TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTING INDUSTRY; TO EDUCATE MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE; TO FOSTER THE MEETING AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, TECHNICAL DATA, AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS AND INFORMATION BETWEEN MEMBERS, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS AND MANUFACTURERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES; TO REPRESENT THE MEMBERSHIP IN ITS RELATIONS WITH ITS EMPLOYEES AND ANY GROUP OR GROUPS WHICH MAY REPRESENT ITS EMPLOYEES; TO PROVIDE FOR AFFILIATION WITH THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC., AND THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF SAID NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SET FORTH IN THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS.