President Don Boucher introduced Carfax’s Hampton Roads representative, sponsor of the meeting, to discuss their company’s product and how it benefits the dealers when selling vehicles.  She was asked a myriad of questions pertaining to the data in the reports and how it is sometimes not user friendly.

A further discussion regarding the MAPP program and its implementation process brought forward many comments.  The solution to the problem of insufficient advertising to the military pointed to a lack of funding.  A board is being created to look into this issue and perhaps result in contributions from the MAPP participants to build the program with dealers who meet certain criteria.

New members welcomed into the association included AFLAC, Barefoot Motors, Chesapeake RV Solutions, Dave Liston’s Auto Outlet, GR’s Cars, McPhillips, Roberts & Deane PLC, Professional Auto Sales, Ride-Away, S & S Towing, Tidewater Trading Post, Title Tec, and Virginia Beach AutoSports.

Certificates were presented to Cindy Perkins, Joe Falk, Don Boucher, and Ken Strauss for sponsoring new members.

New officers to lead the association for the upcoming year were approved:

Chairman of the Board – Howard Kershaw

President – Don Boucher

Vice Presidents – Weldon Whitehurst, Chris Wright and Ken Strauss

Secretary – Richard Ramsey

Treasurer – Karen Culpepper

Directors – Don Boucher, Mike Duman, Joel Tosh, Richard Ramsey and Ken Strauss

District 1 is an active and aggressive group looking for more people to step up to the plate to strengthen the voice of the independent dealers in Hampton Roads.