My apologies as I have been extremely busy with my jurisdiction, EMO and I need to get caught up. With looming layoff, staff not being replaced, possible department being contracted out, well I think I am preaching to the choir here as everyone more than likely is experiencing the working being piled on as well.
I guess the first topic to read is the "Off Topic" area from now on, as I generally stay away from as my concerns lie with the building code aspects.
Second of all I sincerely hope no one takes this personally. Business is business, irritation is irritation and stupid is as stupid does. I started out on the ICC board I believe in 2002/3 and I just feel that what went down last October, coupled with the ICC attitude, well let just say they have a long way to go in my opinion. You can polish a turd all you want; at the end of the day it's still a TURD.
V767 -- is there a way that a link can be provided so the rest of the family here can view your demo from Denver?
Fatboy -- I am sure some members do not post if what is said represents their opinion or knowledge as well, and if we did this would be just be wasting everyone time trying to read through it all. In other words 500 members saying the same thing in a post would bring everything to stand still. This includes bashing the cash cow! The ability for Jeff to start this site was greatly appreciated by all and everyone to migrate here as well. Yes this did hurt the ICC as JP point out, they are not talking with us except for that reason ALONE. The operation of the ICC never concerned themselves with the rank and file, only their bottom line financially. What does the ICC do for a jurisdiction on weekly, monthly basis? We ask maybe for one interpretation a year, if that. Speaking of yearly contact with the ICC, it is for membership renewal only. Look at the issues everyone points out with renewing certificates. Just 60 days ago phone numbers would not work as we were trying find books ordered months earlier. The list goes on and on. It is obvious when you order books from the ICC and takes months (4-5) to get them because of back orders? Notice those displays at training weeks are a quarter of what they were? You once could pick up the books and look into them at the code weeks, not anymore, pretty much only show the basic IRC, IBC and few others. Everything else is an order item.
JP-- I remember giving you my contact information email, phone being collected last year, never ever received anything about anything.
Ok sorry for the rant, I guess you can see that my irritation runs deep with the ICC. I did not even get into my personal contact with them during those first days in October when the site went down. Oh I remember, "We are beta testing", what a joke!
