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Introducing the IDA Member
Referral Program!
One of the best marketing and
lead-generating tools in the detailing industry
is “word of mouth.” That’s true
for the International Detailing Association
(IDA) too! To encourage and recognize
those IDA members and volunteers
who are ambassadors of the IDA and
advocates to their industry peers, the
IDA is happy to introduce the new Member
Referral Program.
The process is a simple one. We have
added a “Referred By” field to the membership
application form. When you encourage
someone new to join, remind
them to put your name in this field! The
more members you refer, the more your
name appears in that field, and the more
chances you have to be rewarded!
Rewards are two-pronged so that both
high-volume recruiters are recognized
and those who get even one new member
to join during a reward cycle can still have
a chance to win.
• Top Referring Member Award:
The top referring member during
a reward cycle will receive their
member dues waived for the next
year (or will have the option to gift the
dues waiver to a friend or colleague).
• Member Referral Prize Drawing:
Every member who has referred a
new member during the reward cycle
– whether you have referred 1 or 100
in that time period – will be entered
into an annual prize drawing.*
The Member Referral Program takes
place from January 1 to December 31 –
an annual reward cycle – and it’s open
now! We will close the first round on December
31, 2023, to pull referral counts
and complete the prize drawing. The next
round will begin on January 1, 2024.
The IDA was created by detailers, for
detailers – we recognize and thank all our
members who are representing the association
positively to potential members,
demonstrating the Code of Ethics every
day, and embodying what the IDA is all
about: community, education, and raising
the bar for the industry as a whole.
*Prizes still TBD, likely a donated machine/
equipment/product from one of IDA’s generous
Supplier members, or IDA swag merchandise of
the winner’s choosing. A prize of a machine or
product does not constitute endorsement by IDA
of the machine or product, or of the brand who
has donated it. All Supplier members will be given
equal opportunity to participate in the Member
Referral Program as a product donor. More information
coming soon!
Are you working to further
detailing education/training?
Apply for a Founder's
Endowment Fund grant!
The members of the IDA Founder’s
Club are the sole stewards of the Founder’s
Endowment Fund. These funds are
granted for programs and projects that
align with the goal of the Endowment
Fund: to further detailing education and
training for future detailers.
The selected applicants will be announced
and presented at the Annual
Business Meeting (in conjunction with
Mobile Tech Expo in Orlando, FL each
year). For Endowment requests that are
more time-sensitive, exceptions may be
made to the approval and fund distribution
timeline outlined above.
Examples of projects and/or programs
that would be eligible for an Endowment
Fund distribution: establishing a new education
program for future detailers, funding
the acquisition of new tools and equipment
for a training center, supporting a
charitably run re-education program.
The Founder's Endowment Fund
grant request form is now open for submissions
through October 31, 2023.
To apply, visit the IDA website at
https://the-ida.com/.
Past Recipients Include:
ANDREW HANEY, CD-SV
Department Chair AST & Professor,
Automotive Tech, Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, California, United States
Funds granted to build a new wash bay
with proper water filtration to be utilized
by Bakersfield College Automotive Technology’s
900+ students each year.
JEFFREY MOORE, CD
Owner, iAutoshine LLC
Manassas, Virginia, United States
Funds granted for community-based
internship program for low-income participants
to learn a new trade/skill.
LAURENTIU HORUBET, CD
Owner, Pepper Studio
Voluntari, Romania
Funds granted to purchase detailing
equipment, such as rotary polishers,
orbital polishers, and orbital sanders,
for classes for beginners in the industry,
allowing increase of class size to five
students monthly.
KELLY JONES, CD-SV
Owner, Showroom Auto Detailing
West Branch, Michigan, United States
Funds granted for the in-progress building
of and the eventual supplying of tools
for a new detail training center in Michigan,
with the ultimate goal of becoming
an IDA Recognized Training Center.
PANAGIOTIS KATSOULIS, CD
Technical Support, G.
NIKOLOPOULOS SA
Athens, Greece
Funds granted to provide technical equipment
for training seminars and to create
technical video-presentations for their
detailing school.
BERNARDO ARCHIBOLD
Owner, Monster Clean Panama
Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
Funds granted to purchase tools and
supplies for use in ongoing international
trips to train detailers in other parts of the
world.
CRISTEN ASHLEY-WILLIAMS
Ramy Automotive
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Funds granted to update detailing equipment
used in their training academy to
match current market standards.
GUÐMUNDUR HALLDORSSON, CD-SV
CEO, Detail Ísland
Selfoss, Iceland
Funds granted to assist in his setup of a
mobile training center to travel to detailers
throughout Iceland.
CHARLES HEINZ
Auto Collision Repair Instructor, Kent
Career Technical Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Funds granted for new classroom equipment
for automotive collision repair and refinishing
program for high school students
at Kent Career Technical Center (80-100
students per year).
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