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• “What
makes this business different than any other opportunity,” says
Jody
Dutt, “is that we
have an elected body called the
IBOAI
that works with the Corporation, and as a result, a Code of Ethics
that gives the IBO some protection.”
The Full Story>>
• Jody Dutt
was just a teen when his parents, Jere and Eileen, qualified as
Amway
Global’s first
Diamonds in 1964.
The Full Story>>
• In
the early days of the American Way Association, before
Amway Global was
even formed, distributors (now IBOs) sought out
products
in the marketplace to sell.
Jody Dutt
remembers his dad trying a water softener kit, car generator, and
battery additive.
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• Over
Jim Janz’s 25 years on the
IBOAI Board –
including 15 years as Chairman of the Canadian Board when it was a
separate
association, and in 2007 as Chairman of the North American
Board – he has seen the Corporation and, thus, the business grow in
the eyes of the world.
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• Whenever there’s been a bump in the road, the business has
always risen to the challenge,
Jim Janz notes.
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• Canada became
Amway first international market in 1962, and in 1964
Jim and Sharon Janz of British Columbia
signed on as IBOs. Over the years, they’ve been involved in the Board as a parade of new markets came online.
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• Among the names on the original Association charter signed in 1959 were Fred Hansen, Jere Dutt, and Joe Victor. “They were also
the first three Diamonds in the business,” says
Jody Victor, Joe’s son, “and they attended the first Bahama Rama in 1965 with 13 distributorships.
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• “Originally, the Board met monthly,” says
Jody Victor, son of founding Board Member Joe Victor and current member of the
IBOAI Governance & Oversight Committee. “They talked a lot about products, which had to meet five principles: universal appeal, repeatable sales, unlimited potential, not tied to the economy, and supports free enterprise.”
The Full Story>>
• “Before
there was an Amway, there was an American Way Association,” says
Jody Victor, who at 11 witnessed the birth of both
the industry-leading company and the trade association that
preceded it.
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