 APRO: The Official Voice of the Rent to Own Industry
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 RTO Legislative Activity
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RTO Legislative Activity - APRO Congressional Grassroots Instructions
MEETING OBJECTIVE: To secure your U.S. House of Representative and U.S. Senator’s co-sponsorship of the “Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act.” Co-sponsorship means the Congress member publicly supports rent-to-own and rent-to-own’s future. We ask U.S. Senate offices to co-sponsor S. 738 the Senate Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act by Sen. Mary Landrieu and we ask House of Representative’s offices to co-sponsor H.R. 1744, the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act by U.S. House of Representative William Lacy Clay.
Step 1: Identify your 1 U.S. House of Representative member and 2 U.S. Senators and their Washington D.C. phone numbers.
Step 2: Phone the three offices to schedule a meeting using APRO’s “Congressional Meeting Request Instructions.”
Step 3: Submit in writing your meeting request using APRO’s “U.S. Senator Meeting Request” and “U.S. House of Representative Meeting Request.”
Step 4: When each congressional meeting is confirmed, send the meeting information through APRO’s on-line meeting confirmation form.
Step 5: Review APRO’s “Why Rent To Own Legislation.” For further background, you can review APRO’s Website and review the tabs under “Legislative Activity.”
Step 6: Review APRO’s “Five Basic Steps to a Successful Meeting.”
Step 7: Submit your meeting summary on-line and be prepared to follow up with the Congressional office if need be or requested.
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APRO's 2010 Legislative
Conference!
We would like to
thank our attendees for a great success! 
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RTOHQ: The Magazine
RTOHQ: The Magazine is the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning rent-to-own industry magazine, and it's available here. | |||
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Click the links below to download each article as a PDF
Complete issue of RTOHQ: The Magazine | January-February 2010
The Year of the Tiger According to Chinese astrology, the Year of the Tiger begins in February 2010. Tiger John Cleek is making the most of it as he winds down his two-year term as APRO’s president. He reflects on personal and industry-wide accomplishments and the love of family that sustains him.
In the 30-year history of the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations, 17 rental dealers have served as president. To mark APRO’s special anniversary, 15 of these leaders share their experiences in helping to shape the rent-to-own industry.
The Keep Rate Conundrum Calculating keep rate does not seem to improve the rent-to-own business in any discernible way—and yet this calculation, beyond all the others, has had enormous legal and political implications for rent-to-own almost since its inception.
Vendor Spotlight: What's in a Name? These three departed rent-to-own vendors--Joe Eason, Tom Kitchens and Norm Smith--live on, their names indelibly linked to key industry events and honors.
See the current issue of RTOHQ: The Magazine... [PDF format] [HTML format]
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Association of Progressive Rental Organizations 1504 Robin Hood Trail Austin, Texas 78703 800/204-2776, ext. 103 Fax 512/794-0097 |