Rent-to-own News - Missouri rental dealer's annual membership meeting largest ever
February 6, 2008
By Murlin Evans
127 dealers, employees and vendors turned out for the annual Missouri Rental Dealers Association (MRDA) annual membership meeting February 6 in Columbia, Missouri, making this year's meeting the largest in the association's history.
Store level professionalism, personal growth and legislative issues dominated the meeting which kicked off with opening remarks from
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| Salesman Bryan Dodge pitched goal setting as a means to personal growth at the recent annual MRDA membership meeting. |
MRDA President John Cleek Jr. Cleek displayed a plaque awarded by the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations (APRO) naming MRDA the state association of the year in 2007. Cleek also urged members to contribute to the association's political action committee.
APRO Executive Director Bill Keese stressed the important role played by store level personnel in shaping the public image of the rent-to-own industry. Keese said the professionalism displayed in store level interactions would translate into a more positive perception of the industry at both the state and federal level.
"The efforts of store personnel to help millions of customers achieve the American Dream is a message we will take to the U.S. Congress," Keese said.
Keese also updated MRDA members on the upcoming APRO legislative conference February 11-13 in which 126 rent-to-own industry members have signed up to attend. The rent-to-own bills currently active are S 1012 in the Senate—sponsored by Senator Mary Landrieu—and HR 1767 in the House of Representatives—sponsored by William Lacy Clay.
Salesman Bryan Dodge closed out the morning portion of the program with a pitch for personal growth centered on goal setting and getting outside of oneself. Dodge told the audience the top two reasons people do not set goals are both the fear of failure and the fear of success.
The MRDA annual business meeting will round out the seminar ending at 3:15 p.m. followed by a meeting of the board in which all MRDA members are welcome to attend.
About APRO
The Association of Progressive Rental Organizations is the official voice of the rent-to-own industry and the most accurate and trustworthy source of rent-to-own news in the industry. Founded in 1980, APRO is the national, nonprofit trade association advocating and representing the rent-to-own industry before the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, courts, media and the public.
For more information, visit www.rtohq.org.
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