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/ / ' * MINUTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA October 12, 1973 The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Mr. T. E. Armstrong, Sr., Chairman of the Board of Directors. Those in attend* nee were: V. 0. Herbert H. C. Carpenter G. E. Wilson G. I* Fischer E. J. Killian T. E. Armstrong, Sr. A. J. Watt R. B. Cartwright A. V. Abnee, Jr. The Celotex Corporation The FUntkote Company Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grand Rapids Gypsum Company National Gypsum Company Temple-Texas Gypsum Company United States Gypsum Company Legal Counsel Gypsum Association MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING a On motion duly seconded and carried, the minutes of the last meeting as submitted to the Board of Directors, were approved as re corded and distributed by the Secretary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT The Secretary read the report of the Executive Committee as submitted by Mr. T. E. Armstrong, Sr., Chairman. The committee had taken action in one instance since the last meeting of the Board of Directors. The coomittee had unanimously approved a recommendation by Mr. R. A. Costa that the Association seek legal counsel opinion as to the Association taking action with the Cost of Living Council to exempt the gypsum industry from price controls. Such opinion was dis tributed to the entire Board of Directors who, in turn, disapproved any such action by the Association. On motion duly made and unanimously passed, the Secretary was asked to again poll the Board of Directors for approval of the Association taking such action with the Cost of Living Counci 1. REVIEW OF COMMITTEE REPORTS The reports of all standing committees had been approved as presented during the previous two-day membership meeting, however, cer tain items of budget consideration and policy matters were reviewed and acted upon. * The recommendations of the Safety Committee concerning the Association safety program were reviewed in detail. The Safety Com mittee was directed to continue the safety program with all of the awards, posters and reporting systems (as presently constituted). The Directors were requested to place management emphasis on the program and especially the presentation of awards for excellent safety records. The Secretary was requested to distribute the list of state^j^*^Jitn- i -2- that had passed or had proposed legislation concerning OSHA state plans. The coordinated program of the Materials Handling Committee with the Association of American Railroads was reviewed and once again the member companies were requested to direct their attention to the loading of the test flat car shipments to assure damage-free loads during the field test. The Secretary was requested to advise the Directors of the plants involved in the field test program. The Directors next considered the proposal of the Materials Handling and Traffic Committees to change their name and expand the scope of activity. It was the consensus'that several of the recomnended areas of activity were inappropriate. Upon motion duly seconded and unanimously passed, the activities and responsibilities of the Materi als Handling Committee were placed under the auspices of the Manufactur ing & Mining Committee. Also on motion duly seconded and unanimously passed, it was directed that the Traffic Committee be retained separately from the Materials Handling Contnittee and limit its scope to purely trgffic matters. They were directed to develop a written scope of activ ities and responsibilities for presentation at the next membership meet ing. The recommendation of the Building Code and Technical Com mittees for the Association to retain a Research Associate at the Na tional Bureau of Standards upon completion of the present program was approved. The Secretary was directed to begin a search for a well qual ified candidate in the fire-testing and fire research areas to be re tained in this capacity. The Directors then reviewed the previous recommendations and their approval for the Association to place a staff member in Washington, D.C., .and on motion duly seconded and unanimously passed, this action was reaffirmed. The request of the Technical Committee for an additional $2000 to continue the test program measuring asbestos dust emanating from the nixing and sanding of joint compounds was approved and the Executive Committee was requested to act upon requests for additional funds needed for completion of the program. The results of the Association fire testing program conducted by the Technical Committee was discussed and it was unanimously agreed that the testing program should continue, but should first be redirected to determine what factors were responsible for the trend indicated by the series of fire test failures. The possibility of the United States changing over to metric measurements by federal legislation was discussed and the Technical -r-t m.