ASA Members in California Hold Tech Training Event

Bill Haas, ASA vice president, education and training, provides information on accessing and using OE Web sites to California members.

The Tarrant County and Dallas chapters of ASA-Texas will cosponsor the "Driveability Diagnostic Strategies," training course. The all-day event will be held Nov. 12 at the Tarrant County College South Campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Topics to be covered include fuel trim diagnostics, exhaust gas analysis, volumetric efficiency as a diagnostic tool and much more.

To register, or for more information, visit www.pwrtraining.com or contact Mark Warren at (520) 977-3272 or Bob Pattengale at (877) 797-8724.

ASA-Arizona Named Affiliate of the Year

Luz Rubio, executive director of ASA-Arizona, receives ASA's Affiliate of the Year Award from B.J. Johnson, left, ASA's director of member services and affiliate relations, and John Scully, right, ASA's executive vice president.

John Scully, ASA executive vice president, announced ASA-Arizona as the outstanding ASA affiliate for 2004-2005 at the ASA Celebration of Excellence held in Las Vegas recently. "ASA is blessed to have 16 affiliates, all of whom do an outstanding job in their local market. This new award is based upon several factors, such as membership growth, educational events, participation in ASA national programs, legislative activity and overall contributions of their membership to the automotive industry," said Scully.

Guidelines for the selection process were sent to each affiliate last year and are designed to take into account the size of each affiliate to ensure everyone has a fair chance at winning the award.

CARQUEST Names Rick Allen 2005 Excellence Award Winner

Pictured, left to right, are Robert Blair, CARQUEST Corp.. president; Mike DeSorbo, director of market segments; Rick Allen, 2005 Excellence Award winner; and Neil Stockel, chairman, CARQUEST Corp.

ASA member Rick Allen of Hampton, N.J., has been named the 2005 CARQUEST Excellence Award Winner. He was presented the award Oct. 28 in Raleigh, N.C.

"It is a privilege to win the CARQUEST excellence award and an honor to be the first to win it while also being a past technician of the year recipient," said Allen, who in 2003 won the TECH-NET Professional Auto Service/ASE Technician of the Year award from CARQUEST.

The CARQUEST Excellence Award seeks to recognize the independent automobile service business that, through the course of everyday service excellence, exemplifies the professionalism necessary to build public understanding and respect for people working in the auto service industry today.

NATIONAL NEWS

The 2006 ASA Annual Business Meeting will be held April 26-29, 2006, at the Driskill Hotel, Austin, Texas. For more information, please contact Carol Dennis at (800) 272-7467, ext. 220 or carold@asashop.org. This year's meeting will include the national board meeting, an Automotive Management Institute (AMI) seminar, the state-of-the-association address and the swearing-in ceremony of the ASA board of directors.