To: boogieman who wrote (1567 ) 12/26/1997 1:33:00 AM From: boogieman Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1702
Forgot to leave a Hanukkah gift.... Went thru my notes: This should have been added into Ronald I. Meatchem Part 2 Member......: 4 Publication.: THE AUSTRALIAN Date........: May 30, 1996 Headline....: Meatchem to remain with Ateco Byline......: RUSSELL WILLIAMSON Page........: 14 Text...............................................................: THE managing director of Ateco Properties, Mr Ron Meatchem, has confirmed that he will remain with the company, despite industry speculation that he is about to leave. Ateco is the national distributor for Citroen, handles Suzuki in NSW and the ACT and is also in the running to get the rights for Italian car giant Fiat and its subsidiary, Alfa Romeo. Mr Meatchem said he was brought in as a consultant to undertake two main jobs, which are both unfinished. "Certainly the role that I came into the company to do was (to) be there for a period of time to build up and develop (the existing franchises) and the other issue was the whole attainment of Fiat and Alfa in Australia," Mr Meatchem said. He added that his part in building the existing franchises was on track, with Citroen undertaking an aggressive marketing campaign and dealer expansion under a new general manager, Mr Miles Williams, and Suzuki benefiting from a rush of products. However, he said there was still a long way to go on attaining the Fiat franchise. "A lot of people are very interested but it is really up to the company in Italy, Fiat, themselves that have got to make up their mind, " Mr Meatchem said. "When they will do that we don't know yet and hopefully it will come together and that is what I am here to do." Mr Meatchem said that once a decision was made by Fiat, he would review his future with Ateco. "Officially I'm retired and it's a question of how long I want to go on for and Neville (Crichton, governing director of Ateco) and I have got to work that out," he said. Mr Meatchem was formerly managing director of BMW Australia and joined Ateco late last year, signing a three-year contract with the company. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX This should have been added into Ronald I. Meatchem Part 3. It will close the race car chapter. *********************EDITED BY BOOGIEMAN ********************* Member......: 15 Publication.: THE AUSTRALIAN Date........: April 10, 1997 Headline....: GRIDLINES / Meatchem quits chair Byline......: DAVID HASSALL Page........: 15 Text...............................................................: Meatchem quits chair FORMER BMW Australia chief Mr Ron Meatchem has resigned as chairman of the two organisations that run V8 Supercar racing, TEGA and AVESCO, after just seven months. He gave the heavy workload as the reason for returning to retirement but it is understood he did not see eye to eye with some of the partners in the organisations. SORRY FOR THE ADDITIONS TO THE POSTS It was a late night!!!! The Boogieman wishes you, A HAPPEN'N HANUKKAH