Batter Up!

May 12th, 2011 | By | Category: Auto Glass Safety Council Updates

Note: The following is a guest blog written by Gerald Zwart, president of Clearview Windshields, an AGRSS®-Registered Company based in Inwood, Iowa. It’s baseball season! The other day I was pondering baseball and the AGRSS® Standard. Now how does that compare anyway? Looking back and into the future, AGRSS® and baseball have a lot in [...]



Resources

Apr 19th, 2011 | By | Category: Auto Glass Safety Council Updates

I have a great friend that calls me from time to time looking for an answer, asking where to find a source of information, where to find parts, tools, etc. I usually can recall the answer, but sometimes I need to tap into my resources. The Internet has virtually eliminated catalogs and other paper resources, [...]



Safety: A Textbook Definition

Mar 30th, 2011 | By | Category: Auto Glass Safety Council Updates

Safety—the dictionary definition says it all: freedom from danger; lack of danger; safe place; being unharmed or undamaged; or device preventing unintentional operation. Reading through recent headlines on glassBYTEs.com™, I noticed yet another “Woman in Critical Condition After Wreck” headline that caught my eye. There sure seem to be a lot of these stories lately! [...]



Benefits of Membership

Mar 3rd, 2011 | By | Category: Auto Glass Safety Council Updates

“What does AGRSS do for me?” This is a great question and one that may take several articles to answer, but I will start to answer today. Let’s start off with organization. Every shop, big or small, needs organization for the work to flow smoothly. Without organization there is confusion and stress on everyone. Customer [...]



Reaching Out

Feb 23rd, 2011 | By | Category: Auto Glass Safety Council Updates

In the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to reach out to several AGRSS-Registered Companies. I received positive feedback from everyone with whom I spoke, and got great feedback and recommendations from each of them. But … I still want more feedback! If you haven’t yet, please e-mail me or give me a call! [...]



One Week In

Jan 28th, 2011 | By | Category: Auto Glass Safety Council Updates

Last Friday I wrapped up my first week as business development director for the AGRSS Council Inc. It was a fantastic week filled with a lot of support from many, many AGRSS-Registered shops and people. I really did hit the ground running and aside from a few technology glitches everything went very smoothly. Speaking of [...]



Introductions

Jan 21st, 2011 | By | Category: Auto Glass Safety Council Updates

Hi, my name is Dan Mock, and as you may have recently heard I am now the business development director for the AGRSS Council Inc. First, I want to say that this is a huge honor for me to take on this role. I feel it is important for you to understand my background for [...]