The Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) hosted a shop licensing forum Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, at The Mirage in Las Vegas. Charlie Elder, AAM, served as moderator with a six person panel who gave their views on the pros and cons of shop licensing.

Below are Power Point presentations from each of the six presenters. Click the links below to download the presenations.

• Mona Fandel - Broward County Consumer Affairs Division
• Larry Hecker - Motorists Assurance Program Standards for Automotive Repair
• Kevin McCartney - Automotive Support Services
• John Miller - Freedom Automotive Service Inc.
• Tony Molla - National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
• Dennis Sterwerf, AAM - Fairfield Auto & Truck Service

You may also listen to the entire shop licensing forum by downloading the forum's podcast . Click here to download the podcast. Total running time is approximately 2.5 hours.