Online Registration Open for ASA 'Taking the Hill' Day and Annual Business Meeting - BodyShop Business

Online Registration Open for ASA ‘Taking the Hill’ Day and Annual Business Meeting

Registration is open for the Automotive Service Association (ASA) annual business meeting and "Taking the Hill" day. The events will take place May 9-11, 2011, in the Washington, D.C., area, and will address the key issues facing both collision- and mechanical-repair professionals.

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. In addition to providing secure online registration, 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.


More information:

For more information about the annual meeting, contact Carol Dennis, coordinator, ASA membership records/accounting, at [email protected] or (817) 358-5220.

For more information about “Taking the Hill” day, contact Denise Caspersen, Collision Division manager, at [email protected] or (817) 358-5236.

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