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Recyclers News Press
Members present: Andy Wilken, Sue Schauls, Tracy
Hurst, Mike Swift, Brad Osborn, Eric L. Piper, Mike
Davidson, Tom Quandt, Eric C. Piper, Brent Nugent,
Jordan Barkow, Mike Waterbury, Joel McCaw and
David Hesmer.
President Andy Wilken called the meeting to order at
5:20 p.m. with an Antitrust reminder.
New Business:
IAR Insurance Program – Brad, Andy and Sue met
with Bill Velin from Wells Fargo Insurance for a lunch
meeting on Tuesday, December 16
th
. This was a
great way to ask questions about the insurance pro-
gram and to determine if it would be a benefit for the
IAR to offer an association group policy through the
ARA. After some discussion, Mike S. made a motion
that we open an IAR-Wells Fargo Insurance plan in
which we would share royalties with the ARA. There
was a 2
nd
by Jordan; motion carried.
Promotional Campaign and Green Recycled Parts–
Sue asked Mike S. to explain to the Board members
about the promotional Green Recycled Parts logo be-
gun at the national level with the ARA. It originally
began in Canada with some stipulations for its use.
To use the GRP logo members must be CAR (or I-
CARE in Iowa) certified by July 15, 2015.
Green Recycled Parts can dovetail into the existing
IAR plan to conduct a promotional campaign raising
awareness of the financial and environmental benefits
of buying recycled parts and the consumer protection
advantage of working only with licensed & compliant
auto recyclers. In additional to maximizing the GRP
resources other ideas were brainstormed on ways to
promote the recycling industry which included the fol-
lowing: Who’s Who directories mailed to all repair/
body shops, develop a special edition of the newslet-
ter mailed to repair shops, create a poster for mem-
bers to use for public awareness, use ARA canned
material, use of social media outlets, articles to cham-
bers of commerce and t-shirts to customers.
Sue suggested we put together a project plan, list our
resources and make a calendar for a plan-of-action
and to begin this process with a committee. That
committee will include: Jordan, Eric, Mike S., Andy
and Sue and members at large who want to partici-
pate.
Iowa Automotive Recyclers
Board of Directors Meeting
December 16, 2014 5:15 pm
Teleconference