b'inattendancetorecordeveryword.A~unan.-_".)~r:.cedspeakeratthelu .nch.~o:-:, whichprecededthesession onwetdecks;was~chardBolling,Congressman fromtheFifthDistrict of Missouri.Congress::;i.:1.Bollir.ghadafewworcs tosay,whichpossiblysoothedanyfeat:.erst::.\':.thadbeei\'lruffled.Inariy event,litigationagainst MRCAwasneverfile~. Anotherfirstthat yearwastheat::enda::=eof Mr.WilliamC.Cullenof theNationalBureauofStandardsin~l~siingtc2,D.C.,who,sincethatti~~, hasaremainedaconsistentfriendoft:-,eAssc-::iation. 1962wastheyeartheMRCAcond~ctedits~irstmanagementsessionat theNebraskaCenterforContinuingEduc~tioni~Lincoln,Nebraska.App~ova~ ofthegrou9accidentaldeath a:1ddisrr:e:::berme::::insurancecoveragewas obtainedandconsiderableemphasiswasplacedenT&Rmattersatthatyear\'s convention.Theconvention hadgrow;-ito44l:-0cthsandhadbeguntoattract peoplenot onlynationwide,but washosttoits firstinternationalreoreserotative.Pspecialguest ofthe1-l:\'CAdurin;th,s,conventionwasMr.Denrris Reid,aroofingcontractorandmanufacturero~roofing materialsfromthe firmofD.Anderso;1&Sons,LTD.,Ma.t"\'.ch::!ster,:::n.gland. In1963,asecondmanagementse~inarwas~eldattheNebraskaCente~ forContinuingEducationin Lincoln,Ne~raska,in January.InJune,the DirectorsMeetingwasheldin oenver,Colorado,inrecognitionofthecontin\'.lingwestwardexpansionofthene::tbe::shi?.It wasdurir.g1963thatthe NRCAbeganplacingconsiderableemphasisu90::s=.fety.EdCarlsonof Rockford,Illinois,hadt=irej:\'1.redanl.LcDerofsafetyfliersforinclusi on in payrollchecksandsincethattise hasco::::inuedtobeoneofthe leadersinformulatingmaterials err:?hasizing~e total safety progr~~, whichisessentialforallsuccessfulRoofingContractors.Acodeof ethics wasalsoadoptedatthistime,whicr,st0seque::a:lywasprintedanddistributedtothemewbership.Thecon,;entionthat _yearcontainedseveralprogra::-,,; ofcriticalimf)ortancetotheRoofingContraca:::irs,oneof wh_ichprovided thebasisforoneoftheearlytechnicalrepo:-::sbytheNationalBureauof Standardsonroofingproblems.AttheNove:n:;;:::BoardMeeting,considerable debatetookplace,theoutcomeof which wast2edecisiontopermit,for thefirsttine,membershipintheMRCAbythe St.LouisRoofingContractors. It ;,asthis action whichprovidedthebasisf:,::theexs:,ansionofourner:i.;:,e:-shipinaneasterly direction.Priortothis,11?.CAmembershiphadremainec. fairlystatusquoforseveralyearswithato~alof106firmshavingpaid duesin1963. In Januaryof 1964theBoardofDirectors metatthe ChaseParkPlaza Hotelandinitiatedthebreakfast meetingwit.\'1rerresentatives ofeachof themajormanufacturers,thusprovidingthe basisforthemanufacturers\' breakfast,whichhassince becomeanannuale~ent.Oneofthemain reasonsforthatfirst breakfastmeetingwasaformof guarantee whichhad beententativelyadoptedbythel\\_~ericaa,Insti~uteof Architects,but whichinthemindsoftheMRCAMembersimpose::animpossibleburdenonroofingcontractors.Withtheassistanceofthe =-ajormanufacturers,wewere successfulin causingthewithdrawalofthe/J-.3!.\'sproposedformandblockingitsuse. Wealsosucceededincausingseveralmajcrmanufacturerstorevise orwithdrawcompletelyformswhichtheyhadprepared,whichwouldhave imposedcontinuedliability ontheroofingcon=ractorsafterthetwo-yea:: guaranteeonbondedroofsexpired.Thatyear\'s coventionwasheldat theDenverHiltoninDenver,Colorado,andwashiglig:,ted bytheunveilingofthethirdandstill oneofthefinestaudo-visualprogra_ms -5-'