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President Jeff Harden called the meeting to order at 9:05 A.M. Role call of officers determined that all officers were present except Tom Palmer who had notified Jeff that he would be gone. There were also 30 members and quests that introduced themselves to all present. The March minutes were discussed and Dennis Jordison made the motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Brita Van Horne, Motion Passed. Stu Crine started the business portion of the meeting with his report from the State Code Commissioners Office. He informed us that the States proclamation declaring State Building Safety Month, Energy Codes when it is adopted. Iowa has been selected to be one of seven States to receive a pilot study grant to assess the Energy Code. However the time to set up energy code training is getting short. State Plumbing Code update; the League of Cities group is in negotiating with the Rules Committee concerning their proposal that communities could adopt a local Code that is more stringent than the State Code. The Legislation Committee had no report other that the Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Licensing Bill had been signed. Region III has been discussing the Chapter Benefits Program and the awarding of Awards points to Chapters for activities such as volunteer work for your area and community. The Seminar committee has been looking into setting up training days for the Energy Training. Possibly two, one day seminars for Residential and Commercial. They are looking for input and suggestions as to what specific training we should offer. A survey should be sent out in the near future.

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