Northwest Ohio Users Group Named ASCnet Chapter of the Year

The Northwest Ohio ASCnet Users Group has been honored with the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet) 2010 Chapter of the Year Award. ASCnet Chapters Committee chair Dianna George, manager of Corporate Training and Personal Lines Underwriting for HUB International Ontario Limited, presented the award during the users group’s 25th annual Technology, Education & Networking Conference (TENCon) in Chicago.

Accepting the award on behalf of the Northwest Ohio ASCnet Users Group were chapter president Sonia Merz, of Bokerman Yackee Koesters Insurance, in Napoleon, Ohio; vice president Leah Purmort-Treece, of Purmort Brothers Insurance Agency, in Van Wert; secretary Stephanie Winegardner, of Block Insurance Agency, in Waynesfield; and treasurer Lisa Rozek, CISR, of Diversified Insurance Service in Elmore.

The Chapter of the Year Award honors an ASCnet local affiliate that has shown outstanding leadership and provided its members with exceptional opportunities to increase their profitability and grow the value of their agencies through its education programs and services.

Over the past year, the Northwest Ohio ASCnet Users Group undertook a number of initiatives to fulfill its charter. During the year, it supported local chapter leadership development by sponsoring attendance of its four officers at ASCnet’s 2010 Leadership Conference; bolstered volunteer recruitment and enacted leadership perpetuation planning; tapped technology to drive better communication with chapter members, directly and through social media; invested heavily in timely, relevant education and learning events for members; and implemented a creative member recruitment program that is attracting new agencies.

Source: ASCnet

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