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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING of the NATIONAL INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Biitmore Hotel New York, N. Y. January 13, 1960 The meeting was called to order at 2:00 . M. by Chairman . H. Luchs with the following in attendance: DIRECTORS E. K. Luchs Normsn Darr (Proxy for R. R. Porter) R. E. Buckley F. T. Christenson (Proxy for Frank Christenson) G. J. Christner : T. S. Clousing ^J. V.', Corrirey (Proxy for J. C. Voiles) A. M. Eh ret, Jr. Hi B. Huttcn J. B. Jobe ^ E. T. J olmson P. D. Knley Ike Keith F. V/. Muller H. T. Williams Mundet Cork Corp, Keasbey k Mattison Company Pittsburgh Coming Corp. Refractory k Insulation Corp. The Eagle-Picher Company M, H. Detrick Company Fibreboard Paper Products Co. Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc. The Ruberoid Company Johns-Manvillc Sales Corp. Union Asbestos k Rubber Co. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Forty-Eight'Insulations, Inc. Gustin-Bacon Mfg. Company Owens-Corning S/iberglas Corp. OTHERS PRESENT D. L. Hinmon L. A. Hoff M. I. Ruddock, Legal Counsel J. M. Barnhart Johns-Manvillc Sales Corp. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. Cadwaladcr, V/ichersham k Tait National Insulation Mira. Assn. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ( A motion was made, eccondcd and passed That the Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting of September 9, 1959, as bulletined by the Associ ation office be approved. 2 ( TREASURER* S REPORT The Association's Balance Sheet and Statement of Income and Expenditure* as of December 31, 1959, were outlined by Mr. F. T. Christenson. The Treasurer's Report is attached to these Minutes and made part thereof. - $ , . .it v/as reported that the income for 1960 will be in the neighborhood of . 82 000 00 ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBER Due to commitments within his company, Mr. R, A. McLaughlin resigned as a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President, and has asked that Mr. P. D. Kaley replace him on the Board of Directors. A motion was made by Mr. F. W. Muller, seconded by Mr. T. S. Clousing and unanimously passed That Mr. P. D. Kaley be elected as his company's designated representative on the Board of Directors. ELECTION OF VICE PRESIDENT L MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mr. J. B. Jobe reported that the Nominating Committee proposed the following names to serve as Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee to fill the vacancies in accordance with the NIMA By-Laws: Vice President - H. T. Williams Executive Committee Member - Ike Keith Tlure being no further nominations, a motion was made by Mr. A. M. Eh ret, Jr. seconded by Mr, G. J. Christner and unanimously passed That the Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee as proposed by the Nominating Committee be elected, Sprv.TAL COMMITTEE REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT O'.- A :~.V~i~TY PROGRAM w- 4 -- J* R. Jobe reported that safety was a subject that was considered In conjunction with a Manufacturing Committee, and that baoically a rrwuiuf.-.ituring program could be broken down into tho following parto: :v:ITTE SaT lTY HRUGKAM (cont'd.) ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A (a) Manufacturing Methods. It was the consensus of the group f that the diversification of manufacturing methods within NIMA was great and that the feasibility of such a program would be impractical, therefore the subject should be tabled, t (b) i Safety. ]t was the consensus of the group that the reporting of rcatistics relating to accident prevention was adequately covered by the program that many of NIMA members parti cipate in with the National Mineral Wool Association, and therefore the subject should be tabled, * (c) Health. The feeling of the group on this aspect was that the industry could benefit from such a program. This subject will be studied further and a recommendation will be made at the next NIMA Board Meeting. j / STATISTICAL REPORTING U was reported that two letters had been received from members suggesting that benefit would be derived by reporting statistics on a geographical basis in a.iitioo to the statistics already received. Discus cion cn the subject revealed that reporting on a state basis would be costly and impractical. However, reporting on a regional basis would appear to be feasible and will be investigated further. In this respect, Mr. Barnhart v/as n:;i.ed to determine the individual company members regional sales bound aries:. in an attempt to see if there were five or six areas of the country that won!.! be fairly common to the membership. This will be done by mailing maps to the m.-rubers vipon which they are to indicate the sales regions for which they would have figures available in the normal course of business. Th<* estimated cost of handling such an enlarged statistical reporting service will he secured from Price Waterhouse It Company NIMA members were asked to look into their company costs in participating in biu.ii a program. This subject will be discussed further at the NIMA Spring Meeting. REVISION TO NJMA CONSTITUTION Mr. 11. T. Williams reported that the Committee had met and discussed the cvp.:.inn of the membership categories in the NIMA Constitution to include w f . u, j i ntie manufacturers. Because of the fact that foamed plastic v/a: .i dUi'-ri n! prti-b:i:t than those presently included in the Association with cUffi-rrut prVdeins, it way recommended that no change be made in the Con- etiiuti' n a* tin-, time. following discussion it was the eonuensuo that the Cn ..1 w* ^rl