Welcome to GAMA

Registration for our June 21st Quarterly Meeting - "Celebrating Women Who Power the Automotive Industry" - is now open.  Please go to the "Events" tab above, and the "Current Event Registration" dropdown.  

The Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association, Inc. (GAMA) is a private, non-profit trade association which passionately promotes the interests of Georgia’s automotive manufacturing industry. GAMA is a community of businesses with common interests and goals which provides a highly interactive forum to help members achieve the following:

• continual improvement in their businesses
• higher levels of innovation, quality, and profitability
• professional success through unique educational opportunities
• successful networking among customers and peers

GAMA'S NEXT MEETINGS:

June 21, 2013- "Celebrating Women Who Power the Automotive Industry" - in Atlanta at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Perimeter Area.  Susan Brennan of Nissan is the Keynote Speaker, followed by Susan Peterson, former TV correspondent for CBS and NBC News - presentation entitled “Communication Secrets of Women Leaders (and What Men Can Learn from Them), followed by a panel presentation by leading automotive women from each of Alabama (Jeannie Thrower – SDS), Georgia (Corinne Hodges – Kia), Mississippi (Barbara McDaniel – Toyota), South Carolina (Suzanne Dickerson – CU-ICAR), and Tennessee (Susan Brennan – Nissan).  Registration is now open.

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August 14, 2013 - Annual Plant Tour Meeting - Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee - Registration opens for GAMA members on June 22, 2013, and non-members July 14, 2013.  There are only a limited number of tour spots available.  Please register early.

November 12, 2013 - Annual Economic Update Meeting,  Location to be determined.

Membership Benefits Include:

• Networking; Opportunity to Meet Potential Customers; Sharing Best Practices; Info on Key Industry Issues; Critical and Timely Info on Improving Innovation, Quality, and Profitability
• Quarterly Meetings; Plant Tours; Access to Membership Directory; Access to PowerPoints from Meetings; Social Events
• Supplier of the Year Award (coming - Committee work has begun)
• Free Year of Membership and Discounts with AIAG (www.aiag.org) - can be worth thousands of dollars; Corporate Membership with Brooks Brothers (15% Discount).  Please go to the Members Only portion of the GAMA website and login for info and immediate access to these benefits.  Access to Automotive News Breaking News RSS Feed.

Membership has grown from zero to more than 200 members in less than a year and a half. Come join the excitement!

...or... Renew Your Membership!

Our Mission & Objectives:

»   Mission

GAMA’s mission is to passionately promote the growth, profitability, and continual improvement of automotive manufacturing in Georgia.

GAMA will be successful when...

• the levels of innovation, quality, and profitability of our members are regarded as among the best in the industry
• our members are universally recognized for their leadership in automotive vehicle and component manufacturing
• Georgia is regarded as a premier location for automotive manufacturing and related support businesses

»   Objectives

• To provide information and share knowledge on issues impacting the automotive industry
• To encourage positive relationships and foster common interests among the automotive manufacturing community
• To conduct educational programs which enhance the professions of all those involved in automotive manufacturing
• To provide strategic direction for workforce development in Georgia

Some of our previous events:

• May 14, 2013 at The Historic Academy of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• February 12, 2013 in Rome, GA
• November 6, 2012 in Pine Mountain, GA
• August 2, 2012 in West Point, GA - KIA Plant Tour
• May 15, 2012 in LaGrange, GA
• February 24, 2012 in Duluth, GA
• November 14, 2011 in Rome, GA
• August 23, 2011 in LaGrange, GA
• Inaugural Meeting, June 2, 2011, in Atlanta, GA

	Bill Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, was the Keynote Speaker at GAMA's November 6, 2012 Meeting in Pine Mountain, GA.
	Randy Jackson, VP Human Resources & Administration of Kia Motors Manufacturing, was the Keynote Speaker at GAMA's August 23, 2011 in LaGrange, GA
	Opening Remarks at June 2, 2011 Inaugural Meeting
	Inaugural Meeting (left to right): Rick Walker, Falcon IP Capital, President and CEO of GAMA Heather Lathbury Seckman, Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce Charles Stallworth, Georgia Power

(PowerPoints from all previous meetings are available in "Members Only" section.)