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As an organization of news makers and news reporters, we should be able to share the latest information affecting our industry with each other. As an organization of volunteers, we must rely on each other for help in gathering and reporting that information. So if you have news or announcements that would be of interest to your fellow members, let us know and we'll post it here.
Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager, will discuss the the international scope of Chevrolet which is now on an aggressive expansion campaign throughout the world at the Thursday, October 18, meeting of the International Motor Press Association. Ed Staehlin, Motorola’s Director of Product Management, Automotive and Navigation Products, will discuss the latest trends, advancements in in-car infotainment – the combination of information (from navigation to Internet access to real-time traffic reports) and entertainment options during the May 17 IMPA meeting at the 3 West Club, 3 West 51st Street, New York. Traffic: everyone who drives in it complains about it, frets over it and, often, allows it to become a major intrusion on their daily lives. Joe Nolan and John Del Giorno of Metro Traffic, which provides up-to-the-minute traffic reports to more than 2,200 radio and television stations in the United States, will discuss how this information is gathered and disseminated as well as what is coming in the future for traffic reporting at the March 15 IMPA meeting. Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally to provide keynote address at the April 4 annual IMPA breakfast at the New York International Automobile Show. The vehicle which might pull up to the curb in the coming years in response to "TAXI!" will be the topic of the February 15 meeting when Deborah Marton, Executive Director of the Design Trust for Public Space, discusses Taxi 07, a project of the Trust. Future transportation fuels will be the topic Thursday, January 18, at the first IMPA meeting of 2007. James Macias of Shell will be the presenter. IMPA will make a rare off site trip Thursday, December 21 for its final 2006 meeting as members and guests will be able to examine the new Audi Forum (a showroom, not a dealership). Scott Keogh, Audi's chief marketing officer, will be cutting short a headquarters trip to address IMPA in the company's new New York home. Elizabeth Lowrey, General Motors Vice President - Environment and Energy, AT DECEMBER 15 IMPA MEETING General Motors chief of sales and marketing Mark LaNeve will be IMPA guest speaker Thursday, May 19. LaNeve, who has risen quickly at GM, from head of the Cadillac brand, to head of marketing and advertising for all brands and now to sales and marketing chief in less than 18 months will discuss the enormous marketing and brand management challenges confronting GM as it sorts out what the world’s biggest automaker will look like by end of decade.
The program begins at noon at the National Women's Republican Club, 3 West 51st Street, New York. Tickets are $35 for members, $45 for non members. Long-time IMPA member and the face of Chevrolet in Metropolitan New York Jim Rooney died December 14. The next monthly meeting of the International Motor Press Association will be noon, January 20, 2005, at the Women's National Republican Club, 3 W. 51 Street, New York. The speaker TBA. IMPA Test Days 2005 set for September 8-9 at Jack Frost Resort and Pocono International Raceway. Kevin DeHart, senior vice president, North American Diesel Systems Business Unit, discusses the benefits of diesel, the technology behind clean diesel and why it is an important technology for North America market at the December 16 IMPA luncheon, noon, at the Woman's National Republican Club, 3 W. 51st St., New York. Ballots will soon be mailed for the election of IMPA's 2005 officers. This year members will be choosing a new President, second vice president and four members of the Board of Directors. Robert G. Liberatore, Group Senior Vice President, Global External Affairs and Public Policy, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, will discuss the political climate and its impact on the automotive industry during a presentation November 18 to the International Motor Press Association Steven F. Brown, director of SKF's North American Technical Center and its Drive-by-Wire business unit, at the October 21 IMPA meeting will present an overview on how drive by wire will affect the automotive world. Gerhard Schmidt, chief of research and development for the Ford Motor Company, will address the IMPA membership July 15 at its monthly meeting. Charles Baker of American Honda Motor Co. will address Honda's "Safey for Everyone" initiative at the June 17 luncheon meeting. Mark O'Shaugnessy, director of sales and marketing, will explain the changes Lotus is going through in the United States automotive market at the May 20 IMPA luncheon meeting. BMW AG Chairman Helmut Panke, who spent time in the United States with the Bavarian firm's American subsidiary, will be the speaker Wednesday, April 7 at the annual IMPA/New York International Automobile Show media breakfast. Tony Swan, executive editor of Car and Driver magazine, received the 2004 Ken Purdy Award at the IMPA Breakfast kicking off the New York International Automobile Show. Col. Thomas E. Nickerson, director of the Strategic Outreach Division for the U.S. Army Accessions Command, will provide an overview on the Army's use of motorsports in marketing at the March 18 IMPA luncheon. A Celebration of Life has been scheduled for February 22nd for Bill Finefrock, AutoWeek and Competition Press editor during the 1960s, who died from injuries suffered during a fire which consumed his garage. Rick Kasper, president and chief operating officer of Global Electric Motorcars, will discuss how alternative vehicles, like his firm's neighborhood electric vehicles, fit into the transportation mix. Tom Carney, director of automotive marketing for American Suzuki, will outline "357," the company's bold program to radically increase its automotive market share in the United States. SpeedChannel President Jim Liberatore will addre the future of motorsports on television as well as the future of sponsorship in the sport at the July 17 IMPA meeting. Jerry Flint won the2003 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism in the commentary category. Mark LaNeve, Cadillac general manager, reports on his division's recent successes and its future Thursday, June 19, at the monthly IMPA meeting. John Burns's Ken Purdy award winning article "Monaco" can be viewed by clicking on "Ken Purdy Award" above and then "award recipients." J. D. Power III, whose CSI, IQS rankings and statistical surveys on quality, reliability and desirability, reshaped the automotive world, brings his unique perspective to New York May 15 when he addresses IMPA Ford President and Chief Operating Officer Nick Scheele will be this year's speaker at the annual IMPA Breakfast during the New York International Automobile Show media session. Brandon B. Westley, vice president of Bose Corporation's automotive division, will speak at the March 20th luncheon meeting about the first two decades of premium audio systems offered by car makers. White moves up from first vice president and is in turn replaced in that position by Nick Yost. Joe Oldham was elected second vice president to replace Yost. John Lynker, veteran automotive (print and electronic) journalist, passes away November 11 at age 75.
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