Special thanks to our CSAA Annual Meeting Sponsors: Ademco/ADI (Golf Tournament), Ademco Systems (Entertainment for the Monday Evening Caribbean Carnival), Altronix Corp. (Monday Evening Caribbean Carnival Boat Reception), Bosch Security Systems (Partial sponsor of the Monday Evening Caribbean Carnival Dinner ), DMP (Flowers for Wednesday's President's Dinner & Dance), Digital Security Controls Ltd. (DSC) (Dinner at Wednesday's President's Dinner & Dance), GE Interlogix (Wednesday's Reception at the President's Dinner & Dance), System Sensor (Tennis Tournament), and TRG Associates (the five-day Bilingual Hospitality Desk.)

Tomorrow, October 11, 2002, is the deadline
to register for the 2002 Annual Meeting
Please register by tomorrow to ensure you are included in
the pre-registration materials.

Visit www.csaaul.org/2002AnnualMeeting.htm for more information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Growing Your Company through Borrowing and Equity Investment

• Are You Ready For The Internet And Is It Ready For You?

• Do You Want a Few More Reasons Why You Should Attend the 2002 CSAA Annual Meeting?

• Extra Room Charges

• Meeting Attire

Growing Your Company through Borrowing and Equity Investment

The number of equity investors interested in entering the alarm industry has grown dramatically. Two presentations on Wednesday, October 30 will provide Annual Meeting attendees with tools to improve their companies' borrowing power and enable them to attract equity investors.

At 10:15am, a panel composed of Eric Pritchard, Tannenbaum & Chanin, LLP, a commercial lawyer who represents security companies that borrow from cash flow lenders, Ralph Hinkley, Citizen’s Bank, and Barry Epstein, SLP Capital, two active industry lenders, will explore "Funding The Industry, Borrowing And Equity" and provide attendees with advice on how to maximize a company's borrowing power to leverage company growth.

Last June, SLP Capital hosted the first annual "Security Alarm Industry Conference for Private Equity Investors." This conference brought together equity investors, capital market experts and successful operators who discussed where the industry stands and where it is going. The conference attracted over 50 attendees including more than 20 different private equity firms with over $10 billion of capital. 

Henry Edmonds, CEO of SLP Capital, will present on Wednesday, October 30 at 11:00am the results of that conference and the exciting implications for our industry during his presentation, "Equity Investors and the Alarm Industry." Topics will include what investors are looking for, the ideal investment profile and the key performance factors that companies must control and report on to be considered.

Are You Ready For The Internet And Is It Ready For You? 

Alan L. Pepper, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP will present a seminar on Wednesday, October 30 on doing business on the Internet. The emphasis will be upon recent developments in law and technology that may permit alarm dealers to contract and communicate with new and existing customers on the Internet, which could result in substantial savings and economies for alarm dealers. The seminar will include a discussion of using electronic media, the requirements for electronic signatures, liability concerns and related issues.

Do You Want a Few More Reasons Why You Should Attend the 2002 CSAA Annual Meeting?

As is traditional, the CSAA Annual Meeting will have a Golf Tournament on Tuesday, October 29 at 12:30 and a Tennis Tournament on Wednesday, October 30 at 1:30pm.

The Golf Tournament is sponsored by Ademco/ADI and the Tennis Tournament by System Sensor. Winners of these tournament will be recognized at the President's Dinner & Dance on October 30 at 8:00pm. Don't miss these fun activities.

For additional information on the other terrific speakers and events, visit www.csaaul.org/2002AnnualMeetingProgram.htm. 

For additional meeting information, visit www.csaaul.org/2002AnnualMeeting.htm.

FYI: Extra Room Charges

The discounted room rates are US$195.00 a night at the Ritz-Carlton. The hotel also charges a US$9.00 one-time fee for in & out portage and a US$4.00 per day housekeeping fee.

Meeting Attire

The attire for the business part of the Annual Meeting is business casual. The suggested attire for the other events is as follows:

• Saturday, October 26 - Opening Reception - Resort causal
• Monday, October 28 - Isla Mujeres event- casual and comfortable shoes (we will be on a private catamaran to/from the island). You may want to bring a light sweater.
• Wednesday, October 30 - President's Dinner & Dance - suit for the men, cocktail dress/pantsuit for the ladies.