June 11, 2012

CADA Open Road, Special Edition:
– Factory Relations: Strategies for
Difficult Issues

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

– CADA Annual Member Golf Event

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* * * IMPORTANT * * *
FACTORY RELATIONS:
STRATEGIES FOR DIFFICULT ISSUES

     Seminars in Colorado Springs, Denver & Loveland                     will cover the following topics:

• Sales Effectiveness Calculations
• Current manufacturer issues including facility upgrade and image requirements
• Dealer protection – Statutory and Common Law
• Dealer responses to Factory Demands
• ROI Calculations
• Allocation Issues
• Factory Pressure
• NADA Mercer Study
• APR Issues
• Metro vs Rural Market

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Michael Dommermuth, McGloin, Davenport, Severson & Snow, P.C.
An attorney who specializes in representation of motor vehicle dealers, Michael is a member of National Association of Dealer Counsel, a national organization of attorneys who represent dealers.  Michael earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in 1980 and Juris Doctorate from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1983.  Michael has 26 years of experience representing dealers throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West.  Michael’s firm provides full service representation of motor vehicle dealers including, buy/sell agreements,  litigation, finance, franchise, manufacturer disputes, bankruptcy, dealer succession, class actions and federal and state compliance.  Michael has successfully defended dealers in class actions challenging D&H and for damages under the telephone consumer protection act.

Mr. Joseph Roesner, President, The Fontana Group
Economic Consulting & Litigation Support
Mr. Roesner received his Masters of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance from the University of Arizona. Since joining the Fontana Group in 1990, Mr. Roesner has conducted or participated in hundreds of research and consulting projects primarily related to the automobile industry. He has directed numerous market representation studies assessing the need for and impact of changes to a manufacturer's dealer network. He has also conducted analyses relating to the retail dealer performance in the retail automobile industry, the heavy truck industry, and the motor sports industry. Mr. Roesner is a Certified Management Accountant, and a longtime member of the Institute of Management Accountants, the American Economic Association, and the American Marketing Association. He has provided expert testimony in numerous venues throughout the United States, including testimony before mediation boards, binding arbitration panels, administrative law judges, administrative boards, and in State and Federal courts.