20206 BOAT Conference Info — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey everybody, it's Nathaniel here with
2. 0:01the Building Officials Association of
3. 0:03Texas. I just wanted to remind you in a
4. 0:05few short weeks we'll be gathering for
5. 0:07our annual boat conference and this year
6. 0:09we're going to be in Waco, Texas. Now
7. 0:12I'm sure you know, but Waco, Texas has
8. 0:14seen a boom in development and
9. 0:15redevelopment in recent years and
10. 0:17building safety professionals like
11. 0:18yourself have been a key component to
12. 0:20that growth, ensuring that these new
13. 0:22structures and rehab structures are code
14. 0:25compliant and remain safe for the
15. 0:27public. This year's boat conference will
16. 0:29be held at the AC Hotel in downtown
17. 0:31Waco. And last year, the board and I had
18. 0:33an opportunity to tour the facility. And
19. 0:35I've got to tell you, it is a phenomenal
20. 0:36facility, and you won't be disappointed.
21. 0:38So, if you haven't registered for the
22. 0:40boat conference yet, I want to highly
23. 0:41encourage you to do that. Uh you do have
24. 0:43a short window remaining. Uh so, if you
25. 0:45go to boatx.org,
26. 0:47uh there's a red register now button on
27. 0:50the front page. You can't miss it. Now,
28. 0:52after you register for the conference on
29. 0:54the main page, you'll find a link at the
30. 0:55top toolbar that says annual conference.
31. 0:58When you click that, uh it's going to
32. 1:00detail uh the itinerary for the week. Uh
33. 1:03you'll be able to uh get a highlight of
34. 1:05kind of what the breakout sessions are
35. 1:06going to be. Um and then this year, I
36. 1:08want to bring something uh to your
37. 1:09attention about our Texas shootout. Now,
38. 1:11in years before, we usually hold that
39. 1:13Texas Shootout the first day of the
40. 1:14conference that night. Uh it's a great
41. 1:16opportunity for networking. Um, and it's
42. 1:19typically held on the at the venue
43. 1:21itself, but this year we're going to be
44. 1:22going offsite to the main event in Waco,
45. 1:25and transportation will be provided at
46. 1:27the hotel, uh, meet at the lobby. Uh,
47. 1:29it's from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. I'm really
48. 1:31excited about this year's breakout
49. 1:33sessions. As a building official, one of
50. 1:35the things I, uh, I'm constantly, uh,
51. 1:38thinking about is how can we improve
52. 1:39efficiency, how can we improve customer
53. 1:41service. I'm also interested in how AI
54. 1:44is affecting our industry uh and how do
55. 1:46we navigate those particular things. Uh
56. 1:48and then I'm a big believer in ethics.
57. 1:50Uh so I'm excited to learn a little bit
58. 1:52more about how we sharpen our ethics
59. 1:54skills as code officials. Also, we're
60. 1:56going to be getting expanded information
61. 1:58about ICC 500 and that very important
62. 2:00storm shelter review that a lot of folks
63. 2:02uh wanted some more information on last
64. 2:04year. Uh we'll be getting an update from
65. 2:06NFPA and our partners over there. Uh and
66. 2:10uh Jim Oak's going to be uh talking
67. 2:11about and presenting the disaster
68. 2:13coordinator training session. And so if
69. 2:16you've never participated in that
70. 2:17disaster training, um I highly encourage
71. 2:20you to make sure you're in that uh work
72. 2:22session. You know, one of the great
73. 2:23things about the Building Officials
74. 2:24Association of Texas is that it provides
75. 2:27a disaster response team, a volunteer
76. 2:29group of folks uh that will show up to
77. 2:32your community when needed, when called
78. 2:33upon uh if you have a natural disaster,
79. 2:36and they perform those very crucial
80. 2:38damage assessments uh that are often
81. 2:40needed for um FEMA and and things of
82. 2:43that nature um to get folks back up on
83. 2:46their feet. And so that group will come
84. 2:47out and actually perform those services
85. 2:50so that the local jurisdiction can
86. 2:52continue operations. Can't forget to
87. 2:54mention that that disaster response
88. 2:56service is actually provided free of
89. 2:58charge to the local jurisdictions and
90. 3:00it's funded by your membership as part
91. 3:02of the building officials association of
92. 3:04Texas. I want to bring something else to
93. 3:06your attention. If while you're on the
94. 3:08boat website, if you'll click the news
95. 3:10link at the top toolbar, scroll down uh
96. 3:13and visit the 2025 survey. So this year
97. 3:15at the conference, we're going to survey
98. 3:18uh the group again during our building
99. 3:19official Q&A. Uh and this is where we
100. 3:22get key information from our departments
101. 3:24throughout the state. So whether it's uh
102. 3:26the number of FTEEs that you have in
103. 3:28your department, size of your training
104. 3:30budget, size of your jurisdiction, uh
105. 3:33but this year we want to get a little
106. 3:34bit more data. Last year uh we published
107. 3:38the 2025 survey. Uh, and I know it's
108. 3:41budget season for a lot of us, uh, in
109. 3:43municipal government right now. And so,
110. 3:45we've got some key metrics and data on
111. 3:47that report that you can reference when
112. 3:49you're presenting your budget requests
113. 3:51to city council. So, I want to encourage
114. 3:53you to take a look at that 2025 report.
115. 3:55And then this year when we do that
116. 3:57survey, I want to encourage you again uh
117. 4:00to participate
118. 4:01uh so that we can get more data uh and
119. 4:04hopefully uh bring more exposure to what
120. 4:06it is that we do as an industry. Last
121. 4:08but not least, we have a number of board
122. 4:10positions up for election this year. Uh
123. 4:12so if you have an interest in serving on
124. 4:14the vote board or a number of our
125. 4:16committees, I want to encourage you to
126. 4:17go ahead and fill out that application.
127. 4:20It's available on the website and we'll
128. 4:21have some information at the conference
129. 4:23as well. Every year I look forward to
130. 4:24this conference. I'm sure you do as
131. 4:26well. I'm looking forward to seeing
132. 4:27friends uh and making some new ones as
133. 4:29well. So uh sign up, register now, don't
134. 4:33delay. See that?