrey was not available for questions and comments at today’s meeting. I’m sure that he will be looking into buying some updated educational material for our division soon.

Utility Report

Duke:  Sue Sonderman was not available for questions and comments at today’s meeting.


DP & L : John Kenton was not available for questions and comments at today’s meeting.


Butler Rural :  Bob McIntosh was not available for questions and comments at today’s meeting and had nothing new to report.

 

Code Discussion

A general discussion was held with respect to the HBA’s lobbying effort at the BBS.

Code Instruction

Dewayne Jenkins provided a presentation on Health Care Facilities and did an excellent job as always.