Newmar ceo news

[Neal]

I'm not so sure bringing in an outsider felt right, I'd love to see one of the long timers within rise to the occasion. Someone that knows the system, has great ideas, has been a key player in decision making, etc. I realize there are pro's/con's to both sides of this, hopefully it will be a great choice and great things to come. There are certainly some very important changes that need to be made, let's see if they have the "courage" as Apple calls changes to make the needed changes from doing some things the same for too long. Yeah, some of you know what I'm talking about!

 

[Jabber Jaw]

Briggs & Stratton seemed to be a more natural fit for a guy with an "engine" background!

If Newmar (Winnebago) really wanted to " hit it out of the park", bring in a forward thinker like "Brett Davis, and they could merge the two business models; Newmar & NIRVC! To do so would improve the quality of the product produced, to a new level, & help reduce the frustration of the end user!
Yes, but at what price?? Probably cost prohibitive, but fun to imagine!

For stability of the Corporation, I agree with Neal, move forward with a long time employee that knows the systems, good & bad parts, & can as well, move Newmar forward!

 

[GUS2000]

As someone who has worked closely with large companies on their strategy deployment, its entertaining to see how many armchair C-level folks are in this forum lol..

now back to reality... this is not an abnormal transition by any means and should not cause anyone to panic, we cannot worry about what we cannot change..

 

[FLSteve]

Does anybody know if they found a new person to run things yet?

FLSteve

 

[redbaron]

Does anybody know if they found a new person to run things yet?

FLSteve

No. It is run by the executive management team

 

[Old-RV'er]

RV Sales are already coming down. Hmmm, Diesel here is well over 5.00 gallon, for 50 gallons that is 250 dollars. If I am making a long trip, I fillip each evening before pulling in for night. I can go about 400-500 miles on those 50 gallons of fuel, which is a long day if I even make it thar far. For that math challenged, that is 1000.00 dollars after 4 days and means I might have gone 1800 miles or so. If I want to go to PNW to visit BIL, that is 2700 miles from here. 270 gallons is 1,350 in fuel costs. Last November the same trip would have cost half of that. So, people with medium, to low income, or on fixed income, are now taking a very long hard look at their dream or their lifestyle tanking. You are going to see this increase, because oil is well above 100 dollars a barrel. Soon, between interest rates for loans, fuel prices, and general increases on EVERYTHING, RV industry is going to tank, good in one way bad in another. RV Parks might be emptier so easier to get in, bad because it's going to cost you big time to fuel rig. Your insurance costs will also rise, and your food prices will rise. "Nasty comment here".