NACAT Board Chair Update - Fall 2020

Hello and best wishes NACAT family!

I hope you are having a great Fall semester, in whatever form you may be teaching. Looking back a year, I’m sure no one could have remotely guessed what events would take place to lead us to where we are now. As educators and technicians, we are resilient and don’t let problems stand in our way. We search for new tools, new processes, and advice from peers to find a way to break through our barriers and resolve the task at hand.

NACAT exists to broaden your shop manual for being an automotive educator. You can shop for those new educator tools, build and grow your network of peers, and learn how other teachers are working through similar problems.

I hope you had an opportunity to participate in NACAT’s Virtual Conference this past July. I want to personally thank our presenters, Donny Seyfer, Scott Brown, John Thornton, Drew Barnes, and Jason Bronsther for bringing us an amazing day of high tech updates, great diagnostic information, insightful information, and a roundtable discussion about the new classroom environment. We had a global audience with an educator joining us from the next day in Australia! NACAT will continue to produce these types of virtual events moving forward, in addition to our traditional Conference and Expo in July.

Speaking of which, work is underway preparing for the 2021 NACAT Conference and Expo in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area, scheduled for July 12-15, 2021. This conference will take place one week earlier than our traditional July dates, so be prepared! Registration information will appear on the NACAT website and Facebook page in the coming months.

Stay safe and enjoy the rest of your Fall semester. 2021 will be here before we know it. Thank goodness!!!

Steve Gibson, NACAT Board Chair