2020 RETA Breeze Jul-Aug

2019-20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN Arlie Farley, CARO, CIRO Farley’s S.R.P., Inc. PRESIDENT Vern Sanderson, CIRO, CRST, RAI Wagner-Meinert, LLC EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Eric Teale, CARO, CRST Danfoss Industrial Refrigeration TREASURER Keith Harper, CARO Tyson Foods SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Pete Lepschat, CIRO, CRES, CRST Henningsen Cold Storage, Co. DIRECTORS Bengie Branham, CIRO Perdue Farms William Ellena Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc David Gulcynski, CIRO Dot Foods Inc. Michael Hawkins Midatlantic Refrigeration, LLC Matt Hayes, CARO TJW Industrial Edward Johnson, CARO Schwans Global Supply Chain, Inc. Frank Kologinczak III Kolo Compression Jim Kovarik Gamma Graphics Bill Lape, CARO, CIRO, CRST SCS Engineers Jordan Reece, RAI Ricky Jimenez, CIRO Mericle Mechanical Inc COMMITTEE CHAIRS Gene Dumas, CARO, CIRO, CRST, RAI Nominations SCS Tracer Environmental Dave Gulcynski, CIRO , Education Dot Foods, Inc. Jim Kovarik, National Conference Gamma Graphics Lanier Technical College Raymond Urban, CARO Lineage Logistics

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

I hope this finds you and yours happy and healthy! As you’ve heard, the 2020 RETA Conference has gone Virtual. A letter was emailed to the membership outlining my thoughts about the situation (it is also published on page 6). It was not an easy decision, but one that was necessary. I believe that the 2021 Conference will be a little more special because of this. The virtual Conference creates many opportunities for our members that were simply not available before. I look forward to it. RETA has always been a family to me. I’ll miss seeing my family. But we will be together virtually this year. Maybe we won’t get to share as many stories, but we will experience the virtual Conference together. Shared experiences, shared history, and shared values are core to any family and our RETA family is no different. The virtual Conference will be a great opportunity for us to have a shared experience. Kind of like that time when we all went down to the pub at the 2016 conference and… (Removed by editor) I look forward to telling my grandson about the 2020 virtual Conference in the future. He’s five years old and may not remember all the good times we GREETINGS!

Vern Sanderson, RETA National President

will have during this year’s virtual Conference but he will remember some. This has created an opportunity for him as well as a lot of the members of the RETA family, to attend sessions without the time and expense of travel. The virtual Conference will make attendance more economical for our members. As great as I expect it to be, I also hope, my grandson will never experience another year without a face to face Conference. I should probably clarify, so no one misunderstands, I’m not making my grandson attend all of the sessions. I’m going to let him choose what he wants to attend. But he is like every other young refrigeration service technician, he loves big compressors!

Michael Hawkins, Membership Midatlantic Refrigeration, LLC Matt Hayes, CARO, Publications TJW Industrial Lee Pyle, CARO, Certification SCS Tracer Environmental Jim Barron, Executive Director

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