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Iowa Automotive Recyclers
Board of Directors Meeting
March 24, 2015 5:15 pm
Teleconference
Recyclers News Press
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Sales Tax at the Pool – Sue would like to work on the
language development for the sales tax at the pool.
She said we’ll move on this in the fall and get help
drafting some language at that time. Sue said we
need to start looking ahead at other legislative priori-
ties to be worked on in the future and keep an on-
going list.
Review of Hill Day 2015 – Sue asked the board mem-
bers how they thought Hill Day went for the IAR.
Members who attended Hill Day said it was very well
done, educational, enjoyable and well attended. Is-
sues to look at to improve Hill Day next year include
working on the PAC reception for more collections
and checking out other hotels to use.
Summer Outing – Prairie Meadows – Altoona, IA on
May 29-30, 2015 – Sue said we would be honoring
the Vander Haags at an awards luncheon and asked
all board members to get involved in the awards pro-
gram by submitting photos, offering ideas and individ-
ual participation. Sue went over the schedule of the
Summer Outing: 6:30 – 9 pm on Friday will be the
vendor show, speakers on Saturday morning for 2
hours, the Awards Luncheon from 11 am to 1 pm, a
choice of the Vander Haag Des Moines facility tour or
Sue’s ICARE workshop Saturday afternoon, a second
vendor show 3-6 pm followed by the auction and Sat-
urday evening meal. It was decided to have the
board meeting 4-6 pm on Friday.
Green Recycled Parts Promotional Campaign – Sue
and Jordan have been working on a brochure; Sue
wanted to know what board members thought would
be the best way to roll that out. Nothing was decided
at this time although Sue and Jordan will get together
and map out a calendar to come up with a plan of ac-
tion to move forward with the campaign and go over
the brochure.
Who’s Who – Sue said the edition of Who’s Who is
close to going to print so will be mailed prior to the
Summer Outing. There was discussion on who to in-
clude in the mailing of the Who’s Who and the associ-
ated costs for a larger mailing vs the additional expo-
sure of reaching more businesses. It was suggested
we bring it to a vote by the membership to let every-
one decide if we spend the money involved in a larger
mailing or not. Sue asked for feedback from any of
the board members.
Other Business:
Harmari Report – Sue asked Alan at Harmari for a
quote on a 1-time drop of a message to Craigslist and
Facebook posts to remind them of Iowa codes regard-
ing sales of vehicles. The board voted last month to
authorize payment to Harmari to do this but Alan has
not sent a quote at this time.
Meeting Schedule
April 21, 2015 – 5:15 pm – Conference call
May 29-30, 2015 – 4-6 pm Prairie Meadows face-
to-face prior to the Summer Outing
June 16, 2015 – 5:15 pm Conference call
Tom S. made a motion to adjourn with a 2
nd
from Jor-
dan. The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
Jeff Smid
Jeff Smid, Secretary