ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The United Motorcoach Association has welcomed a new member to its board of directors and bid farewell to a long-term volunteer leader.
Scott Riccio of Northeast Charter and Tour Co., Inc., in Lewiston, Maine, has been named to a seat on the board representing Region III, the Northeast.
Riccio replaced Michael Neustadt of Coach Tours, Ltd., in Brookfield, Conn., who recently announced his retirement.
Nineteen members of the 21-member UMA board are regional directors who must be coach operators and who are elected to three-year staggered terms from the three regions of the U.S., plus a single director elected from Canada.
In addition, there are non-coachbuilder and coachbuilder associate-board representatives who also serve three-year terms.
In other UMA news, the association recently asked its members to vote for a change in its bylaws.
The proposed amendment to the bylaws would modify the coachbuilder representation on the UMA board. The change would allow greater representation of the coachbuilder members within the industry on the board without reapportioning the voting structure originally established for the association.
These individuals would be considered ex officio (non-voting) members of the board and would appoint one individual to cast a vote on behalf of the entire group. This also would allow the highest-level sponsors of the association to be present at the association’s business meetings and share insights they may have gathered through their multiple locations throughout the country.
Voting ended May 30 and the results will be reported in Bus & Motorcoach News and in the UMA member newsletter.
