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June 6, 2007
Volume #1, Issue #23
DEALER NEWS
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Amendment 41 Injunction
Aftermath
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Archives Now Available
LEGISLATIVE STATUS REPORTS
- Auto
Dealers and the Public
Win at the Statehouse...and
the
Courthouse
UPCOMING SEMINARS
- Title Processing
Training
- Peak Performance
in Warranty
Operations
- Creating a Super
Controller
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- Upcoming
Events
- Fall
Regional Member Briefings
DEALER MILESTONES,
HIGHLIGHTS & TRANSITIONS
- Current
ALLIED Membership
Listing
- Summer
Interns Still Available
- Let Us Know About YOUR
Accomplishments
ARCHIVES
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here for Open Road archives.
Click
here for Bulletin archives.
Click
here for Colorado Auto
Outlook archives.
Click
here for Denver Auto
Outlook archives.
MEMBERSHIP RESOURCES
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here for detail on the Speaker
and Educational Resources.
Click
here for list of current
Allied Members.
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AMENDMENT 41
INJUNCTION AFTERMATH
The
troubled-from-the-start and highly regressive Amendment 41 suffered
a near-
death blow last Thursday when
Denver District Court Judge Christina Habas issued
a temporary injunction
preventing implementation of the artificially and unreasonably low
gift ban.
Amendment 41 has been rightfully criticized by the masses as more
and more unintended consequences became apparent by various
Coloradans, business
owners and public officials.
Auto
dealers, other business owners, and, indeed, all Coloradans won with
last week's hard-fought and long-anticipated decision. Your
association leaders actively spoke out during the campaign and since
its passage at the ballot box. In fact, had
it not been for auto
dealers and other dealer membership organizations across the state, the effort to educate
the public and to block the implementation of Amendment 41 would
have not been organized or even sought.
Below are just a few of the
articles that ran in newspapers around the state in response to this
action.
For more press coverage of this
event, click on the following links:
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ARCHIVES NOW
AVAILABLE
Prior
issues of the weekly Open Road newsletter, CADA Bulletin,
quarterly
Colorado Auto Outlook,
monthly Denver Auto Outlook, and other membership resources are
available online. Links are available in the left side-bar on this and
future issues of Open Road.
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CADA forwards news
articles and opinion columns of interest through Open Road
to inform
members of current events. These in no way reflect the views, opinions,
and/or positions of CADA or its member dealers. They are sent for
informational
and educational purposes only. |
Auto dealers and the public win at
the statehouse...and the courthouse
The cheers could be almost heard throughout the Rocky Mountains, as
Denver District Judge Christina Habas issued her decision in the
litigation ruling against Amendment
41. The case brought by the First
Amendment Council against Gov. Ritter as the representative of Colorado
concerned the constitutionality of Amendment 41.
CLICK HERE
to read this
article by CAR lobbyist Jeremy Cottrell.
Upcoming Training Seminars
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Topic |
City |
Date/Time |
Location |
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Title Processing Training
By various
county trainers/staff
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Lakewood |
Thurs., July 19
9:30 am to 2:30 pm (time is tentative)
lunch
included |
Sheraton Denver West Hotel
360 Union Boulevard
Lakewood, CO 80228
Phone: 303.987.2000
Registration
form and more details will be available soon. |
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Peak Performance In Warranty Operations
By Rob Campbell |
Montrose |
Wednesday,
July
25
11 am to 2 pm
lunch included |
Holiday Inn
Express-Montrose
1391 S. Townsend Avenue
Montrose, CO 81401
Phone:
970.240.1800
CLICK HERE
for seminar flyer and to fax or mail your registration.
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Peak Performance In Warranty Operations
By Rob Campbell |
Loveland |
Thursday, July
26
7:30 to 10:30
am
breakfast included |
Johnson’s
Corner Restaurant
2842 SE Frontage
Rd
(Johnstown exit, #254 from I-25)
Phone: 970.667.2069
CLICK HERE
for seminar flyer and to fax or mail your registration.
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Secrets
to Creating A Super Controller
By
Sandi Jerome |
Denver |
Thursday, July 26
8 to
11a.m.
breakfast
included |
William D. Barrow Building
(CADA headquarters)
290 E. Speer, Denver,
SW Corner of
Grant & Speer
CLICK HERE
for seminar flyer and to fax or mail your registration.
CLICK
HERE to
register online.
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Secrets
to Creating A Super Controller
By
Sandi Jerome
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Grand
Junction |
Friday, July 27
8 to
11a.m.
breakfast
included |
Doubletree Hotel, 743
Horizon Drive
970.241.8888
CLICK HERE
for seminar flyer and to fax or mail your registration.
CLICK
HERE to
register online.
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Peak Performance In Warranty Operations
By Rob Campbell |
Colorado Springs |
Friday, July 27
9 am to 12 Noon
lunch included |
Antlers Hilton Hotel
Learning Center Training Room
4 South
Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, 80903
Phone: 719.955.5600
Colorado Springs
dealers should register through CSADA; Phone:
719.473.1465
CLICK HERE
for seminar flyer and to fax or mail your registration.
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Title Processing Training
By various county trainers/staff |
Denver |
Wed., Aug. 22
9:30 am to
2:30 pm
(time is tentative)
lunch included
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William D. Barrow
Building
(CADA Headquarters)
290 E. Speer Blvd
(SW Corner of
Grant/Speer)
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303.831.1722
Registration
form and more details will be available soon.
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Title Processing Training
By various county trainers/staff |
Denver |
Tues., Sept. 11
9:30 am to
2:30 pm
(time is tentative)
lunch
included |
Marriott Denver Tech
Center Hotel
4900 S. Syracuse St.
Denver, 80237
Phone: 303.779.1100
Registration
form and more details will be available soon. |
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Event
Description |
Date/Time |
Location |
TIME Magazine
Quality
Dealer
Award Nominations |
DUE: Thursday, July 26 |
Nominations are now being accepted
for Colorado's TIME Magazine Quality Dealer Award (TMQDA) for 2008.
Official nomination forms were mailed to members in May. For
more information please contact CADA at 303.831.1722.
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CADA Annual Golf
Event |
Monday, Aug.27
-Sponsor Welcome
11:30 a.m.
-Noon shotgun start |
Valley Country Club
14601 Country Club Dr., Aurora
CLICK HERE
for more details on Valley Country Club.
CLICK HERE
for a reminder flyer
to save the date.
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Fall Regional Member
Briefings
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Ten meetings
for dealers
across Colorado
CLICK HERE
for
a full list of meeting locations,
dates and times.
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Attendees can
register through
CADA via phone, fax or email .
P: 303.831.1722, F:
303.831.9100
or E-mail:
rsvp@cadaonline.org
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Please note
different RSVP
for Colorado Springs and
Pueblo meetings.
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MDADA Annual
Membership Meeting |
Tuesday, Nov. 27
11 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
lunch
included |
Cherry Hills Country Club
4125 S.
University Blvd.
Cherry Hills Village
Attendees can
register through
CADA via phone, fax or email .
P: 303.831.1722, F:
303.831.9100 r>
or E-mail:
rsvp@cadaonline.org
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current allied membership listing
CADA offers an
Allied Membership, which is
open to those “interested in
promoting the welfare of the automotive
industry…whose business is allied with
the motor vehicle
business" and who are not eligible for Active Membership
(open
to those engaged in the franchised, motor vehicle retailing business
within Colorado). Additionally, CADA and the CADA Board of
Directors periodically elect
to Endorse some Allied members’
programs/services. Currently, CADA has seven
Endorsed Allied Members and
more than forty Allied Members. Allied
members help support CADA’s efforts through annual dues, sponsoring
various events and meetings, and through involvement in issues of industry concern.
CLICK HERE
to view
a current listing of CADA Allied Members.
Note:
In future issues of Open Road, the most current Allied Member
listing will
be available under Membership Resources in the left side-bar.
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Summer Interns
Still Available
Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) is a nationwide
partnership of dealers and selected high school and technical prep
schools, working together to encourage young people to pursue in a
career in the auto industry. Robert C. Sidebottom is the Colorado AYES manager who works
with dealerships and students
on internship programs and educational
endeavors.
He has several students
from Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs who are looking
to obtain auto experience
and
are available for internships this summer.
If your dealership is
interested in participating in the summer internship program, contact
Robert at bobsidebottom@msn.com
or 303.919.7069.
CLICK HERE
to link to the
AYES web site for more information.
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LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
Have you or anyone else at your
dealership won an award recently? Has your
dealership provided any
outstanding community service? We want to recognize
such accomplishments.
Please send us a brief write-up of the award or event along
with any other
information to
openroad@cadaonline.org. Also include your contact information
for further follow-up.
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