Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132Every month or so, all the NTCA staff members, together with Scott Carothers and Cathey McAlister of CTEF, come together in a phone conference to update each other on what we are working on and prog- ress made since the last meeting. Yesterday (June 28) was one such staff meeting. I am always amazed at all the things everyone is work- ing on – updates and additions to our NTCA University; expansion of our on-the-road and webinar edu- cational opportunities and private training sessions; NTCA presence at Surfaces, Coverings and A&D events; the expanded reach of the NTCA Reference Manual, which by next year will be published in Australia and Canada in addition to the U.S., with the intent of translat- ing it to Spanish for dissemination in Mexico; more timely publishing of TileLetter and its associated pub- lications TRENDS and TECH. One fact that always strikes me is the update on our membership, and this is always something I want to share with our members and our readers as a testament to the strength and reach of our associa- tion. So I will do so with the latest figures here: As assistant executive director Jim Olson (who oversees our member- ship activities) reported yesterday, EDITOR’S LETTER Lesley A. Goddin Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, commit- ted citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. – Vince Lombardi We can test per ANSI B101.1 / ANSI B101.3 / ASTM C1028-07 ANSI A137.1 (AcuTest) / SCOF, DCOF, Slip Index Meets or Exceeds ADA and OSHA 100% Guaranteed INCREASE YOUR TRACTION UP TO 600% Local testing and installers available Treated over 6,000,000 sq ft Engineer Tested and Proven We accept all Tile Store or Installers PO’s with 30 days terms! free fast shipping www.slipdoctors.com | Toll FREE 888-436-5404 | Fax: 214-666-3225 | info@slipdoctors.com 12 TileLetter | August 2016