AASP-MN Annual Meeting & Convention Announced
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) will hold its annual meeting and convention April 16-17 at the Marriott Minneapolis West, St. Louis Park, Minn. The 1-½ day line-up includes programs for mechanical and collision repair shop owners, managers and technicians, as well as industry suppliers. Friday’s schedule includes: 8:00 a.m. – 11:30
AASP-MN Offering $1,000 Scholarships for Post-Secondary Collision and Mechanical Repair Students
Thanks to another successful fundraising drive within the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) membership, the association will be awarding scholarships to select students enrolled in post-secondary automotive (mechanical or collision) programs. This year, the scholarship award has doubled, to $1,000 per student. Recipients must be entering the second year of a
AASP-MN Opposes Federal Insurance Regulation
In response to federal legislative proposals that would establish a lead federal role in the regulation of insurance companies, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) Collision Advisory Committee announced it has adopted a position statement opposing federal regulation of the insurance industry. (Click HERE to read more about the pending legislation). AASP-MN
AASP-MN Offering Post-Secondary Scholarships
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) will be awarding $500 scholarships to students enrolled in post-secondary automotive (mechanical or collision) programs. Recipients must be entering the second year of a two-year NATEF-certified automotive program in the fall of 2009. A committee of industry representatives will review applications, with consideration given to scholastic
AASP-MN Annual Meeting and Convention Announced
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota’s (AASP-MN) meeting and convention will be held February 27-28 at the Holiday Inn St. Paul East, St. Paul, Minn. The event’s line-up includes programs for mechanical and collision repair shop owners, managers and technicians, as well as industry suppliers. Friday’s schedule includes sessions on telephone skills, closing
AASP-MN Pushing Shop Licensing, Outlawing of Insurer-Owned Shops
In the coming year, the Alliance of Automotive Service Professionals of Minnesota (AASP-MN) plans to continue pushing two legislative issues from previous sessions that would establish collision repair shop licensing and also ban insurance companies from owning body shops. The proposed collision repair licensing regulations would establish basic requirements for shops to operate in the
AASP-MN Offering Waterborne, Volvo Courses
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) is presenting two training courses this fall. On Sept. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., AASP-MN will host, “Gear Up For Waterborne,” at Crystal Lake Golf Club in Lakeville, Minn. The course, which will be held prior to the I-CAR golf outing, will explore the
AASP-MN Offering Estimating Systems Seminars
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) is sponsoring a series of seminars to prepare its members for the upcoming implementation of new association legislation. The new legislation prohibits insurers from disregarding a repair operation or cost identified in an estimating system. “Know Your P-Pages” will be presented by industry expert Mike Anderson
AASP-MN Names Scholarship Recipients
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers, Minnesota (AASP-MN) has announced the students selected to receive a $500.00 scholarship award to support their continued studies in the automotive industry: Jack Albrecht, Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park – Auto Body Collision Repair program Carlos Castellanos, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Auto Body Collision Repair program Natasha
AASP-MN Focuses Legislative Agenda on Three Bills
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers, Minnesota (AASP-MN) has three initiatives it intends to pursue during the 2008 legislative session. AASP-MN has developed a shop licensing proposal for collision repair shops. Before the bill is formally introduced, Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights) and Sen. Steve Murphy (DFL-Red Wing) will ask the Department of Public