The Canada West Equipment Dealer's Association represents approximately 400 agricultural equipment dealers from across western Canada. The organization recently elected a new president in Warren Kotzer of Miller Equipment in Yorkton.
Kotzer says that the group is about help dealers do business, whether it's making deals with major suppliers to lobbying the government to help make being an equipment dealer a better business option.
"We work on different things, like government policies and government affairs. Things that affect dealer organizations that we can do as a group to help them do business easier," he describes.
It's Kotzer's ninth year with the association as part of the board of directors or the executive, and he says that his involvement in the executive came from being in the business for 27 years.
"I've always had a keen interest in helping out and making things better for all the dealers in western Canada," Kotzer says.
He says that the group picks people to be president who have had a long standing interest in the executive and who know what needs to be done and how to do it as a president.
The mandate for the president is one year, and Kotzer expects that the organization will continue working in the same direction. He says there are ongoing projects with government and suppliers that will continue into the new year, and they will continue to work in those areas.
"I'm looking forward to serving as the president for this year and helping out with the organization."
