Membership Councils Leadership Meeting Held in Birmingham

ICC Chief Operating Officer Dominic Sims (left) and Jim Olk, city of Farmers Branch, Texas, and Chair of the PMG Official Membership Council, discuss the roles of the new ICC Membership Councils.		Code Council Vice President of Member Services Karla Higgs discusses plans for the new ICC Membership Council meetings at the 2011 Annual Conference. Also pictured are, from left, ICC Vice President of State & Local Government Relations Vaughn Wicker; Steve Shapiro, city of Hampton, Virginia, Chair of the Building Official Membership Council; and Becky Baker, Jefferson County, Colorado, Vice Chair of the Building Official Membership Council.

Chairs, Vice Chairs and staff liaisons of the new ICC Membership Councils met in Birmingham, Alabama, last month. Discussions included plans for the first meetings of the full Councils at the ICC 2011 Annual Conference in Phoenix. The ICC Membership Councils were formed by the Code Council Board of Directors after Members asked to have a greater role influencing how ICC serves to enhance Members' work performance, careers and professions. Participants can: • Build relationships and engage with relevant industry stakeholders to enhance careers • Make recommendations for discipline-specific ICC training, certification and other programs that will directly benefit Members • Advise ICC on programs and policies, legislative matters, code adoption issues, and other matters of interest • Grow a network and collaborate with peers • Serve as a voice for the profession to enhance the public's understanding of your work and value. Code Council Chief Operating Officer Dominic Sims began the meeting with an overview of ICC's purpose and objectives. Staff from Communications, Marketing and Membership Support presented information describing ICC's efforts to promote the Membership Councils. Participants also were briefed on the various ways modern technology, particularly social media, can be used to communicate with Membership Council Members throughout the year.

Learning the various ways modern technology can be used to communicate with Membership Council Members are, from left, McKenzie James, city of Portland, Oregon, and Vice Chair of the PMG Official Membership Council; Douglas Wise, city of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Vice Chair of the Sustainability Membership Council; ICC Director of Fire Services Bruce Johnson; and Fulton Cochran, city of Henderson, Nevada, Fire Department and Chair of the Fire Service Membership Council.