PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE | WILL GREEN PREPARING FOR EVERCHANGING CHALLENGES

I hope you’ve all had a great start to 2023. By the time this article hits your desk or inbox, most of you should have already received your dues renewal letters and PAC invoices. Thank you to everyone that has renewed and for your continued confidence and investment in LADA. We thank you for trusting us to carry out our mission to promote and protect the automotive trade in Louisiana.

We all enjoyed more flexibility in 2022 and LADA boasted record breaking turnouts at both the Annual Convention at the historic Grand Hotel in Point Clear and the Annual Golf Tournament at U Club. We extend a warm thank you to all our dealers, sponsors, and associate members that participated and invite everyone to save the dates for all of our 2023 LADA events (which can be found on our new and improved LADA website and in most email communications).

Our events not only bring together members from across the state for fellowship and networking, but also focus on the pertinent topics facing our industry, and I would be remiss not to touch on the upcoming Regional Grassroots Meetings. These meetings give dealers an opportunity to hear from Louisiana franchise law, employment law and insurance/ risk management experts. Additionally, regional meetings are designed to give our dealers an indepth insight into what we are facing as an industry leading up to the Louisiana Regular Legislative Session, where LADA will have a continued focus on an aggressive regulatory and legislative agenda which you’ve come to expect.

In order to better serve our dealer members and help promote and protect our franchise system, your Board of Directors has created the Dealer Advocacy Fund. We face bigger and evolving challenges with every passing year, and this fund sets out to support the laws, regulations and statutes defending Louisiana dealers and in turn protects our employers, customers, and the communities that we serve.

LADA wants to be prepared for these ever-changing challenges and to be a resource for our dealer body. This fund will allow for more financial flexibility as we to continue to be the voice for our consumers, our customers, and our employees. We are asking dealers to consider making a tax-deductible donation to this critical endeavor today. More information on making a donation can be found at www.lada.org/ dealer-advocacy-fund.

In closing, I again thank you for continuing to put your trust in LADA. Day after day I say what an honor it is to represent you. Our success as an association safeguards our business model, a model that creates thousands of jobs, millions in local and state tax revenue and countless consumer benefits. Your LADA staff is already hard at work preparing for a great 2023, so please be sure to renew your membership in the LADA and LADA PAC and make your donations to the Dealer Advocacy Fund. As always, do not hesitate to contact us for any need.