Sept. 10 General Meeting

Meeting will be held at the Drydock on the Midway Road. Meet at 5:30 for dinner at 6

1st General Meeting of the fall 9/10/13

Watch this space for meeting location.
 The August board meeting schedule found to many board members on vacation and unable to attend. We moved the board meeting to the September meeting date and realized that was the Labor Day Holiday time and we've had poor attendance in years past so moved both meetings to September 10.

July 1 2013 NEW TAX LAWS

As all of you must know by now, July 1st starts a new way of calculating takes for our industry. My suggestion would be to discuss the new laws with your paint supplier as they now have the burden of determining what purchases they're going to tax repair facilities on. There is  information on the MN Dept. of Revenue site. Don't forget to turn on the TAX PAINT/MATERIALS in your estimating system. Another change this year is the Hazardous Waste Generator license application. They will all be done on line this year at the MPCA website http://cf.pcs.state.mn.us/wastelicenseapplication they are due August 7, 2013

NCBA General Meeting

A lot of you took advantage of the free estimating seminar the end of March. The general feeling was we should do it again, but have a full day of training instead of the half day session.
The next scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, May 7 @ 6:00, at Proctor Blackwoods . Valley Imports will sponsor the evenings meal.

April 2 Board Meeting

The April Board Meeting will be held, Tuesday 4\2 at The Shack in Superior Wi.  Meeting at the usual 5:30, dinner @ 6ish schedule.

March General Meeting

Terrific turnout for the new year. Kadingers sponsored the evenings dinner, and presented photos and information on a very well run and clean LKQ\ salvage yard operation. They provide daily delivery to our area out of their Solon Springs location. If you havnt already, give Kadingers a call 1-800-710-6643.
The NCBA has 3 new shops joining for 2013. Johnnys Auto Body \ Johnny and Kelly, Country Auto Body in Embarrass\ Reed Peterson and not really a new member but a new owner of Chestnut Collision and Restoration\ Wes Maki, Ralph and Barbs son. All of the new members attended the meeting and learned 1st hand about the training that the NCBA is sponsoring on 3/28. The class will be held at the Holiday Inn in downtown Duluth from 12:30 - 4:30. Not sure what room it will be in,  either ask or look for signs. Call Rick Dunbar if you havnt already notified Jody you would be attending. We need an approximate headcount for the venue as well as workbooks. Best Estimating Practices is a very important training seminar, AASP is holding a class in the cities the next morning and will be charging $100 for members to attend, so you see this is a great value at FREE for NCBA members.

March General Meeting

Due to weather and snow removal issues, the March General Meeting will be held Tuesday March 19. Kadingers will be sponsoring the evening and it will be held at The Shack in Superior, Wisconsin at 5:30, dinner at 6