Gary Chancy, Leisure Time Marketing

The idea for an aftermarket association was originally developed by Jim Barker in the late 1960's in the form of a recommendation for his distributor customers. The notion was carried forward by the distributors of that time including Mobile Home distributors, Jim Kirchner (Diamond Mobile Home Supply), Paul Tweedy (Tweedys Mobile Home Supply), John Meredith (Central Mobile Home Supply), and RV distributors Ted Kaplan (Stag), Dick Kirkland (Kirkland Trailer Sales), and Vern Trabert (Vern Trailer Supply). In 1968, Grayson Schwepfinger (Indiana Trailer Supply) was elected as the first President. Originally, only distributors would meet annually and discuss issues of distributor concern such as what constitutes a true wholesale distributor from retailers and other hot issues of the day. The new association was named the Warehouse Distributor Association for Leisure and Mobile Products (WDA).

Jim Stark, Managing Director, Dealer Resources Group

The RVAA Strategic Plan serves as a guide for our actions as an organization, and allows our Board and Membership with a means to measure our effectiveness in achieving our goals. In early June of 2010, the RVAA Board of Directors met in Elkhart, Indiana to review and revise the organizations Strategic Plan. While the plan has been discussed many times over the years at regular Board Meetings, this was the first meeting that was devoted exclusively to this topic.

Aaron Engberg, Director, Mobile Products - Winegard Company & RVAA President

The RVAA Board of Directors has set a goal to get as many RVAA members as possible to join a committee for the 2011/2012 year. There are tremendous initiatives that have been created that will allow RVAA to continue to grow into a stronger and more effective association. However, to accomplish these initiatives we are going to need many more volunteers to serve on committees.

Volunteering for an RVAA Committee provides great opportunities to

• Network
• Grow the RV Aftermarket
• Work on rewarding projects

Give as much or as little time as you want. Get involved.

 

Call or email Laura Hallen, Member Services Manager of RVAA at (630) 596-9004.