AGSC Marketing Committee chair Peter Brown leads the AGSC Marketing Committee meeting, one of many AGSC meetings in Tampa in March.

The spring meetings of the National Windshield Repair Division (NWRD), which is now part of the Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC), were held in late March in Tampa, Fla. The meetings were the first in which the members of the former National Windshield Repair Association (NWRA) were incorporated into the AGSC.

Newly elected to the expanded AGSC board of directors were former NWRA board members Linda Rollinson of Superior Auto Glass in Tampa and Jeff Reddell of Pace Glass in Texarkana, Texas.

“We are so pleased to have both repair and replacement in one tent and focused on safety,” said Troy Mason of Technaglass. Mason had sat on both boards of directors and served as president of the NWRA.

The three days of meetings began with a discussion around priorities for the windshield repair community. Integration of the NWRA standards into AGSC was discussed. It was followed by an intensive six-hour strategic planning session that developed priorities for AGSC for the next two to five years.

“The level of passion for AGSC, as well as the great ideas brought to this session, will mean a very active and results-oriented future,” said Jean Pero, AGSC vice president.

The board also voted to create two new certification programs: one for customer service representatives and another for calibration providers.

The AGSC Credentialing and Marketing committees also met and a new committee, the Member Benefits Committee, was formed. It will be chaired by Aric Haarala of Glass Mechanix Solutions. Haarala is charged with taking a fresh look at what members want and need. Toward that end, a member needs assessment study will be conducted during the next few months.

The committees will next meet during Auto Glass Week™, starting on September 3 in Indianapolis.