G&R Body Shop

I’m attending the California Autobody Association’s 2nd Quarter Board of Directors and General Membership meeting this weekend in Oakland. I arrived Thursday evening, and attended our Executive Committee meeting on Friday.

At Friday’s meeting, we discussed many topics involving our member shops throughout the state, from the organization’s financials to our Technical Review Committee. In 2009, our CAA Technical Review Committee sent out bulletins on controversial “basecoat reduction” claims adjustments and a review of an alternative finishing method called De-Nib.

 CAA benefited this past year from increased involvement of our corporate sponsors, who are not only a valued member of this organization, but have really stepped up this past year to assist our members. The membership is pleased with our goals and achievements from 2009 and are excited about up and coming items, from bills we’re working on in the legislature to changes in state rules and laws. We have continued to develop good working relationships with insurance companies and expect additional cooperation with all of them. Insurance companies have opened the door to collaborating with CAA to help us satisfy our common customers. 

 We are working to make final changes to our new Member Benefits package, and our outside sales representatives will begin distributing them to current and prospective members soon.

I continue to be very proud to serve as CAA Vice President and proud of the work we do to raise industry standards, provide training, and bring value not only to our member shops but to our valued customers. More to come in future posts about how our benefits improve repairs and increase customer service around the state. Read more about CAA’s 2009 accomplishments.