1. 2008 Year In Review

2. Annual Business Meeting – March 2008 Election of Officers and Board of Directors Left to Right: Director, Dawn Bell; Vice President/Secretary, Amy Barenklau; Past President, Eirene Oliphant; Director, Kristein Reichardt; President, Jennifer Martin; Treasurer, Carmela McIntosh; and Director, Tamara Hagerman.

3. Committees in 2008 Membership – Tamara Hagerman, chair Amy Barenklau Lily Fletcher Kristein Reichardt Education – Jennifer Martin, chair Sally Johnson Eirene Oliphant Nancy Ihle Ann Keeton Sybille Wilson Harvene Bahr Sandra Hays "Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is success!“ ~Henry Ford

4. Committees in 2008 Website – Eirene Oliphant, Chair Nancy Ihle Barb Ozbolt (retired 2008) Jennifer Martin Nominating – Dawn Bell Tamara Hagerman Nancy Ihle By-Laws – Eirene Oliphant, Chair Tamara Hagerman "Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is success!“ ~Henry Ford

5. New Memberships in 2008 Dana Dyer – Unified Government of WyCo/KCK Sara Walker – City of Lenexa Lonnie Stafford – City of Lenexa Sherri Glover – City of Olathe Nate Hanway – City of Riverside Sheryl Carson – City of Smithville Lora Upshaw – City of Osawatomie Genia Locklear-Webb – Onslow Co, NC Terice Watts – City of Arkansas City Joe Frogge – City of Lee’s Summit

6. Educational Opportunities in 2008 April 2008 - Co-sponsored ICC Permit Tech Institute - Four Points Sheraton Kansas City Airport May 2008 – Paola, KS – Life Safety in Building Code/Building Safety Week August 2008 – Overland Park, KS – Contractor Licensing/NARI October 2008 – Lee’s Summit, MO – Legal Aspects of Code Administration November 2008 – Leawood, KS - Planning session for 2009 January 2009 – Johnson County, KS – Residential Inspections

7. 2008 Permit Tech Institute Roundtable Discussion Institute Attendees

8. ICC Permit Tech Ad-Hoc Committee Jennifer served on the ICC Permit Tech Ad- Hoc Committee. This committee is working to promote and elevate the Permit Technician profession by addressing the needs of the Permit Tech, educational opportunities, and certification. The ICC Board of Director’s approved the committee’s recommendations in 2008 and the committee continues to work on implementing those recommendations.

9. ICC Annual Conference In September 2008, KCMAPT supported the ICC Ad-Hoc Committee for Permit Technicians at the Annual Conference by sending KCMAPT brochures, pens, key chains, and notepads for the Permit Tech booth at the Expo. Eirene represented KCMAPT in Minneapolis in Jennifer’s absence.

10. Certifications KCMAPT celebrates with members when certification is achieved. The member’s supervisor can be invited to attend the Chapter meeting following receipt of the certificate and asked to present the certificate to the member as part of the regular business meeting. When you receive your certification, please notify someone on the Board so that arrangements for this presentation can be made.

11. Coming in 2009… April 16 - Johnson County Admin Offices – Permit Tech Certification study class June 4 - Kansas City, KS / Unified Government of Wyandotte County - Fire Requirements and Inspections September - North Kansas City, MO – Possible training by Int’l Firestop Council or ICC Course November 12 - Gladstone, MO - Planning Session for 2010

12. Thanks for making 2008 such a great year!!