ICC
Upper Great Plains Region III (UPGR) is busy preparing
for the 2007 Region
III Educational Institute to be held February 5-9 in Brooklyn
Park, Minnesota. They are also planning to hold a Region board
meeting, a Region membership meeting and a first annual UPGR
Chapter Presidents Summit. It will be an opportunity for ICC
and the Region III Board to hear from chapters on their ideas
and impressions of what ICC is doing and how they envision
the Region III chapter proceeding. It has been billed as an
information/visioning meeting. Highlights include a five-day
Leadership/Management Academy, five-day Fire Prevention Academy,
evening reception sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council-Mississippi
Headwaters Chapter, and administration of International Code
Council Certification Examinations (additional fee applies).
Issues of regional code development and regional training
will also be discussed. The Fire Marshals Association of
Minnesota has voted to join the Region III chapter, which
will be the first fire official chapter to join the UGPR.
Region V President Mark Stimac addresses
members of the Five County Building Officials Association
at their General Membership Meeting on January 3 in
Akron, Ohio.
ICC Midwest Region V will hold a General Membership
meeting February 4 at 3:00 p.m. EST at the Sawmill Creek Resort
in Sandusky, Ohio. This meeting is being held in conjunction
with the NCOBOA/OBOA
Annual Conference. Read President Mark Stimac's letter
to the membership detailing his goals and objectives for
the Region for 2007.
The ICC Northeast Regional Coalition (NERC) Nominating
Committee has been tasked with choosing the next proposed
slate of officers for the region. The new officers will be
voted on at the next called meeting. The Communications Committee
will work to develop the lines of communications within the
region. Each member state was asked to submit one name to
serve on each committee. For more information, visit the NERC
site at New York's ICC Codes Forum, or contact President
Tim Nelson
at 207-284-9236.
The ICC Region VIII Annual Meeting will be held in
conjunction with the Tennessee Building Officials Association
Annual Meeting April 22-25 at the Glenstone Lodge in Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. A schedule of activities and plans for the Region
8 meeting will soon be finalized. For details, contact President
Lynn Niblock
at (704) 878-3120.
ICC
Upper Great Plains Region III (UPGR) is busy preparing
for the 
