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New Chapter Chair Tony Orta offered opening remarks to shed some light on his vision for the chapter under his guidance. "To ensure that this chapter continues to provide added value to its members, I will work with your chapter leadership to focus on three key areas that I believe will strengthen our chapter," Orta said.

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NAFA’s International Fleet Academy is a three-day conference divided into two parts covering critically necessary information to run a fleet of vehicles outside of North America. This comprehensive event will cover the European, Central American, South American, Australian, Asian, and African fleet markets, and is a "must" for companies and organizations with global fleet responsibilities.

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If it's been more than twelve months since the last time you reviewed your driver policy (or thought about implementing one), you could be exposing your company to risks that didn't even exist a year ago. What You Didn't Realize Was Missing From Your Driver Policy, identifies new threats that companies are facing. Registration for this webinar ends today, May 20, so don't miss out!

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NAFA's Fleet Safety Advisory Council is developing a project called "How To Develop A Fleet Safety Program." To make this work in the best manner possible, the Fleet Safety Advisory Council is requesting your help.

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On May 10, Ed Pierce, Branding & Global Marketing Vice President for ARI, stopped by the NAFA office in Princeton, NJ to pick up his Fleet Excellence Award. As recipient of the first FLEXY for Affiliate of the Year, Pierce said he was honored and surprised.

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Was there an education session, opportunity, or product from NAFA that made a positive impact in your career? Did you meet and get information from NAFA membership that you wouldn’t have otherwise had connections to? Has CAFM certification made the difference in your career? We want to hear from you and share your feedback.

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has announced a diverse group who will share their perspectives on natural gas issues at a series of forums; the NTSB has recommended to states that they lower the blood-alcohol content that constitutes drunken driving; and the IRS has issued a revenue procedure (Revenue Procedure 2013-27) which sets fair market values on vehicles.

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Although April marked the fourth consecutive monthly decline in wholesale used vehicle values (and produced a cumulative decline of 3.9 percent since December), the recent movement has been neither alarming nor disruptive to the market.

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"DO AC" is exactly what a recent-record-setting number of attendees did last month at NAFA's 2013 Institute & Expo in Atlantic City. And, as it turns out, Affiliates who put their money down on the opportunity to exhibit, sponsor, educate, and entertain NAFA members left town as winners!

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NHTSA is recommending a lower threshold for drunk driving saying the .05 standard will cut traffic deaths. On the group’s recommendation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration advised states to cut their threshold for drunk driving from .08 blood alcohol content (BAC) level to .05.

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More than any of its rivals, Royal Dutch Shell, which reported its quarterly results on May 2, is betting its future on the business of bringing natural gas from remote locations like Qatar to energy-hungry destinations like China and Japan.

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The hydrogen refueling infrastructure may not be ready, but the cost of developing the fuel cell cars Toyota plans to launch in 2015 has plunged. Toyota's current fleet of Highlander-based vehicles, which were placed in university and utility fleets beginning in 2002, cost about $1 million a piece to develop.

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Private trucking fleets are currently adding capacity at a faster rate than for-hire fleets, according to the Q2 2013 Fleet Sentiment survey conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research. Half of the private fleets participating in the quarterly survey indicated they were adding capacity with the power units they expected to purchase (in the next three months).

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The electronic toll payment solution company Rent A Toll® announced on April 16 that it signed a Preferred Sales and Services Agreement with Violation Management Services, Ltd. effective that day.

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NAFA welcomes new Members and Affiliates into the Association.

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NAFA thanks former President Patsy Brownson, CAFM, for 35 years with the Association; William J. Benzie for 30 years with the Association; and Tom Gardner, Michael H. Grace, and Nancy W. McSweeney for 25 years with the Association.

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The nation has again been shaken by tragic events, and although these were not naturally-occurring, they have nonetheless left a mark on the psyche of the country. NAFA asks that we pull together again to aid those affected by the terrorist action in Boston and the fertilizer factory explosion in Texas.

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The Association has created Club NAFA - a place for those who have been members of NAFA for 30 years or more. Club NAFA was officially introduced on April 26, 2013 during NAFA’s Institute & Expo in Atlantic City, NJ. Mike McDonald, Chair of NAFA’s Membership Committee, announced the program during the Chapter Recognition Luncheon.

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Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup. The recall affects 2005 to 2010 Grand Cherokees and 2006 to 2010 Commanders. U.S. safety regulators say cracks in a circuit board can cause a faulty signal as the SUVs are being started. If the vehicles shift into neutral they can roll away.

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GM, in a statement from May 14, said it will rebadge Nissan's new four-cylinder NV200 commercial van as the Chevrolet City Express in the fall of 2014. The Nissan NV200, built in Cuernavaca, Mexico, went on sale at Nissan dealerships in April.

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The list of companies that accepted government loans and then closed their doors due to financial or other difficulties now has a new entry: Vehicle Production Group (VPG) of Allen Park, MI.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is interested in self-driving technology for his future fleets -- and he's going to Google for advice. Musk has been talking to Google about its work with self-driving cars and how to implement such a system for future Tesla vehicles. However, Musk doesn't want to call it "self-driving," but rather "autopilot" technology.

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According to GM CEO Dan Akerson, GM believes that the cost to build the Volt can be reduced in the range of $7,000 to $10,000 on the second-generation model. That doesn't necessarily mean buyers will see a discount, but it will mean GM doesn't take a loss on each vehicle it sells.

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The statistics show that if you live in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., or New York City, this thought eventually comes up: this must be the worst place for traffic in the world! If not, sit back, exhale, and give thanks you don’t live in one of those places as they routinely top the traffic congestion charts across the country.

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Every day, three or four gas stations close up shop. Some factors that are in play throughout the country include: rising competition from new gas retailers like Walmart and Costco; the growing efficiency of the American vehicle fleet; and changing driving patterns.

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Fleet management will always involve a certain level of risk; the key is to minimize risk wherever and whenever possible. NAFA's Risk Management Guide provides fleet managers the ability to identify, quantify, and treat risk across their fleet and throughout their overall organization.

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Fleet Professional Job Postings

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