Fall 2021 NACAT President's Update

Greetings to all NACAT members.

I am hoping this finds you and your family safe and well. These are hard times for our NACAT family and friends. Hopefully you are able to get back to in-shop, and hands-on training. Covid has caused a major change as to what we call “ normal”. I’m hoping it won’t take us too much longer to get back to travelling for training.

I have had the privilege of serving as your Vice-President / President-Elect for the past two years. I have now gained the honor of being your President for the next two years. The Board and I have been discussing the future of NACAT. One of the best activities we offer is our annual training conference. This activity has been on our minds as to how to help getting the members the trainings you deserve. We are still encouraged with the awesome participation of our Virtual Classes (the next one is scheduled on October 19, 2021) as well as the Instructor Roundtables (the next one is scheduled for October 21, 2021). We are always looking at ways to help you get the best training available. We honestly believe that the courses NACAT supplies to instructors from instructors is the best training available.

We are going through some processing and reviews to learn the best ways to serve you, the members, and to be certain we are getting you the best latest and greatest training available. Our commitment to you is to always be available to discuss the best ways to keep you updated and aware of how to improve your educator’s toolbox. We are hoping to continue the process of making mentoring and communication a priority. I look forward to hearing from all of my fellow educators on topics that you feel would keep us all involved in the process of changing the life of the curious and eager students we tirelessly work with every day.

Other changes around the bend include a modification to NACAT News. Last year it became an interactive ENews to help save the environment and ensure you received the latest information as efficiently as possible.This year we will expand that effort as we look to get our members publications twice as often. Instead of three editions of forty pages each, we will have six issues of twenty pages each. The schedule for edition release will change from January, March, and October to February, April, June, August, October, and December. This increased level of information sharing and interaction should help us to better serve our membership and friends.

I am hoping we will all be able to meet in person at our next NACAT conference scheduled for August 8-11, 2022 in Covington KY at the Cincinnati Marriott River Center.