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Meeting at the Alamo

by Bill Good

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The first big meeting of any kind held in San Antonio was between the Mexican Army and a group of stubborn Texans in 1836 at a site called the Alamo. Currently, the Alamo is one of the many tourist attractions in the city not far removed from the San Antonio River Walk and several large hotels. One wonders: What would Davy Crockett say about visitors eating Mexican food at the Alamo Café after visiting the site of his death?

NRCA convention attendees first met in San Antonio in 1983. The speaker at the Opening Luncheon was former President Gerald Ford who, to be escorted to the head table, had to walk through the convention center's kitchen. A Secret Service agent confided: "If it were anyone else besides President Ford, we could never allow this. But no one threatens him anymore."

NRCA set a record that year with a 545-booth trade show. The show had seen dramatic growth in recent years with the advent of single-ply roof systems; SPRI celebrated its first anniversary not long before the show started. But the single-ply movement hadn't quite taken over; the exhibit hall also included large displays of asphalt kettles and tankers.

We met again in San Antonio in 1993 when new Occupational Safety and Health Administration fall-protection rules headed the list of educational program topics. Some...

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