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Recyclers News Press

Members present: Andy Wilken, Sue Schauls, Mike

Swift, Brad Osborn, Mike Davidson, Tom Quandt,

Brent Nugent, Jordan Barkow, Joel McCaw, Pat

Rooff, Jodi Kunde, Tom Snyder, Eric C. Piper, Eric L.

Piper and Joel McCaw.

President Andy Wilken called the meeting to order at

5:23 p.m.

New Business:

Vendor Lists Updates – Sue asked for a discussion

following the transportation committee meeting and

after-market/sheet metal committee meeting.

Transportation Committee – There was discussion on

transportation vendors being associate members, get-

ting member discounting programs initiated and how

to get the list out to IAR members. There is a definite

need for transportation vendors especially out of the

central Iowa area. Sue has made a list and is updat-

ing it to eventually put on the IAR website. It was de-

cided to have another committee conference call to

solidify the list and get potential discounts nailed

down for the members. Sue would like to get the final

list into the next newsletter which has an August 20

th

deadline.

After-Market/Sheet Metal Committee – There was

discussion on this and the lack of vendors and/or dis-

tributors. It was suggested to table this until more

information can be gathered with a possible meeting

of the committee.

Insurance List – Sue has compiled a list of insurance

businesses and is working on discounts with them.

She will put the information on the website when final-

ized.

Marketing Campaign – Sue and Jordan have met to

discuss ways to improve marketing of the IAR. Sue

has created and designed a new website that will pro-

vide a more comprehensive site for members to ac-

cess as well as promote the industry at

www.IowaAutomotiveRecyclers.com .

Jordan went

over the ideas that will be incorporated into the new

website that will be used in conjunction with the pre-

sent one. He said the new one will be more user-

friendly and comprehensive and beneficial to the

members. It will cater to the members and show to

our customer base what we do and why we do it. Jor-

dan plans to add language to the home page so it will

be from the recycler’s perspective. The vendor lists

may be included on the website. We will continue to

use some useful features of the current website.

Sue explained that we need to refine our message to

the customer base and show the positive aspects of

our industry such as: we offer green recycled parts

that are home grown, we pay both sales tax and prop-

erty tax and we require our members to be certified.

Sue asked for board members to suggest any of their

catch phrases and other ideas to her as the website

gets designed. She also asked about designing a

poster that can be sent to members’ yards to hang.

Iowa Automotive Recyclers

Board of Directors Meeting

June 16, 2015 5:15 pm

Teleconference