2018 RETA Breeze Nov-Dec

BREEZE

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The RETA Breeze is the official publication of the Refrigerating

Engineers & Technicians Association (RETA). RETA is an international not- for-profit association whose mission is to enhance the professional development of industrial refrigeration operating and technical engineers. Don Chason Executive Editor 704-455-3551 Jim Barron Executive Director

jim@reta.com Sara Louber Senior Director, Office Operations

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

sara@reta.com Dan Reisinger Certification Manager dan@reta.com

Message from the President..............4 Message from the Executive Director.............................6 Corporate Anniversary Awards.......8 Congratulations on your corporate membership milestones Retirement Announcement..............9 Jim Price, Sr Retiring as Education Manager Epic Fail.............................................10 Valve Stem Exercise PSM/RMP/ARM Reflections and Planning for the New Year......12 Conference Corner..........................14 Thank you for making the 2018 National Conference a Success

2018-19 RETA Officers & Board of Directors Announced......20 Hire our Heroes................................21 2018 Pitmaster Challenge, BBQ and Texas Hoedown........................22 The Shade Tree Mechanic...............24 Bypass Issues 2018 Award Recipients....................25 RETA’s Testing & ANSI Guru.........26 Requirements for earning CARO, CIRO, CRST or CRES Certification Honor Roll.................28 What is OSHA up to?......................29 Success Story:. ..................................29 An Ode to RETA

Peggy Wiederkehr Conference Manager peggy@reta.com Dan Denton Chapter Relations Manager ddenton@reta.com Jim Price Education Manager jprice@reta.com

The information in this publication is based on the collective experience of industry engineers and technicians. Although the information is intended to be comprehensive and thorough, it is subject to change. The Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular application, as well as all claims for compensatory, consequential or other damages arising out of or related to the uses of this publication. Publication of advertisements in Breeze , or any other RETA publication, does not constitute endorsement of any products, services or advertisers by RETA and shall not be considered or represented by advertiser as such. Copyright © 2018 Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association.

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