ASA-Washington Honors Dan Flanagan

Dan Flanagan

At its recent Semi-Annual Retreat and Management Conference in Ocean Shores, Wash., ASA-Washington (ASA-WA) celebrated the retirement of longtime ASA leader and member Dan Flanagan.

Flanagan published The Manifold, a Puget Sound-area trade journal for the auto repair industry, for many years. In 1992, The Oregon Manifold was formed. The Manifold merged into Northwest Motor Edition of Parts & People in 2002, and Flanagan continues to provide editorial content.

Prior to his role as publisher, the 81-year-old Flanagan ran Flanagan Automotive in Seattle for many decades. He retired from the business in 1983. During his years in the automotive service industry, Flanagan helped form the Seattle chapter of the Independent Garage Owners Association (IGO), and in 1959 was instrumental in the formation of the Washington State IGO (later became Automotive Service Councils ASC), which is now the Automotive Service Association of Washington.

With the formation of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) in 1972, Flanagan became actively involved in promoting automotive technician certification for many years. Since his retirement as a shop owner, Flanagan has been the Northwest field representative for ASE. He officially retired from ASE in June.

Among his many honors, in 2004, Flanagan received the Lifetime Achievement Award from ASA National.

ASA Contributes $5,000 To I-CAR Foundation

ASA’s Aaron Clements, AAM, left, and Mike Schoonover hold an oversize check representing ASA’s contribution to I-CAR.

The Automotive Service Association has contributed $5,000 to support the I-CAR Education Foundation mission. This contribution to the Education Foundation's Industry Partners Annual Fund will support many Education Foundation activities that promote and enhance career opportunities in the industry.

Ron Pyle, president of ASA, said, "ASA is honored to be able to contribute in this way to the I-CAR Education Foundation's education efforts, and the association is fully supportive of the important work the Education Foundation does on behalf of the collision industry and the ASA collision repair community."

"Speaking as a representative of the I-CAR Education Foundation board of trustees and the I-CAR Education Foundation staff, I want to express our deepest gratitude to the Automotive Service Association for its support," said Chris Evans, chairman of the I-CAR Education Foundation board of trustees. "The Education Foundation is proud to have financial contributors like the Automotive Service Association that truly understand the importance of improving career and technical education."

Look Who's in the Running for an Expense-Paid Trip to CARS or NACE

No one can recruit another shop into your trade association better than you. That’s why the Chairman’s Club has always been an integral part of the Automotive Service Association’s membership recruitment program. For every member application processed at the national office that is submitted by a regular member, that member will earn 5 points.

The member with the most points Sept. 15, 2008, will receive one expense-paid* trip to CARS or NACE. In the case of a tie, a drawing will be held to determine the winner. To be eligible for the trip you must have a minimum of 50 points. Here are the current leaders:

Danny Hernandez - 35 points	Scott Benavidez - 25 points
Bob Schlanger - 20 points	Jeff Bly - 15 points

Let ASA Help You Recruit New Members! To help with your recruitment efforts, ASA has a new flier, "5 Reasons to Join ASA," which you can download for free from the Chairman's Club page in the Members Only section of www.ASAshop.org. See you in 'Vegas!

*Expenses covered – round-trip airline ticket plus registration to the event and four nights in a hotel. Food and beverage are the responsibility of the winner. All accommodations must be arranged by ASA.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Bill Haas

  Bill Haas, vice president of education and training, recently attended the SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, Mo., where more than 5,000 students competed in 91 different trade, technical and leadership fields. SkillsUSA is a national student organization for secondary- and post-secondary students, instructors and members of business and industry enrolled in or associated with trade, industrial and technical education programs. SkillsUSA is a national partnership of students, teachers and industry, working together to ensure America has a skilled work force.




• Denise Caspersen

  Denise Caspersen, Collision Division manager, recently participated on a call with the ASA-Arizona collision leadership to finalize a letter from the affiliate designed to educate shop owners and answer questions about the State Farm survey. In related news, ASA-Arizona members also held their annual Best Insurer Banquet June 25. USAA received the affiliate's Best Insurer award.




• John Scully

  B.J. Johnson

  John Scully, executive vice president, and B.J. Johnson, vice president of membership services, visited AutoZone's corporate offices July 10 in Memphis, Tenn. AutoZone is an ASA member benefit provider and offers members a money-saving parts program.



• ASA was featured on a North Texas television station, WFAA/Channel 8, regarding its extended hours and four-day workweek, which has been implemented on a trial basis through Sept. 2. To view the report, visit www.WFAA.com.




• Jeff Loy

  Jeff Loy recently joined the Automotive Service Association as its Web specialist. Loy works in the Marketing & Communications Department on various Web-related projects, with his primary role of working closely with Angie Kilbourne, manager of Web operations. Loy comes to ASA from R.R. Donnelley and its RadioShack advertising site in Fort Worth, and most recently worked at its Omega Studios in Irving. He attended Texas A&M University-Commerce where he majored in photojournalism with a minor in writing.




• Robbie Addison

  Robbie Addison, Mechanical Division manager, and Bill Haas, vice president of education and training, presented two education sessions at the Automotive Technician Training Program in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 9-10. In June Haas also attended ETL Tech Week in Detroit, and the AST Training Conference and Babcox offices in Akron, Ohio.