Health Benefits meeting
We will be having a Health Benefits Open Enrollment meeting on Wednesday April 11th at 7pm. This meeting is for all employees and their spouses. As these benefit plans can be very confusing, it is important that all decision makers attend. You will learn about any upcoming changes to the plans from your rep with Employee Benefits, as well as from Huvaere Group Human Resources. If you are planning to attend, please contact Kim Jugowicz at 430-9804 and let her know how many in your family will be attending.

Join Costco, get a free gift!
It's March Madness at Costco! A Costco rep will be available on Friday, March 23, and Friday, March 30, in the employee lunch room from 11:30am to 1:30pm to answer questions and process new memberships. We are offering a canvas tote bag containing over $25 in Costco merchandise to anyone signing up for a new membership during March Madness. Any new applicant may also receive a $10 cash card when applying for a new fee free Costco American Express credit card at the same time.

Employee-to-Employee Want-Ads
Starting next week, any employee who has an item they are looking to sell, or are looking for a specific item to purchase, can have their request listed here. Send an email to jim@michiganimaging.com with the content of your ad. Be specific! If it's a large item that requires disassembly in order to move it, say so. The more detailed your ad the better.

Skills development: Northwood tweaks aftermarket courses
"Welcome to Northwood University's, University of the Aftermarket! Our role is to provide high quality, continuing education programming to the Automotive Aftermarket. To that end, we seek out and receive guidance from our sponsoring associations to ensure that all programs continue to have a current aftermarket focus. In fact, you can help us too by completing the "Educational Needs Analysis" survey that is currently being conducted industry-wide. Just click on the menu bar "Educational Needs Analysis Survey" or this link to complete it."
Our schedule and seminar descriptions can be seen by selecting the ?Course Catalog? link and then selecting the specific seminar you are interested in for a course description. You can enroll online by selecting the ?Register Now? button at the bottom of the description for current course offerings.
In addition to the scheduled programs, the University of the Aftermarket can come to you! Our professional instructors can tailor courses to meet your specific needs. Select the ?Customized Seminars? link on the home page to see examples.
Too busy to leave your work, yet need to increase your aftermarket business knowledge? You now can take 30 web-based courses without leaving your home base! U of A internet courses carry CEU (Continuing Education Unit) credit leading to an Associate Automotive Aftermarket Professional, Automotive Aftermarket Professional or Master Automotive Aftermarket Professional designation, as all University of the Aftermarket courses do. Select the ?On-Line Program? link to learn more.
And here?s a special U of A benefit. For those who desire a college degree in business administration, all University of the Aftermarket programs are assigned Northwood University CEUs which can be applied toward college credits and a Northwood University B.B.A.
We are proud that University of the Aftermarket is a part of Northwood University- offering continuing business management education that will help you, your associates, and your business.

Questions? We have answers. Please email us at reg@univaftmkt.org. We are continually updating the website, so please visit it frequently for further information and updates.

Cars.com Partners with Edmunds.com and kbb.com to Drive More New Car Leads to Dealers
Cars.com announced today partnerships with Edmunds.com and Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com through which it will deliver more, high-quality, new car prospects to its NewLeadsPlus customers.
"In addition to quality leads generated directly from the top search engines, we will provide NewLeadsPlus customers with leads submitted by the millions of unique, ready-to-buy car shoppers who visit Edmunds.com and kbb.com," said Mitch Golub, Cars.com president. "By working with select, premier destination sites in the automotive category, we continue our commitment to only deliver leads from the highest quality sources."
Unlike other companies that aggregate leads from myriad sources that range in quality, including spam, contests and pop-up ads, Cars.com generates all of its leads through top search engines and the automotive industry's best destination websites. Dealers receive the leads, which are scrubbed by Cars.com's LeadCheck process, within several minutes of submission. In many cases, they can follow up with prospects while they are still online.
"Dealers recognize the quality of prospects we deliver with NewLeadsPlus," Golub said. "These car shoppers have carefully researched the make and model they plan to buy and have raised their hand to take the process to the next logical steps -- a test drive and a purchase. In fact, a 2006 Experian Automotive study found that more than 60 percent of NewLeadsPlus lead senders purchased a vehicle."
After piloting its New Car Lead program in 2005, Cars.com officially launched NewLeadsPlus at NADA 2006. Today, more than 2,300 dealer franchises rely on NewLeadsPlus to deliver qualified new car prospects to their inbox.

Jerry Cummings

Jerry is our Lease Retention Manager. He has been with the Huvaere Group for the past 6 years. Jerry's duties as Lease Retention Manager include: Retaining business for the company, producing added income for all departments including, Parts, Service, Body Shop, and New Car Sales. He is also responsible for proving to our customers the importance of leasing vs. buying.

Jerry's family:
Jerry has one son, Dylan, age 11.

If he wasn't at work, Jerry would be:
"Enjoying the outdoors"

Jerry's Hometown:
"Port Huron"

Jerry's favorite place to travel:
"Florida"

Jerry's first job:
"McDonald's in Port Huron"

Jerry's Favorite Television Show:
"House"

Jerry's favorite place to dine is:
"Luciano's"

Jerry's favorite vehicle is:
"Ram Pickup. It does everything I need it to at a fair price"

Something you may not already know about Jerry:
"I enjoy sketching with pencil and charcoal"

Thanks Jerry for being such an asset to the Huvaere Group!

Today's Motivational Quote
"Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny."
Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906)