What is APRO?

What is APRO? - APRO 2011-2012 Committee Assignments

The APRO Board of Directors is a talented team with committees headed by top-notch talent. But the association would like to expand committee participation beyond members of the board. APRO is urging participation from other association members to tackle industry issues on its various committees. Listed below, you'll find a list of those committees, contact information for the chairman of each committee and APRO members who are currently participating. We encourage you to contact the committee chairs, get involved in one or more committees and help make the association even better.

 

BUDGET
 
Mike Tissot, Chairman
Sidney Burton
Michelle Dunning
Gary Ferriman
Bill French
Gopal Reddy
 
 
COMMUNICATIONS
 
 
David P. David, Chairman
Sidney Burton
Don Julson
 
 
EDUCATION
 
 
Sidney Burton, Chairman
Dennis Adams
Ellison Crider
David P. David
Bill Kelly
 
 
ETHICS
 
 
Gary Ferriman, Chairman
Bill Kelly
Gary Jones
 

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
 
 
Dennis Adams
Sidney Burton
Dan Cole
David P. David
Dave Edwards
Gopal Reddy
Richard Rose
 
 
MEMBERSHIP
 
 
Richard Rose, Chairman
Sandi Frye
Jay Nardone
Jamie Slatton
  
 
NOMINATIONS
 
Cynthia Baber-Strunk,
    Chairwoman
Gary Ferriman
Sandi Frye
 
 
 

 
 
 
POLITICAL ACTION
 
 
Jamie Slatton, Chairman
Bryan Collins

  
PUBLIC RELATIONS
 
 
Mike Tissot, Chairman
Cynthia Baber-Strunk
Sidney Burton
Dan Cole
Ellison Crider
David P. David
Xavier Dominicis
Michelle Dunning
Tom Peterson
Richard Rose
Jamie Slatton
Marty Smith

 
STATE ASSOCIATION
COORDINATION
 
 
Dave Edwards, Chairman
Al Benson
Michelle Dunning
Sandi Frye
Jim Ratner
Gopal Reddy
 
VENDOR ADVISORY
 
 
Jamie Slatton, APRO Board Liaison
Bill French, Co-Vice Chairman
Mike Gerwe Jr., Co-Vice Chairman
Al Benson
John Blair
Ellison Crider
Bryan Collins
Michelle Dunning
Larry Furiani
Don Julson
Gary Jones
Jay Nardone
Marty Smith
Sherry Workman
 
 
 
 

 

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800/204-2776, ext. 109
Fax 512/794-0097
E-mail Shelley Martinek, APRO's member services director




2012 APRO Convention and Trade Show

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RTOHQ: The Magazine
RTOHQ: The Magazine is the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning rent-to-own industry magazine, and it's available here.

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RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format

APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine March-April 2012.

 

 

A New Rent-to-Own Experience

by Neil Ferguson

Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers

 

Who Is Your Competition?

by Bill Keese

In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.

 

A Review of Online Customer Complaints

by Ed Winn III

While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.

 

Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII

by Kristen Card

Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.

 

 

Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.

 

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1504 Robin Hood Trail
Austin, Texas 78703
800/204-2776, ext. 103
Fax 512/794-0097