| MACE
HISTORY |
This is a compilation of some of
the significant events in the history of the
Missouri Association of Code Enforcement. This
page is a work in progress. If you have anything
to contribute (particularly between 2000 and
2007), please send it to me. MANY hours went into
researching old newsletters and conference
programs, among other things, in an effort to get
accurate events and the dates they occurred.
Please keep this in mind if you're making a
submission for this page. My email is jfossell@marylandheights.com.
Thanks,
Jim Fossell
Webmaster
Want more MACE History? Check out the gallery of
Past Presidents on the lower portion of the Officers' Page. |
| 1990 |
| October: David
Park of Kansas City and Laurie Brown of Liberty
attended the American Association of Code
Enforcement's annual conference in Dallas.
Although they worked for municipalities within a
few miles of each other, Dave and Laurie first
met at the Dallas conference. They spoke with
code enforcement officials from states that had
state associations and heard about their
benefits. They talked about how nice it would be
to have an organization in Missouri for code
enforcement officials to network and participate
in training activities. |
| 1991 |
| At the 1991 AACE Annual Conference
in Orlando, Florida, Dave and Laurie attended a
session on how to form a state association and
obtained materials to aid the effort in Missouri.
They also met with some individuals from Kansas,
who were interested in forming a state
association there, including Hadley Stranghoner,
Jr., who would later serve as AACE President and
who was a great friend and help to MACE in our
organizing efforts. |
| 1992 |
Spring: In the
spring of 1992, a group met in Kansas to discuss
forming a state association there and David Park
attended that meeting to gather additional ideas
to help in forming a Missouri association.
June 4: A group of 35 code
enforcement officials met at the Holiday Inn
Executive Center in Columbia and MACE was formed
by a unanimous vote. The first officers of MACE,
who were elected at the June 4, 1992 meeting were
David Park, President; R.C. Bonds, 1st Vice
President; Dave Peterman, 2nd Vice President;
Robert Gillis, 3rd Vice President; Martha Banton,
Secretary; Dan Powell, Treasurer and Jim Poelker,
Sergeant-At-Arms. Bonds, Gillis and Poelker would
later serve as President. After establishing
MACE, preparations began for the first Annual
Conference. |
| 1993 |
March:
Approximately 30 participants attended the first
MACE Conference at the Lodge of the Four Seasons
in Lake Ozark, MO.
November 3-6: The American
Association of Code Enforcement held their Annual
Business and Educational Conference in Missouri.
Downtown Kansas City played host to 175 Code
Enforcement professionals from around the
country. |
| 1994 |
 March 24-25:
The Second Annual MACE Business and Educational
Conference is held at the Lodge of the Four
Seasons in Lake Ozark, MO.
June: The MACE NEWS newsletter
is expanded to four pages.
RIGHT: The first MACE logo as it
appeared on the newsletter in 1994. |
| 1995 |
 March 23-24:
The Third Annual MACE Business and Educational
Conference is held at the Lodge of the Four
Seasons in Lake Ozark, MO.
RIGHT: The second MACE logo featured the
"trees, land, water" graphics from the
AACE logo but without the water and with added
buildings, prompting then First Vice President
Jim Poelker to ask, "Why are there houses
floating in the water?". They were
eventually dropped. Scroll down the page for the
next version. |
| 1996 |
 March 27-28: The
Fourth Annual MACE Business and Educational
Conference is held at the Inn at Grand Glaize in
Osage Beach, MO.
RIGHT: This logo made it's debut in the
fall of 1996. The houses are gone and replaced
with water. The "MACE" lettering is
also bolder. This is the first MACE logo with the
primary colors being "Cardinal red" and
"Royal blue", representing both ends of
the state. |
| 1997 |
| March 20-21: The
Fifth Annual MACE Business and Educational
Conference is held at the Inn at Grand Glaize in
Osage Beach, MO. |
| 1998 |
February: MACE
NEWS gets a facelift and a name change,
becoming MACE VIEWPOINT.
March 20-21: The Sixth Annual
MACE Business and Educational Conference is held
at the Inn at Grand Glaize in Osage Beach, MO. |
| 1999 |
  March 25-26:
The Seventh Annual MACE Business and Educational
Conference is held at the Branson Grand Ramada in
Branson, MO.
November 3-5: The American
Association of Code Enforcement (AACE) brings
their Annual Business and Educational Conference
to Missouri for the second time when their 10th
Annual event is held at the Sheraton Westport
Chalet in Maryland Heights, MO. It was the last
conference of the century, and the theme was
"Gateway To The New Millennium".
LEFT: The conference logo on the
official conference pin. RIGHT: The
1999 AACE Annual Conference logo. |
| 2000 |
| March 23-24: The
Eighth Annual Business and Educational Conference
is held at the Branson Grand Ramada in Branson,
MO. |
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| 2007 |
March 22-23: The
15th Annual MACE Business and Educational
Conference is held at the St. Charles Convention
Center in St. Charles, MO.
December: MACE moves closer to
becoming an ICC Chapter as Board members meet
with an ICC Chapter Representative. |
| 2008 |
 March:
MACE officially becomes a chapter of the
International Code Council (ICC).
March 26-28: The 16th Annual
MACE Business and Educational Conference is held
at the Stoney Creek Inn in St. Joseph, MO.
July: The MACE Board announces
that MACE has become a chapter of the Missouri
Association of Building and Fire Officials
(MABFO). |
| 2009 |
 Spring: Our
official website, mace-mo.org goes live.
March 25-27: The 17th Annual
MACE Business and Educational Conference is held
at the University Plaza Hotel & Convention
Center in Springfield, MO.
RIGHT: This revised logo
appeared in March of 2009. With MACE having a
website for the first time and more people
viewing the logo on a high definition computer
monitor, the royal blue and cardinal red of the
1996 logo looked "washed out" when
viewed on a monitor's bright screen as compared
to older printed versions. So for 2009, the reds
and blues were darkened to give a richer
appearance. The trees are a darker green and the
land, which appeared somewhat olive
greenish-brown on the 1996 logo, is now brown.
The corner of the state where the trees appear on
the logo has also been cleaned up so the blue
border no longer appears behind the tree limbs. |
| 2010 |
March 11: The
18th Annual Business Meeting and free training
day was held at the Activity and Recreation
Center (ARC) in Columbia, MO.
April 7-9: The First MACA/MACE
Educational Conference is held at The Resort at
Port Arrowhead in Lake Ozark, MO. |
| 2011 |
February 11: The
19th Annual Business Meeting and free training
day was held at the Activity and Recreation
Center (ARC) in Columbia, MO.
October 12-14: The Second MACA/MACE
Educational Conference is held at The Resort at
Port Arrowhead in Lake Ozark, MO. For the first
time ever, the MACE conference is moved from
spring to fall.
November 4: Past President
Tamara Schenke is awarded the AACE President's
Award at the AACE Annual Conference in Memphis,
TN. |
| 2012 |
| March 23: The
20th Annual Business Meeting and free training
day was held at the Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia,
MO. |
