Advocacy is at the heart of NIADA.
The NIADA Policy Conference is the used car industry’s and independent dealers’ opportunity to speak with one voice to legislators in Washington, D.C. The NIADA Policy Conference is Sept. 23-25 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City.
Registration is now open at niada.com/policyconference. The registration and hotel reservation deadlines are Aug. 13.
As the chairman of the Legislative Committee, Lawrence Meade, the owner of Easton Motors, Inc., in Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., invited dealers to join him in Washington.
“It’s being able to engage them and educate them on who we are, our business, our industry, metrics, the value that our partners and industry provides,” Meade said. “If you get a chance, please join us at the policy conference in D.C.”
Meade explained they do make a difference by talking to legislators from their home districts about issues impacting the industry.
“We tell them who we are. We are from the communities they are from,” Meade said. “We take care of the little leagues. We take care of sponsoring the high schools and grade schools. We take care of so much in the communities we employ. Many people and their families spend money and so do we. We have a chance to talk about Right to Repair, catalytic convertors being sawed off underneath cars and the cost to consumers and insurance. We look to legislators that believe in NIADA and dealers and we say, ‘Will you sponsor or co-sponsor this legislation to help our world become better.”
Last year, dealers attended more than 100 meetings on Capitol Hill. The meetings included lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and in the House of Representatives and Senate.
“As a result of some of those conversations we had in those hundred-plus meetings during the Day on the Hill, we got several co-sponsors that actually signed on to the pieces of legislation that we were advocating for,” Meade said.
The policy conference will also include information from federal agencies and regulation updates.
The popular PAC dinner will return with regions competing for the PAC Cup by raising the most money for the NIADA PAC. The NIADA PAC supports candidates who understand issues facing independent automobile dealers in our nation’s capital.
Make plans now to attend.
