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Thank You to Our Sponsor of This Edition of CAWA Connections
CAWA Insurance Services
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What do Program Groups have in Common with CAWA?
See the enclosure for reasons why these program groups support CAWA.
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CAWA's Annual Dinner a Success and the Scholarship Fund is Replenished
Thanks to our exclusive dinner sponsor, Motorcar Parts of America, our annual dinner meeting was once again a success. Thanks, too, to our keynote speaker, Charles Tyson of Advance Auto Parts who gave an informative and thought provoking presentation to the attendees. A special presentation was made to outgoing Auto Care Association President & CEO, Kathleen Schmatz for her service to the industry and support of CAWA over the past 15 years. The CAWA 2016 Officers of the Board of Directors were sworn in and included: Greg Livingston of All Trade Tools as Chair; Michael Antonelli of Vantage Marketing Global as Vice-Chair; Jack Gosnell of Next Level Parts as Treasurer; Dan Hanson, Jr. of Hanson Distributing Company as Secretary and Ward Myers of Worldpac as Immediate Past Chair.
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Why and How to Cold Call
There continues to be controversy as to whether or not cold calling works and whether or not you should do it. According to John Chapin, yes, it does still work. Second, yes, you should still do it. Here's why and here's how (
see the enclosure).
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CAWA Scholarships Available for 2016 - Application Process is Open
Interested in receiving a scholarship from the Association for your employees, children, family members and others who would be welcomed into the auto care industry? Applying is easy! The online application process allows students interested in aftermarket careers to submit one application each year online at
www.automotivescholarships.com and receive consideration for several scholarships. For more information, see
www.cawa.org or contact CAWA Member Services at
[email protected] or 800.332.2292, ext. 6. Another member benefit.
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The Quality Parts Coalition, of Which CAWA Supports, Needs Your Help
Thank you so much for being a loyal member of the Quality Parts Coalition! In an effort to continue to gain support for The PARTS Act, we are reaching out to our members in a grassroots effort to generate signatures on our online petition. Would you be willing to circulate this among your employees and members? Every signature would help in the effort to keep aftermarket collision repair parts available and affordable! We will also be looking for additional support through Facebook posts on our members' pages and letters to your Congressman from the Presidents and CEO's of our partners! Please let us know if you are willing to help further our cause, and thank you!
https://www.change.org/p/give-vehicle-owners-a-choice-when-making-a-collision-repair
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CAWA to Participate in the CARQUEST/Advance Owners Conference
The Association is pleased to participate in the owner's conference to be held in December in Bakersfield. "Any time CAWA can get in front of many part store owners in one setting that is optimal for us", commented Rodney Pierini, President & CEO. If you are having a customer event and would like CAWA to participate, please contact Rodney Pierini at
[email protected] or 800.332.2292, ext. 1.
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CAWA Joins Auto Care Association in Network for an Industry Specific Job Board
See the enclosed press release (
here) regarding this new member benefit, CAWA is committed and plans to assist auto care industry companies in the recruitment of quality and talented employees.
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Save 50% on Your 2016 CAWA Dues - And up to $1,000 - Here is How!
Ask our partner, Superior Financial Services (SFS) to quote your credit card processing service and enroll in their program by
December 31, 2015 and CAWA will waive 50% of your dues in 2016. On a monthly basis, SFS can save you additional dollars and the transition to their service is seamless. On top of CAWA's offer, SFS will credit your account's first month of processing fees up to $1,000! For more information, contact Todd Lazar, V.P. and Owner of SFS at
[email protected] or 888.737.7762. Recall, that all state and regional aftermarket associations endorse SFS for their credit card processing program, which speaks to their quality, integrity and competitiveness.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Your CAWA Family
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