Any
person or company having mutual interests and relationships
with the Dallas area franchised new car dealers may complete
an application for associate membership. Once a new member
is approved by the NCDA Board of Directors, the company
will receive an NCDA Directory that lists all NCDA members.
Associate members are invited to help sponsor the annual
NCDA Golf Classic and Holiday Luncheon. Associate members
also receive monthly NCDA newsletters and the Dallas Auto
Show newsletter three times a year. Associate membership
must be renewed each year, and those who do renew their
memberships are included in the new NCDA directory which
is printed and distributed in January. Membership dues are
$500 each year and are pro-rated.
Click
here for an application or call (214) 637-0531.
Earning
by Learning of Dallas
During the summer of 1996, an Earning by Learning program
was launched in the Dallas area as a joint effort between
the New Car Dealers Association of Metropolitan Dallas and
the Ricky Rudine Memorial Fund of the Communities Foundation
of Texas. This educational program,which boasts successes
in cities across the United States, targets children who
need some guidance in discovering all the advantages that
books have to offer. Earning by Learning currently services
81 sites in 8 school districts as well as all Boys & Girls
Clubs of Dallas, Dallas Challenge, Jeffries Street Learning
Center, St. Philip's School and Community Center and Tejas
Girl Scouts.
The
objective of the program is to promote literacy among children
at a very early age and to teach children how to manage
money. The elementary school-age children in the program
can select a book from a list of approximately 25,000 pre-approved
titles. Upon completion of the books, the children are tested
on their comprehension of the material. When they pass the
test, they are credited with $2. Students can earn up to
$40 per session. To date, more than 78,000 children have
read 532,847 books with $1,065,694 in cash incentives distributed.
For
more information go to
eblofdallas.org or contact:
Thelma
Morris-Lindsey
Executive Director
tlindsey@eblofdallas.org
Iretha
DeSouza
Special Events Planner/Admn.
Iretha_DeSouza@eblofdallas.org
Christmas
is for Kids
When
the holiday season rolls around, it's visions of matchbox
cars that are dancing in the heads of the members of the
New Car Dealers Association of Metropolitan Dallas. Add
a few Barbie dolls, stuffed animals, books and board games,
and it's a recipe for a child's complete fantasy Christmas.
In 1993,
the NCDA launched "Christmas is for Kids," a program designed
to fulfill the holiday dreams of children who may otherwise
not have a Christmas. To date, tens of thousands of gifts
have been collected by participating dealer and associate
members and distributed to select organizations that target
children and teens. Each year, "Christmas is for Kids" continues
to grow, thanks to the generosity of NCDA dealers and associate
members and their families, friends, employees and customers.
Consumer
Complaints
The NCDA accepts consumer complaints against dealer members
in writing. Although the NCDA cannot provide consumers with
legal advice, it can act as a liaison between dealers and
consumers in an attempt to reach a satisfactory resolution
of automotive-related problems. If you have a complaint
against an NCDA dealer member, please fax it to (214) 637-2630.
Employment
Program
The association maintains an employment bank of applicants
for various dealership positions. Names of individuals,
their phone numbers and positions they are seeking are listed
in the monthly NCDA newsletter. Dealers also can call the
NCDA office and request complete resumes of candidates.
If you would like your resume to be included in the NCDA
employment bank, please fax it to (214) 637-2630.
New
Car Dealers Association of Metropolitan Dallas
2777 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 935
Dallas, Texas 75207
(214) 637-0531
Fax: (214) 637-2630
Drew
Campbell
President
drewcampbelldc@hotmail.com
Jo
McKinley
Vice President
dasncdajo@aol.com
Marianne
Jones
Director of Communications
marianne@dallasautoshow.org
Molly
Eichenberger
Administrative Assistant
molly@dallasautoshow.org
