President
Normand Zarella called the meeting to order
at 12:38p.m. He then made the introduction
of the Executive Board: Joy Mills (Vice
President), Fred Connors (Treasurer), himself
and Corporate Council, Christopher Rich,
who was not in attendance, currently recovering
from a minor set back.
1) Motion was made and carried to suspend
the roll call.
2) The following Past Presidents in attendance
were recognized: Patricia Lambert, Ralph
Belmonte and Bill Aker.
3) President Zarella introduced Ms. Sandra
Baza from Milford Federal Savings and Loan
Association who was sponsored by Carolyn
Cialdea,
4) The Treasurer’s report was read and
accepted by vote of the membership.
5) The Secretary’s report was accepted as
mailed.
6) V.P. Mills gave a brief update on the
seminar and reminded members that the enrollment
date was coming up shortly and to make sure
that they reservations in a timely manner.
7) V.P. Mills also stated that a final head
count needs to be given to the Radisson
at least a week in advance and the membership’s
assistance in making timely reservations
would greatly assist the committee in the
final preparations for the April Trade Show.
8) Jim Kelly gave a brief update for vendors
interested in the upcoming Trade Show and
reminded them to get in their reservations.
It was also urged to the membership that
if they had specific vendors that they deal
with that might be interested to have them
contact Jim Kelly.
9) By vote of the membership the regular
business meeting was adjourned at 12:55
PM.
10) President Zarella then introduced our
guest speaker – Mr. William Johnson, President
of the Statewide Towing Association. The
membership then heard a very animated and
informative speech from Mr. Johnson who
explained the rights and laws for towing
companies within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This guest speaker gave us insights on red
flags to watch for and explained the differences
between consensual and non consensual mechanics’
lien laws that our Association members can
utilize going forward in their daily business
and hopefully future legislative initiatives.
11) Thank you to the following members who
contributed donations for the raffle: Ed
Kerrigan of Adesa Auto Auction for 3 bottles
of wine, a gift certificate from Joyce Mover
of the Registry of Motor Vehicles and two
boxes of golf balls from Peter Mazzini of
Milford National Bank.
12) A special acknowledgement to Joy Mills
for assisting with the meeting minutes for
March in my absence. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
David A. Wilson
Secretary
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