Behind the Wheel

from Texas Dealer July 2020

by Texas Independent Auto Dealers Association

Better Compliance Starts with Education

Your Association

Jeff Martin

TIADA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Needs You

Over the past four months, TIADA has held and participated in several virtual meetings via Zoom, conference calls and GoToMeeting sesrecently, our President Robert Beck, appointed an ad hoc committee charged with exploring TIADA offering a Certified Pre-Owned Program. After much debate and sions. The transition for the association’s standing comstudying, the committee reported back to the board and mittee members was simply business as usual. About a the board elected to move forward with a TIADA CPO decade ago, we made a strategic decision to move all our program. We are planning to unveil the new program at committees to teleconference allowing more members the TIADA Conference in August. to participate. And the association continues to reap the Next month, we will also start accepting committee rewards of that decision; it is common for us to have sign-up sheets. Who will fill the leadership roles for next dealers representing all corners of the state and various year, or the one after, or the next five years? Is there a regions on all our committees. bottomless well of talented leaders in the industry? The

Most associations struggle to find good new leaders answer to that question is yes! Does that mean you have to serve on boards and committees. We have been forto serve on the board of directors? No, you simply have tunate over the last ten years to not only have had great to be engaged. You can serve on a committee, help releaders in the past, but to also have new leaders step up cruit new members, give money to INDEPAC or get to to carry the torch forward and continue to advance the know your legislator. There is a plethora of opportuniinterests of the industry. ties for you to use your talents to help the association as

Most of our past board members continue to serve we all work to improve our industry. on committees and help guide and shape the associaTeddy Roosevelt once said, “Every man owes a part of tion in a less high-profile position. Their knowledge of his time and money to the business or industry in which the industry and experience with the association makes he is engaged. No man has a moral right to withhold his them invaluable leaders to us. Others have used the assupport from an organization that is striving to improve sociation as a springboard and have moved on conditions within his sphere.” to be even more influential on the industry Over the last couple of years we have seen a by serving on the NIADA Board, the wave of new dealers become more involved Texas Department of Motor Vehicles with the association and there is no doubt Board or even serving as a Texas State the industry has been the beneficiary. Representative. Find the right place for your talents

New committee members always and join so many of your fellow dealbring unique experiences and talents to ers who understand the importance of help foster new ideas. The combination being involved. If you are not sure how of experienced leader and new leader to become more active or where the assocreates a lot of energy and muchciation can use your talents, please give needed continuity. The end result me a call or complete and return the is always a well-defined roadmap for the association’s future. Most We need You! form on page 7. We have an indus try that needs you.