RETA Breeze Jul-Aug 2022

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Hello RETA Family, Well, it’s that time of year again. We here at RETA HQ are preparing for the upcoming Annual National Conference, which will be held this year at the Peppermill Casino resort in Reno, Nevada November 8–11. As always, RETA’s main emphasis is training and education. Our main goal this year is to provide training and education to anyone who is associated with, or working in, the refrigeration industry. You won’t want to miss our hand’s on training, manufacturing sessions, hot points, technical topics, and workships including Line Opening Procedures for Ammonia Refrigeration Systems, Optimizing Your Remote PHA Experience, and many more. Please see the RETA website Schedule for all the classes and Hot points this year. The exhibit hall space is fully optimized with a minimum of 130 vendor booths and 5 islands this year. The booths will feature a wide range of exhibitor categories ready to talk about new and existing products, training opportunities, and much much more. We are providing some really exciting social and net- working events in Reno including an evening out at the world famous National Automobile Museum. Casino magnate Bill Harrah started collecting cars back in the 1950s and today this museum features many one of a kind cars including a 1907 Thomas Flyer, Elvis’ 1973 Eldorado, Frank Sinatra’s Ghia, JFK’s Lincoln Continental, and other show-stoppers like a Bugatti, a gold-plated DeLorean and the only surviving prototype of Buck- minster Fuller’s Dymaxion project. What we are offering is just a taste of Reno because there is so much more to do in “the biggest little city in the world” than we could fit in our program. But what we do have planned, we hope you’ll enjoy. Unfortunately we cannot predict the weather this time of year in Reno so there will not be a golf outing this year, however, we have substituted bowling as a brand new networking event! We’re all set if the weather does happen to take a turn as you can continue to enjoy the RETA After Hours Lounge and a fun Casino Night directly after the Awards Banquet. There are also some fine restaurants at the Peppermill and Downtown Reno for your enjoyment.

And, of course, this Conference wouldn’t be complete without our Review Courses taking place from November 5-7 and the RETA certification examinations taking place on November 8 and 9. Come for a review course, take the exam, and stay for the Conference! This year we would like to encourage as many people as possible to attend the Conference because there is truly something for everyone. Whether you are a facility manager, maintenance supervisor, main- tenance or service technician, contractor, or design engineer, you are welcome—everyone will benefit from this year’s program. So take advantage of the early bird registration discount and get registered today! On a different note, the Certified Refrigeration Service Technician (CRST) exam is well underway to receiving the ANSI/ANAB accreditation. Our ANSI/ANAB assessors have recommended it to PCAC for Approval. We should have our CRST exam accredited by the end of the year. We are looking for volunteers for all committees. This includes Certification, Education, Conference, Pub- lications and Marketing. Please step up and let’s keep RETA at the top in our industry. We’re also always on the lookout for future board and committee chairs, so if your interested please let me know at jim@reta.com. Please be safe and God Bless each of you!

Jim Barron RETA Executive Director

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