b'Notable guests in attendance included Bill Baber, La Mesa virtually to ensure the health and safety of faculty. The firstCity Councilman, Joel Anderson, San Diego Supervisor, and virtual meeting took place via Zoom on June 27, 2020. TheEddie Sprecco, the CEO of AGC - San Diego. These three-hour inaugural virtual meeting mainly focused onindividuals also assisted Terry Seabury, Executive Director creating and continuing strategies for how to best conductand CEO of WECA, and Greg Anderson, Human Resources online and in-person learning safely moving forward. Director at Rex Moore Group and President of WECA\'sBoard of Directors and Chair of WECA\'s Apprenticeship The next meeting, which was held in January 2021, discussedTraining Trust Board of Trustees / Apprenticeship Training how the GetWired program can continue to reach studentsCommittee, with the ribbon-cutting. across California thanks to fully online course delivery,technical updates to the Adobe Connect program, and more. During the open house, instructor Neil Pesarillo was busygiving tours to guests and showing his incredible skill as an In January 2022, the Train the Trainer teams convened againeducator, per Don. to cover topics such as record-breaking enrollment numbers,how then-tentative solar guidelines would impact WECA andJeff Van de Moere, WECA\'s Membership Manager, echoed the industry, and ongoing exploration of best practices inDon\'s sentiments, saying that "Neil did a dynamite job of distance learning and online classroom management. helping our guests experience our high-tech labs andclassrooms." Then, in July 2022, the GetWired, Curriculum Development,and Continuing Education teams considered the interactiveJeff added that "Some of our newer members brought field function of GetWireds virtual classroom and the codeworkers who had previously gone through other programs changes coming to the program in January 2023.and they shared with me that they were very, veryimpressed by what we offer in comparison." The latest meeting, which was held on January 7, 2023,concentrated on curriculum corrections, 2020 NEC updates,WECA was also thrilled to receive a plaque power outage preparation, the coming influx of solarcommemorating the opening of our new San Diego electrician trainees from solar contractors, thetraining facility. The plaque was presented by supervisor implementation of the three ways electrician trainees canJoel Anderson of the San Diego County Board of now take the GetWired program, as well as the new codeSupervisors, and was signed by five other supervisors, updates taking effect in January 2023. including Jim Desmond, who was also listed on theproclamation as a presenter. WECA is indebted to our GetWired, Curriculum Development,and Continuing Education teams. They continually go aboveWe\'re gratified that the open house was successful, and are and beyond to propel the success of our GetWired program.pleased that our upgraded new training facility diligently We look forward to another year of steady growth,serves our electrical and low voltage member contractors, improvement, and excellence.their employees, and the electrical industry and educationcommunities in the San Diego area! WECA\'S PARTNERSHIP WITH BUILD YOURFUTURE ARIZONASEMI-ANNUAL GETWIRED TRAIN THETRAINER EVENTS WENT VIRTUALPrior to March 2020, WECA held its biannual Train theTrainer meetings in-person at WECAs Californiaheadquarters in Rancho Cordova. The last such meeting As seen on pages 68 - 70 of Arizona Real Estatetook place on January 11, 2020.Magazine in January/February 2022However, after the COVID-19 pandemic started in March Construction is a team sport. The expertise needed to2020, WECA pivoted to holding the biannual meetingssafely and efficiently bring a project across the finish line'