b'TRAINING & EDUCATIONclean, wash my clothes (often twoIve made lasting friendships with weeks worth of dirty clothes frommembers,stateambassadors,and mytimeontheroad)andthenboard members. Their participation packtogoagain.Ialsoneedtoin our training really increases the restock,reloadandorganizetheprograms effectiveness. van along with its typical mainte- Inormallyhaveworkshops nance and cleaning. scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday ThatallsoundslikealotofandThursday.Igenerallytravel logistical juggling, travel and prepon Monday and Friday, so on the workand it is. But it is truly worthweekendsIhavetheopportuni-ittoworkwithtilecontractors,tytodiscoversomeofthegreat salespeopleandA&Dprofession- places far from my home. Ive vis-alsalloverthecountry,helpingited National Parks, memorials and them understand important aspectsmanydifferentlandmarks.Ihave abouttilesetting.AndwhenabeentobeachesonthePacific, contractordecidestobecomeanAtlanticandGulfCoast.Ihave NTCA member at a workshop, itsfishedinCalifornia,Floridaand icing on the cake! some of the best lakes this country has to offerall because my work Be a trainer; see the country! took me there. I would never have The greatest benefit of the job isseen these places or met so many all the terrific places I travel to andpeople without being a trainer for allthewonderfulpeopleImeet.the NTCA.q w qSam Bruce of Visalia Ceramic Tile in Visalia, Calif., with Robb RoderickwSteve Slutzah, presi-dent of Westside Tile and Stone, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif., with Robb RoderickeRoderick (blue shirt, center left) in the Pacific e Northwest with (left to right ) Jason Hayes, Hayes Quality Construction; Will White, ARDEX Americas; Dirk Sullivan, Hawthorne Tile; Jason McDaniel, Stoneman Construction LLC; and Ryan Willoughby,Hawthorne Tile.60TileLetter | July 2020'