PCCA Journal|3
rd
Quarter 2015
41
W
hile trips are being bid on during
the annual PCCA Auction, it’s only
natural for folks to speculate on how
those trips will play out in real life.
We think things like, “That’s a perfect
place to take all those kids,” or “They’re really going to enjoy
that golf course,” or “Gee, I hope that stadium has enough
Bud Light.” And when the bidding starts for the four-day
weekend at the Sellenriek’s place on the Lake of the Ozarks,
that speculation gets ramped up a notch or two.
When Tucker Dotson of Ditch Witch purchased the Sellen-
riek Lake Weekend at the 2015 PCCA Auction in Aruba, here
is what absolutely nobody in the room was thinking: “That
sounds like a perfect spot for a mid-year sales meeting!” But
as it turned out, that’s exactly what happened.
“This trip really encompassed everything you look for in a
business trip: planning, setting goals, camaraderie with your
co-workers, and beautiful place,” Dotson said. “And to top it
off, we got to spend a lot of time with a good customer. The
Sellenrieks are great hosts.”
Ditch Witch has a mid-year sales meeting each year that
focuses on plans and goals for the second half of the year.
“Usually it’s in Perry (Oklahoma), but once in a while, we go
off campus to give everyone a little time to unwind,” Dotson
said.
This year, they held two
days of meetings at Cam-
den on the Lake (home of
the 2014 PCCA Mid-Year
Meeting), with 23 indi-
viduals from the corporate
sales team, including three
representatives from their
Barcelona, Spain, office.
The meetings included an
upbeat economic forecast
from FMI’s Chris Daum.
On the last day of their
trip, the Ditch Witch crew
spent the whole day with
the Sellenrieks at their
lake house. “Nobody hosts
people better than they do,”
Dotson said. “They had
more than enough of everything for 23 people, and they even
had a band there playing for us. The Sellenrieks treat every-
one like they matter. You just can’t find better people.”
And what about the PCCA Auction? “I know this,” Dotson
said, “we way underpaid for the value they gave us.”
The 2016 PCCA Auction is on March 6, during the 71st An-
nual PCCA Convention, March 4-9, at the Ocean Reef Club in
Key Largo, Fla.
Ditch Witch Makes a Splash
with PCCA Auction Item