What's New?

Here we will post a log of recent updates: of what is changed or added to this web site, in chronological order with the newest at the top. This can help members quickly determine what has changed since their last visit and assist in tracking our growth and development.

Friday, September 5, 2008 Note from Morgan Wheeler to those attending the ICC Conference - "If you are going to be in Minneapolis, please check at the registration desk for the location of the ICC Region 8 meeting on Monday. The time is 4:30-6:00. Look forward to see all of you in Minneapolis.
Thanks, Morgan"

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Added two new seminars from the Region 8 Board and Education Committee. Submitted by Elaine Smith View announcement

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Added ICC Plans Review Training announcement Details

Monday, June 30, 2008 Added link on the Region 8 links page to the Portland Cement Association at www.cement.org Be sure to visit about the Portland Cement Association You can see the new link here.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Added new page Employment Opportunities with position open in Etowah, TN.

Monday, June 9, 2008
1. Region 8's Lichtenberger named Codes Enforcement Director at Tennessee Fire & Codes Enforcement Academy. See details
2. Updated page bottom navigation panels.
3. Housekeeping updating training announcements and removing dated materials.

Monday, May 12, 2008 Replaced Contact info for UETBOA to David Rock (TN.)

Tuesday, May 5, 2008
1. We received word today that Morgan Wheeler of Georgia was elected Region 8 President at the Annual Meeting held in this past weekend (May 2-3) in North Myrtle Beach. Congratulations to Morgan.
2. Designed, built and added a page bottom Navigation Panel for major pages of site. To view, scroll down to page bottom of this page. This provides navigation links between all major pages of site for users without returning to Homepage for main navigation bar.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

1. Posted photos of March 20, 2008 meeting in Atlanta. See them here

Monday, March 24, 2008

1. Received PDF with Butch Simmons' details see it here

Thursday, March 6, 2008
1. Added the Membership Page including access to:

Region 8 Membership form in PDF for download or printing for submittal;

Region 8 Membership form in Interactive format for online registration (complete it and submit it from this web site) Go to the Membership Page.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

1. Published Calendar page with link to Annual Meeting information.

2. Updated minor missing items, added color coding to Links Page

Thursday Feb 28, 2008
1. Posted ICC WUII Strategic Community Planning in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) (Wild Fire preparation). All Day training on Tennessee Fire & Codes Academy campus in Bell Buckle, TN. near Nashville. Details

Wednesday Feb 13, 2008
1. Received feedback from Chuck Martin, Codes Compliance Officer in the Codes Compliance Department of the City of Collierville, Tennessee and active member of WTCEA (West Tennessee Code Enforcement Association), who informs us that the photos labeled as "Union City" were actually shot near Jackson, TN. He stated that as far as he knows, Union City sustained no serious damage. We have corrected our notations on site.
2. Posted new training announcement fire and code officials welcome two day training event in Duluth, Georgia.

Tuesday Feb 12, 2008 Addition:
1. Added Slide Show of Union College Campus in West Tennessee with focus on tornado devastation to dormitories. Photos courtesy of the West Tennessee Building Officials.

Sunday Feb 10, 2008
1. Added "Print This Document" button to bottom of "Current Minutes" page;
2. Corrected another pressed font color;
3. Added link on "Current Minutes" page to "Download" (PDF)
4. Some reorganization and tightening up of the Links page: improved appearance, eye appeal and accessibility of information.
5. Published photos of Union City, Tn. tornado damage from last week: photos provided by West Tennessee Building Officials Association.

Saturday Feb 9, 2008: Minor additions & corrections with links:
1. Added link to "Board" on "Minutes" page;
2. Corrected some pressed font colors from gray and/or silver to maroon;
3. Added link on "What's New" to "Our Needs" (see above left).
4. Tightened organization of "Our Needs" page;
5. Added "FYI" page suggestion.
6. Added "Print This Page" button to

Friday Feb 8, 2008:
1. Today we've updated Georgia Training &
2. Ga. Chapters found on www.boag.org -
3. Began new Links page; added link from homepage.
4. Modified a number of link buttons for color coordination with State colors.
5. continued modifying web pages for continuity, site appearance conformance.

Monday Feb 4, 2008:
1. Added this page (What's New) where members can view latest updates, additions etc, to this web site.
2. Added full chapter names to the TBOA Chapters page;
3. Converted e-mail (same page) from providing the actual e-mail address to hyperlinked names - this is to prevent spammers from harvesting our e-mails with their software robots.