The annual meeting features an Association Leadership Summit that is open to everyone and will focus on the difference between involvement and commitment. ASA business meetings May 9-10 will include an affiliate assembly, a board of directors meeting, induction of the new ASA board and a state of the association presentation by Ron Pyle, ASA president and chief staff executive. The culmination of the annual business meeting will be ASA’s “Taking the Hill” Day May 11 allowing ASA members to meet with policymakers on Capitol Hill to discuss key industry issues.
Online registration is open until April 7 at the ASA website . The event website also includes summarized agendas and hotel information. Travel is the responsibility of each participant; ASA will make all hotel arrangements for attendees. The ASA host hotel for the annual business meeting – the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center – is located approximately 15 minutes south of Washington, D.C., just off the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495 at 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor, Md.
For more information about the annual meeting, contact Carol Dennis, coordinator, ASA membership records/accounting at (817) 358-5220. For more information about “Taking the Hill” day, contact Robbie Addison, Mechanical Division manager at (817) 358-5224; or Denise Caspersen, Collision Division manager at (817) 358-5236.
The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association of its kind dedicated to and governed by independent automotive service and repair professionals. ASA serves an international membership base that includes numerous affiliate, state and chapter groups from both the mechanical and collision repair segments of the automotive service industry. ASA’s headquarters is in Bedford, Texas. For additional information about ASA, including past news releases, go to www.asashop.org, or visit ASA’s legislative website at www.TakingTheHill.com.
