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December 2017

New faces on caravanning industry's board

THERE are new faces on the Caravan Industry Association of Australia's national board.

They are dealer principal of Australia Caravan Co (Jayco) & ALL RV Parts Accessories Matt Slee and Martin Cotterell, who has worked in the industry since 2000 and owned and operated Shalimar Caravan Park on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.

Dennis Austin, Chris Goddard and James Kelly were re-elected for another term.

Current members Mark Lindsay, Grant Wilckens, Gerry Ryan OAM, and Gabby Montagnese will continue to serve and will be subject to re-election in November 2018.

The association said it was looking forward to working with the new board to achieve strategic future growth for the years ahead.

It expressed appreciation to departing members Donna Cocking and Rudy Pieck for their hard work, expertise and support provided over the last two years.

Chief executive Stuart Lamont offered his gratitude for all the work contributed.

"We are particularly appreciative of Donna Cocking and Rudy Pieck who have both individually contributed greatly to the organisation and have each volunteered considerable time to act as directors on behalf of the industry," he said.

"We look forward to continuing our relationship with both Donna and Rudy, and we hope they will consider in the future putting their hat in the ring for future elections."

Meet the new members:

Matt Slee

Dealer principal of Australia Caravan Co (Jayco) & ALL RV Parts Accessories – a proud South Australian family-owned company, directly employing 42 staff over two locations. Matt has held previous terms on the South Australia trade caravanning association – CCIA SA, as well as holding an executive board position on the former CRVA and being heavily involved in the merger discussions between CRVA and RVMAA  which formed what is now the Caravan Industry Association of Australia.

Martin Cotterell

Martin has worked in the industry since 2000 and owned and operated Shalimar Caravan Park on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. He is now involved in assisting parks that are considering selling or are in need of assistance in due diligence matters, tourism development and general industry issues. Martin is a board member and treasurer of CCIA NSW as well as being a committee member for the Mid North Coast CCIA region.