Pub. 5 2015 Issue 2

6 AUTOMOBILE DEALER NEWS ILLINOIS www.illinoisdealers.com Chairman Mr. Dave Taylor / 815.935.7900 Taylor Chrysler Dodge Jeep 1497 N. Route 50, Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Vice Chairman Mr. Sam Roberts / 618.466.7220 Roberts Motors, Inc. 4350 Albey St., Alton, IL 62002 Treasurer Mr. Jack Schmitt / (618) 628-2500 Jack Schmitt Chevrolet 127 Regency Park Dr., O Fallon, IL 62269 Secretary Mr. Dan Roesch / (630) 834-8000 Larry Roesch Chrysler-Jeep 200 West Grand Avenue Elmhurst, IL 60126 President Peter J. Sander / 217.753.0220 Illinois Automobile Dealers Association 300 W. Edwards, P.O. Box 3045, Springfield, IL 62708 Illinois Automobile Dealers Association 300 West Edwards Street, Springfield, Illinois 62708 T 217.753.0220 • F 217.753.3424 www.IllinoisDealers.com 2015 OFFICERS IADA CHAIRMAN’S Letter | BY DAVE TAYLOR O n behalf of the IADA Board of Directors and staff I would like to dedicate this edition of our Illinois Automobile Dealer News to sharing information on our latest events: the upcoming IADA Legislative Conference and the success of our most recent State Conference in Marco Island, FL. I encourage each of you to make plans to join us for IADA’s Legislative Conference held on May 5th in Springfield at the Hilton Springfield Hotel. This event allows our dealers to get involved with the legislative process and help shape the outcome of dealer issues. Not only will you be updated on the latest legis- lative initiatives impacting your dealership, you will hear from Political Columnist, Rich Miller. IADA has invited the Honorable Governor Bruce Rauner to join the event as well and we hope his schedule will allow for him to attend. I would also like to thank all of the dealer members and sponsors who made our 2015 IADA-CATA State Conference so successful. We had a wonderful group of attendees participate in the March 29th-April 3rd conference held at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Golf Club and Spa in Marco Island, FL. The conference agenda included speakers: Federated Insur- ance, Jerry Leemkuil, and NADA 20 Groups, Larry Geohagan, several dealer board meetings, NADA Update, Work Life Bal- ance Seminar, and plenty of opportunities for dealers to socialize and discuss industry information, all topped off with a Beach Bash theme party in the sand. We have usedmany of the following pages to showcase photos of the Conference. I would like to offer our most sincere thanks to our sponsors who helped make this event possible. Without their generous ongoing support, the event would not be possible. I would like to thank all of our dealer members for your sup- port of IADA throughout the year and I encourage you to attend the Legislative Conference next month. On behalf of the IADA Board of Directors and staff, we wish each of you a profitable and prosperous 2015.  Sincerely, DAVE TAYLOR Taylor Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram IADA Chairman