Executive Director’s Message As Jamie Auffenberg passes the torch at the end of the year, we thank him for his outstanding contributions, noting he has served as the Illinois representative on the NADA board since 2010. On behalf of your IADA Board of Directors and staff, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support and trust in your state association, IADA. We work on your behalf in Springfield, and it has been a busy and productive year. It will continue to be challenging as we prepare to deal with a new group of legislators and elected officials in the coming year. As a brief recap, I was recently joined by IADA Vice-Chairman David Parkhill, Champaign; NADA Director Jamie Auffenberg, Shiloh; IADA Secretary/Treasurer John Alfirevich, Tinley Park; and IADA Legal Counsel Larry Doll as we attended the NADA Washington Conference. In Washington D.C., we joined hundreds of our counterparts from other states to urge members of Congress to oppose the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed advertising rules, which, if adopted, would add new layers of complexity and burdensome record-keeping requirements to all motor vehicle transactions. We thanked them for their support of LIFO reform and urged their support of legislation to deter catalytic converter theft. We recently concluded our inaugural NADA Professional Series in Illinois at our IADA office. It was a great way to offer this best-in-class training to dealership managers without having to fly to other parts of the country and spend extra nights in hotels. With the success of the classes, we plan to continue hosting the series at our IADA office in the future. We also hosted our first-ever President’s Club Dealer Appreciation event. We wanted to thank our President’s Club members and encourage all dealers to become more involved in our state and federal grassroots advocacy efforts. As Jamie Auffenberg passes the torch at the end of the year, we thank him for his outstanding contributions, noting he has served as the Illinois representative on the NADA board since 2010. We are excited to welcome incoming NADA Director Ryan Gremore, Normal, who will begin his term in January. Lastly, we are thrilled to present our new IllinoisDealers.com website and promotional videos highlighting the critical role our dealers play in the car buying process. If you have not viewed the new site yet, please do so. IADA is “member-driven,” so we always appreciate your membership and support! JOE MCMAHON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Illinois Automobile Dealers Association Springfield, IL 6 Automobile Dealer News illinoisdealers.com
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