b'preparedbytheAssociation.Thefirst ~aspre?aredforthe1963conventionandwastitl ed,"PerimeterProblems:PublicEnemv#1."Thesecond hadbeer-.,"Reroofing:NewD llarsa ndSe:;seo:-:OldRo~fs."Thethird , owhichwaspresentedbyEwingL.Lusk,Jr.,was"TheShrinkingRoof:A CreepingCatastrophe."OurAssociatio:,canbej.:stifiabl\'{proudofits pioneeringeffortsinpreparingthesere::orCa_:-_ .f ilmst r i?;,~ograms. :_ AlongwithHr.Lusk,therewerethreead::itio,.a::.corci1nentatorsofsome statureontheprogram,WilliamC.Cullen,Was~ington,D.C.,M rshallRoy, aLeeds,England,andD.H.Reid,Stretford,~ng1=~dAlso,forthefirst tinetheBRCAhadidentifiedtheshririka::\'=oft:,;;built-u::iroofme:nbrane whenappliedundercertainconditions., -:TheHotel Huehlebach wasthecenterfort: e\'.965Conventio;i.in Kansas City.ThekeynotespeakerwastheHono:::ableSt,.:artSymington,Senior UnitedStates Senatorfromt heState of :lisso=i,whohadbeenanact ive PresidentialCandidatein1960.1965hadbeenayearof activeinvol vement withtheAIARoofDesign.Manualproject,whic:,wasanambitiousproject financedinpart bytheMRCA.WhiletheresultingAIA?.oofDesignManc:al ,.,wasfarfromoerfect,i tstill Providesanimoo=:antcont:::ibutiontothe literature of-roofingp:::oblems.- Thiswasals; theyeart hattheAssoci ation first undertookthetrainingfilmp:::oject.The?re?aration ofaudio-visual materials,providinginstructionsontheproperappli cationof built-up roofing,is p:-obablythemosta:cibitioussingle?ro ject e-.rerundertakeni:\'. theroofingindustry.Thefirst ofthefivet.rc.ir:ingfil:::5was _presentec:::. atthisConvention.Therest werepresentdurin;t~e1966Convention. Thesetrainingfilmshaveprovi dedthebasicc~rriculumforapprenticeshi p trainingprogramsthroughoutthecountryandha 0 lebeenen- hel pfuc. ormously not onlytoRoofingContractors byu?gradingt:,eknowledgeandapplication techniquesoftheir workforce,butalsotomanufacturersin helpingtheir employeestobecomefamiliarwithroofingprotlemsandprocedures. ThiswasalsotheyeartheM~CAissuedt hefirstofits publicatio~s, "Don\'tPanic - Here\'sHowtoMakeARoofDrPaulMo:::risofKansas air:. City wasprincipallyresponsibleforauthorizinsthispublication which gainedi~lltediatesuccess.Asaresult ofthed~stribution bythe Asphalt RoofingIndustryBureauofthisbroc hureto1800selecteda:-chitectsand designersacrosstheUriitedStates ,deadlevel:::oafsbecameathingo ft he past 2.sarchitectsalmostuniforEJlyreco;:,mende:::one-quarterinchminimur:i slopein ordertoprovidepositive drainage. By1966theMRCAhadjoinedASTMandwasbeginningtoparticipate activelyinthat organization.DaleCra2ptono=Arka;i.sashadatt e nded tr.eAST~\\symposiumheldin Atlantic Citywhic;-,dealtwithengi neeringpr o,:,erties ofroofingsystems.TheConventiont hat yearin DesMoines,Iowa, focusedonpitchboxesandwast hebeginningo::a"BanthePan"campaign , whichprovidedsignificantimprovementin ana:::eawhichhaslongbeen troublingtoroofingcontractors.Membershi p::adbyno\'.i ncreasedto13. 3Dr.Bibenshadbecomecoordinator- oftr.etrainingfilmsprojecta~,d Robert wasresoonsibleforcoordinatingtheeffortsofPaulMorris,Robert Harqui s, EwingL~sk,Jr.,TomMansonandBillKuglerin carrying outtheirspecific responsibilities,whi chhadbeenassignedthe~inproducingthef ive trainingfilms. DuringtheJuneBoardMeetingin 1967,theDirectorsapprovedthe third groupinsuranceplanandalsoauthorizec:::.afieldtestingprogrami n coooeration withtheNationalBureauof Standar::\'.sinordertoestablish ar;tingsystemforresistancetothermalshoe~.Thisprogram resulted inpublication ofaperfornancecriteria prepa=edbytheNationalBureau -6-'