b'News zVENTUREWEST!NRCA TOHOST109TH ANNUALCONVENTIONANDEXHIBIT INSAN DIEGO 0Join the National Roofing Contractors Association CNRCA) in San Diego for its 109th Annual Convention and Exhibit, February 25-28. "Today,Tomorrow&Beyond" is this year\'s theme formost prestiAmerica\'s largest and gious roofing trade show, and your opportunity to meet with more than 350 American, Canadian and international companies under one uroof!days, to walk the exhibit floor of the San There will be over 14 hours, over the course 0of fournewest andExhibitors will showDiego Convention Center. case theirmost innovative equipUIment, products and services across more thanvelopments in the roofing industry - ideas you 970,000 gross square feet ofto exhibit space UIan audience of 7,000 roofing contractors.can put into practice in your own business. This year\'s educational lineup will also include an CTrade Show Hours8 p.m.12:30 p.m.opening session, "Leadership in Times of Sunday, Feb. 25 5 - Change" on Sunday. Peter Schutz. former 8:30 Monday, Feb. 26 a.m. - president and CEO of Porsche, will explore Tuesday, Feb. 27 12: 15 - 5 p.m.how change makes the task of leading a busiWednesday, Feb. 28 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.ness increasingly difficult and the steps that need to be taken to ensure success. This four day event will alsoDuring Monday\'s general session,"OSHA feature 16 quality educationaland the Roofing Contractor, " Joe Dear,assissessions, including threetant secretary for the Occupational Safety and general sessions,Health Administration, has been invited to designed to giveshare his thoughts on the future ofand OSHA you the lat particular areas of concern for the roofing conest de- tractor. Recent initiatives on the OSHA Fall Protection Standard will be addressed. Tuesday\'s general session,"Finding and Managing the Workforce in the 21st Century, " features Phillip Steffen. a one-time record setter in sales and management for several companies. Phillip, who\'s been a trainer and consultant since the 1970s, reprises last year\'s appearance at NRCA\'s convention with a discussion of how contractors can put together a game plan for creating and developing workers. During Wednesday\'s general session,"Current Technical andCode Issues," atBuilding tendees can meet with members of NRCA\'s Technical Operations Committee for discussions of technical developments and the increasing influence of model building codes on roof system design and application. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE MR February 96'