IAEI Minutes
February 1, 2006
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Charles Crain called the meeting to order on, February 1, 2006 at San Mateo Seafood in Palatka at 12:00 PM.

Present at the meeting were: John Griffin, Charles Crain, Don Brindley, Jimmy Douglas, Jim Lindahl, Mark Nechvatal, Andrew Schirmacher, William McKinney, Dallas Stratton, Taylor Sams, Cliff Wilson, James Drummond, Dwight Wilkes, Joffre Filion, Eric Brunn, Richard Davis, Fernando Gonzalez Greg Ferrone, Doug Derousie, Terry Baker, and Alan Waters.

The minutes were approved as sent out; John Griffin gave the invocation and led The Pledge of Allegiance.

Treasury Report: Dallas Stratton reported that all bills are paid and we are solvent.

Old Business: The Riverfront Inn has not completed construction. It is planned to complete in mid February. We will keep you posted. Next months meeting will be held at San Mateo Seafood.

Don Brindley asked the code panel members about our questions and comments concerning outdoor kitchens. 1.Does the placement of LP gas tanks in the cabinets constitute any consideration electrically? The answer was no. 2. If it is listed on the plans as a kitchen, it should be treated as a kitchen according to the NEC. 3. All outdoor receptacles shall be GFCI even if it is a refrigerator circuit.

Dwight Wilkes showed us where the Mockett device, introduced at our last meeting is currently without UL approval.

New Business: Terry Baker (Florida Chapter 1rst Vice President) was able to attend our meeting. He announced that the 2005 NEC has made it thru the TAC committee and is on its way to being commissioned. It is still suggested that the effective date will be Oct. 1 2006. He also announced that the 2008 NEC is being written and two significant changes that have passed will be 1. whole house arc fault protection and 2. tamper resistant receptacles. The 2008 NEC will have a definition of a kitchen.

Terry also told us every committee for code changes has a representative. He will be ours, so any questions you wish to be brought before the code panel e-mail to Terry Baker. Please contact Terry at TBAKER@broward.org.

Don Brindley gave us our Division Membership report. We have 211 members and increasing.

Charles Crain moved us forward on our Division “Position Paper”. Where as a division we put down formally our views on construction and the code. He appointed Dwight Wilkes, Don Brindley, and Andrew Schirmacher to head up the committee. He also went on to say that next month he will be selecting the Nominating Committee for our division officers.

Dwight Wilkes told us that the TAC committee has completed its reviews of modifications as submitted but that it is still open for comment. The list of approved modifications is as follows: 1173, 1273, 1275, 1172, 1245, 1215, 1247, and 1453. All others had no action. Among the changes bonding of metal framing members and Structural steel bonding is clarified. More information on these modifications can be found at the DCA website.

The IAEI 76th Annual Florida Chapter Code Conference is being hosted by the Gulf Coast Division and will be held May 10th – 13th at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club. I have included a copy of the Registration form in the mailed minutes. Please contact Pete Pluta with the City of Punta Gorda Building Department for questions at 941-575-3379.


Fernando Gonzalez won the 50/50 draw, lucky Fernando.

The next meeting will be held at San Mateo Seafood in Palatka at 12:00 noon March 1, 2006.

Alan L. Waters
Secretary