• Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL) and co-sponsor Joseph Crowley (D-NY) have introduced H.R. 2970, the Securing America Investment Act of 2001, a tax credit bill that allows businesses to deduct up to 100% of their purchases of security, fire, and life safety equipment. 

   

  CSAA members Bob Bonifas and Ralph W. Sevinor and the Security Industry Association (SIA) have worked hard to get this bill to Congress.

  
  Read complete bill here:
  http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_bills&docid=f:h2970ih.txt.pdf

• ACTION: Please contact your U.S. Representative(s) to urge them to support and cosponsor this bill.

• To find your Representative, go to http://www.house.gov/writerep/ 

• Download a letter that you can send to your Representative:
  http://64.226.207.204/HR2970LetterofSupport.htm 

• Please send us a copy of your letter either via e-mail or fax. We will share the information with SIA. Our e-mail is communications@csaaul.org. Our fax number is 703-242-4675.

CSAA 2001 Annual Meeting

• The hotel reservation deadline is this Thursday, October 4.

• If you have not reserved your room yet, download the form at http://64.226.207.204/AM2001HotelReservationForm.PDF. Please send it directly to the hotel.

• For additional meeting information, visit http://64.226.207.204/CSAA2001AnnualMeeting.htm 

• The next Operations Management Seminar, sponsored by CSAA and Centex Home Security, will take place on November 8-10, 2001 at the Doubletree Hotel Dallas-Campbell Centre in Dallas, TX. The topic is "Central Station Employees: Hiring, Training, & Retaining." Registration deadline is October 23, 2001. The cut-off date to make your Hotel reservation is October 25, 2001.
  
  For complete information and a copy of the schedule, visit http://64.226.207.204/November2001CallCenterMgmtCourse.htm 

• The rescheduled "Obtaining and Maintaining Your UL Listing:
  A Simplified Approach" seminar will take place on December 2-4, 2001 at the Embassy Suites Outdoor World at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, TX. Hotel Reservation Deadline is November 16, 2001.
  
  For complete information and a copy of the schedule, visit http://64.226.207.204/Dec2001ULSeminar.htm