NAIT 2001 will offer everyone in the automotive industry a large selection of equipment and technology, plus parts and supplies, hand tools, service providers, management and technical seminars, and hands-on demonstrations. For more information, contact ASA-Washington at (253) 473-6970.
The Affiliate Assembly meeting is the process used by the association to allow affiliates or recognized groups of ASA to have a platform for expressing views and concerns before a collective body of their peers. Recommendations approved by the delegates during the assembly meeting are presented by the chairman of the Affiliate Assembly to the national board of directors for consideration. The Affiliate Assembly meeting is held during the ASA Annual Convention.
For more information or to register, contact Lori Stone at (561) 221-8499 or Randy Pollmeier at (561) 462-4383.
ASA-Mo/Kan. runs an ad in the Sunday help wanted section of The Kansas City Star and other state and regional publications seeking qualified technicians, service advisors, etc. Interested applicants then contact the affiliate office and answer a series of questions. These questions include years of experience, education, certification and salary requirement. This information is placed in the job bank's database and made available to affiliate members.
In addition, affiliate members may post positions available within the database. A prospective employee contacts the affiliate office and is given the positions available information, including the contact name and number of the ASA-Mo/Kan. affiliate member. The prospective employee then contacts the member directly.
The ASA national staff hosted three of the association's directors at its headquarters in Bedford, Texas, June 15-16 for an association orientation session. The directors were ASA national board members Rick Bigham, AAM, and Earl Dohner, AAM; as well as Hero Joyner, ASA-North Carolina executive director.
ASA's orientation session is designed to educate its directors on association policy and infrastructure. Each department within ASA gives the directors a presentation of the department's responsibilities and objectives.
ASA invited interested members of Congress and congressional staff to participate in an on-board diagnositc (OBD) information availability demonstration on Capitol Hill in June. See story, photos on page 18 of this issue.
u Bill Haas, AAM, ASA Mechanical Division manager, was one of the judges for the Ford/AAA Student Skills National finals. The finals were held June 17-18 in Washington, D.C.
Congratulations to the winners from Churchill County High School in Fallon, Nev.
To better serve the readers of AutoInc., a readership survey was mailed in June to 2,000 randomly selected ASA national members. ASA conducts a readership survey every other year.
Thank you to those members who participated in the survey. Your continued support of ASA, AutoInc., and the industry is appreciated.
In light of recent natural disasters, ASA reminds members affected by disasters that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offers disaster loans to qualified businesses. The SBA offers low interest, fixed rate loans to affected small businesses to help them recover from economic injury caused by disasters.
Disaster declarations may be made several ways, either by a declaration of the president or the governor or any such political division when at least three businesses have sustained uninsured economic injury. The SBA offers two types of business loans, physical disaster business loans and economic injury business loans.
Any business that has been damaged as a result of physical disaster or economic injury may apply for these loans. The interest rates for a physical disaster loan will be set with each disaster declaration, but will not exceed 8 percent. The interest rate for an economic loss loan is currently set at 4 percent.
After careful consideration, the boards of ASA-Oregon, Oregon Auto Body Craftsman Association and Pacific Automotive Trades Association voted to form one organization. The merged organization adopted the name Northwest Automotive Trades Association (NATA). NATA will maintain national affiliation with ASA.
Reminder of the Month
CARS will be held Nov. 1-3 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, and is the premier event of the Automotive Service Association (ASA) Mechanical Division. In conjunction with CARS, ASA and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators will hold a one-day forum on the status and future of safety inspections and emissions inspection and maintenance. The second Annual Forum on the Future of I/M and Safety Inspections will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Tropicana. |
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AutoInc. Magazine ® Vol.XLIX, August 2001
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Watch your mailbox for Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) housing and registration information, which will mail in the next few weeks. Mark your calendars now to attend this highly informative event.