F&I and Showroom, Industry Summit 2015
Industry Summit 2015 F I and Showroom 5 there I got in because a doctor friend of mine who had gone to Georgetown had naïve faith in me and got me in I was afraid I was going to flunk out I decided that trying out for the freshman basketball team would force some discipline on me I was the last guy to make the freshman team and only because I was three inches taller than the next guy But they kept me so by the time I was a senior I got to sit on the varsity bench But I think sports teach discipline and I think that discipline serves us well in any business Its team building At four dealerships today we have about 200 employees You cant do it all If you want to get ahead youve got to build a team F I What inspired you to get involved at the association level Fox Its a funny story My sister had been the chairman of the New York State Automobile Dealers Association I saw how busy she was that year It was a full time job But she committed to doing it My job was to stay home and take care of the dealerships the year she was on the road I didnt intend to be active in the association but Bill Cramm who became chairman after my sister asked if I would do him a personal favor and serve as the director for the Central New York district He said Three or four times a year you go to a meeting in Albany You dont have to do what Jane did And so I started off on this merry path A good friend of mine Mike Barnard from Newark N Y was the NADAs New York State director for nine years Steve Scoville replaced Barnard for the next term and then stepped aside I was with Barnard at a dinner in Rochester and I asked him if he thought I could do it He said Yes so I threw my name in not realizing there was going to be an election and I was up against Al Carbone a dealer I had known for many years I saw Carbone at the next meeting and said Al you know I dont like running against you He said Me neither Then he stood up and said I withdraw So I became the NADAs New York State director by happenstance And once I got in its kind of like going to college You know the other new directors but everyone else has NADA Chairman Bill Foxs ascendance to dealership and association leadership was largely happenstance he says
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