Vol. 1, No. 2--April 13, 2007

 

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U.S. Defense Security Service Representative to Address CSAA Forum Participants

CSAA is pleased to announce that George Goodwin, Melbourne, Fla.'s Field Office Chief of the U.S. Defense Security Service, will participate in the "Growing Your Business: Tapping into National Industrial Security & Other U.S. Government-backed Security Systems" seminar on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 2:45pm during the CSAA Forum in Orlando, Fla.

Please thank our 2007 CSAA Electronic Security Forum & Exposition Sponsors:
(Opening Event beverages); (Board, Sponsors & Exhibitors Dinner); (CSAA Excellence Awards Luncheon); (Friday afternoon coffee break); (Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall); (Friday Continental breakfast); (Key cards); (Saturday afternoon coffee break); (Sunday coffee break); (Opening Event band); (Saturday morning coffee break); (Friday morning coffee break); (CSAA Board of Directors Luncheon and Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall); (Saturday Continental Breakfast); (Opening Event food); (Sunday continental breakfast); and (Spouse hospitality sponsorships – Friday, Saturday and Sunday).

CSAA Electronic Security Forum & Exposition

The Five Diamond Central Station designation is becoming increasingly important. Do you have a Five Diamond Central Station? Are you leveraging the power of having achieved the Five Diamond status? Not a Five Diamond company yet? See what you are missing!

  • Let Melissa McGaughey, Supervisor of Associate Development, Diebold; Mary Jo Vance, Operations Manager, CenterPoint Technologies; Rick Drake, Central Station Manager, American Burglary & Fire, Inc.; and Mary R. Smith, Monitoring Division Manager, Bay Alarm Company, share their success stories on Friday, May 18 at 11:15am on “Marketing Your Five Diamond Central Station" (NTS 07-1957 .1 CEUs).

    Read a related article on page 8 of the upcoming spring issue of the CSAA Dispatch on how CenterPoint Technologies experienced a leap in account growth since becoming a Five Diamond Central Station.

Some Pitfalls That Can Hurt Your Business

What will you do if a pandemic hits the country? Will the authorities be able to respond to alarms? Do you have a preparedness plan?

  • Find the answers to these and other questions during the "Pandemic Preparedness" seminar given by John Judd, CPP, PSP, President, Adevcon and Peter Harlick, Publisher, Security Dealer on Friday, May 18 at 10:15am.

What if one of your employees leaves your company and takes with him/her confidential information on your alarm accounts? What are your rights?

  • "Protect Your Rights" (NTS 07-1960 .1 CEUs)!!
    Let Richard G. (Chip) Sander, Esq., Partner, Sander, Ingebretsen & Parish, P.C., give you some practical information on how you can protect against third parties stealing your alarm accounts, employees, and intellectual property (e.g. trade marks). He will speak on Friday, May 18, 1:30pm – 2:30pm.

Learn how to increase your bottom line by reducing uncollected receivables at:

  • "Debt Collections Done Right," ( NTS 07-1967 .1 CEUs)
    presented by Don Legens, Senior V.P Sales, Smith Klein and Eric Pritchard, Esq., Attorney, Kleinbard Bell & Brecker, LLP on Friday, May 18 at 3:45pm – 4:45pm.

For a complete listing of the seminars, as well as complete descriptions, visit www.csaaforum.com.

Mastermind Your Central Station Information

If you use MASterMind Monitoring Software or are considering using it, join GE Security's Account Manager Ralph Ronquillo on Thursday, May 17, 2007 from 1:30pm – 2:30pm when Ralph will offer a one-hour presentation on the latest innovations for the MASterMind Monitoring Software Platform. Topics will include new video and web integrations and an overview of the future of web services in the MASterMind offering.

Reserve Your Hotel Room Now!

If you have not made your hotel reservations yet, please do so as soon as possible. According to the hotel, they are expecting to be at or near sold-out status on the nights of May 16 and May 17.

April 23, 2007 is the hotel reservation deadline to reserve rooms under the CSAA block. Make your hotel reservations by calling directly 866-397-6516.

April 23, 2007 is also the registration deadline if you want to have your registration packet ready for your arrival. Download the registration form at www.csaaul.org/2007ForumRegForm.pdf.

Forum Kickoff

Help CSAA kick-off the 2007 CSAA Forum by attending the Opening Reception on Thursday May 17, 2007 from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the Great Hall East and West (Convention Level). Come see old friends and make new ones.

Dates to Remember

  • April 23, 2007: Hotel reservation cutoff date at the Buena Vista Palace. Contact 866-397-6516 to get your room now. Space and time both are running out!
  • April 23, 2007: Meeting registration deadline. Click here to download the form.
  • May 8, 2007: Last day to cancel registration and get a refund. No refunds will be given after this date.