Stalknecht commended the membership during the opening session of the Annual Conference and Indoor Air Expo for driving ACCA to new heights. The conference and exposition were held at the San Jose Conference Center.
Stalknecht attributed these and other successes to the fact that the membership had demanded excellence and commended the group for knowing how and when to "break the rules." In fact, that recurring theme in Stalknecht's opening speech culminated with a unique unveiling of the conference logo. He carefully punctuated his closing comments with a bit of eye-catching burlesque - first, a suit coat tossed into the front row of the audience, ... a tie, ... and finally an unbuttoned dress shirt to reveal a Break The Rules T-shirt logo.