President’s Message

From The President

How Do You Define Success and Excellence?

How do you answer that question? We need to start by asking ourselves why we are here. The answers should include excellence in all we do, from supporting, training, and teaching to giving to others within our organization as we pass through the ranks of CAA. Is success why you are here? Our society often defines success by how much material wealth and how many material possessions you have accumulated, regardless of how you got them. It should not be that we are here for our own personal success. It should not be for self-gratification at any cost-accumulating titles, money, land, wealth, and possessions, feeding your ego.

As a Marine Corps Drill Instructor, excellence was paramount as we served our country and trained recruits. I often relate these experiences as I serve in different capacities. Excellence is having a humble and kind character, not demeaning others, but having a patient heart of compassion. By ensuring your motives are based in selfless giving and assistance, you can achieve excellence.

Excellence is laying your head on your pillow at night with the peace in your heart that you have acquired it fairly. It is important to identify your wants, your desires, your needs, but equally, if not more important, is identifying and focusing on those of others. Excellence is empowering others to love and forgive through example and demonstration. By doing so, you set them free to live justly, love others, and achieve their goals. This also fosters a positive cycle that can continue in the lives of others. Success is holding your title or trophy high in celebration while holding your hand out and thanking those that have helped you achieve these goals and aiming to help them achieve theirs.

Understanding the seriousness of your role as a director is paramount. Understanding the commitment of your role is vital. Understanding the tone and attitude with which you serve is critical. My resolve this year is for each one of us to achieve excellence and serve with kindness, humility, and compassion.

Semper Fi,

Dean Gunter, President Colorado Auctioneers Association

We Want You To Know......

Your Safety Is Our Priority at the Colorado Auctioneers Association and as we return to the Renaissance Central Park Hotel for the upcoming 2023 Colorado Auctioneers Convention, we have negotiated with the hotel the security at their facility in our contract / hotel agreement.

There is COMPLIMENTARY Self Parking in the covered garage AND.... the Renaissance Hotel will be providing Security on the Hotel Premises AND in the Parking Garage.

~ CAA Board of Directors

2022 CAA Summer Picnic

Once again, the CAA summer picnic was held in Weldona at Craig and Mandy Weichel’s place. We had a great day and it was lots of fun. The food was super good and the peach cobbler was soooo delicious. Thanks to John Schaffner who did a “wonderful job of cooking chuckwagon style.” Thanks John, it was really good eating!

After the meal, we played our annual, double elimination horseshoe tournament with six teams. Craig did a good job of sitting up the horseshoe pits side by side and it made for a lot of conversation and some smack talk that Scott Shuman was a part of! :Lots of fun for everyone and all had a good time. The horseshoe champions this year are Craig Weichel and John Schaffner. They did an outstanding job playing a lot of horseshoes!!

Reserve champions are Heather Johnson and Hager Gerber. It was a close second to the champions. Heather is a new member of CAA, and as a staff member of Dean Gunters, she has been joining us for many activities in the last couple of years.

We didn't have the trap shoot, because we didn't have enough shooters. If you weren't there you missed out on a great time!

Be sure to put it on your calendar for next year!

2022 CAA Day At The Capitol

Members of the CAA once again gathered with one another on April 25, 2022 for our annual visit to the Colorado State Capitol in recognition of the Colorado auction industry, National Auctioneers Week and CAA members.

Even though our attendance was small of 14 attendees, we were mighty in representing our association and the Colorado auction industry. 2022 Colorado Champion Auctioneer & Ringman, Tony Wisely, provided a strong presence of selling the Colorado State Flag along with the assistance of 2022 Colorado Jr Bid Calling Champion, Aaron Rodriguez, to the House of Representatives.

Unbeknownst to us, the members of the House of Representatives had a strong agenda of bidding for the flag to be one of the top sales with the intent of presenting the flag to the family of Kimmie Lewis, who was a strong supporter of the CAA, auction industry and agriculture / rural Colorado, after her long battle of cancer.

Afterward, our attendees were able to listen to the presentations by fellow House members honoring her and what she has done for our state.

You just never know what will happen with the CAA and the CAA Day At The Capitol! We hope that you will join us next year to keep us going strong!

2022 Horseshoe Champions Craig Weichel & John Schaffner 2022 Reserve Horseshoe Champions Heather Johnson & Hagar