Hi, This is Rob Fox, CEO of Buckeye Dealership Consulting. I am pleased to announce that we have set a date of Sept. 20-23 for the organizational meeting of our new Dealership Performance Groups at The Resort at Longboat Key Club in Sarasota, Fla.

These dealership performance groups will help owners and their managers enhance all facets of their sales, service, and business operations with the ultimate goal of improving net profit. The program is only open to our Buckeye clients, and there will be no fees to participate for the first 12 months. We will not charge our clients any fee to participate for the first 12 months. Nothing, zero, zip, nada.

Our Dealership Performance Groups members will choose when, where, and how often they will meet. Dealers will lead the meetings and Buckeye’s team of professionals will facilitate them.

Three buy here-pay here dealers have agreed to take on this role including: Chad Randash, president at Randash Auto Center in Bozeman, Mont.; Michael Thomasson, president of the MCMC Auto Ltd. chain in the Fort Worth, Texas area; and Bill Metzinger, CEO of Red White and Blue Autos Inc., Ashland, Pa. We’d like to offer our thanks for their willingness to share their valuable leadership skills and expertise.

I want to invite you to attend the inaugural meeting at The Resort at Longboat Key Club in Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 20-23. Remember, you have to be a client of Buckeye Dealership Consulting to participate in the performance groups.

For more information on how to participate or how you can become a Buckeye customer, please call 330-726-9030 and ask for A.J. Johnson at extension 103 or email him at ajohnson@buckeyereinsurance.com.

I look forward to seeing you in September!