‘CRVA’ Holds Board Meeting; McDermott Presides

The Canadian Recreational Vehicle Association (CRVA) held its first board meeting Oct. 3-4 under new Chairman Jeff McDermott of Wells Fargo in Cambridge, Ontario. According to a press release, McDermott replaces Roger Faulkner of General Coach Canada who served as the CRVA President for two terms in 2005-2006 and 2010–2017. Faulkner will remain on the CRVA board as past chairman. Eleonore Hamm and Sam Parks from RVDA of Canada […]

Podcast 154 features RVDA President Phil Ingrassia

(Oct. 5, 2017) -- Today’s guest is Phil Ingrassia, the president of the RV Dealers Association in Fairfax, Va. The 2017 RV Dealers Convention and Expo takes place Oct. 6 to 10 at Bally’s in Las Vegas. He describes RVDA’s Vendor Training Plus program as well as a new initiative with NTP-Stag, and the Partners in Progress meetings scheduled among dealers and manufacturers. He touches on the new slate of speakers for this year, which includes a lot of women and first-time presenters. He also talks about the expo and the number of vendors that will be exhibiting products and services in that sold-out venue.