Increasing Participation and Using Technology to Do It |
At the beginning of February, the ICC Steering Committee on Remote Participation gathered in Chicago for a day and a half of discussions about options for using technology to increase access and participation in the code development process. In response to Membership demand for greater access to ICC's process, Code Council Board of Directors President Bill Dupler appointed this diverse committee to guide the organization in determining how that best can be accomplished. Background — In 2011, the Code Development Review Ad Hoc Committee (CDRAC) recommended to the ICC Board of Directors that the Code Council explore how it could use new and emerging technologies to increase Member and stakeholder participation in the code development process, further strengthen public confidence in the codes, and position the Code Council for the future of code development. ICC Board President Bill Dupler established a Steering Committee made of Board members, Code Officials and industry representatives to evaluate how best to accomplish this. Steering Committee members are: John Terry, ICC Board members Jeff Whitney and Tina Rakes, ICC Board Vice President Ron Piester, ICC Board member John Leyden, Jim Olk, committee Chairman and past ICC Board President Wally Bailey, past ICC Board member and CDRAC Chair Cindy Davis, ICC Board member Dwayne Garriss, Fulton Cochran, Michael A. Gardner, Ayla Erfigen, ICC Board President Bill Dupler, Lynn Underwood, ICC Board member Rob Drexler, and Steve Shapiro. ICC Chief Operating Officer Dominic Sims is the staff liaison. |