From the Boardroom

FROM THE BOARDROOM

Once you become involved, you see all the opportunities available to you.

JON STROM Secretary, PIA of Wisconsin

“JUST ASKING”

I have always tried to live my life by the golden rule of “you get out of something as much as you put into it.” I know this is an old cliche, but it speaks volumes. It certainly relates to your PIA of Wisconsin membership. Once you become involved, you see all the opportunities available to you.

If it’s your thing, the Clay Shoot is coming right up and it’s a good place to start. Hosted at the Milford Hills Hunt Club in Johnson Creek, this event will be on May 18 from Noon-5:00. If you haven’t signed up already, you will have short notice to sign up once you read this. The cost is $125 per person, and every dollar of your contribution goes to the PIA-PAC, PIA’s non-partisan political action committee. The group helps support candidates for state elective office who agree with our members on key political issues that affect small businesses and the insurance industry.

The next event coming up on our calendar is the 19th Annual PIA Scholarship Golf Outing, on August 3rd, at the Wild Rock Golf Club in the Wisconsin Dells. Monies raised at this outing will help support scholarships for students entering the insurance industry. As I write this article, our Scholarship Golf Outing Committee is grading scholarship applications to determine which students have earned a piece of the $25,000 in scholarship money that will be raised at this event!

In October, we will welcome you to the beautiful Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake for our annual convention, Engage 2022. Our convention was re-formatted last year and well-received by attendees and exhibitors, alike. This convention is filled with information and fun social events for you to network and learn from both agents and companies. It can be done as a 2-day event, if you need CE and want to network at the opening reception on Day 1. Or, you can do it in a single day, catching our annual meeting, breakout sessions, Awards Luncheon, trade show and keynote speaker. All on Day 2, and you’re out before 5:00! Join us on October 12 & 13 for learning, networking and fun!

February 1-3, 2023, will be the everpopular Winter Get-Away, in Minocqua. This has been the fastest growing event for our organization, getting bigger and better each year. So, when registration comes out, I urge you to reserve your rooms as quickly as possible. The event has grown so much in recent years, that we need the two largest hotels in town to house everybody. You will spend 2-3 days to attend this event, but you will get 10 CE’s worth of education. You will also get two dinners, two lunches and multiple networking events for the low registration fee of $149 for members.

As with all organizations, we are hoping you will step up and join a committee. The event committees that organize the above events are a good place to start, but we also have committees that handle education programs, advocacy and public policy, our political action committee and the new Young Professionals Insurance Network, which you will hear about soon.

We are grateful to have so many members in our group; however, we don’t always know each one of you. If you would like to be a part of a committee or learn more about how your expertise or experience could be beneficial, call Executive Director Pete Hanson at the PIAW office: 608-274-8188. He will be happy to answer all questions and get you in touch with the right people. The more, the merrier!

For more information on PIAW events, visit www.piaw.org/pia-events

Consider this my way of “just asking” you to get involved in the PIA of Wisconsin. I look forward to seeing you very soon.

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