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REGULATORY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Ila Jones (FL) and Mark Topping (NYC), as Chair and Vice Chair, welcomed those on the conference call to the organizational meeting of the NCSBCS Regulatory Affairs Committee. It was noted that several other individuals had indicated that they planned to join the call and that hopefully they would be on shortly. Those participating on the call
were: Review of Proposed Work Agenda for 2004: Mr. Topping reviewed the letter of invitation to NCSBCS members to join the Regulatory Affairs Committee and the committee's proposed draft work agenda for 2004. The major headings of those four items are:
Following a review and discussion of the above items there was general consensus around the adoption of all four items with one change in the wording of the fourth item to read: "4. Provide input to the Alliance in the Alliance's development of Streamlining Grant Award Criteria." This new language clarified the fact that the Alliance, with federal funding, would be developing that criteria and that the role of the Regulatory Affairs Committee was limited to providing review and comment on the draft criteria as they evolved. Report on Organizational Meeting of the New NCSBCS Information Technology Industry Advisory Subcommittee to the Regulatory Affairs Committee: Chair Ila Jones reported on the outcome of the January 22, 2004, organizational conference call meeting of the new NCSBCS Information Technology Industry Advisory Subcommittee. She noted that seven firms participated in that call. The Subcommittee members adopted on an interim basis the draft mission statement that had been forwarded to them by the NCSBCS Board, identified three major project work areas, and agreed to hold a follow-up conference call on February 11 to bring in more members and set the work product for 2004. Ms. Jones noted that those on the call expressed the desire to focus on supporting an open source approach to interoperability rather than open standards. A copy of the draft minutes from the Subcommittee's January 22 meeting will be forwarded to the members of the Regulatory Affairs Committee when they are available. The Subcommittee appointed Paul Watkins to serve as their recommended chair and have asked NCSBCS to extend an invitation to Babs Sachdeva of Ramsafe Technologies to serve as Vice Chair. Selection of Topics for Public Sector Important Issues Calls for 2004: The Regulatory Affairs Committee next reviewed the proposed list of Public Sector Important Issues Conference Calls that had been drafted for consideration at this meeting. There was discussion regarding the order for these calls and whether or not a separate call should be held on building rehabilitation code issues. At the end of that discussion the committee settled on the following topics for 2004: February 2004 Plans & Contents of Program for High-Rise Retrofit Conference in March April
2004 Actions
State/Localities Can Take to Promote the Effective Use of June 2004 Best Practices: Special Inspections & Professional Certification August 2004 Summer Break - no call October 2004
Best Practices: Mutual Aid & Damage Assessment in It was noted that special outreach efforts to local government officials should be undertaken by NCSBCS for the June conference call topic. This may be an effective tool for gaining new members in the conference from that group. Plans for High-Rise Retrofit Conference March 29, 2004: The Committee received an update on planning for the March 29, 2004, High-Rise Retrofit Conference in Wilmington, Delaware. It was reported that the planning committee for that conference was currently making further modifications to the draft agenda for the program and would be holding a conference call on Friday, February 6, to complete work on the agenda. Update information will be provided to the committee as soon as it is available. Setting Regular Times for Both Future RAC Meetings and Public Sector Member Important Issues Conference Calls: Mark Topping suggested and the committee discussed the benefit of setting a fixed date for both the future conference calls/work sessions of the Regulatory Affairs Committee and the public sector member important issues conference calls. The committee discussed the appropriateness of the 2nd or the 4th Tuesday of everyone month for these calls with the committee call being held in the odd number months and the important issues calls in the even numbered months. The committee settled on the second Tuesday of every month for these calls and set the time for the calls at 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The next committee call will then be held on Tuesday, March 9, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. The next Public Sector Member's Important Issues call was tentatively set for Tuesday, February 10, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. There being no further business to come before the Regulatory Affairs Committee, Ms. Jones thanked everyone for participating on the call. The meeting was adjourned at 11:53 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robert Wible, Executive Director
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