YOUNG AGENTS COMMITTEE
I’m Just a Bill... JO ROSS ERINHENDRICKSON STUTEVILLE, CISR To say that the last few months have flown by would be the YAC Representative understatement of the year. I honestly think that once we get to about April the fast forward button gets pushed and stays on until mid August. Apparently I’ve covered a lot of ground since my last article so I will give you a quick snapshot of a few of the things I have been a part of in regard to the KAIA and my roll as the Young Agents Chair.
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n April I traveled with fellow association members to Washington DC to participate in the National Legislative Conference. If you ever have the opportunity TAKE IT! It’s an amazing experience.
delegates. As a young person, I can only imagine the excitement that these young men and women feel when a bill is passed or shot down that they had a hand in. Hooray for youth!
In preparation for the trip I began brushing up on my episodes of School House Rocks and singing “I’m just a bill”. Anyone else remember this show and that song?
Again, I cannot say enough about what a great experience the national conference is. Make the trek at least once, I promise you won’t be disappointed.
While I would never consider myself “into politics” going to the NLC was a turning point for me. There are so many things to be learned from visiting our legislators… in their offices… in DC. Granted we didn’t’ get to meet with each of them personally, we met with staff and voiced our concerns to each Kansas delegate’s office. As we came and went from each office one thing was very clear, these senators and congressmen know the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents. While their weeks are filled with hundreds of visitors, they knew our association, most of them knew Kerri personally, as well as some of the association members that were present. That’s huge! To me that speaks leaps and bounds for our association. One of the standout things I noticed while visiting The Hill was the age of the staffers in each office. These staffers are in their 20’s and are feeding loads of information to their delegates each day. So in essence, our country’s decisions are largely based on info that these young staffers are relaying to their
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Another great association event that I attended recently was the Open House of the new Larry Magill Education Center and the President’s Classic Golf Tournament. There was a great turnout at the open house and the education center looks great. If you haven’t seen it yet you need to check it out. Doing the “On the Green” contest at the golf tournament was a great success but it would never have been so successful without the donations so generously given by the golfers. We really do appreciate the support and plan on using the money to take our young agents group to the next level. The support and enthusiasm from the Not So Young Agents is truly appreciated and quite frankly I am constantly impressed with the giving nature of so many of you. While the young agents team at the tournament once again was named champion, I’m sure someone will figure out a way to change that in the future! As always, if you aren’t involved, what are you waiting for? Myself, as well as any of the members of the board, would be more than happy to see new faces and hear new ideas. The opportunity is there now you just have to take it.
KANSAS INSURANCE AGENT & BROKER :: May/June 2012