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Ah, vacation time. A few days away from the grand scheme of things can do one a world of good. Coming back to work on July 28 was a real eye-opener for me...and by day’s end I felt as if I’d run a marathon.
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On June 18, NAFA’s NorCal-Northern Nevada Chapter took a tour of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Motor Transport Section, home of Fleet Operations center in West Sacramento where every CHP fleet vehicle is upfitted and put into service for the entire state.
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Perhaps you’ve been curious about participating in your chapters at a greater level. Now is the perfect time to learn more about it. The people involved in every aspect of NAFA are just like you: fleet professionals who made the choice of giving some of their time to the Association because they want to help their industry and colleagues.
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Join us on September 23-25 for the NAFA/FLAGFA/FUFMA Joint Conference with NAFA’s Sunshine State Chapter. The Keynote Speaker for the event will be Former NAFA Law Enforcement Group Chair, Commissioner Robert Martinez, New York Police Department Fleet.
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NAFA's Alabama Chapter is holding their annual conference in beautiful Orange Beach, Alabama. In addition to having NAFA CEO, Phillip Russo, CAE, as an honorable guest speaker, attendees can expect three days of dynamic and knowledgeable speakers AND evening events! Be here October 4-6, 2015 at Orange Beach, Alabama!
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NAFA’s CAFM® Boot Camp is the key to your best CAFM ®/CAFS testing performance, this September 22-24, in Gatineau PQ, Canada (near Ottawa)! Register on or before this Saturday, August 8 to receive an additional $100 off of your registration fee! Also, check out a special offer for employers that will allow you to send five people to the CAFM® Boot Camp for the price of four!
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In early-July, NAFA Fleet Management Association announced the formation of an Accreditation Development Committee to oversee NAFA’s Sustainable Fleet Accreditation Program. "We are excited to have these invaluable members take the lead in overseeing our Sustainable Program," said NAFA Chief Executive Officer Phillip E. Russo, CAE. "NAFA’s Board of Directors and I are certain that they will ensure the program’s success."
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Republished with permission from Fleet Management Weekly, Mike Sheldrick discusses sustainable practices and NAFA's Sustainable Fleet Accreditation Program with CALSTART Senior Vice President Bill Van Amburg. Learn about the NAFA's Sustainable Fleet Accreditation Program, developed in collaboration with CALSTART, through this interview.
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"I joined NAFA specifically for the CAFM ® program," Ruth said. "Once I actually went through the program, I was asked to sit on the Certification Committee because I was a very enthusiastic champion of the program as I was going through it." CAFM ® is the industry standard in fleet education and makes a difference for fleet professionals all across North America every day.
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NAFA's International Vice President Joseph LaRosa discusses a new relationship emerging between NAFA and Brazil's Parar Institute. The goal of the organization is to increase awareness of international fleet safety, and NAFA is ready to assist in guiding this important information.
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Find out about the chapter meetings you will want to be a part of all throughout the summer. Details inside!
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NHTSA Seeks Comments on Underride Guards, Senate Finance Committee Approves Package of Energy Tax Extenders, You Can Help Keep Alternative Fuel Tax Incentives, and Senate to Resume Work On Long-Term Highway Bill After August Recess.
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Canada’s premiers and territorial leaders met from July 15 to July 17 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, for a summer meeting and discuss a national energy strategy as well as address climate change.
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NAFA’s CAFM ® Boot Camp is a great way for NAFA Affiliates to network and get to know clients and future clients! Learn more about the requirements and skills of fleet management and hear about what the fleet issues and concerns of today from those in the classes. Special Savings Offer: Send 5 team members to the September Boot Camp for the Price of 4! Look inside for details!
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NAFA offers Affiliates a survey service to poll the NAFA membership and an E-Broadcast Service to help you get your promotional message out. These services can give you a solid idea of the marketplace, what fleet is looking for, and provides you the means to get your information to them. Slots are limited, so reserve your broadcast options today!
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In a 12-month run of change that has upended the previous makeup of the fleet management company landscape, another change has just taken place. German car giant Volkswagen and Dutch company Fleet Investments are set to sell global fleet management company LeasePlan Corp for about $5.42 billion.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will face at least three years of oversight by an independent monitor into its auto safety efforts as part of a sweeping, record-setting $105 million settlement in the government’s investigation of nearly two dozen recalls covering 11 million vehicles.
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While people might be inclined to wipe the hard drives of computers or smartphones they give away, many need to be reminded to do the same for their cars. Fleet managers in the U.K. are being urged to remind company car drivers to reset in-vehicle multi-media systems ahead of remarketing amid possible security concerns. It's a process worth noting on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as vehicles -- and the fleets that run them -- become more reliant on the computing power of their various assets.
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A pair of veteran cybersecurity researchers have shown they can use the Internet to turn off a car's engine as it drives, sharply escalating the stakes in the debate about the safety of increasingly connected cars and trucks. In a controlled test, they turned on the Jeep Cherokee’s radio and activated other inessential features before rewriting code embedded in the entertainment system hardware to issue commands through the internal network to steering, brakes, and the engine.
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While a number of automakers, as well as tech giant Google, are already testing autonomous vehicles on public roads, MCity will allow them "to take the unusual things that happen on the road and repeat them as often as we want," helping to ensure that those vehicles will be able to deal with the range of challenges human drivers might face at one point or another.
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NAFA welcomes 40 new Members and Affiliates into the Association. Thank you for making NAFA your association!
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NAFA thanks James Rallo, Debbie Griffin, and Charles Scharmen for their years with the Association! It is the strength of our members that have helped make NAFA the strongest association in fleet management today.
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In Washington, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley secured the inclusion of tax incentives for wind energy, biodiesel, and cellulosic ethanol in the bipartisan tax extenders bill the Finance Committee debated on July 21.
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New research appears to show that pure gasoline--known as G100 or E0--is more corrosive to various engine parts than is E10. At least that's the claim of a post on the website of the Urban Air Initiative, a group that works to promote ethanol use to reduce or eliminate the adverse effects on public health of what are called the aromatic compounds in gasoline. There is concern that the science in the study has not been rigorously scrutinized and conclusions from it may be speculative.
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On July 29, UPS announced that it will buy as much as 46 million gallons of renewable diesel over the next three years, helping the company reach a goal of displacing twelve percent of the petroleum-based fuels in its ground fleet by 2017. The renewable fuels, from three suppliers, are chemically so close to their petroleum-based counterparts that they can replace them in engines and pipelines.
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How does lifecycle cost analysis help quantify the decision-making process for determining when a piece of equipment needs replacing? How can you use benchmarking principles to ensure your fleet operates at its optimum? NAFA’s Financial Management Guide examines these questions and more!
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NAFA's Emergency Operations Manual is specifically written for fleet managers! This "how-to" guide provides step-by step instructions to develop an effective emergency operations plan and is a must-have when events become unpredictable.
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NAFA's CAFM® Boot Camp in Canada - the last Boot Camp for 2015! Two great money-saving offers now available. Do not miss it - register now by clicking here!
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