Secretary's. Report March 21, 2001

President Dave Cake called the meeting to order at 12:10 P.M. at Mc Donald Electrical Distributors in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday March 21, 2001. Present were President Dave Cake, First Vice President Tarry Baker, Second Vice President Bill Bender, Third Vice President Lee Wansor, Secretary/Treasurer Ted Licitra, Past President James Sennello, Director Tom Bray, Director Jack Fisher, Director Steve Mitchell, Director A.J. Weldon, Director John Simmons and Associate John Sims. Excused were Director Joe McCann, Associates David Ampler, Ken Kotrady Jim Joseph and John Somers.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

Reports of committees:

By Laws: Lee Wansor distributed copies of the new bylaws which had been approved by this division. The changes were to coincide with the Chapter by laws which require the President and Vice President to be inspector members.

Education: Tarry Baker reported on the proposed courses for next years education program. Included will be classes on the following NEC Articles : 90-210, 215-240, 400-424 and 430-440. These will all be two hour classes. Tarry discussed the procedures to get classes approved by the state. Tarry would like to put on a class on the new Florida Building Code but will be holding off until a final draft of the code is published. A suggestion was made by Tom Bray on having a future class on signs. Dave Cake agreed mentioning signs was an area that is very important but most inspectors do not have a great deal of knowledge about. A suggestion was made that if we get a sign contractor to present this class he could perhaps create a check list for inspectors to go by. Another suggestion was that Mark Ode from UL has a plan review course and we could think about another all day Saturday seminar with half the day set aside for residential plan review and the other half for commercial. Tarry mentioned the Board of Rules and Appeals will be moving to a new office and will have classroom space for 60 people and future meetings and seminars could be held there. Locations for future seminars was talked about and several people were if favor of having seminars at other facilities. Both pro's. and con's. of that idea were discussed. Comfort and convenience were major factors on that idea and added cost was the negative.

Accident / Sickness: Maynard Hamilton is still a bit under the weather and a get well card will be sent to let him know we are thinking of him.

Entertainment and Code Clearing Committees : nothing to report.

Special Committee: Golf Tournament: Jim Sennello reports the golf tournament is going well but we need more hole sponsors. The tournament will be held at the Crystal Lake Country Club in Pompano on Saturday June 2, 2001. Jim always puts on a great tournament and he needs our support.
Scholarship Fund: Steve Mitchell reported we should begin to set up the criteria on how scholarships will be awarded. After discussion a motion was made by Steve to have the scholarships to be open to residents of Broward County or members of the IAEI or their families who will be full time students of Broward Community College and pursue a education in the field of Construction Managment Technology or Engineering.

Financial Report: Our Division is solvent and has sufficient money to operate. We will be having an ADA class on Friday March 23, 2001 we are expecting about 80 people.

New Business: Steve Mitchell made a motion to have Gary Simon fill the open associate member vacancy. The motion was seconded and approved.

Good of the Association: Dave Cake inquired about how someone gets nominated to the Chapter. Tom and Lee who are both on the Florida Chapter explained the nominating process. Lee suggested we have a short meeting before the education portion of the meeting so more people hear what the division is doing.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted

Ted Licitra
Secretary/Treasurer