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ICC's new code forum announced

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From an ICC email I just received.

ICC to Launch New Codes & Standards Discussion Forum Plans are underway to launch a Codes & Standards Discussion Forum on the ICC website that will be centered around open discussion of the I-Codes and standards, allowing industry professionals to share their ideas and knowledge. This new area of iccsafe.org will contain an ICC Members section and an open area of discussion where all website users can participate. http://media.iccsafe.org/news/eNews/2011v8n14/csforum.html

Not saying I'm going back. I visited the webpage, but it doesn't say if the board is up and running yet and since I don't remember my id or password, I didn't go any further.
 
Another forum with an inner sanctum. :roll:

Wonder how many parallel discussions and/or discussions about discussions that will spawn? :???:

Bill
 
The ICC won't return my emails anymore after my 2 inquiries about

1) Why did the physical quality of the code books drastically decrease from 2006 to 2009, yet the price remained the same.??

2) And how come if I renew my certificates early, it moves my renewal date, shortening it to less than 3 years.

(ok, I admit, i probably threw in something along the lines of "greedy" or "money grubbing".)....
 
Well.........I went to the new improved launch and found not many replies (in Fire...since that's where my action is) but it is faster which is an improvement. Regarding the other site, (code professionals) I hope it takes off better since every opportunity to discuss code interpretation, development and enforcement benefits all who embark in it and that takes nothing away from this media ;)
 
pwood:

You may check out any time, but you may never leave.... 'Hotel California'.... Hotel ICC, mox nix.
 
Well you can always go over and post and wait and see if anyone follows up with a reply that isn't already on this BB. ICC put the screws to us all once and for I only get thrown under the bus once.
 
pwood said:
i'm with sue! the place is like a roach motel, you can check in but you can't check out!
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No no that is black flag roach motel

Do not down grade black flag
 
I was relatively new to the ICC forum when it shut down.

I noticed that many of the postings at the ICC forum, hammered the ICC.

I wasn't surprised when it shut down.

This forum owes it's existence to the ICC.

Yes I know, Jeff gave birth to this forum, but the ICC got him pregnant.
 
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I'm just a simple carpenter, when I needed some help with a code question I found you all over there as it was a logical place to look. When they locked us out I never thought to look elsewhere. I didn't know about this forum until they asked if I'd be interested in joining the focus group in Denver and several of you all were there. I'm trying to hold the door open for other tradespeople who might be in need of help and will most likely end up at their doorstep. I do hope some, or many, of you will at least monitor that forum and give a helping hand to those in need. I've been helping (and that might not be the term they would use) to test the forum this past week. If it goes as it looks right now it will be a fine forum, for folks with a speedy connection. I'm not at all certain at this point that it'll be able to meet my needs without trying my patience.

The "inner sanctum" was partially my idea in Denver. Several groups wanted to be able to talk to their peers without having the riff raff such as myself butting in on their conversations. I can appreciate that, what architect wants to hear a lowly carpenter telling him that his ideas are gay. He wants another architect to tell him. We came up with the idea of peer to peer sections that can be exclusive to those groups with common and specialized interests. I have been in inner sanctums on other forums, I have mixed feelings about them but can appreciate the desire to have those places, when the conversation turns to gossip or discussions about people not present I've shut them down immediately. I expect no less of you all if you are in or moderate one of those rooms. Entry is a privilege, abuse is unethical, behave.

I'm not a big fan of the cow, I don't enjoy planes, TSA thinking I'm some kind of threat and stealing my damn toothpaste or hotel rooms in strange places. It's just something I think should be done. I appreciate this forum being here and don't see that one as a threat to the existence of this one. I haven't seen any of the other folks from Denver post to this thread and might be speaking out of turn, but that's how I feel about the whole thing. And with that, I'm going to go back over there and see if I can't crash some computer geek's hard work...again :D
 
I kinda tested it... this wasn't a good week for me.. it'll never again be what it was, but I may visit from time to time. Certainly better than the "thing of things" - which I thought was going away....
 
DRP said:
The "inner sanctum" was partially my idea in Denver. Several groups wanted to be able to talk to their peers without having the riff raff such as myself butting in on their conversations. I can appreciate that, what architect wants to hear a lowly carpenter telling him that his ideas are gay. He wants another architect to tell him. We came up with the idea of peer to peer sections that can be exclusive to those groups with common and specialized interests. I have been in inner sanctums on other forums, I have mixed feelings about them but can appreciate the desire to have those places, when the conversation turns to gossip or discussions about people not present I've shut them down immediately. I expect no less of you all if you are in or moderate one of those rooms. Entry is a privilege, abuse is unethical, behave.
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Homophobia and an attempt to take the moral high ground?

Grow up.
 
In some parts of our country, the word "Gay" doesn't nessessarily mean homosexual .... I don't think "DRP" meant that the architects ideas had homosexual tendencies. Though, some people are more sensitive to that word than others, and he probably should have chosen another description
 
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