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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: 1973 Oct DOC#: USG 124 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes and attendee list for Semiannual Meeting in Hot Springs Virginia MINUTES SEMIANNUAL MEET!HG THE HOHESTEAO HOT SPRINGS. VIRGINIA October 10-12, 1973 The meeting was called to order by President T. E. Armstrong, Sr., at 9:00 a.m. on October 10, 1973. Those in attendance were: W. 0. Herbert E. R. Kiehl 0. W. Mi H e r C. E. Abbey M. C. Carpenter E. R. Stainback J. 0. Friedlein G. E. WiIson G. I. Fischer J. Maddox J. H. V/al ton E. J. Killian J. D. Shull T. E. Armstrong, Sr. T. E. Armstrong, Jr. W. V/. Hoi loway A. J. Watt R. Baker R. B. Cartwright 0. R. Macdonald A. V. Abnee, Jr. 0. E. Brackett J. L. Houser F. J. Rogers The Celotex Corporation The Celotex Corporation The Celotex Corporation The Flintkote Company The Flintkote Company The Flintkote Company Georgia-Pacific Corporation Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grand Rapids Gypsum Company Grand Rapids Gypsum Company Kaiser Cement S> Gypsum Corporation National Gypsum Company National Gypsum Company Temple Gypsum Company Texas Gypsum Company United States Gypsum Company United States Gypsum Company Legal Counsel Legal Counsel Legal Counsel Gypsum Association Gypsum Association Gypsum Association Gypsum Association OPENING REMARKS President Armstrong opened the meeting'with brief welcoming remarks and invited all present to introduce themselves and their com pany affiliation to the membership. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the last meeting of the membership were approved as distributed by the Secretary. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY Mr. A. V. Abnee, Jr., Secretary of the Association, welcomed the membership on behalf of the staff. He briefly reviewed some of the "more* recent staff'-act ivi ti es-and some of-the more important duties for the near future. He reported in detail the assigned duties of members of legal counsel, Baker & McKenzie, and the major areas of responsibilities for their legal work of the Association. He then called the membership's attention to the agenda and'stressed that each committee's report would .y a u n ii -* >*. /. __ t." c- n i /. 2 PLAINTIFF'S i 0 EXHIBIT 631122 U * U i v/ t c . / 'err- / c /V 7 contain items which hopefully could be thoroughly discussed in the membership meeting so that the Oirectors would have as much informa tion as possible in order to take appropriate action at their meeting later in the week. The Secretary previewed the various committee chairmen's reports and highlighted those areas which were felt to need explicit action on the part of the membership and the Board of Directors as follows: Safety Committee - Uniformity in accident reporting, asbestos dust in plants, and need for additional assistance in legislative activ ities. Manufacturing and Mining- Committee - Paper shortage and air emission study. Building Code Committee - Continued analysis of third party inspection, label service and Association representation on the East Coast and in Washington, D.C. in particular. Technical Committee Industry conversion to the metric system, effect of smaller lumber sizes, more industry asbestos testing programs, continuation of the Research Associate program at the National Bureau of Standards. Pro motional Committee - Support in the use of Gypsum Association code numbers from the Fire Resistance manual by member company salesmen, building officials and architects. Materials Handling Committee Request-for a reorganization and name change to better fit the activ ities. Traffic Committee - New AAR test program. Mr. Abnee then reviewed the agenda scheduled for the ensuing two-day meeting. TREASURER'S REPORT Mr. G. E. Wilson, Treasurer, presented the financial posi tion of the Association. Income during the first five months of the present budget year was approximately $213,300 from assessments, $5,600 from literature sales, $3,300 from interest on savings and $480 print ing royalty. Expenditures during this period were approximately $142,200 against an approved budget of $184,600. Our cash position as of September.30-,. 1973-was approximately $74,000. Mr. Wilson reoorted that, in his Opinion, the Association was in a sound financial position. The Treasurer's report was accepted with thanks. REPORT OF LEGAL COUNSEL Mr. Russell Baker, senior partner of Baker & McKenzie, gave the legal counsel report. He briefly reviewed his concept of the re sponsibilities and activities of such a firm being retained by a na tional trade association. He traced the history of anti-trust laws sinee. the. .enactment, of the Sherman Anti-trust Act and the various changes that American business has endured during, the ensuing 83 years. ,l Iv j *J >-< i.'Ji i 5 PLAINTIFF'S | IXHIBIT | ilUOL -7- Based on Mr. Benjamin's report, Mr. Houser's findings and the Technical Committee's general evaluation of the merits of our research activities within the Bureau of Standards, Mr. Shull requested that the Board consider approval of the continua tion of the Research program for at least two more years. In addition to the above request, the Technical Committee also stands in support of an Association staff man being headquartered in Washington, as recommended by the Building Code Committee. Mr. Shull then reported on the asbestos dust test program relating to joint compounds. Mr. Shull read a written report from Mr. J. Volk, Chairman of the special committee to conduct this pro gram (attached) and expanded on the request for an additional $2000 to move into Phase II of the program. Mr. Shull felt that this work was extremely important and that a complete and comprehensive report to the membership could be made by the end of January 197^ with the approval of the additional expenditure requested above. He further cautioned that following the completed analysis of Phase 1 and Phase II of this program, it might be found that additional testing would be required, and additional funds requested. A third area of major concern is the inevitable transition from English measure to the metric system. Mr. Shull pointed out that this is an extremely complex problem and that the Technical Committee has established a basic task group to explore the ramifi cations which might be found in converting to metric numbers. This problem is so large that other association committees will have to be involved in any final determinations relating to converting to the metric system. He explained that converting from 5/3" thick gypsum board would leave a measurement of 15.375 mm, an extremely difficult number to work with. When the Technical Committee task force on metric conversion completes its work, Mr. Shull will rec ommend that an over-all task group made up of members from the Technical Committee, Building Code Committee, Promotional Committee and Manufacturing and Mining Committee, be established to work out the final recommendations. Mr. Shull then described the recent fire test program. Two of the original tests slated to be conducted under the original program were donated to the Association by Qwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, thus relieving the Association of the expense of these tests. A successful sound test was run on the "lot line" assembly which is constructed of two separate walls spaced 1" apart with 1/2" type X gypsum wall board on each side of both walls and an additional face layer on the expected fire side. The fire test on this con struction resulted in a two hour rating and the sound test resulted in a 57 STC without mineral fiber and a 59 STC with mineral fiber in the stud cavity. / jO v ' 4 * i C ru t c .... C/ f-r' / s /'-'hS