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 116NTCA PREVIEW 90 TileLetter | November 2016 This new section of NTCA News brings you selected notification of direction and initiatives by NTCA, as decided in the monthly board meeting. As projects unfold, more information will be made available. • Through September, NTCA now has 1,253 members in good standing, and is on track to hit its new membership goal of 1,300 members by year’s end. • NTCA gained 236 new members in 2016 vs. 145 new members at the same time in 2015. NTCA has retained 60 more members in renewals from a year ago. This makes both new membership and retention very strong for 2016. • The Partnering for Success Program continues to grow with now $6,000 of available vouch- ers from which to choose $1,800 worth of coupons each year. • Chris Dalene has agreed to be the Membership Committee chairperson, working with Jim Olson to re-organize and put new energy into this committee. • NTCA will hold more than 130 workshops for 2017, with 10 workshops to be offered in Spanish. Louis Bautista, brother- in-law of NTCA trainer Robb Roderick, has agreed to be the presenter on a subcontract basis. • NTCA will procure an additional van for Scott Carothers of CTEF, who will conduct 25 workshops for NTCA next year. In return, NTCA has hired Kevin Insalato of California Flooring to help escalate the certification pro- cess for CTEF. Kevin will work to develop regional evaluators to grow the program and help to fill these certification testing programs. • NTCA is developing a business training seminar in Dallas with Michael Stone, under the direc- tion of John Cox and Bart Bettiga. • Thirty-four out of a possible 45 trailer sponsorships for the three vehicles NTCA will operate next year have been sold. Check out the NTCA You Tube Channel for the newly-updated video called “I’ve Been Everywhere Man 2” for Robb and Mark’s travel adventures. • The Training and Education Committee will be chaired by Dave Rogers of Welch Tile and Marble. Jim Olson will work with Dave to re-organize this commit- tee and to develop strong sub- committees to reach NTCA goals. • The NTCA Technical Committee has prepared these documents, which are now ready to review for inclusion in the 2017 Reference Manual: EQ vs. Conventional Studs re-write; Installation Checklist; DCOF after Sealing; Encapsulating Asbestos; Proper Bedding; Mechanical Edge Flattening System; Stone in Wet Areas. • It was discovered that a large percentage of the first mailing of the NTCA Reference Manual was damaged in delivery. After speaking with several members,