Ladies and Gentlemen,

Since we are in early March, I felt someone should update you on what is happening in the Western Regional Chapter in 2008.

As you know, last year was an enormous growth year for the Western Regional Chapter. As of today, we have 919 members in the Western Regional Chapter. It is the desire of the Executive Board to maintain our membership and to increase it if at all possible, and of course, to make sure current members want to renew their membership when it expires.

Your 1st Vice President, Rick Greenwood, is hard at work trying to get the boards of the WSATI chapters, AATIA, CATI, and other independent auto theft associations in the Western Regional Chapter's jurisdiction to share their membership rosters with us. In doing this, one complete roster of contacts will be available for the membership of all the associations and Western Regional Chapter membership. This will make it easier to network with someone when you need to. The password encrypted roster will be available on either this website or the WSATI website. Rick has received several of the association rosters but the goal is to post all of them at one time, rather than piecemeal.

Rick is also working on an IAATI WRC e-Newsletter covering activities and information provided by the associations within the IAATI WRC jurisdiction. In order to receive any email / e-Newsletter offerings, you will have to be an IAATI "Member's Only" recipient. For more information on either of these new ideas, contact 2008 IAATI WRC 1st VP Rick Greenwood at rgreenwood@wrciaati.org.

Your 3rd Vice President, Jim Kautz, is at the forefront of putting together the 2009 IAATI Training Seminar. Last August at the 2007 IAATI Seminar in Phoenix, IAATI Executive Board members were advised that no one had submitted a request to put on the 2009 Seminar. When the IAATI WRC Executive Board met in Phoenix, we discussed the possibility of CATI and IAATI WRC co-hosting the 2009 Seminar. Since August, Jim has been working along with IAATI Past President Kent Mawyer in trying to secure the 2009 Seminar in Colorado. Current IAATI 4th Vice President, (and Past IAATI WRC President) Joe Brosius, will be in charge of the 2009 Seminar. With Jim and Joe pushing forward, the WRC will be assisting in hosting the Seminar, as we did in 2007 in Phoenix. More information will be forthcoming. For further information on the 2009 Seminar, contact 2008 IAATI WRC 3rd VP Jim Kautz at jkautz@wrciaati.org.

Once again, your current IAATI WRC Executive Board is President, Skip Davidson, 1st VP Rick Greenwood, 2nd VP J.D. Hough, 3rd VP Jim Kautz, and 4th VP Frank Graber. They are supported by 2007 Past President Gary Labb, 2006 Past President Dave Petrelli, 2004 Past President Joe Brosius, 2003 Past President Marianne Finney, and 2000 Past President Joan Pitts. Legal Counsel Richard Knapp rounds out the Board.

There is also great support from the IAATI WRC Directors. For a complete listing of the Executive Board, Directors, and Advisors, please go to the IAATI WRC Officers link at http://www.wrciaati.org/officers.asp.

In closing, I just wish to say it is important that we continue to communicate with one another. We want to continue pushing forward in the Western Regional Chapter. If any of you have any ideas or suggestions, please contact the Executive Board at eboard@wrciaati.org.

Sincerely,
Gary Labb
2007 Western Regional Chapter Immediate Past President

Click Here to view the President's October 7, 2008 Message

Click Here to view the Past President's October 7, 2008 Message

Click Here to view the Past President's September 8, 2008 Message

Click Here to view the President's July 1, 2008 Message

Click Here to view the President's May 28, 2008 Message