August 2012 - Vol 2, Issue 7

By Aaron Engberg, Winegard Company

 

The RVAA Board of Directors attended a strategic planning meeting on June 20 in Chicago, Illinois. This strategic planning meeting is an annual event during which the Board of Directors strategizes about the long term future of RVAA.

 

The 2012 strategic plan is broken down into 7 different categories - Member Benefits, Member Services, Membership Development, Aftermarket Advocacy, RVAA Leadership, Long Range Planning, and Association Management. Each category has specific goals that the Board of Directors discussed and put in place. These goals will be reviewed by the 2012/2013 RVAA Board of Directors on a monthly basis to help provide a metric for the progress RVAA is making.

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By Raymond Padgett, C.P.M., NTP Distribution - A Division of Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc.

 

I'm sure we have all been in business meetings that have lasted way too long. Personally I've been in some that have lasted over 6 hours, and I'm sure some of you could easily beat that number. On the other end of the spectrum we have the 20 minute meetings that take place during RVAA. Although 20 minutes seems very short and 6+ hours seem very long, the real measure of any meeting is "did we get done what we needed to do"?

By Trey Miller, Atwood Mobile Products LLC 

 

2012 has proven to be another highly successful year in new member recruitment and member retention for the Membership committee. The additions of new and existing member training webinars to enhance the overall value of membership in RVAA have been well received and attended. Also, we are once again hosting a new member orientation on the first night of the executive conference to allow face to face interaction with the Board and Membership committee members while providing any last minute training prior to the beginning of the meeting sessions.

 

By Jim Stark, Dealer Resources Group 

 

RVAA's new Dealer Training Initiative will be kicked off at our Annual Conference this August in Chicago. This program will allow RVAA Member firms, including Suppliers, Distributors, and Service Firms, to make "Webinar" based training programs available to RV Dealers throughout North America via RVAA's website. Registered Dealers will be able to attend these training webinars live, as they happen, which will allow question and answer sessions and immediate feedback. They will also be recorded and listed on RVAA's Dealer Training Initiative Website so that they may be viewed at any time, 24/7, based on the Dealer's needs and training schedule.