What They're Saying about the Future of Code Development
Report of Group B Hearings Available May 31; Deadline for Public Comments Is July 15
Ensure Voter Eligibility — Register or Revalidate Voters Online Today
Deadline Nearing for Applications to Three Codes and Standards Committees
Second Meeting Scheduled for ICC (ASC) A117.1 Committee
 
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What They're Saying about the Future of Code Development

cdpACCESS, an online initiative to increase and enhance participation in ICC's code development process (cdp), is moving forward to use the new process for a handful of proposed code changes during October's Group B Public Comment Hearings in Atlantic City, N.J. cdpACCESS will allow participation in code development when you can't attend the hearings in person. See what ICC Members and stakeholders are saying about cdpACCESS.
Vickie Lovell | InterCode Incorporated
"The concept of ICC making every opportunity available for code officials to participate is what's going to keep ICC relevant. The situation we've had in the past where code officials have not been able to travel, they haven't been able to participate, they haven't been engaged in the process has really hurt ICC, in my opinion." View the video
Barry Gupton | North Carolina Department of Insurance
"I like the idea of more people being involved from their office and not having to travel, because most people can't travel to these hearings. I absolutely think the more people that can be involved in the process, the better the process will be." View the video
Steve Shapiro | Hampton, Virginia
"I'm excited for us to start working on it in Atlantic City. I think the online collaboration tool aspect of it is going to be great where people, before they even get to the mike at the first hearing, will be able to collaborate with others and find out what the pitfalls might be of their change so that they can hopefully get that ironed out before they're standing at a mike with 50 people on the other side of the aisle in opposition." View the video
Lorraine Ross | Intech Consulting
"Among my industry colleagues we are looking very closely at how the process will be managed. We are very concerned that there will not be the kind of discussion and give-and-take in the remote setting that you would have at a hearing itself, so I think the jury is out. We would like to see remote voting happen; we would like to see expanded participation happen; but I think this upcoming (testing) will tell us a lot of information about that." View the video
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Report of Group B Hearings Available May 31;
Deadline for Public Comments Is July 15

The Report of the Group B Committee Action Hearings in Dallas will be available on the Code Council website no later than May 31, 2013. View the hearing results. The deadline for Public Comments to the Group B Codes is July 15, 2013. The Code Council prefers to receive all submittals of Public Comments as a document(s) attached to an email. Each Public Comment should be saved as a separate document. Attach your separate Public Comment to an email, and send it to the ICC District Office as shown on the back page of the Public Comment Form. Click here for more information.

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Ensure Voter Eligibility — Register or Revalidate Voters Online Today

The Code Council requires that all Governmental Member Voting Representatives are registered and validated to be eligible to vote on code changes. All Primary Member Representatives need to designate or revalidate their Governmental Member Voting Representatives (GMVR) online by August 30, 2013, to be eligible to vote at the Annual Business Meeting and/or Public Comment Hearings in Atlantic City. Check your GMVRs' status online today.

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Deadline Nearing for Applications to Three Codes and Standards Committees

Applications are being accepted for membership on the I-Codes Referenced Standard Committee, Solar Thermal Standard Consensus Committee and Commissioning Standard Consensus Committee. May 24 is the deadline to apply. Click here for details.

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Second Meeting Scheduled for ICC (ASC) A117.1 Committee

The second meeting of the ICC (ASC) A117.1 Consensus Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities will be held from July 15–19, 2013, at the United States Access Board in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this meeting is for the committee to consider proponent and committee ballot comments on the committee's actions taken on original proposals. Read the meeting notice and agenda (when available).

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