NSA Conference Recap – Ithaca, NY
The National Slate Association Conference was held in Ithaca, NY from 9/28/17-9/30/17. Over 60 people from the industry attended to see instructional presentations, a walking tour of Cornell University, and networked on wine and pub crawl tours. This post will highlight the events.
9/28/17 – Registration / Lunch / Cornell University Walking Tour
Thursday began the conference with people arriving and registering. The main accommodations were provided by the Statler Hotel on the Cornell University Campus. This was where a beautiful lunch awaited the conference attendees before going on with a walking tour of Cornell University. The day’s events concluded with cocktail reception hosted by Alpine SnowGuards.
Cornell University Walking Tour
- A mug provided by the NSA for Conference attendees
- The walking tour around Cornell
- Remote controlled crane by Lifting Equipment Solutions
Alpine Snow Guard Reception
- Board members Russ Watsky and Alan Buohl with wife Debbie
- Bob Pringle of Evan’s Roofing & Paul Matarazzo from Union College
- Brian Chalsma of The Roofing Co. & Rick Dimato of Roofing Contractor Mag
- Dan & Debbie Cornwell of CC&L
- Alpine Snowguard hosted reception
- Julien of Be Natural & Gary Howes of Durable Slate
- David Thomas of SSQ & NSA Exec Director Brad Walters
9/29/17 – Presentations, Downtown Ithaca Historical Slate & Architecture Walking Tour, & Pub Crawl
The day opened up with a breakfast from 7am-8am and a welcome meeting held by John Chan, NSA President. At 9am, the presentations were set to go. You can click on the right image to bring up a full description.
New Silica Standard: Ron Williams, Compliance Assistance Specialist for the Syracuse Area OSHA Office
Natural Slate or Synthetic Slate: John Chan, President, Durable Slate Company
Building Codes for Slate Roofs: Gary Traver, Assistant Director of Educational Services for New York State Division of Code Enforcement
9/30/17 Presentations, Slate Industry Round Table, Optional Wine Tour
Revere Copper Products, Inc.: James Walas, Architectural Manager
Everything You Need to Know About Slate: Victor Cardenes, Ph.D, geologist, roofing slate industry researcher, author
Slate Industry Round Table Discussion: Moderator, Brian Chalsma, President, The Roofing Company, Inc.
Awards
- Tim Underhill Plaque
- Matt Millen Plaque
- John Chan Plaque
Wine Tour
- NSA Group Shot
- Brian and Teresa Chalsma
- Dan and Debbie Cornwell