Frank Hone, Dealer Support Services & Cathy Coats, Young's Products, LLCThree sunsets, luxurious accommodations, sun and surf...productive meetings, networking opportunities, aftermarket support...this is your RVAA 2011 Aftermarket Executive Conference.
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Report from the RVAA Board of Directors Meeting Piar Adams, Carefree of ColoradoAs is tradition, your RVAA Board of Directors held a board meeting just before the Annual Executive Conference on Monday August 29th. Like all RVAA Board meetings, we first went through the formalities of roll call, the anti-trust reminder, introductions and an agenda review.
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Recap from the Supplier's MeetingCathy Coats, Young's Products, LLCThe RVAA supplier Segment Luncheon started with a delicious meal of chicken, ribs, corn on the cob and potatoes. Conversation quickly turned to the agenda forms found on the tables. Most suppliers were in favor of the Standard Price Sheet, however concerns were raised over whether distributors would accept the form and it was brought to our attention that the RVAA Board had not yet discussed acceptance of the revised form.
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Recap from the Distributor's MeetingJohn Spaulding, Stag ParkwayThe Segment Lunches held during the RVAA Executive Conference are intended to provide an open forum for the membership groups to discuss relevant topics affecting their businesses. Over the past several years the list of topics that the Wholesale Distributor Segment focused on were best practices, aftermarket statistics and helping the aftermarket grow. With one exception, the 2011 discussions didn't stray too far from those topics again. This year the question of whether the membership would support a market research study focused on consumer behavior as it relates specifically to the purchase of RV aftermarket products was also discussed.
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Recap from the Manufacturer's Agent MeetingThe Manufacturer's Agent Segment Luncheon was held on Wednesday, August 31st during the RVAA Conference in Huntington Beach, California. The luncheon was attended by twenty representatives of member Agent firms. The purpose of this event is to provide RVAA's Agent Members an opportunity to meet as a group to discuss relevant topics affecting agents within RVAA. Three topics were discussed during the meeting portion of the luncheon.
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